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| By: israelinsider staff |
| Published: January 4, 2007 |
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Itche Goldberg, a writer and educator who for a century was a living link to the Yiddish culture of East European immigrants, has died. He was 102.
Goldberg died on December 27 of cancer at his New York home, according to Itzik Gottesman, associate editor of the Yiddish-language Forward weekly newspaper.
Two years ago, when he turned 100, Goldberg edited the last issue of the literary journal Yidishe Kultur, which reflected his belief that Yiddish was key to the survival of the culture of East European Jews and their descendants.
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