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.
Connecting to the Shtetl Through Tale and Travel
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George Jochnowitz, professor emeritus of linguistics at the College of Staten Island, recounts an anecdote passed down from his mother about her mother giving birth in a shtetl in Poland. In later years, George traveled to the town and was actually able to meet someone who knew his grandmother!
This is an excerpt from an oral history with George Jochnowitz.
This excerpt is in English.
George Jochnowitz was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1937.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
