Gella Schweid Fishman Shloyshim Memorial

A special "Shloyshim" program in memory of Gella Schweid Fishman,
master Yiddish teacher and archivist of the secular Yiddish
school movement in the USA.


Participants in the show include Dovid Fishman, Dov-Ber Kerler,
Rukhl Schaechter, Dovid Braun, and Mark David. Fishman, who is
Gella Fishman's son, is Professor of Jewish History at Jewish
Theological Seminary. Kerler is Professor of Jewish Studies and
Germanic Studies at Indiana University. Rukhl Schaechter is
Editor of the Yiddish Forward newspaper and web site
yiddish.forward.com. Braun and David are regular participants on
the Yiddish Voice.


Thanks for audio excerpts of Gella Fishman's 2016 interview by
Christa Whitney, director of the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler
Oral History Project. Thanks to Christa and Wexler! See link
below additional audio, video, and info.


Related links:


Gella Fishman Fought Hard for the Dignity of Yiddish --
editorial in Yiddish by the Forverts

Yiddish Teacher and Archivist Gella Schweid Fishman Has Died
(Yiddish) -- obituary in Yiddish in the Forverts written by Gitl
Schaechter-Viswanath

Yiddish Teacher And Archivist Gella Schweid Fishman Has Died
(English) -- obituary in English in the Forward written by Gitl
Schaechter-Viswanath

Gella Schweid Fishman's Oral History -- 2016 interview by the
Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History project



Air Date: June 21, 2017