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.

Israel (Izzy) Feldman's Oral History

Israel (Izzy) Feldman, Israeli-American IT specialist, was interviewed by Rola Younes on April 25, 2014 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

Israel (Izzy) Feldman was born in Cernăuți, Romania in 1931. Israel (Izzy) died in 2017.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Attitudes toward the Galut (Diaspora) Among Young Israelis in the 1940s and 50s

1 min 58 sec

Notes from the (Jewish) Underground, Haganah Youth

2 min 57 sec

A Gut Feeling Against Intermarriage

1 min 11 sec

Stereotypes, Guilt, and Emigrating from Israel

1 min 54 sec

Adopting Hebrew Surnames

1 min 20 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Group on the Water

Three Children 1960s

Israel Feldman 2 or 3 in Tel Aviv

Family Portrait

Boat Portrait with the Skyline

Izzy Feldman Father and Child

Portrait

Father and Izzy Photo Booth

Izzy Feldman Army Boys

Father and Izzy on the Water

Air Force

Father and Kids on Porch

Army Boys and Friends

Izzy Feldman Father On Motorcycle

Beach Baby

Izzy Feldman Father Portrait

Beach Father

Izzy Feldman mother and father

Childhood Class Photo

Izzy Feldman Old Family Portrait

Young Men in the Grass

Young Men on a Boat

Childhood Outing

Young Men Playing Cards

Young Men Playing Tennis

Children Posing Outside

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