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.

Lorin Sklamberg On His Early Experiences With Jewish Music

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Lorin Sklamberg, lead singer for The Klezmatics and YIVO sound archivist, explains how his earliest exposure to Jewish music was through Israeli folk songs as he goes on to describe the beginning of his interest in klezmer.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Lorin Sklamberg.

This excerpt is in English.

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

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"It Was More Like a Resuscitation": Lorin Sklamberg's Thoughts on Klezmer Revival

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Lorin Sklamberg on the Story Behind the Founding of The Klezmatics

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