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.

It Reminds You That You're Jewish: Keeping Kosher

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Hans Herda - retired math professor and Yiddish Book Center volunteer - describes why he feels it is personally vital to keep Kashrut.

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.