Interviews

Tova Ben­jamin talks with Eli Rosen, trans­la­tor of Rhi­noc­er­os, about fas­cism, Tal­mu­dic trac­tates, Yid­dish flu­en­cy, and going OTD.

Sep 20, 2017

Joshua Sobol speaks to Rachelle Gross­man about resis­tance through art and the future pos­si­bil­i­ties of Yid­dish theater. 

May 12, 2017

Anna Ele­na Tor­res talks with Yev­geniy Fiks about Inter­na­tion­al­ism, queer pol­i­tics, utopias and imag­i­nary map­ping, and Sovi­et Yiddish.

Apr 05, 2017

Max Spar­ber talks Wikipedia, open sourc­ing, exile, and con­tem­po­rary white nation­al­ism in the con­text of the diaspora

Mar 12, 2017

The long­time edi­tor of the Yid­dish Forverts and author of four­teen books spoke with Sarah Ponichtera about grow­ing up in Sovi­et Mol­davia, being an immi­grant, and reading. 

Mar 06, 2017

An inter­view with the direc­tor and lead actor of the new Yid­dish film, Menashe.

Feb 27, 2017

An inter­view with the authors of the new cook­book, The Gefilte Man­i­festo: New Recipes for Old World Jew­ish Foods.

Feb 23, 2017

An inter­view with Jere­my Dauber about the new web­site Shole​mAle​ichem​.org

Jan 18, 2017

On the beau­ti­ful, rad­i­cal, acces­si­ble, pos­si­bil­i­ties of per­for­mance and Yiddish. 

Nov 15, 2016

A medieval­ist uses Yid­dish in her scrip­tur­al scholarship. 

Nov 10, 2016