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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Mikhail Krutikov on the Enigmatic Der Nister
This week on The Shmooze, Lisa Newman talks to Professor Mikail Krutikov about the enigmatic Yiddish writer Der Nister.
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Alana Newhouse on The 100 Most Jewish Foods: A Highly Debatable List
This week on The Shmooze, Lisa Newman speaks with Alana Newhouse, founder and editor of Tablet Magazine about her book, The 100 Most Jewish Foods: A Highly Debatable List. Newhouse discusses the role that food has had in the lives of Jews.
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"Grains of Wheat": Abigail Weaver on the Paper Brigade
Lisa Newman talks to Smith College senior Abigail Weaver about "Grains of Wheat," her play about the Jewish intellectuals, known as the Paper Brigade, who worked to hide stores of cultural materials from Nazi forces in the Vilna ghetto.
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Alyssa Quint on "The Rise of Modern Yiddish Theater"
Alyssa Quint joins us this week to talk about her new book, “The Rise of the Modern Yiddish Theater," which examines the beginnings of Yiddish-language theater and delves into one of its brilliant and polarizing figures, Avrom Goldfaden.
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"Vilna:" The Play
Playwright Ira Fuchs shares the story behind "VILNA" which will have a five-week Off-Broadway run beginning March 11th.
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Mendel Mann’s Seeds in the Desert: In Translation
Heather Valencia joins us from Scotland to talk about her newly published translation of Seeds in the Desert.
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Yiddish Theater's Vilna Troupe
Debra Caplan, Yiddish theater historian and Assistant Professor of Theater at Baruch College, joins us this week to discuss her book, Yiddish Empire: The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy.
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Andrea Simon on Angel Wagenstein: Art is a Weapon
Director Andrea Simon joins us to discuss her documentary, Angel Wagenstein: Art is a Weapon.
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The Reading Culture of Yiddish-Speaking Immigrants
Eric L. Goldstein joins us this week to discuss his current project focused on the reading culture of Yiddish-speaking immigrants to the United States from the late nineteenth century to the interwar period.
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The Shraybmashin-brigade: In Search of Yiddish Typewriters
Yiddish Book Center Fellows Adah Hetko and Sophia Shoulson discuss their work with typewriters for the Yiddish Book Center's collection.