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.

At Least It Will Outlast Me: Possible Futures for Yiddish

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Alec Burko - graduate student and staff member at the Yiddish Forverts - contemplates the future of Yiddish, suggesting that its status among both Yiddishists and Hasidim will likely remain close to how it is now.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Alec (Leyzer) Burko.

This excerpt is in Yiddish.

Alec (Leyzer) Burko was born in Carbondale, Illinois in 1978.

This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Two Films That Touched My Soul: The Beginning of My Interest in Yiddish and Yidishkayt

2 min 30 sec

Veteran Staff Members at the Forverts Yiddish Daily Newspaper

1 min 38 sec

Exploring the Hasidic Community: Going Full-Circle with My Interest in Religion

3 min 5 sec

Nahum Stutchkoff, renowned Yiddish linguist, and His Career on the WEVD Yiddish Radio

3 min 14 sec

Meeting Isaac Bashevis Singer - At Six Months Old

1 min 4 sec

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