The Yiddish Book Center's

Wexler Oral History Project

A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.

A Freedom to Experiment: Art and My Jewish Identity

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David Schlitt, 2010-11 Yiddish Book Center Fellow, discusses the legacy of an unpretentious appreciation and commitment to the arts that he learned from several Jewish figures in his life.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with David Schlitt.

This excerpt is in English.

David Schlitt was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1981.

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This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.

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