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.

The Importance of a Jewish Education

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Murray Lubin talks about the importance of knowing who and what you are.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Murray Lubin.

This excerpt is in English.

Murray Lubin was born in New York, New York in 1940.

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