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.
A Special Yiddish Folk Song in the Family
Watch now:
Jane Myers, singer and teacher, shares a Yiddish lullaby that her grandmother sang to her and speaks about the power that transmission through memory has had on her. The song, she later found out, was written by her grandmother's neighbor and expresses personal woes set to a popular tune.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Jane Myers.
This excerpt is in Yiddish and English.
Jane Myers was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1948.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
