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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Echoes from the Borscht Belt: Through a Contemporary Lens
We visit with photographer Marisa Scheinfeld to talk about her work chronicling the ever-evolving landscape of the Borscht Belt.
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Kitchen Kibitz: The Pop-up Jewish Dinner Club
Jeff Gabel, founder of the Boston-based Kitchen Kibitz, tells us about his pop-up dinner project, which explores modern takes on Jewish cuisine.
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"Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream"
In his new documentary, "Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream," director Michael Levine profiles the last family-owned matzo company in the U.S.
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Four Questions, 300 Languages
For more than thirty years, Murray Spiegel and Rickey Stein have been on a quest to translate the Four Questions of the Passover seder into as many languages as possible.
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The Story of He'Brew: The Chosen Beer
Jeremy Cowan tells us how he combined his love of craft beer and of Jewish culture and literature to create his Shmaltz Brewing Company.
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Jewish Cuba: A Conversation with Adela Dworin
Ruth Behar, an anthropologist from the University of Michigan, talks to Adela Dworin, president of the Jewish Community of Cuba in Havana.
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Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish Modernity
Scholar and author Dr. Jess Olson discusses her newly published book "Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish Modernity."
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A Growing Archive of Yiddish Oral Histories
Christa Whitney, the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project director, talks about her recent fieldwork in Poland and her new project to interview the children of Yiddish writers.
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On translating The Zelmenyaners - a classic Yiddish work
We visit with scholar Sasha Senderovich to learn about "The Zelmenyaners," one of the great comic novels of the twentieth century, now in a new English translation by Hillel Halkin.
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Yidstock 2013:Top names in klezmer to perform July 18-21
Yidstock program director Seth Rogovoy discusses Yidstock 2013 - from the opening concert with the Klezmer Conservatory Band to the Yidstock All-stars closing concert, and other events that will take place at Yidstock 2013.