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.

A Smuggler of Yiddish

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Musician Daniel Kahn - Berlin-based composer and singer of new Yiddish music - explains his interest in cultural exchange and openness, and discusses the way Yiddish embodies his philosophical and political beliefs.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Daniel Kahn.

This excerpt is in English.

Daniel Kahn was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1978.

This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.


Other video highlights from this oral history