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.
Identity in Flux: Reflections on Jewishness in the Modern World
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Samuel Bak, prominent Jewish artist from Vilna, shares his thoughts on how Jewish identity varies between generations and among individuals.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Samuel (Shmuel) Bak.
This excerpt is in Yiddish and English.
Samuel (Shmuel) Bak was born in Vilna, Lithuania in 1933.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
