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.

Yiddish: The Essence of Jewishness

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Paul Berg, Yiddish activist, explains what Yiddishkeit means to him, touching on his connection to Israel, his experiences in Vilna, and his love of the Yiddish language.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Paul Berg.

This excerpt is in English.

Paul Berg was born in New York, New York in 1935.