Tune in! The Yiddish Book Center's Podcast

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The Yiddish Book Centers podcast includes conversations with Jewish culture makers, plus news and stories related to Yiddish literature, language, and culture.

Episodios

  • Episode 0019: Writer Ilan Stavans Discusses His Fotonovela Once@9:53am

    17/04/2012 Duración: 28min

    Ilan Stavans sits down with Josh Lambert to answer questions about the concept behind his documentary-style fotonovela, Once@9:53am, a fictional meditation of the two hours before the 1994 terrorist attack on the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Once@9:53am, a collaboration between Ilan Stavans and photographer Marcelo Brodsky, is on exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center through October 2012. Episode 0019 April 18, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0018: Yiddish Culture Comes to Life in the Lee & Alfred Hutt Discovery Gallery

    11/04/2012 Duración: 21min

    Aaron Lansky visits with Hankus Netsky, curator of the Lee and Alfred Hutt Discovery Gallery, to learn about the people, stories, artifacts, and interviews that have shaped this new interactive exhibit. The Gallery will open on April 29th, 2012 - the opening is one of the many scheduled events that will take place during the Center's 2012 Community Open House. Episode 0018 April 11, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0016: By Design—A New Logo

    03/04/2012 Duración: 13min

    Aaron Lansky and designer Alex Isley (of Alexander Isley Inc.) share the story of how and why the Yiddish Book Center's new logo evolved to include a tsigele - a little goat. Episode 0016 April 3, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0017: The Mission to Construct a Replica of a Wooden Synagogue

    03/04/2012 Duración: 32min

    Rick Brown and his team at Handshouse Studio are constructing an 85 percent scale model of a wooden synagogue inside the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. Aaron Lansky visits with Rick to learn about the project and the history of these magnificent structures. Episode 0017 April 3, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0015: American Jews, Maxwell House, and Passover

    27/03/2012 Duración: 10min

    Nora Feinstein, the woman behind the Maxwell House Haggadah Project, tells us how the coffee company's haggadah came to be a staple at the American seder and about her project to capture photos and memories related to the haggadah. Episode 0015 March 27, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0014: The South African Jewish Experience

    20/03/2012 Duración: 37min

    South African native Claudia Braude visits with Aaron Lansky to discuss the rich - and largely untold - history of South African Jewish culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. Episode 0014 March 20, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0013: Two Trends Find a Home on Yiddish Farm

    13/03/2012 Duración: 23min

    Naftali Ejdelman, co-founder of Yiddish Farm, talks with Emma Morgenstern about the resurgence of interest in Yiddish and the popularity of the "back-to-the-land" movement. Against this backdrop, Naftali has managed to create a place where students can speak Yiddish while toiling in the fields. Episode 0013 March 13, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0012: Reading Jewish Books Outside the Classroom

    09/03/2012 Duración: 07min

    In a conversation with writer Sana Krasikov, Josh Lambert learns which books influenced Krasikov in high school and how literature came alive once she started reading outside the classroom. Then the two discuss some of the books they'll be co-teaching at this summer's Great Jewish Books program. Episode 0012 March 13, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0011: "Bar Mitzvah"

    05/03/2012 Duración: 09min

    Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan sheds some light on "Bar Mitzvah," — a 'shund' (lowbrow), yet culturally priceless, Yiddish film from 1935 starring Yiddish theatrical great Boris Thomashefsky." Episode 0011 March 6, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0010: Summer Reading—What's on the list for 18 lucky high school students?

    28/02/2012 Duración: 09min

    Philip Roth's short story "Defender of the Faith" - a work that poses some interesting questions about Jewish identity - is on the reading list for the Yiddish Book Center's Great Jewish Books summer program. Aaron Lansky and Josh Lambert engage in a lively discussion about how Roth's work relates to the themes that students will explore this summer. Do you know a rising senior or junior in high school who loves literature? Great Jewish Books is a free summer program at the Yiddish Book Center where students will read, discuss, argue about, and fall in love with some of the most powerful and enduring works of modern Jewish literature. To learn more visit http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/great-jewish-books/programs. Episode 0010 February 28, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0009: Yiddish Writer Chaim Grade—The Backstory

    21/02/2012 Duración: 21min

    Aaron Lansky and Justin Cammy explore the who, the why, and the little-known of Chaim Grade the Litvak Yiddish writer par excellence. Professor Justin Cammy (Smith College), Professor David Fishman (Jewish Theological Seminary), and New York Times reporter Joseph Berger presented a three-day program, "Sabbath Days and Extinguished Stars: The Life and Work of Chaim Grade," on April 20-22, 2012, at the Yiddish Book Center. The lectures and discussions from that weekend formed the basis for an online course offered October, 2012. To learn more about onsite and online learning opportunities visit http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/adult-learning. Episode 0009 February 21, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0008: Collecting Stories

    14/02/2012 Duración: 28min

    Aaron Lansky visits with Christa Whitney, the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project director, to talk about her experience with the project, collecting stories, and understanding the art of listening. Episode 0008 February 14, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0007: All Things Yiddish

    02/02/2012 Duración: 22min

    This week Aaron Lansky updates us on the latest news: scanning Yiddish literature, learning Yiddish, Fellowship applications and oral history internship opportunities, and a sneak preview of our soon-to-be opened Discovery Gallery. Episode 0007 February 2, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0006: Jordan Kutzik on Rediscovered Recordings of Yiddish Writers

    24/01/2012 Duración: 19min

    Aaron Lansky visits with Yiddish Book Center fellow Jordan Kutzik to discuss the latest news on the trove of reel-to-reel recordings Jordan collected on a recent visit to the Jewish Public Library of Montreal. The recordings, which will be digitized and made accessible online, include readings and lectures by great Yiddish writers, modern Jewish authors, and other notables. Episode 0006 January 24, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0005: Introducing Josh Lambert

    19/01/2012 Duración: 23min

    Aaron Lansky welcomes Josh Lambert, the Yiddish Book Center's new academic director, and engages him in a conversation about educational programs, modern Jewish literature, and more. Episode 0005 January 19, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0004: Steiner Summer Program—Apply Now!

    10/01/2012 Duración: 10min

    The Yiddish Book Center's Steiner Summer Yiddish Program draws college students from around the world for a seven-week intensive Yiddish experience. Aaron Lansky introduces the 2012 faculty and shares the story of his daughter's experience as a student in the program. Visit http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/steiner-summer-program for information about the program. Episode 0004 January 10, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0003: Der oylem redt—Yiddish in the Press

    06/01/2012 Duración: 15min

    Is the recently reported "comeback" of Yiddish among college students a new phenomenon? Aaron Lansky talks about the growing interest among a younger generation eager to learn about Yiddish language and culture - the "flip side" of Jewish identity - and he discusses the role the Center has played, and will play, in providing education and resources for the next generation. Episode 0003 January 6, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0002: The Other 98%: Practical Plans for Yiddish Translation

    02/01/2012 Duración: 29min

    "I think it's clear that the only way we're ever going to translate large numbers of titles is to deploy large numbers of translators. And the only way to do that is to train and mobilize a new generation." - Aaron Lansky, from his article "Road Map" in Pakn Treger No. 64 Following the Center's conference Translating Yiddish Literature: Mobilizing a New Generation, Aaron sits down to discuss Yiddish translation - the challenges, the possibilities, and the future. To hear recordings from the Yiddish Book Center's "Translating Yiddish Literature" conference, or to join the discussion, visit the Center's online Translation Forum. Episode 0002 January 3, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Episode 0001: Imagining a Universal Yiddish Library

    26/12/2011 Duración: 24min

    Aaron Lansky discusses breakthroughs in the digitization of Yiddish books, including a newly-installed scanning station at the Yiddish Book Center. New technologies and potential collaborations with other institutions bode well for the future of Yiddish books and scholarship. Visit our Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library for free access to more than 11,000 Yiddish titles: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/books/search. Episode 0001 December 27, 2011 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

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