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.

Joseph Gideon Bolotowsky's Oral History

Joseph Gideon Bolotowsky, President of Jewish community in Helsinki 1988-2007, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on June 15th, 2018, in Helsinki, Finland.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish.

Joseph Gideon Bolotowsky was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1947.

Video highlights from this oral history

Finland, A Miracle Among Jewish Communities in Central and Eastern Europe

4 min 17 sec

Cantonists: How Many Jews Arrived in Finland

3 min 10 sec

Jewish Holidays With My Bobes in Finland

1 min 57 sec

The Helsinki Jewish School: Over 100 Years of History

3 min 16 sec

Jewish History In Finland

3 min 16 sec

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