The Shmooze, The Yiddish Book Center's Podcast

Episode 407: The Last Women of Warsaw

23 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Author Judy Batalion visited with "The Shmooze" to talk about her latest book, "The Last Women of Warsaw." The historical novel follows two very diffe...

Episode 406: Here Where We Live Is Our Country

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Writer and artist Molly Crabapple visited with "The Shmooze" to speak about her forthcoming book, "Here Where We Live Is Our Country", the first popul...

Episode 405: Tevye’s Daughters: The Opera

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Librettist and playwright Stephanie Fleishman and composer and playwright Alex Weiser sat down with "The Shmooze" to talk about their collaboration on...

Episode 404: Once There Was a Town: The Memory Books of a Lost Jewish World

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Author Jane Ziegelman joined "The Shmooze "to talk about her latest book, "Once There Was a Town." In conversation Jane talks about Yizkor (memorial) ...

Episode 403: Polin: A One-Woman Play

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Juliette Carbonnier joins The Shmooze to talk about her one-woman play, Polin. Polin is both a travel story and a ghost story, taking the audience thr...

Episode 402: East Endings: Jewish East End writers, artists, and activists

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Film director, film producer, and screenwriter Mark Jay spoke with "The Shmooze" about his 1993 documentary film "East Endings". "East Endings" docume...

Episode 401: A Tour of Global Jewish Languages with Sebastian Schulman

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sebastian Schulman joined The Shmooze to talk about the Yiddish Book Center’s upcoming online course Speak the World! A Tour of Global Jewish Langua...

Episode 400: The Life of A. N. Stencl: The Prince of Whitechapel

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Rachel Lichtenstein, one of the foremost chroniclers of Jewish East London, visited with The Shmooze to talk about A. N. Stencl, a native Yiddish...

Episode 399: A Memoir of the Ghetto of Šiauliai, Lithuania

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ellen Cassedy and Andrew Cassel joined The Shmooze to talk about their work translating So We Died: A Memoir of Life and Death in the Ghetto of Šiaul...

Episode 398: Shakespeare & Company’s Jewish Play Festival

20 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shakespeare & Company’s Artistic Director Allyn Burrows and the co-chair of the upcoming Celebrating Jewish Plays program Greg Lipper sat down with ...

Ep397: In geveb

06 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"In geveb"’s board president Mindl Cohen and the journal’s editor-in-chief Jessica Kirzane visit with "The Shmooze" to talk all things "In geveb."...

Episode 396: August is Women in Translation Month

31 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scholar and translator Anita Norich talks to "The Shmooze" about her work translating the work of Yiddish women writers. Anita is the translator of Ce...

Episode 395: Reflecting on Great Jewish Books Summer Program

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Biskowitz and Ruby Zuckerman joined "The Shmooze" to talk about the Great Jewish Books Summer Program. Sarah and Ruby, alums of the program, are...

Episode 394: What’s on at the Borscht Belt Fest?

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Jacobs, president of the board of the Borscht Belt Museum, joins us on "The Shmooze" to talk about the Borscht Belt Museum and the annual Borsc...

Episode 393: The Backstory of Chaim Grade’s Novel Sons & Daughters

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Editors Altie Karper and Todd Portnowitz sat down with "The Shmooze" to talk about Chaim Grade’s novel "Sons & Daughters" (Knopf)—newly translated...

Episode 392: The Shtetl Story behind The Light Keeper

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Co-authors Sheila Baslaw and Karen Levine joined "The Shmooze" to talk about "The Light Keeper," their illustrated children’s book that tells the st...

Episode 391: Albert Chasan Paints His Parents’ Lives

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Albert Chasan (1930–2024) retired from the marketing communications firm he founded, “It hit me: I had to do something with the stories my pa...

Episode 390: Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on "The Shmooze," writer, translator, and literary scholar David Stromberg. In a wide-ranging conversation, David talks about his recently r...

Episode 389: Treasured Melodies—The Morris Hollender 100th Birthday Concert

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hankus Netsky joined "The Shmooze" to talk about his upcoming Morris Hollender 100th birthday concert. In conversation we spoke about how interest in ...

Episode 388: Onscreen at the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Deb Krivoy, director of the annual Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival, joined "The Shmooze" to talk about this year’s lineup. Now in its nineteenth...

Elephants by Night: Sutzkever’s African Poetry

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Translator Mel Konner and Professor Justin Cammy sat down with "The Shmooze" to talk about the release of "Elephants by Night," a collection of newly ...

Episode 386: THE ESSENCE: A YIDDISH THEATRE DIM SUM

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Allen Lewis Rickman and fellow actor Yelena Shmulenson, better known as the shtetl couple from the Coen brothers’ Oscar-nominated "A Serious Man," s...

Episode 385: Bashevis’s Demons

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Direct from engagements in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, Shane Baker and Miryem-Khaye Seigel sat down with "The Shmooze" to talk about their latest...

Episode 384: Frank London’s Latest Releases

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Frank London visited with "The Shmooze" to chat about his latest LP, "In the City of God," and other releases. In a far-flung conversation, Frank spok...

Episode 383: Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ilan Stavans sits down with "The Shmooze" to talk about his recently released cookbook, "Sabor Judío." Co-authored with Margaret Boyle, the collectio...

Episode 382: Menachem Mendel Schneerson: Becoming the Messiah

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ezra Glinter sat down with "The Shmooze" to talk about his recently released biography of Menachem Mendel Schneerson. This is the first biography of S...

Episode 381: Harvey Wang’s New York

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation at the Yiddish Book Center, award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and author Harvey Wang visits with "The Shmooze" to talk abo...

Episode 380: Yiddish: A Global Culture live on Bloomberg Connects

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David Mazower, chief-curator and writer of "Yiddish: A Global Culture," and Caleb Sher, the Yiddish Book Center’s Richard S. Herman Endowed Senior F...

Episode 379: The Book of Izzy

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Novelist Ben Gonshor joins "The Shmooze" to talk about his debut novel, "The Book of Izzy." The book’s main character, Izzy, is a writer at wit’s ...

Episode 378: Displaced Persons: A Multilayered Collection of Stories

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Joan Leegant joined "The Shmooze" to talk about her latest book, "Displaced Persons," a collection of rich, multilayered short stories, half se...

Episode 377: Ashkenazi Folk Magic at the Threshold

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rokhl Kafrissen—journalist, teacher, playwright, and 2022 winner of the prestigious Adrienne Cooper Dreaming in Yiddish prize—sits down with "The ...

Episode 0376: Adapted for a Staged Reading: Sholem Asch’s Shabbtai Tsvi

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Translator and adapter Weaver sits down with "The Shmooze" to talk about the drama group Theater Between Addresses and its upcoming immersive, staged ...

Episode 0375: The Yiddish Supernatural on Screen

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on "The Shmooze" we visit with Rebecca (Rivke) Margolis, author of "The Yiddish Supernatural on Screen: Dybbuks, Demons and Haunted Jewish P...

Episode 0374: Klezkanada’s Summer Retreat

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Avia Moore and Sebastian Schulman join "The Shmooze" for a lively conversation about all things Klezakanda. As Avia shares, KlezKanada “fosters a co...

Episode 0373: Nathan-ism: The Story of Artist Nathan Hilu

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Filmaker Elan Golod visits with "The Shmooze" to talk about his documentary "Nathan-ism." The film tells the story of Nathan Hilu, the son of Syrian J...

Episode 0372: The Yiddish Folksong Project

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kimberly Lazzeri joins "The Shmooze" to talk about the recently released "Yiddish Folksong Project Anthology." Kimberly shares the story behind this c...

Episode 0371: After 80 Years Postcards Find Their Way Home to Lublin

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Piotr Nazaruk and Karla McCabe joined "The Shmooze" to tell the story of the thirty-six postcards that Karla recently hand-delivered to Pitor Nazaruk ...

Episode 0370: Sivan Slapak’s Here Is Still Here

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Sivan Slapak visits with "The Shmooze" to talk about her debut collection, "Here Is Still Here." The stories provide a layered exploration of h...

Episode 0369: Yiddish Culture in America

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"The Shmooze" visits with Sebastian Schulman for a chat about Yiddish culture in America as we celebrate American Jewish Heritage Month. In conversati...

Episode 0368: in a dark blue night: two song cycles on Yiddish/Jewish New York

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Weiser visits with "The Shmooze" to talk about his latest work, "in a dark blue night," consisting of two connected song cycles. The first, “in...

Episode 0367: The Yiddish Book Center’s Bossie Dubowick YiddishSchool

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sonia Bloom and Judith Liskin-Gasparro speak to "The Shmooze" about Yiddish-language learning, their work in the field, and their participation at the...

Episode 0366:The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ross Perlin, the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, visits with "The Shmooze" to talk about his new book, "Language City: The Fight to P...

Episode 0365: Across So Many Seas

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Author Ruth Behar speaks with "The Shmooze" about "Across So Many Seas." Her latest book was inspired by Behar’s paternal grandmother’s side of th...

Episode 0364: A Worker’s Yiddish Library on View

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Marvin Zuckerman and Ruby Elliot Zuckerman join "The Shmooze" to talk about their family’s story, which is featured in the Yiddish Book Center’s n...

Episode 0363: Telling the Story of Yiddish Theater

14 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David Mazower, chief curator of the Yiddish Book Center’s core exhibition, "Yiddish: A Global Culture," and Caraid O’Brien, co-curator of the exhi...

Episode 0362: Staging Mikhl Yashinsky’s American Yiddish Drama

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mikhl Yashinsky is on "The Shmooze" to talk about his new drama "The Gospel According to Chaim," the strange tale of a Jewish writer’s quixotic atte...

Episode 0361: New in Translation: Yiddish Writer Frume Halpern

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yermiyahu Ahron Taub joins "The Shmooze" to talk about his latest translation, a collection of short stories by Yiddish writer Frume Halpern. These ps...

Episode 0360: Shir Hashirim (The Song of Songs): A Yiddish Operetta

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ronald Robboy and Alex Weiser visit with "The Shmooze" to talk about their collaboration on the performance of the music of "Shir Hashirim (The Song o...

Episode 0359: Jewish Anarchist Histories Reclaimed

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"The Shmooze" visits with Anna Elena Torres, Kenyon Zimmer, and Ayelet Brinn, editors and contributors to an expansive new volume of essays exploring ...

Episode 0358: Kristen Morgenstern’s Zine: Irena Klepfisz: The Life of the Fighter

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On "The Shmooze," Kristen Morgenstern, a senior studying history and theater at Middlebury College, tells the story behind her zine "Irena Klepfisz: T...

Episode 0357: Amid Falling Walls: A Groundbreaking Musical

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Avram Mlotek visits with "The Shmooze" to talk about the upcoming performance of Amid Falling Walls, for which Avram created the libretto. "Amid Fall...

Episode 0356: Faith Jones on Translating Shira Gorshman

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week "The Shmooze" visits with translator Faith Jones to talk about her recently released "Meant to Be and Other Stories," by Shira Gorshman (Whi...

Episode 0355: David Mazower on Yiddish: A Global Culture

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"The Shmooze" sat down with chief curator and writer David Mazower for the first in a series of conversations about the Yiddish Book Center’s landma...

Episode 0354: Women on the Yiddish Stage

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on "The Shmooze," editors Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel and Alyssa Quint talk about "Women on the Yiddish Stage," a series of publications th...

Episode 0353: The Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On a visit with "The Shmooze," photographer Marisa Scheinfeld talks about her work on The Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project. The resulting work w...

Episode 0352: A Life in Yiddish Translation

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Curt Leviant, professor, novelist, and translator, speaks with "The Shmooze" about his life translating the work of Sholem Aleichem and Chaim Grade, a...

Episode 0351: Four Days of Concerts: Yidstock 2023

06 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"The Shmooze" sits down with Seth Rogovoy to talk about what’s in store for the Yiddish Book Center’s 11th annual Yidstock: The Festival of New Yi...

Episode 0350: Writing the Story of Franya Winter

30 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Meryl Frank visits with "The Shmooze" to talk about her recently released book, "Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in...

Episode 0349: Dear Mr. Dickens: The Story Behind the Letter

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning children’s book author Nancy Churnin talks with "The Shmooze" about her illustrated children’s book "Dear Mr. Dickens," which tells ...

Episode 0348: Caraid O’Brien on Sholem Asch’s Underworld Trilogy

18 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Caraid O’Brien, one of the foremost contemporary interpreters and translators of Sholem Asch’s work, talks with "The Shmooze" about the Theater J ...

Episode 0347: Di Shvester—The Sisters: Eleanor Reissa and Cilla Owens

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on "The Shmooze," two of New York’s finest vocalists, Eleanor Reissa and Cilla Owens, chat about their upcoming performance alongside the ...

Episode 0346: IIrena Klepfisz on Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Following the release of "Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems, 1971–2021," poet Irena Klepfisz sat down to speak with "The Shmooze" about...

Episode 0345: Max Weinreich on the Great Jewish Books Club

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"The Shmooze" caught up with Max Weinreich to talk about his interest in and work with the Great Jewish Books Club. Max, a postdoctoral researcher in ...

Episode 0344: And what about the taste? with Sima Beeri

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On "The Shmooze" from London, a visit with Dr. Sima Beeri to chat about her recently published "And what about the taste?" This book is the second par...

Episode 0343: Aaron Bendich on the Launch of Off Beet

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We caught up with Aaron Bendich this week to chat about his latest venture, the launch of his new record label imprint, Off Beet, a spin-off of his ra...

Episode 0342: The Inaugural New York Jewish Book Festival

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Mack and Gabriel Sanders sat down with "The Shmooze" to share a preview of what’s on for the 2022 New York Jewish Book Festival. On Sunday, D...

Episode 0341: The Remarkable Backstory of Chana Blankshteyn’s Fear and Other Stories

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Anita Norich visits with "The Shmooze" to talk about her translation of Chana Blankshteyn’s "Fear and Other Stories." Yiddish writer Chana Blankshte...

Episode 0340: Women in Yiddish

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Editor Mindl Cohen sits down with "The Shmooze" to talk about the soon-to-be-released "2022 Pakn Treger Digital Translation Issue." This year’s anth...

Episode 0339: A Trilingual (Yiddish, Ukrainian, English) Volume of Two Works of Children’s Poetry

12 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan Finkin and Jessica Kirzane visit with "The Shmooze" to talk about their latest project, a trilingual (Yiddish, Ukrainian, English) volume of tw...

Episode 0338: Debra Olin’s Mixed Media Considers An-sky’s Questionnaire

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Debra Olin's "Every Protection: Folk Culture and Motherhood in the Jewish Pale of Settlement" is currently on exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center’s B...

Episode 0337: Josh Lambert on Jews and Publishing

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In conversation with "The Shmooze," author Josh Lambert talks about his latest book, "The Literary Mafia." The book examines the relationships between...

Episode 0336: Working 9 to 5: A Women’s Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on "The Shmooze," Ellen Cassedy, author of "Working 9 to 5: A Women’s Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie," newly published by C...

Episode: 0335: The Mystery of the Library of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin

25 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On the "The Shmooze" this week, Piotr Nazaruk. Piotr is a researcher, educator, curator, and Yiddish translator at the Grodzka Gate–NN Theatre Cente...

Episode: 0334: Girl with Two Landscapes: The Wartime Diary of Lena Jedwab

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dorothée Rozenberg, daughter of Lena Jedwab Rozenberg, joins "The Shmooze" to talk about her mother’s wartime diary, "Girl with Two Landscapes: The...

Episode: 0333: How the Soviet Jew Was Made

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"Sasha Senderovich, author of the recently published How the Soviet Jew Was Made, sits down with The Shmooze to talk about his latest work, which has ...

Episode 0332: Asaf Galay on The Adventures of Saul Bellow

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Shmooze, we talk to Asaf Galay, award-winning director of films that examine modern Jewish culture and creativity. He has explored th...

Episode 0331: Jake Krakovsky, Yiddish Puppeteer

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"The Shmooze" visited with Jake Krakovsky, an Atlanta-based puppeteer, writer, actor, director, teaching artist, and as of late Yiddishist. In convers...

Episode 0330: Irving Massey Reflects On His Mother Ida Maze

17 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Irving Massey, son of Yiddish writer Ida Maze, joins "The Shmooze" to talk about his mother, her writing, and the newly published "Dineh: An Autobiogr...

Episode 0329: Photographer Chuck Fishman: A Lens on Jewish Poland

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"In conversation with Chuck Fishman we learn about his 45-year career as a freelance photographer whose work focuses on social and political issues wi...

Episode 0328: Yermiyahu Ahron Taub on Translating Ida Maze’s Dineh

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In conversation with Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, we hear about his latest work of translation. "Dineh: An Autobiographical Novel," posthumously published, i...

Episode 0327: Meet Misha: Host of Bard College’s Yiddish Radio Program

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On "The Shmooze" this week, we talk with Misha Schaffner-Kargman, a sophomore at Bard College studying Yiddish who hosts a spot on the school’s stud...

Episode 0326: What’s on Film Critic Kenneth Turan’s List?

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This month the Great Jewish Books Club selection is a rich anthology of the interplay of Yiddish and American culture: "How Yiddish Changed America an...

Episode 0325: The Corset Maker by Annette Libeskind Berkovits

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Annette Libeskind Berkovits visited with "The Shmooze" to talk about her latest book, "The Corset Maker." The novel tells the story of a Parisian coun...

Episode: 0324 How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish

27 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week "The Shmooze" visited with Ilan Stavans, co-editor of "How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish"—a Great Jewish Books C...

Episode: 0323: Ripped Away

06 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning author Shirley Vernick joins "The Shmooze" to talk about "Ripped Away," her latest book, which is based on real historical events, inclu...

Episode: 0322: Farbindungen: The Roots of Yiddish Networking

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On "The Shmooze" this week we visit with "Farbindungen" Conference organizers Sarah Biskowitz and Carolyn Beard to learn about the two-day virtual con...

Episosde: 0321: Musterverk fun der yidisher literatur (Masterworks of Yiddish Literature)

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Yiddish Book Center bibliography and collections manager Rachelle Grossman sits down with "The Shmooze" to share news of the digitization and addition...

Episode: 0320: The Golden Peacock: The Voice of the Yiddish Writer

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we visit with Dr. Sheva Zucker to talk about her latest book. "The Golden Peacock" is a bilingual edition that includes the work of Yiddish ...

Episode: 0319: Translating Isaac Babel’s Red Calvary

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Literary translator and editor Peter Constantine joins "The Shmooze" to talk about his work translating Isaac Babel’s "Red Calvary"—a 2022 Great J...

Episdode: 0318: American Comics: A History with Jeremy Dauber

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Jeremy Dauber joins "The Shmooze" to talk about his recently published "American Comics: A History." The book tells the sweeping story of ca...

Episode: 0317: Italian Opera for the Yiddish-Speaking Masses in Early 20th-Century America

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On "The Shmooze," Daniela Smolov Levy and Mark Kligman talk about their five-part lecture series that reveals how popular Italian opera was aimed not ...

Episode: 0316: DI FROYEN (THE WOMEN) ON STAGE

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa Weisz, Malky Goldman, and Rachel Botchan join us on "The Shmooze" to talk about their upcoming performance of "Di Froyen (The Women)," based o...

Episode: 0315 Justin Cammy on Avrom Sutzkever’s From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Cammy visited with "The Shmooze" to talk about his newly published translation of Avrom Sutzkever’s "From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg." Jus...

Episode: 0314: Frank London on “Hanukkah with the Klezmatics”

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"The Shmooze" visits with Frank London to chat about the upcoming “Celebrate Hanukkah with the Klezmatics” taking place at Symphony Space December...

Episode: 0313: Abraham Karpinowitz’s Vilna My Vilna: A Staged Reading in Translation

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We visit with translator Helen Mintz to speak about how four stories from her translation of "Vilna My Vilna: Stories by Abraham Karpinowitz" (Syracus...

Episode 0312: When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we visit with cartoonist Ken Krimstein to talk about his new graphic novel, based on six of hundreds of newly discovered, never-before-publi...

Episode 0311: Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Shmooze visits with curator Sam Sackeroff to talk about Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art, currently on exhibit at the Jewish ...

Episode 0310: The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Weiser and Ben Kaplan sit down with The Shmooze to talk about their forthcoming collaboration, "The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language." T...

Episode 0309: Yiddishtown: East End Jewish Life in Yiddish Sketch and Story

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week "The Shmooze" goes transatlantic for a conversation with London-based Vivi Lachs, a social and cultural historian, Yiddishist, and postdoc r...

Episode 0308: Yiddish TikTok Sensation Cameron Bernstein

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cameron Bernstein, a 2021/2022 Yiddish Book Center Fellow, joined The Shmooze to talk about her early interest in Yiddish and how she’s taken Yiddis...