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.

Connecting To The Past

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Clare Burson draws a connection between the interest in Jewish culture and identity now and at the turn of the last century.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Clare Burson.

This excerpt is in English.

Clare Burson was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1975.