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.

Julijus Gurevich's Oral History

Julijus Gurevich, active member of the Vilnius, Lithuania Jewish community, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 24, 2012 at Yidish-Vokh in Maryland.

This interview was conducted in English and Yiddish.

Julijus Gurevich was born in Vilna, Lithuania.

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Video highlights from this oral history

A Lithuanian-Jewish Family Where Everyone Speaks Yiddish

2 min 27 sec

"Yiddish Wasn't the Joy It Is for Me Now": My Changing Relationship to the Yiddish Language

2 min 4 sec

We Were Never Ashamed of Being Jews or Speaking Yiddish in Lithuania

1 min 21 sec

What It Means To Be a Litvak

1 min 22 sec

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