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.

Wanting To Fit In: Remembering My First Experience In A Non-Jewish Environment

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Phyllis Herda talks about beginning to realize the dichotomy between her Jewish and American identities.

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

This excerpt is in English.

Phyllis Herda was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1942.