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.

Naftali Ejdelman's Oral History

Naftali Ejdelman, co-founder of Yiddish Farm and grandson of Yiddish linguist Mordkhe Schaechter, Yidish-Vokh 2013 participant, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 15, 2013 at Yidish-Vokh in Reisterstown, Maryland. The interview was conducted entirely in Yiddish.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish.

Naftali Ejdelman was born in New York, New York in 1985.

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Video highlights from this oral history

'Something is Missing in the American Jewish Community": Reflections on Yiddish and Jewish Identity

3 min 19 sec

Co-Founder of Yiddish Farm Shares His Hopes for Future Generations

2 min 21 sec

For Me It Felt Natural: A Yiddish Upbringing

1 min 30 sec

My Relationship with My Zeyde (Grandfather), Yiddish Linguist Mordkhe Schaechter

2 min 31 sec

Playing Hide and Seek Among Mordkhe Schaechter's Kartotek (Card Catalog)

1 min 5 sec

My Specific Ukrainian Yiddish Accent

2 min 59 sec

Yiddish Break: A Yugntruf Program to Gather Yiddish Speakers on University Campuses for a Short Conference

1 min 33 sec

Yiddish Farm Summer Program: Ten Weeks of Immersive Yiddish—and Organic Farming

3 min 36 sec

How to Speak a "Delicious," Idiomatic Yiddish in Ten Weeks: Pedagogy and Immersion at Yiddish Farm

2 min 49 sec

"Delicious" Yiddish vs. Correct Yiddish

1 min 38 sec

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