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.

My Favorite Yiddish Word: Farfaln

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Hans Herda - retired math professor and Yiddish Book Center volunteer - talks about one of his favorite Yiddish words.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Hans Herda.

This excerpt is in English.

Hans Herda was born in Berlin, Germany in 1938.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Noticing A Looser Class System In America Versus Germany

57 sec

Values And Aspects I Appreciate In Judaism

2 min 19 sec

Starting A Revolution: My Conversion To Judaism

2 min 50 sec

We Said A Prayer For Hitler During Elementary School In Germany

1 min 18 sec

I Really Feel Jewish

2 min 31 sec

It Reminds You That You're Jewish: Keeping Kosher

52 sec

Childhood Memories of World War Two As A German In Germany

1 min 28 sec

A Round-Up At Town Hall: A Childhood Memory of World War Two in Germany

1 min 13 sec

Understanding Jewishness

1 min 56 sec

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