- Schaechter-Gottesman, Bella
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library
- Esther Gottesman, granddaughter of Yiddish poet Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman and daughter of Itzik Gottesman, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on January 10th, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York.
2017-01-10
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project
- Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman z"l, Yiddish poet and songwriter, reflects on the importance of Yiddishism in her family and on her family's impact on Yiddish culture.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman z"l, Yiddish poet and songwriter, explains what Yiddishism means to her and how it is firmly established in her family.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman z"l, Yiddish poet and songwriter, describes one of her favorite writers, Eliezer Shteynbarg, who wrote masterful children's literature.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman z"l, Yiddish poet and songwriter, remembers the exodus of Jews and her sense of foreboding when the Russians arrived in her hometown of Chernowitz following the Yalta Conference at the end of World War Two.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman z"l, Yiddish poet and songwriter, describes the Frayland Lige, a Territorialist organization that sought to establish a Jewish State outside of Israel, and its leader, Isaac Nachman Steinberg.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman z"l - Yiddish poet and songwriter - describes the Sholem Aleichem Folk Shul, now a cultural center, and the community of Yiddish-speaking families on Bainbridge Avenue in the Bronx.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman z"l, Yiddish poet and songwriter, remembers how she began writing songs and poems for her children to enjoy while her husband was at work.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Itzik Gottesman - folklorist and associate editor at the Forverts - describes the creativity of his mother, Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, who was both a visual artist and a writer.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
