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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Bam, Crack, Dot: Mah Jongg and Its Jewish-American Roots
Melissa Martens Yaverbaum, executive director of the Council of American Jewish Museums and curator of Project Mah Jongg, chats with us about Mah Jongg, a game more widely known than played or understood.
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The Outback Quest of Yiddish Poet Melekh Ravitsh
Author Anna Epstein visits with us from her home in Australia to talk about her recently published book about Yiddish poet Melekh Ravitsh.
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Diary of a Lonely Girl: Jessica Kirzane Translates Miriam Karpilove
We talk with Yiddish translator Jessica Kirzane about her translation of Miriam Karpilove's Diary of a Lonely Girl, which explores issues of women's empowerment and disempowerment around sexuality and politics in early twentieth-century New York.
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Yiddish in Poland: The Contemporary Scene
From Warsaw, Poland, Gabe Miner joins us on The Shmooze to chat about the current Yiddish scene in Poland.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in Yiddish
The Shmooze caught up with Yiddish translator Arun Viswanath to learn about the story of his work translating Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone into Yiddish.
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Zamlers: Profiles of Volunteer Book Collectors: Eric Ellman
To celebrate the Yiddish Book Center's 40th anniversary in 2020, we're looking back at the Center's storied history. As part of this effort, we wanted to record interviews with our zamlers (volunteer book collectors), continuing with zamler Eric Ellman.
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Zamlers: Profiles of Volunteer Book Collectors: Julie Plaut Mahoney
To celebrate the Yiddish Book Center's 40th anniversary in 2020, we're looking back at the Center's storied history. As part of this effort, we wanted to record interviews with our zamlers (volunteer book collectors).
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Zamlers: Profiles of Volunteer Book Collectors
Today's episode is the first in our series of conversations with Yiddish Book Center zamlers (volunteer book collectors), beginning with an interview with Jack Hirschberg.
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How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish
Co-editors Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert visit with The Shmooze to talk about their newly released anthology How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish.
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Judaism Unbound Podcast Considers Yiddish in America
This week we visit with Daniel Libenson, host of the "Judaism Unbound" podcast. Daniel talks about the launch of a new series of episodes entitled "Yiddish in America," presented in partnership with the Yiddish Book Center's Decade of Discovery.