The Shmooze
The Yiddish Book Center's podcast includes conversations with Jewish culture makers, plus news and stories related to Yiddish literature, language, and culture.
Previous episodes
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Great Jewish Books: Summer Programs for Teens and Educators
Josh Lambert, the Yiddish Book Center’s academic director, sits down to discuss all things “Great Jewish Books” related.
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Danny’s Library: A Manhattan Yiddish Book Rescue
Yiddish Book Center staff travel to a home in New York to take part in a book rescue and discuss select volumes they find.
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Shannon Sarna, the Modern Jewish Baker
Shannon Sarna, editor of the Jewish food blog “The Nosher,” and author of Modern Jewish Baker, joins us to discuss her new takes on challah, babka, bagels, and more.
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On The Shmooze: Recommended Reads in Yiddish and English
The Shmooze's producer Zeke Levine and host Lisa Newman sit down to discuss and recommend some of the titles from their recent reading lists
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A Talk with the 2017–18 Yiddish Book Center Fellows
Current Yiddish Book Center Fellows discuss their projects and future plans.
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New Yiddish Rep: Playing to a 21st Century Audience
New Yiddish Rep director David Mandelbaum discusses the theater's current production, Awake and Sing!
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Photographer David Kaufman and His Work
Photographer David Kaufman discusses architectural and historic Jewish sites
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Remnants: Photographs of the Lower East Side
Photographers Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum discuss their new book documenting the Lower East Side.
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Steiner Summer Yiddish Program Alums: On Stage at Der Yidisher Idol
Leah Reis-Dennis and Michael Yashinsky visit to talk about how they made the cut to perform their original Yiddish songs at the 2017 Der Yidisher Idol.
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The Jewish Ghetto in Postcards: From Eastern Europe to the Lower East Side
Annie Polland joins us to talk about an exhibition of early 20th-century postcards from the Blavatnik Archive Foundation.