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Celebrating Itzik Manger, Beloved Yiddish Writer

Delving Into the Life and Work of Itzik Manger

Professor Efrat Gal- Ed discusses the work of researching and writing a biography on Yiddish writer Itzik Manger.

A Focus On: Itzik Manger

The Megile of Itzik Manger

Megileh-lider by Itzik Manger

Memories of Chaim Grade, Avrom Sutzkever, and Itzik Manger

Robert Epstein

Robert Epstein, former educator, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on April 5, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. Robert begins his interview with a brief overview of his family's settlement in the United States. Robert's ...

2011-04-05

Theo Bikel and Mike Burstyn: Avi Hoffman Reflects on His Mentors

Avi Hoffman, actor, reflects on his role models who became his colleagues in Yiddish theatre. He particularly remembers going to see his very first Broadway play as a young boy and the thrill of getting to meet Mike Burstyn, one of his acting heroes.

A Yiddish Trick

Robert Epstein, educator, tells a story about how he convinced Yiddish speakers to think he was fluent by memorizing a poem.

"We Had to Forge Our Link Ourselves": A New Generation of Yiddish Theatre

Motl Didner, associate artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, speaks about the mixed blessing of working in the Yiddish theater without having been trained by its native participants: on the one hand, his actors lack the native...

Murray Citron

Murray Citron, poet and translator, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on November 2nd, 2016, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

2016-11-02

Interactions with Yiddish Writers in My Childhood

Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, names some of the writers who came to her parents' house when she was a child and describes some of her interactions with them.

Sarah Gordon

Sarah Gordon - lead singer for Yiddish Princess, a Brooklyn-based Yiddish-language rock band, and daughter of Yiddish singer Adrienne Cooper - was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 25, 2011 at KlezKanada in the Laurentian Mountains of Canada. ...

2011-08-25

Yiddish in Nature: An Anthology of Newly Translated Work

Mindl Cohen speaks with The Shmooze about the 2021 Pakn Treger Digital Translation Issue.

Nancy Sherman

Nancy Sherman, former Associate Director at the Yiddish Book Center, was interviewed by Anita Christensen on October 13, 2010 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

2010-10-13

Frank London

Frank London, founding member of the Klezmatics and Frank London's All-Star Klezmer Brass Ensemble, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 24, 2011 at KlezKanada in the Laurentian Mountains of Canada. Frank's interview begins with an interest...

2011-08-24

Moshe Fiszman

Moshe Fiszman, z"l, Holocaust survivor, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on February 14th, 2017, in Melbourne, Australia.

2017-02-14

Yiddish Theater Has Never Been One Single Thing

Motl Didner, associate artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, explains that "Yiddish theater" has never been a monolithic, singular entity as some would allege, but rather is characterized by a multiplicity of shows, styles, an...

Bartlomiej Janiczak

Bartlomiej Janiczak, polyglot, translator, and Yiddish enthusiast, was interviewed by Nina Pick on August 1st, 2019 in Weimar, Germany.

2019-08-01

Georg Brinkmann

Georg Brinkmann, klezmer musician and teacher, was interviewed by Franziska Seehausen on July 26, 2017 in Bonn, Germany.

2017-07-26