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.

Cafe Royal

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Isabel Belarsky, daughter of singer Sidor Belarsky, describes Cafe Royal and the Jewish artists she hung out with there.

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

This excerpt is in English.

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

Other video highlights from this oral history

"All We Brought Was a Samovar"

1 min 44 sec

Her Mother's Daring Act

3 min 7 sec

How I Got My Name

1 min 19 sec

Her Mother's Sacrifice

3 min 38 sec

"It didn't matter when, the table was always full"

2 min

The Song In 'A Serious Man'

1 min 57 sec

Getting the last name Belarsky

1 min 19 sec

Isabel Belarsky Remembers her Father, Sidor Belarsky, "Master Singer of the Jewish People"

8 min 8 sec

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