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.
Learning the Meaning of My Name (discovering the meaning of my name working at Jewish labor committee)
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Jacob Schlitt - New York City-born native Yiddish speaker and social justice activist - learned the true meaning of his name,"leader," while working for the Jewish Labor Committee.
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.
