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.

"Music is the Best Medicine": Avraham Fried on the Inspiration to Keep Making Jewish Music

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Avraham Fried, Lubavitcher Hasidic recording artist, talks about where he sees himself in the world of Jewish music, as a source of strength and inspiration for the Jewish people as they await the end of exile.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Avraham Fried.

This excerpt is in English.