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.
Yiddish is the Music That I Have to Give, To Learn About
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Rachel Weston, London-based singer with a particular interest in Yiddish song, answers the question "Why sing Yiddish?" by recognizing the intangibility of the connection to the power of song. She considers her ancestral context, and the universal significance of music as a communication tool for the human experience to explain why Yiddish isn't just something that resonates with her by chance, it's something that she has inherently.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Rachel Weston.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
