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.
Collecting for the Jewish National Fund
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Jacob Schlitt - New York City-born native Yiddish speaker and social justice activist - talks about how he won a contest collecting money for the Jewish National Fund, and how he still feels guilt decades later for purchasing a watch with the prize money.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Jacob Schlitt.
This excerpt is in English.
Jacob Schlitt was born in Bronx, New York in 1927. Jacob died in 2018.
