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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Amid Falling Walls: A Groundbreaking Musical
Avram Mlotek visits with The Shmooze to talk about the upcoming performance of Amid Falling Walls, for which Avram created the libretto. Amid Falling Walls) is presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene.
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Faith Jones on Translating Shira Gorshman
The Shmooze visits with translator Faith Jones to talk about her recently released Meant to Be and Other Stories, by Shira Gorshman (White Goat Press).
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David Mazower on Yiddish: A Global Culture
The Shmooze sat down with chief curator and writer David Mazower for the first in a series of conversations about the Yiddish Book Center’s landmark permanent exhibition, which opens on October 15, 2023.
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Women on the Yiddish Stage
This week on The Shmooze, editors Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel and Alyssa Quint talk about Women on the Yiddish Stage, a series of publications that amplifies the voices of women in the historical Yiddish theater.
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The Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project
On a visit with The Shmooze, photographer Marisa Scheinfeld talks about her work on The Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project. The resulting work will create a series of markers to commemorate the Borscht Belt era.
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A Life in Yiddish Translation
Curt Leviant, professor, novelist, and translator, speaks with The Shmooze about his life translating the work of Sholem Aleichem and Chaim Grade, and he shares some stories about his encounters with Nobel laureates.
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Four Days of Concerts: Yidstock 2023
The Shmooze sits down with Seth Rogovoy to talk about what’s in store for the Yiddish Book Center’s 11th annual Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music (July 13–16).
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Writing the Story of Franya Winter
Meryl Frank visits with The Shmooze to talk about her recently released book, Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust.
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Dear Mr. Dickens: The Story Behind the Letter
Award-winning children’s book author Nancy Churnin talks with The Shmooze about her illustrated children’s book Dear Mr. Dickens, which tells the true story of Eliza Davis.
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Caraid O’Brien on Sholem Asch’s Underworld Trilogy
Caraid O’Brien, one of the foremost contemporary interpreters and translators of Sholem Asch’s work, talks with The Shmooze about the Theater J class she’s teaching.