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.

"I Need To Become a Jew": Deciding to Convert

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Anthony (Mordechai Zvi) Russell, singer, describes how he began practicing Judaism while dating a rabbi. He then recounts the moment when he decided to officially convert.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Anthony Russell.

This excerpt is in English.

Anthony Russell was born in Texas in 1979.