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.

Rachel Weston's Oral History

Rachel Weston, a London-based singer with a particular interest in Yiddish song, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 22, 2014 at KlezKanada in the Laurentian Mountains, Quebec, Canada.

This interview was conducted in English and Yiddish.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Yiddish is the Music That I Have to Give, To Learn About

2 min 15 sec

Song as Document: How Music Holds the Human Experience

2 min 45 sec

Yiddish Misfits Gathered and Scattered: Reflections on the Klezmer Revival, Diaspora, and Movement

3 min 26 sec

Songs for the Shul Klaper: Musical Parallels between Yiddish East London and Eastern Europe

5 min 22 sec

Childhood Memories of - and Adult Reflections on - the United Synagogue in London

4 min 24 sec

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