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.
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman's Children's Songs: Writing Songs Was How She Showed Affection
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Esther Gottesman, granddaughter of Yiddish poet Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman and daughter of Itzik Gottesman, gives examples of her grandmother using song writing to bond with her granddaughter, and sings a song Beyle wrote for her.
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.