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Christa Whitney
Christa Patricia Whitney (; born 1987) is an American Oral history, oral historian, Yiddishist movement, Yiddishist, and documentary filmmaker. Since 2010, she has been the director of the Wexler Oral History Project at the Yiddish Book Center, which conducts interviews about Yiddish language and culture at a global level. Early life and career Whitney was born in 1987 in Oakland, California, Oakland, California. She was raised in the small town of Kensington, California, Kensington in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is of Lithuanians, Lithuanian and Irish people, Irish descent. Whitney was raised in the Catholic Church. While a student at El Cerrito High School, Whitney became interested in Jewish history upon taking an elective class on World War II. She studied Yiddish poetry with Yiddish scholar Justin Cammy while at Smith College, earning degrees in comparative literature and dance. After graduating in 2009, she began working at the nearby Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakland
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the most populous city in the East Bay, the third most populous city in the Bay Area, and the eighth most populous city in California. It serves as the Bay Area's trade center: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth- or sixth-busiest in the United States. A charter city, Oakland was incorporated on May 4, 1852, in the wake of the state's increasing population due to the California gold rush. Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. In the late 18th century, it became part of a large ''rancho'' grant in the colony of New Spain, and was known for its plentiful oak tree stands. Its land served as a resource when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
