Assimilation and Maintaining a Jewish Identity

Molly Fogarty, Springfield librarian who was born in Munich, discusses the difficulty of growing up with immigrant parents and navigating the process of assimilation and the desire to feel American while maintaining a Jewish identity. She also shares a more recent story of a coworker calling someone "too Jewish" to hire.

To see the full interview and learn more about the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, visit:

[sjwnetwork]

Lovely video, I showed it to my class and it spawned a great discussion.

[DarkDrai]

We're a salad bowl, not a melting pot.