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. Latest Yiddish on Stage and Screen: Allen Lewis Rickman Gets Serious Allen Lewis Rickman, producer, director, and performer of Yiddish theater, joins The Shmooze to talk about his work translating Yiddish for the stage and screen. Aug 22, 2019 Episode 229 32 min Previous episodes - Showing 81 - 90 of 227 Exploring Jewish Holidays with Abigail Pogrebin This week we sit down with Abigail Pogrebin to speak about her latest book, My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew. May 19, 2017 Episode 148 22 min 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. May 11, 2017 Episode 147 16 min 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. May 05, 2017 Episode 146 34 min 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." Apr 28, 2017 Episode 145 18 min 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. Apr 21, 2017 Episode 144 21 min 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. Apr 14, 2017 Episode 143 20 min 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. Apr 04, 2017 Episode 142 21 min 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. Mar 31, 2017 Episode 141 15 min 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. Mar 24, 2017 Episode 140 21 min 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 Mar 16, 2017 Episode 139 28 min Pages« first ‹ previous … 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 … next › last »