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 History of "Yung Isroel (Young Israel)"
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Shachar Pinsker, literary scholar and cultural historian, provides a brief history if Yung Isroel (Young Israel), a group of poets and writers who would meet in Israel.
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.