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.
Coming to Study Yiddish: "This Journey Was Necessary"
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Shachar Pinsker, literary scholar and cultural historian, describes the academic journey he took that finally led him to deciding to study Yiddish.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Shachar Pinsker.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
