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.

Pete Rushefsky's Oral History

Pete Rushefsky, executive director of the Center for Traditional Music & Dance and musician, specializing in Jewish hammered dulcimer, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on April 10th, 2018, in New York City.

This interview was conducted in English.

Pete Rushefsky was born in Rochester, NY in 1970.

Video highlights from this oral history

The Current Status of Klezmer and Yiddish Music

4 min 12 sec

Preserving Aesthetic Worlds Through Oral Transmission of Yiddish Song

2 min 39 sec

Becoming a Premier Tsimbl Player

6 min 54 sec

The Klezmer-Yiddish Family

1 min 21 sec

Making New Yiddish Song Resources Available: Projects of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance

3 min 19 sec

Pete Rushefsky's Journey to Klezmer

5 min 20 sec

Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman: Champion of the Yiddish Song

3 min 2 sec

The Aesthetics of Judaism and Jewish Music

2 min 41 sec

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