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 and English at Camp Hemshekh

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Moishe Rosenfeld - founder of GoldenLand Concerts & Connections, a New York City-based booking agency for Jewish performing arts - describes the role of Yiddish at Camp Hemshekh, as well as the use of English among the campers.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Moishe Rosenfeld.

This excerpt is in English.

Moishe Rosenfeld was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1949.