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.
Hearing Harbslid Now: How My Relationship to My Grandmother's Songs Has Changed
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Esther Gottesman, granddaughter of Yiddish poet Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman and daughter of Itzik Gottesman, tells about her recent reaction to hearing her grandmother's anthemic song at a concert. She explains how, although the songs filled her childhood, since her grandmother's death they have gained new meaning and effect.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Esther Gottesman.
This excerpt is in English and Yiddish.
This interview is part of the Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants series.
