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.

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

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Jane Myers, singer and teacher, reflects on how the process of recording "Touching the Memory" with Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold showed her the tremendous power of music in sustaining a person, the connection between music and memory, and more.

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.

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

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

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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

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

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