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.

"How glad I am that that one day happened": Recording Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold's Songs

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Jane Myers, singer and teacher, thinks about the circumstances that led up to her 1976 recording session with Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold (now available on CD as "Touching the Memory") and realizes that she can't quite pinpoint what led to the recording, but she is so happy that it happened.

Find out more and hear tracks from the CD at rabbibenziongold.com

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Jane Myers.

This excerpt is in English.

Jane Myers was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1948.

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

Other video highlights from this oral history

A Space of Gold and Deep Velvet: Memories of Adath Jeshurun in Minneapolis

1 min 32 sec

A Special Yiddish Folk Song in the Family

2 min 54 sec

"Not Fancy, but Just Expressive": Description of Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold's Personality and Voice

1 min 57 sec

"Touching the Memory": Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold Taught Me the Power of Music

3 min 45 sec

What Everyone Should Know About Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold

2 min 10 sec

The Making of a CD of Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold's Nigunim

2 min 21 sec

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