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.

Notes from the (Jewish) Underground, Haganah Youth

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Izzy Feldman, Israel-American IT specialist, speaks about his childhood involvement with Gadna (Gdudei No'ar), the youth auxiliary of Haganah, the paramilitary organization that eventually became the Israel Defense Forces.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Israel (Izzy) Feldman.

This excerpt is in English.

Israel (Izzy) Feldman was born in Cernăuți, Romania in 1931. Israel (Izzy) died in 2017.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Attitudes toward the Galut (Diaspora) Among Young Israelis in the 1940s and 50s

1 min 58 sec

A Gut Feeling Against Intermarriage

1 min 11 sec

Stereotypes, Guilt, and Emigrating from Israel

1 min 54 sec

Adopting Hebrew Surnames

1 min 20 sec

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