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.
I may be the Gilgul (Reincarnation) of Zvi Schwartz
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Professor Yechiel Szeintuch, scholar of Yiddish literature, tells the story of finding an article on Zvi Schwartz in a yizkor (memorial) book on the town of Drohitshen (now Drahičyn, Belarus), and explains why he thinks he is a reincarnation of Schwartz.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Yechiel Szeintuch.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Yechiel Szeintuch was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.