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.

An Eyste from Yale Strom

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Yale Strom, musical performer, artist, and ethnographic collector of Yiddish music, shares his advice with anyone who wants to pursue a career that's a little meshugge.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Yale (Yitskhok) Strom.

This excerpt is in English.

This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

"What Really Spoke was the Violin": Navigating Eastern Europe

2 min 49 sec

It's About the Derekh (The Path): Yale Strom on Religion

3 min 24 sec

Racial Prejudice Within the Jewish Community

2 min 48 sec

Getting Involved in Music

8 min 43 sec

Memories from Shemini Atzereth and Simchas Torah

2 min 24 sec

Between Hashomer Hatsair and Hasidism: Yale Strom's Childhood in Detroit

2 min 29 sec

Stoliner Nign from Father's Family

3 min

The Beginning of Yale Strom's Ethnographic Career: An Old Age Home in Zagreb

6 min 21 sec

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