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.
"A Hidden South Africa": Discovering the South African Yiddish Tradition in My Work at the Yiddish Book Center
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Zvi Jankelowitz, director of Institutional Advancement at the Yiddish Book Center, discusses the world of South African Yiddish literature that he has discovered since taking his current position.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Zvi Jankelowitz.
This excerpt is in English.
Zvi Jankelowitz was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1956.
