Interviews

POLIN Muse­um of the His­to­ry of Pol­ish Jews was decades in the mak­ing and now tells the thou­sand year his­to­ry of Pol­ish Jews in the old heart of Jew­ish Warsaw. 

Jan 16, 2019

Shter­na Gold­bloom dis­cuss­es pho­tog­ra­phy, com­mu­ni­ty, and mem­o­ry. Her sat­u­rat­ed, col­or­ful work cen­ters the lim­i­nal places where the holy and the mar­gin­al come together. 

Mar 19, 2018

Feb 12, 2018

Queer­ness, reli­gion, and the oth­er in the Yid­dish Book Cen­ter’s Stein­er Sum­mer Yid­dish Program

Nov 24, 2017

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