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.

Joshua Horowitz's Oral History

Joshua Horowitz, Austrian klezmer musician, was interviewed by Nina Pick on July 21st, 2019 in Weimar, Germany.

This interview was conducted in English.

Joshua Horowitz was born in Niagra Falls, NY in 1960.

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Video highlights from this oral history

The Impulse That Drove Me to Klezmer Music

2 min 58 sec

The First Time Hearing Klezmer: My First Thoughts

3 min 26 sec

The Gossamer Thread: The Value of Cultural Fieldwork

3 min 38 sec

The Waldheim Era: Austria in the 1980s

11 min 53 sec

Changes Within Klezmer: Differences Between Sensibilities

2 min 1 sec

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