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Visiting Sholem Asch's Birthplace in Kutno, Poland

David Mazower - BBC journalist and great-grandson of Yiddish writer Sholem Asch - describes Kutno Town's history and how Jewish culture survived despite being swept away.

Sholem Asch in Yiddish Literature

Emanuel Goldsmith

Emanuel Goldsmith

March 22, 1980

The Religious Dimension of Judaism

Gershom Scholem

Gershom Scholem

David Shtern

David Shtern, son of Yiddish writer Sholem Shtern, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on July 20, 2016 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Sholem was born into an impoverished Hasidic family in Tishevitz, Poland. All 10,000 Jews who remained there when...

2016-07-20

Sholem Asch's Yiddish Dialect

Hershl Hartman, native Yiddish speaker and educational director at the Sholem Community in California, recalls his first encounter with the Polish Yiddish dialect.

David Mazower

David Mazower, BBC journalist and great-grandson of Yiddish writer Sholem Asch, was interviewed by Hillary Ossip on February 28, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. Mazower, who was raised and still lives in England, tells of...

2011-02-28

"Let Me Shake the Hand of History"

David Mazower, BBC journalist, fondly remembers learning about his great grandfather, Sholem Asch, through his grandmother, who was the family-keeper of memorabilia and stories from the writer's life. He reflects on the wildly different reactions he ...

Sherwin Kaufman and Bel Kaufman

Bel Kaufman (z"l) and Sherwin Kaufman (z"l), grandchildren of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, were interviewed by Christa Whitney on April 1st, 2014 in New York City. They first tell the story of how their grandparents met. She was Olga Loyev, 14-yea...

2014-04-01

"He Was a Hugely Dramatic Personality"

David Mazower - BBC journalist and great-grandson of Yiddish writer Sholem Asch - describes arm-wrestling with a complete stranger and arguing with Marc Chagall - and gives a glimpse into Sholem Asch's eccentricities through his grandmother's stories...

Thomas Lunderquist

Thomas Lunderquist, producer of a Yiddish radio show in Malmo, Sweden, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on June 25th, 2018, in Limhamn, Sweden. Thomas' mother's family is Jewish. Her grandfather emigrated from somewhere near Bialystock to Sweden at...

2018-06-25

$75 from Marseille to Haifa:Fighting Sholem Asch on the Way to Israel

Paul Azaroff, Hebrew and Judaic Studies teacher and native of New York City, recalls his first trip to Israel, made even more memorable by the presence of two celebrities onboard.

Sholem Asch—The First Memorial Address

Sholem Asch’s The Dead Man’s English-Language Premiere

Translator, actor, and producer Caraid O’Brien discusses her recent radio drama production of Sholem Asch's play The Dead Man, which she translated from the Yiddish.

A Family History of High European Culture

David Mazower - BBC journalist and great-grandson of Yiddish writer Sholem Asch - describes his family's history and its connection to high European culture. He focuses on his great-grandfather, the Yiddish writer Sholem Asch, who was friends with pr...