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.

As Serious as Any of the Religious Texts: My Attitude Toward Yiddish Growing Up

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Eli Batalion, co-creator of YidLife Crisis, reflects on how he felt about Yiddish growing up.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Eli Batalion.

This excerpt is in English.