Interviews
Interview
Sholem Aleichem's Digital Turn
Madeleine Cohen and Diana Clarke
An interview with Jeremy Dauber about the new website SholemAleichem.org
Jan 18, 2017
Interview
Spectacular Vernacular: An Interview with Ezra Berkley Nepon on New Yiddish Theater, Queer Performance Arts, and “Dazzle Camouflage”
Anna Elena Torres
On the beautiful, radical, accessible, possibilities of performance and Yiddish.
Nov 15, 2016
Interview
“Conversion through language”: Mo Pareles on Yiddish, Old English, and the Temporal Other
Sarah Ellen Zarrow
A medievalist uses Yiddish in her scriptural scholarship.
Nov 10, 2016
Interview
Radical, Rational Eating: Eve Jochnowitz on Eastern European Vegetarians, Jewish Politics, and Translating The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook
Sarah Ellen Zarrow
Eve Jochnowitz discusses the rise of vegetarian cuisine among Jews, leftist politics, and how to make gefilte fish without any fish at all.
Sep 27, 2016
Interview
Embracing the Multiple: A Conversation with Zohar Weiman-Kelman
Temim Fruchter
Zohar Weiman-Kelman on the intersections of Yiddish, translation, and the erotic.
Jun 01, 2016
Interview
"Eight Volumes in Dour Maroon": Josh Fogel on Translating the Leksikon
Madeleine Cohen and Diana Clarke
The Leksikon fun der nayer yidisher literatur, which is full of hard-to-find biographical and bibliographical information about Yiddish writers, is tough to access outside institutions or from the far side of a paywall. By methodically translating and posting entries from the Leksikon online, Josh Fogel is working to change that.
Apr 10, 2016
Interview
“Nothing’s of use to me, except this little song”: Norbert Hirschhorn Reimagines Yiddish Song
Saul Noam Zaritt
A new volume of poetry that re-imagines Yiddish folk song as confession, political protest, and playful soundscape.
Apr 05, 2016
Interview
Bad Jews Making Good TV: An Interview with Yidlife Crisis
Diana Clarke
Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion on language politics in Montreal, Jewish comedy, and making pop culture in Yiddish.
Mar 27, 2016
Interview
Yiddish on Transparent: A Talk with Jill Soloway and Micah Fitzerman-Blue
Diana Clarke and Saul Noam Zaritt
Jill Soloway and Micah Fitzerman-Blue on writing Transparent in Yiddish, whether or not you noticed.
Mar 01, 2016
Interview
Anti-fascist Yiddish Song: Shneer and Eisenberg on Lin Jaldati
Erin Faigin
Lin Jaldati was a secular Dutch Jew who brought Yiddish music to communist East Germany. Now, Jewlia Eisenberg and David Shneer are reviving her music and investigating her revolutionary life.
Feb 28, 2016