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.
Secular, but Not Out of Touch with Religious Roots of Jewish Culture
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Elliott (Elye) Palevsky – former CEO of River Garden senior services and child of Yiddish-speaking former partisan fighters – shares the advice his father gave about going to shul. His father wanted Elliott to understand all aspects of Jewish life and to not separate religion and secular-ness.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Elliott (Elye) Palevsky.
This excerpt is in Yiddish and English.
Elliott (Elye) Palevsky was born in Bronx, New York in 1947.