Interviews

This summer, Yiddish Barcelona is in its inaugural year, which will run for a week from July 19 through July 26, 2026. In this interview, In geveb’s editorial intern Dinah Megibow-Taylor sits down with program coordinators Malena Chinski and Golda van der Meer to discuss everything from the origins of this program to its future.

Jun 12, 2026

A conversation about Schulman’s new edited anthology, Jiddisch i Sverige: mir zaynen do.

Jun 02, 2026

An interview about the multifaceted work of Frieda Vizel.

May 11, 2026

A conversation with the compiler and editor of the new Leksikon fun der haynttsaytiker yidisher literatur.

Mar 24, 2026

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

Harry Bochner runs the Yiddish dictionary project verterbukh.org, the most trusted lexicographical Yiddish resource on the web. If you’ve ever emailed [email protected] to purchase 2,000 definitions or apply a student discount, you’ve emailed Harry Bochner.

Feb 04, 2026

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

Ilan Stavans and Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath talk Yiddish dictionaries, lexicography, and how the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary came to be.

Dec 10, 2025

Nov 07, 2025

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