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.
The Battalion of the Protectors of Hebrew Language
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Yael Chaver, teacher of Yiddish language and literature at UC Berkeley, describes the anti-Yiddish language sentiment in Palestine in the late 1920s through 1940s and how that carried into the early years of the Israeli state during her childhood.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Yael Chaver.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
