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.

Francesca Ter-Berg's Oral History

Francesca Ter-Berg, cellist who specializes in klezmer music, was interviewed by Nina Pick on July 23rd, 2019 in Weimar, Germany.

This interview was conducted in English.

Francesca Ter-Berg was born in London, England in 1985.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Breaking Bread Together -- Communal Meals as Ritual

1 min 15 sec

The Jewish Community of East Hackney: Memories from the 1980s

3 min 1 sec

Resolving the Past: Ancestral Trauma and Openness

2 min 53 sec

The Fran & Flora Duo: How It Came to Be

2 min 56 sec

How Klezmer Helped Inform My Sense of Jewish Identity

1 min 44 sec

More information about this oral history

Themes:

Career and Professional Life,
Childhood,
Eastern Europe,
Education,
Family histories,
Holocaust,
Immigration and migration,
Jewish Identity,
Klezmer,
Music,
Shabbos,
Singing,
Synagogue,
Travel,
Urban,
Yiddish musicians,
Yiddish language,
South London,
Hackney,
Transylvania,
the UK,
Cookie Segelstein,
Josh Horowitz,
Deborah Strauss,
Frank London,
Stuart Brotman,
Tcha Limberger,
Marin Bunea,
Marcel Râmba,
Mike Block,
The West London Synagogue of British Jews,
University of Sussex,
Jewdas,
Klezfest,
Jewish Film Festival,
1980s,
1990s,
2000s,
current,
Reform,
Fran & Flora

Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists

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