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.
Mark Selchen, My Grandfather, was Editor of Dos Yidishe Vort Yiddish Newspaper in Winnipeg
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Hanni Dorn, granddaughter of Mark Selchen, editor of Yiddish newspaper in Winnipeg, describes her grandfather's involvement in the Jewish community, his relationship with the Yiddish press, and his political leanings.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Hanni Dorn.
This excerpt is in English.
Hanni Dorn was born in New York, New York in 1961.
This interview is part of the Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants series.
