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.
Finding a balance
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Jeff Warschauer advises the younger generation of klezmer musicians and Yiddish enthusiasts to go "broadly and deeply" into the past. He suggests that creative artists learn the rudiments of their discipline while remaining true to themselves.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Jeff Warschauer.
This excerpt is in English.
Jeff Warschauer was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1959.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
