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Robert Cherry

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Robert Cherry, a veteran Philadelphia journalist, is the author of Wilt: Larger than Life and Cherry Delight: A Family Memoir. He lives in suburban Philadelphia and Florida. You can contact him at [email protected].

Robert Cherry became a journalist, and eventually a businessman and author, after teaching English as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a West African village. He has been a general assignment reporter or editor at four newspapers, including The Arizona Republic, and his freelance work has appeared in The New York Times and The Jerusalem Post, among other publications. He is the author of Wilt: Larger than Life, a biography of Wilt Chamberlain, and Cherry Delight: A Family Memoir. Both books are available in hard and soft covers and as EBooks. A native Philadelphian, he lives in suburban Philadelphia and Florida. You can contact him at [email protected].

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The continuing joys of Yiddish

Here's looking at you, Yiddish

I love the sound of Yiddish, the memories it evokes, and the people who created it.
Robert Cherry

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