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.

Little Black Book: My Father Mayer Krawetz' Writing Quirks

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Cara De Silva, daughter of Yiddish writer Meyer Krawetz, recalls the black notebook that her father constantly wrote in.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Cara De Silva.

This excerpt is in English.

Cara De Silva was born in New York.