Interviews
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Yiddish Writing in the Twenty-First Century: A Conversation with Velvl Chernin
A conversation with the compiler and editor of the new Leksikon fun der haynttsaytiker yidisher literatur.
Mar 24, 2026
Interview
Making - and Teaching with - Proste Yiddish - Simple Yiddish
Proste Yiddish is a podcast especially created for Yiddish learners which aims to be comprehensible for those in their first few years of learning.
Feb 16, 2026
Interview
The Boston Dictionary Project: The Balebos of Verterbukh.org
Harry Bochner runs the Yiddish dictionary project verterbukh.org, the most trusted lexicographical Yiddish resource on the web. If you’ve ever emailed balebos@verterbukh.org to purchase 2,000 definitions or apply a student discount, you’ve emailed Harry Bochner.
Feb 04, 2026
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Nisht keyn kleynikeyt: The League for Yiddish Thrives
The League for Yiddish is hiring an Executive Director! Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath on the League’s mission, its territorialist history, and a job posting.
Feb 02, 2026
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A Brief History of Yiddish Dictionaries: Ilan Stavans in Conversation with Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath
Ilan Stavans and Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath talk Yiddish dictionaries, lexicography, and how the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary came to be.
Dec 10, 2025
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Un Tango Para Rachel: A Conversation with Lea Kalisch
Joanna Spyro and Lea Kalisch discuss Kalisch’s new short film and the histories of Jewish sex work, dance, and Yiddish in Argentina.
Oct 21, 2025
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One Hundred Unique Tidbits: An Interview with Stefanie Halpern about YIVO's New Centennial Coffee Table Book
A conversation with Stefanie Halpern about this centennial book highlighting one hundred objects chosen from YIVO’s twenty-four million.
Oct 17, 2025
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“Incomplete Mourning”: A conversation with Rokhl Kafrissen
A conversation about Yiddish, theater, the value we place on the past, and the need to grapple with it.
Jun 05, 2025
Interview
Shotns -Shadows: Songs from Testimonies in the Fortunoff Video Archive, Volume III: An interview with D. Zisl Slepovitch
Meaghan Guterman speaks with D. Zisl Slepovich about his powerful collection of albums based on songs from Holocaust survivor testimonies held at the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University.
Jun 04, 2025