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 Difference Between Yiddish as an Identity and Yiddish as a Study
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Eli Rosenblatt, scholar of Jewish studies, describes his view of Yiddish as a language to study and also as an aspect of Jewish identity.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Eli Rosenblatt.
This excerpt is in English.
Eli Rosenblatt was born in Norwalk, CT in 1984.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
