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.
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Yiddish: A Global Culture live on Bloomberg Connects
Yiddish: A Global Culture, is now live on the Bloomberg Connects app. The free, downloadable app allows users to explore expert-curated guides from some 550 selected cultural institutions across the globe in the palm of their hand.
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The Book of Izzy
Novelist Ben Gonshor joins The Shmooze to talk about his debut novel, The Book of Izzy. In conversation with Ben we talk about the many layers of Izzy and the book’s underlying narrative.
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Displaced Persons: A Multilayered Collection of Stories
Writer Joan Leegant joined The Shmooze to talk about her latest book, Displaced Persons, a collection of rich, multilayered short stories.
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Ashkenazi Folk Magic at the Threshold
Rokhl Kafrissen sits down with The Shmooze this week to talk about her upcoming Yiddish Book Center online course “Sacred Time and Liminal Space: Ashkenazi Folk Magic at the Threshold."
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Adapted for a Staged Reading: Sholem Asch’s Shabbtai Tsvi
Translator and adapter Weaver sits down with The Shmooze to talk about the drama group Theater Between Addresses and its upcoming immersive, staged reading of Sholem Asch’s Shabbtai Tsvi.
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The Yiddish Supernatural on Screen
We visit with Rebecca (Rivke) Margolis, author of The Yiddish Supernatural on Screen: Dybbuks, Demons and Haunted Jewish Pasts. In conversation we talk about how the book traces the transformation of the figure of the dybbuk.
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Klezkanada’s Summer Retreat
Avia Moore and Sebastian Schulman join The Shmooze for a lively conversation about all things Klezakanda. This year’s lineup includes workshops on Yiddish song, dance, and language learning as well as a translation workshop, and a cabaret.
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Nathan-ism: The Story of Artist Nathan Hilu
Filmaker Elan Golod visits with The Shmooze to talk about his documentary Nathan-ism. The film tells the story of Nathan Hilu.
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The Yiddish Folksong Project
Kimberly Lazzeri joins The Shmooze to talk about the recently released Yiddish Folksong Project Anthology and shares the story behind this collection of Robert De Cormier’s folksong arrangements, which had been in a storage closet for over forty years.
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After 80 Years Postcards Find Their Way Home to Lublin
Piotr Nazaruk and Karla McCabe joined The Shmooze to tell the story of the thirty-six postcards that Karla recently hand-delivered to Pitor Nazaruk at a ceremony in Lublin, Poland.