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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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.
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"A New Year's Eve State of Mind": Ri J. Turner’s Yiddish Translation
We caught up with Ri J. Turner, a 2014 Yiddish Book Center Translation Fellow, to chat about her translation of A.S. Lirik’s "A New Year's Eve State of Mind.”
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The Jewish Deli and the Third Space: A Chat with Ted Merwin
Ted Merwin visits on The Shmooze this week to discuss his recently published book "Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli."
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David R. Gillham’s Annelies: Approaching Anne Frank through Fiction
David R. Gillham, the New York Times bestselling author of City of Women, joins us on The Shmooze this week to discuss his forthcoming novel, Annelies.
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Gerri Chanel’s Saving Mona Lisa
Gerri Chanel, a prize-winning freelance journalist, joins us this week to discuss Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and its Treasures from the Nazis.
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Jamie Bernstein: On Being "Famous Father Girl"
Jamie Bernstein joins us to talk about her recently published memoir "Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein."
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From the Yiddish Book Center’s Collection: All Things Turkey-Related
Yiddish Book Center fellows Sophia Shoulson and Sarah Quiat searched the Center’s collection for Thanksgiving-related content, and join us on The Shmooze to share what they discovered.
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Ilan Stavans and the Film “My Mexican Shivah”
Ilan Stavans stopped by the studio this week to discuss “My Mexican Shivah,” a film based on one of his stories.
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Marvin Zuckerman on Translation and Growing up in New York’s Jewish Labor Movement
Marvin Zuckerman joins The Shmooze this week to discuss his translation of Bernard Goldstein’s Twenty Years with the Jewish Labor Bund: A Memoir of Interwar Poland.
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Photographer Rebecca Lepkoff
Rebecca Lepkoff (1916-2014) was one of the great twentieth century photographers. Her husband Eugene and son Daniel dropped by our studio to talk about Rebecca’s life and work from their unique vantage point.