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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A Conversation with Yiddish Book Center Fellows
Yiddish Book Center Fellows Jessica Parker and Allison Posner sit down to answer questions about their work and passion for Yiddish language and culture.
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What's Tent?
Aaron Lansky visits with Tent's program director, Josh Lambert, to discuss the Yiddish Book Center's new program.
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Ilan Stavans in Conversation
Ilan Stavans speaks with Josh Lambert about Yiddish con Salsa, a weekend program at the Yiddish Book Center scheduled for April 19-21, 2013.
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From Baltimore to Vilnius: Yiddish Stories from Around the World
Christa Whitney tells us about the interviews she conducted in cities from Baltimore to Vilnius, and why she loves the opportunity to ask the important questions.
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Yiddish and Ladino: Understanding Jewish Languages
Author Sarah Abrevaya Stein talks about editing the translation of a Ladino memoir into English and how her internship at the Yiddish Book Center shaped her understanding of Jewish languages.
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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.