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.
Finding a Young Jewish Political Community in the 1950s
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Gerry Tenney, musician and activist, describes his progressive Jewish awakening, and finding "his people" during a summer at the Leftist Jewish summer camp Camp Kinderland.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Gerry (Gershn Yankl) Tenney.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.