Irving Massey Reflects On His Mother Ida Maze

Irving Massey, son of Yiddish writer Ida Maze, joins The Shmooze to talk about his mother, her writing, and the newly published Dineh: An Autobiographical Novel by Ida Maze, translated by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub (White Goat Press 2022). Irving shares a personal portrait of the writer, her role in Montreal’s Yiddish literary circles, and the story behind the posthumously published Dineh.