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.

Choosing a Path: From Comparative Religious Studies to Jewish History

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Matthew Brittingham, student in the 2015 Steiner Summer Yiddish Program, explains how he ended up studying Jewish History after being raised in an Christian fundamentalist family.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Matthew Brittingham.

This excerpt is in English.

Matthew Brittingham was born in Pasadena, California in 1988.

This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Coming to an Understanding: Finding Jewish Studies with A Fundamentalist Christian Background

3 min 51 sec

Beyond a Black and White Worldview: How Jewish Studies Influenced My Perspective

2 min 58 sec

The Idiosyncrasies of Yiddish; The Poetics of Hebrew

1 min 33 sec

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