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.
"All That Remains is a Dream" - The Bittersweet Nostalgia of "Vu Iz Dos Gesele?"
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Joseph Heller, summer 2013 Steiner student, speaks about his favorite Yiddish song, "Vu Iz Dos Gesele? (Where Is The Little Street?)," and explains the connection he feels between his Yiddish studies and the song's story of returning to one's since-destroyed hometown.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Joseph Heller.
This excerpt is in English and Yiddish.
Joseph Heller was born in 1994.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
