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.
Jewish Music Conservatory
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David Botwinik, Vilna-born composer and Yiddish-language activist, describes the Jewish Music Conservatory he attended.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with David Botwinik.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
David Botwinik was born in Vilna, Lithuania. David died in 2022.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.