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.

"It's Very Difficult to Explain to People Who Don't Know": Jalda Rebling on Jewish Identity

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Jalda Rebling—Renewal Cantor and Yiddish performer—explains that for her a Jewish identity extends far beyond religious belief or a language.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Jalda Rebling.

This excerpt is in English.

This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.

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