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.

Benny Ferdman's Oral History

Benny Ferdman, art teacher and Yiddish activist, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on March 10, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish and English.

Benny Ferdman was born in Sweden in 1952.

Artifacts related to this oral history