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Orthodoxy and Reformation: Judaism and Religious Observance in Vienna

Benjamin Fox-Rosen, klezmer musician, shares his observations on the different synagogues in Vienna, Germany.

Resolving the Past: Ancestral Trauma and Openness

Francesca Ter-Berg, cellist who specializes in klezmer music, explains the unresolved trauma that exists within her family's history, and how it affects her today.

New Directions: Exploring the World of Transylvanian Lullabies

Benjamin Fox-Rosen, klezmer musician, describes an ongoing musical project he's been working on involving collecting Transylvanian lullabies and arranging them for bass and electronics.

Breaking Bread Together -- Communal Meals as Ritual

Francesca Ter-Berg, cellist who specializes in klezmer music, considers the value of her family's tradition of always eating meals together, and what it means to her today.

Speaking Out About Oppression: A Responsibility to Look After Each Other

Theodor Heimann Olsen, klezmer trumpet player and queer activist, speaks about the importance of speaking out against oppression, and our responsibility as people to help others.

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

Francesca Ter-Berg, cellist who specializes in klezmer music, describes the London Borough of Hackney in the 1980s, the market and merchant culture, and the queer Jewish presence in East Hackney.

David Krakauer

David Krakauer, clarinetist and klezmer musician, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on September 24, 2019 in New York, New York.

2019-09-24

The Fran & Flora Duo: How It Came to Be

Francesca Ter-Berg, cellist who specializes in klezmer music, explains how she met her musical partner Flora Curzon, and their path to releasing their first album together.

Cookie Segelstein

Cookie Segelstein, klezmer violinist, was interviewed by Nina Pick on July 18th, 2019 in Weimar, Germany.

2019-07-18

Charles Berg

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

2021-02-17

Patrick Farrell

Patrick Farrell, accordion player who specializes in klezmer music, was interviewed by Nina Pick on July 19th, 2019 in Weimar, Germany.

2019-07-19

Polina Markovna Shepherd

Polina Markovna Shepherd, Yiddish performer, composer, and choir leader, was interviewed by Ze'ev Duckworth on July 16, 2015 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. Polina's mother is Russian and Ukrainian, and her father is a Jew whose...

2015-07-16

Love of the language

Sruli Dresdner discusses the connection between Klezmer music and Yiddish.

Musical Diversity

Klezmer musician Assaf Talmudi tries to explain why diversity in music is important.

It's Important To Know History, and Then Forget It

Henri Oppenheim, klezmer musician based in Montreal, muses on the role of history in cultural revival.

"All Gigs Are the Same": Channeling Healing Energy Through My Music

Merlin Shepherd, Klezmer musician and instructor, shares his vision of music as a source of healing and unity.

"He then took me upstairs and started playing me records!": On Hankus Netsky's Early Interest in Jewish Music

Hankus tells of how the world of klezmer music was opened up after he contacted an estranged uncle.

Recordings are not enough

Klezmer musician Assaf Talmudi argues that music that has been recorded and not played should be considered lost.