Episode 0121: Wishing a "Happy New Year" with Yiddish Postcards

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In the late nineteenth century, Jews celebrated the New Year by sending each other illustrated postcards with hopes and wishes for the upcoming year. Hannah Pressman, affiliate faculty and communications director for the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington, shares the unique history of these cards, the companies that produced them, and the nostalgia that they inspire. Episode 0121 October 19, 2016 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

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