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 World of Jewish Cooking, with Joan Nathan
Award-winning cookbook author Joan Nathan took time to speak with us about her newest book, King Solomon's Table: A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking from Around the World.
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Jewish Summer Camping with Riv-Ellen Prell
This week, we are joined by Riv-Ellen Prell, a professor at the University of Minnesota, to talk about Jewish summer camping in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Unearthing Memories in the Lodz Ghetto
This week we are joined by Kristen Gresh, curator of the new exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston: "Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross."
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Yiddish Translation and Writing with Curt Leviant
This week we are joined by writer and translator Curt Leviant, best known for his many novels and translations of famous Yiddish authors, including Chaim Grade and Lamed Shapiro.
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Beyond the Forest: Loli Kantor's Photographic Expedition into Eastern Europe
This week we talk to Loli Kantor about her photographs of Jewish communities in Eastern Europe.
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Sandy Fox on Jewish Summer Camp and Yiddish Feminist Podcasting
This week we are joined by Sandy Fox, a PhD candidate at NYU and the host of the popular Yiddish feminist podcast Vaybertaytsh.
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The Pickle Guys: Kosher Pickles on the Lower East Side
This week we sit down with Alan Kaufman, owner of the Lower East Side-based shop The Pickle Guys, known for its specialty pickles and pickled fruits and vegetables.
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Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher
Roger Horowitz, author of the recently published Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food, shares a few backstories from his book about the history of keeping kosher in America.
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The Ellis Island Yiddish Sound Archives
Eric Byron joins us this week to speak about the Ellis Island sound archives, which include a collection of Yiddish phonographic recordings dating from the 1890s to 1930s
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The Abandoned Book: A New Collection of Yiddish Translations
This week we sat down with the Yiddish Book Center's Eitan Kensky to talk about our newest publication, a collection of thirty original translations of Yiddish works.