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.
"I Love You From a Distance": My Grandmother's Yiddish "Spell"
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Pavel Lion aka Psoy Korolenko, singer-songwriter, recalls how his grandmother cast her Yiddish "spell" on him as a child.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Pavel Lion (Psoy Korolenko).
This excerpt is in English.
Pavel Lion (Psoy Korolenko) was born in Moscow, Russia.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.