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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Caraid O’Brien: On and Off the Stage
Caraid O’Brien speaks with us about her work on and off the stage. Currently, Caraid is performing in the New Yiddish Rep’s world premiere of Eugene Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros.”
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Eddy Portnoy on True Stories from the Yiddish Press
Eddy Portnoy talks about his newly published compendium of stories, "Bad Rabbi and Other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press." He introduces us to stories misadventures that were immortalized in Yiddish newspapers from the 1880s to the 1930s.
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Editors Answer the Question: "Where were the women writers?"
Editors Eitan Kensky and Ozzy Gold-Shapiro sit down to talk about a special "Pakn Treger Translation Issue" devoted to writing by women.
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"Menashe": A Father, a Son, a Community
Director Joshua Z. Weinstein and leading character Menashe Lustig talk about the making of the newly released film, "Menashe."
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What Are You Doing During Your Fellowship Year?
Ozzy Gold-Shapiro tells us what it’s like to spend a year as a Yiddish Book Center Fellow.
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Translating Chaim Grade
Mel Rosenthal, a retired Knopf production editor, discusses the challenges of translation and the days spent working with the writer.
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Who Grace Paley Was
Nora Paley, the co-editor of the recently published A Grace Paley Reader: Stories, Essays, and Poetry, talks about the life and work of her mother, writer Grace Paley.
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Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Jewish Music
Seth Rogovoy, who literally wrote the book on klezmer, gives us a sneak preview of the Yidstock (July 13-16, 2017) lineup
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Andy Statman and the Klezmer Revival
This week we sit down with Andy Statman, one of the founders of the klezmer revival.
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A New Translation of a Classic Yiddish Tale by An-sky
Rose Waldman joins us this week to talk about her new translation of S. An-sky's Pioneers.