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Moshe Shklar's Friendships With Famous Yiddish Writers

Moshe Shklar, Yiddish poet born in Poland, describes his friendships and relationships with a variety of Yiddish writers in Poland.

Liba Augenfeld

Liba Augenfeld - Vilna native, former Jewish partisan and prominent Yiddish cultural activist after immigrating to Montreal - was interviewed by Christa Whitney on July 10, 2012, in Montreal, Canada.

2012-07-10

Samuel (Shmuel) Bak

Samuel (Shmuel) Bak, Jewish artist born in Vilna, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on December 3, 2014 in Weston, Massachusetts.

2014-12-03

Musterverk fun der yidisher literatur (Masterworks of Yiddish Literature) Now Accessible

Benjamin (Binyomen) Harshav

Benjamin Harshav, z"l, professor emeritus at Yale University, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on March 18, 2013 in North Haven, Connecticut. This interview is entirely in Yiddish.

2013-03-18

Ken (Binyomen) Moss

Ken (Binyomen) Moss, Director of the Jewish Studies Program and Assistant Professor in Modern Jewish History at Johns Hopkins University, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on June 6, 2012 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. This inte...

2012-06-06

Alumni Recommendations

2021: The Year in Review

1000 Essential Yiddish Books

Alumni Interview: Debra Caplan

America and I

Alumni Current Projects—An Ever-Expanding Document

Is Isaac Bashevis Singer a Yiddish Writer?

Yiddish Illustrations: "From Chagall to Diego Rivera"

Heather Valencia

Heather Valencia, Yiddish translator, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 7th, 2019 in Thornhill, Scotland.

2019-08-07

Marek Tuszewicki

Marek Tuszewicki, Yiddish teacher at Krakow JCC, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on May 6, 2013 at the Jewish Community Center in Krakow, Poland. This interview is entirely in Yiddish.

2013-05-06

Maia Evrona

Maia Evrona, poet and translator of Yiddish poetry, was interviewed by Agnieszka Ilwicka on December 19, 2016 at the Association for Jewish Studies Conference in San Diego, California.

2016-12-19

Baruch Shoob

Baruch Shoob, native Yiddish speaker and former Jewish partisan fighter, was interviewed by Agnieszka Ilwicka on September 20, 2015 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

2015-09-20

Anna Rozenfeld

Anna Rozenfeld, a Yiddish artist and activist based in Poland, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 23, 2013 at KlezKanada in the Laurentian Mountains, Quebec, Canada.

2013-08-23

Zvi Mann

Zvi Mann, son of Yiddish writer Mendl Mann, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on June 18, 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

2014-06-18