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.
The Need to Fund Yiddish Creativity
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John (Yankl) Zeleznikow, whose parents owned the famed Cafe Scheherezade Jewish restaurant in Melbourne, describes what he sees as the future of the Yiddish language. While he, for the most part, thinks Yiddish is on its way to be a cultural museum piece, he advises that funding Yiddish creativity and new literature will have an important impact in keeping Yiddish a living language.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with John (Yankl) Zeleznikow.
This excerpt is in English.
