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.

Benjamin Fox-Rosen's Oral History

Benjamin Fox-Rosen, klezmer musician, was interviewed by Nina Pick on July 22nd, 2019 in Weimar, Germany.

This interview was conducted in English.

Benjamin Fox-Rosen was born in Los Angeles, California in 1984.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Exploring the Relationship Between Liturgical Music and Klezmer

4 min 34 sec

New Directions: Exploring the World of Transylvanian Lullabies

3 min 14 sec

Orthodoxy and Reformation: Judaism and Religious Observance in Vienna

4 min 10 sec

Staging Folkloric Traditions: Performativity in Klezmer and Cantorial Music

2 min 49 sec

Benjamin Fox-Rosen's Advice to Young Musicians

1 min 26 sec

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