The Shmooze
The Yiddish Book Center's podcast includes conversations with Jewish culture makers, plus news and stories related to Yiddish literature, language, and culture.
Previous episodes
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Behind the Scenes of The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground
Erik Greenberg Anjou, director of "The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground," talks about the making of the film.
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Tori Avey on Making the Perfect Latke
Tori Avey visits with us to talk about Jewish food and to share tips on making the perfect latke.
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A Trove of Yiddish Recordings
Jordan Kutzik, senior fellow at the Yiddish Book Center, shares stories about the amazing content he's finding in hours of archival recordings of Yiddish writers, and the surprises he's encountering in the process.
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Behind the scenes of The Deli Man
Award-winning director Erik Anjou talks to us about his latest documentary project "The Deli Man," where we learn about the film, the deli culture, and the people behind the counter.
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A Photographer Remembers Yiddish New York in the 1960s
Photographer Arnold Chekow visits with Aaron Lansky to share stories about the Yiddish cultural icons he photographed in New York in the 1960s.
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Global Jewish Comedy with Noah Gardenswartz
Listen in as comedian Noah Gardenswartz talks about the common humor Jewish communities share and how he’s trying to break out of the Jewish comedy format.
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Peter Manseau on Yiddish and Writing
Award-winning author Peter Manseau reflects on his time as an intern at the Yiddish Book Center and the obsession with Yiddish he can't seem to shake.
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Flying Klezmer
Emma Morgenstern catches up with Mark Marczyk, fiddler for The Lemon Bucket Orkestra, about their captive audience and the wacky venues the band has graced with song.
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A 14-Year-Old Who Rescues Yiddish Books
Fourteen-year-old Emma Lezberg, the Yiddish Book Center's youngest zamler (volunteer book collector), talks about about her experience collecting Yiddish books.
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Old Jews Telling Jokes Onstage
Dan Okrent, co-creator of "Old Jews Telling Jokes Onstage," talks somewhat seriously about the comedic off-Broadway production.