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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.

Charles Berg's Oral History

Charles Berg, klezmer drummer, was interviewed (remotely) by Nina Pick on February 17th, 2021 in Lexington, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

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Themes:

Career and Professional Life,
Childhood,
Klezmer,
Music,
Urban,
Yiddish musicians,
Yiddish language,
Winfield,
Hankus Netsky,
Frank London,
Steve Netsky,
David Harris,
Takaaki Masuko,
Don Byron,
Eugene McCarthy,
Noam Chomsky,
Independent Workers Union,
Central High School,
Klezmer Conservatory Band,
University of Pennsylvania,
Les Miserables Brass Band,
The Klematics,
The Lemonheads,
Democratic Socialists of America,
1960,
1970s,
1980s,
current,
World of Our Fathers,
Yiddishe Renaissance,
jazz

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