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.

Memories of Music From My Childhood in the Soviet Union

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Michael (Mikhel) Felzenbaum, Yiddish writer, recalls his childhood music lessons on the accordion and his family's weekly get-togethers, which featured music.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Michael (Mikhel) Felzenbaum.

This excerpt is in Yiddish.

This interview is part of the Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Yiddish Writer Michael (Mikhel) Felzenbaum Remembers Learning to Read and Write in Yiddish

2 min 50 sec

Two Stubborn People: Tensions with Avrom Sutzkever Over The Spelling of My Name

5 min 35 sec

Shloyme Shvayster: My Yiddish Editor and Mentor

55 sec

Amateur Yiddish "Fans" vs. Professional Yiddish Writers: Michael (Mikhel) Felzenbaum Reflects

2 min 30 sec

"A Velfisher Kadish (A Wolf's Kaddish)": Michael (Mikhel) Felzenbaum Reads His Poem About the Month of Av

5 min 34 sec

Next To the Bishop's House: Memories of Visiting My Aunt and Uncle in Czernowitz

3 min 11 sec

Florești: Memories of a Jewish Childhood

4 min 46 sec

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