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.

Coming to Yiddish Song: Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk Reflects

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Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk, accordion player and singer of Jewish music, explains who inspired her to sing and perform in Yiddish (Mendy Kahan, Ellie Shapiro, Barbara Kirschenblatt-Gimblett, Maria Mirenberg).

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk.

This excerpt is in English.

This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

A Non-Jewish Woman Singing Yiddish in Israel

2 min 46 sec

The Story Behind Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk's First Yiddish Music CD "Jewish Songs from Polesye"

4 min 43 sec

Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk Sings Miriam Nirenberg's "Dos Pastekhl" And Plays The Accordion

5 min 14 sec

Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk's Journey To Conversion

2 min 34 sec

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