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.

The Song In 'A Serious Man'

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Isabel Belarsky, daughter of singer Sidor Belarsky, talks about her mission to keep her father's music alive, and explains that the Coen brothers used one of her father's songs in 'A Serious Man.'

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Isabel Belarsky.

This excerpt is in English.