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.
"An Entirely Different World": First Impressions Upon Arriving in Israel from Moscow
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Ber Kotlerman, native Yiddish speaker from Birobidzhan and professor of Yiddish language and literature at Bar-Ilan University, talks about his first impressions of Israel and his decision to stay.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Ber Kotlerman.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Ber Kotlerman was born in Irkustk, Siberia, Russia in 1971.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
