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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A Talk with the 2017–18 Yiddish Book Center Fellows
Current Yiddish Book Center Fellows discuss their projects and future plans.
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New Yiddish Rep: Playing to a 21st Century Audience
New Yiddish Rep director David Mandelbaum discusses the theater's current production, Awake and Sing!
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Photographer David Kaufman and His Work
Photographer David Kaufman discusses architectural and historic Jewish sites
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Remnants: Photographs of the Lower East Side
Photographers Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum discuss their new book documenting the Lower East Side.
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Steiner Summer Yiddish Program Alums: On Stage at Der Yidisher Idol
Leah Reis-Dennis and Michael Yashinsky visit to talk about how they made the cut to perform their original Yiddish songs at the 2017 Der Yidisher Idol.
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The Jewish Ghetto in Postcards: From Eastern Europe to the Lower East Side
Annie Polland joins us to talk about an exhibition of early 20th-century postcards from the Blavatnik Archive Foundation.
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Live from St. Paul, Minnesota: A Yiddish Radio Show
Ruby Elliott Zuckerman, a student at Macalester College, tells us about her newly launched Yiddish radio show
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Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman: The Subject of a Forthcoming Short Film
Christa Whitney, director of the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, talks about the film, BEYLE, which explores the life and legacy of Yiddish activist and artist Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman.
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Artist Mark Podwal on His Work and Its Influences
This week, artist Mark Podwal joins us to talk about his work, its influences, and his exhibit Kaddish for Dąbrowa Białostocka, which is on display at the Yiddish Book Center.
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Alix Wall on the Legacy of Shmerke Kaczerginski's Song, "Dos Elnte Kind"
Alix Wall and Marc Smolowitz discuss their upcoming film, "The Lonely Child," based on a song written by Yiddish poet Shmerke Kaczerginski's song, "Dos Elnte Kind," or "The Lonely Child."