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.
The Plum Tree: Old Music, New Lyrics
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Elizabeth Schwartz, singer, introduces and performs The Plum Tree, a traditional klezmer melody she composed English lyrics for in honor of historian Itzik Schwartz and his wife Tzila.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Elizabeth Schwartz.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
