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.

Shmuel Isban’s Stories of Jewish-Arab Conflict in British Mandate Palestine

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Ruth Zuckerbrod and Elliot Isban, children of Yiddish writer Shmuel Isban, describe what life was like for their father, Shmuel Isban, while living in Palestine.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Ruth Zuckerbrod and Elliot Isban.

This excerpt is in English.

This interview is part of the Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Shmuel Isban, Yiddish Writer, As His Children Describe Him

2 min 29 sec

Growing up Secular While Maintaining Strong Jewish Roots

3 min 16 sec

The Intellectual Colleagues of Shmuel Isban

2 min 15 sec

On Assignment on the Hatikvah with the Haganah: Story Behind Shmuel Isban’s Yiddish Novel

5 min 11 sec

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