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Philadelphia's Yiddish Radio
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Allen Katz, former student at the Yiddish Folkshul of the Wynnefield neighborhood of West Philadelphia, describes the programs that he listened to with his Bubbe on Philadelphia's only Yiddish station.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Allen Katz.
This excerpt is in English.
Allen Katz was born in 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Wynnefield and West Philadelphia
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April 1948: Yiddish Was Still the Language of the Jewish People
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Overbrook High School
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A Partisaner Lid (Partisan Hymn)
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"If Judaism Dies, the World May Not Be Far Behind"
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The Wynnefield Yiddish Folkshul
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A Sense of Collective Jewish Insecurity
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Themes in this oral history excerpt:
- Allen Katz
- Philadelphia
- Pennsylvania
- soap operas
- radio broadcast
- Yiddish Folk Shule
- Wynnefield
- Childhood
- Radio
- Press
- World War Two
- America
- United States
- Urban
About the Wexler Oral History Project
Since 2010, the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project has recorded more than 500 in-depth video interviews that provide a deeper understanding of the Jewish experience and the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture.
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