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Asymptote's Yiddish Poetry in Translation

Alexander Dickow visited with The Shmooze to talk about Asymptote's recently published Yiddish poetry in translation feature that he co-edited with Asymptote's Editor-In-Chief Lee Yew Leong.

Aug 16, 2019

Episode 228

18 min

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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!

Dec 15, 2017

Episode 167

27 min
Photographer David Kaufman and His Work

Photographer David Kaufman discusses architectural and historic Jewish sites

Dec 07, 2017

Episode 166

19 min
Remnants: Photographs of the Lower East Side

Photographers Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum discuss their new book documenting the Lower East Side.

Nov 20, 2017

Episode 165

24 min
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.

Nov 16, 2017

Episode 164

22 min
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.

Nov 10, 2017

Episode 163

16 min
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

Nov 02, 2017

Episode 162

16 min
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.

Oct 26, 2017

Episode 161

14 min
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.

Oct 19, 2017

Episode 160

20 min
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."

Oct 04, 2017

Episode 159

27 min
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.”

Sep 26, 2017

Episode 158

22 min

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