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.
Adopting Hebrew Surnames
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Izzy Feldman, Israeli-American IT specialist, speaks about the trend of Hebraization of surnames that often occurs when people immigrate to Israel. He explains that he had considered changing his last name "Feldman" to "sadeh" (meaning "field") or "peled" (meaning "steel," but sharing the same consonants as Feld), but felt no real pressure to do so, compared to those of the older generation.
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.
