Interviews

At the inter­na­tion­al sym­po­sium ​“Glob­al Yid­dish Cul­ture: 1938 – 1949,” singer-song­writer Psoy Korolenko and Pro­fes­sor Anna Shtern­shis brought to life lost Yid­dish songs of the Holo­caust in an all-new con­cert and lec­ture program. 

Aug 12, 2015

Refoyl Finkel talks to In geveb about mak­ing dig­i­tized Yid­dish texts searchable.

Sep 06, 2015

Daniel Kahn talks about his musi­cal influ­ences, how all of his lan­guages inter­act with each oth­er in his songs, and what it means to ​“tradapt” a song across lan­guages and time.

Oct 01, 2015

Lis­ten to a con­tem­po­rary rethink­ing of Biro­bidzhan, the longed-for but most­ly imag­i­nary Jew­ish ter­ri­to­r­i­al project.

Oct 18, 2015

Zisl Sle­povitch of the band Lit­vakus on klezmer, gath­er­ing sto­ries, and grow­ing up in Belarus. 

Nov 19, 2015

Aus­tri­an shep­herd Hans Breuer on dri­ving refugees across the bor­der, and get­ting famous for singing Yid­dish songs. 

Feb 23, 2016

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

Jill Soloway and Mic­ah Fitzer­man-Blue on writ­ing Trans­par­ent in Yid­dish, whether or not you noticed. 

Mar 01, 2016

Jamie Elman and Eli Batal­ion on lan­guage pol­i­tics in Mon­tréal, Jew­ish com­e­dy, and mak­ing pop cul­ture in Yiddish. 

Mar 27, 2016

A new vol­ume of poet­ry that re-imag­ines Yid­dish folk song as con­fes­sion, polit­i­cal protest, and play­ful soundscape.

Apr 05, 2016