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I created Radiant Others way back in 2017 to share casual, in-depth, wide-ranging conversations with musicians, dancers, scholars, actors, and poets. My dream is that our listeners get mesmerized by our Yiddish world—and inspired to invest themselves, to do the work to create a place for themselves in it. 

Jun 08, 2026

Do not be misled by the humble brown paper packaging: Di fliendike pave is a very ambitious project. Through Di fliendike pave, Isabel Frey shows the world what Yiddish song can be and what it can do.

Dec 19, 2025

It would be pleasant for me, as a singer, literary critic, and Yiddishist, to review LIDER MIT PALESTINE apolitically. But that is not possible.

Dec 18, 2025

Meaghan Guterman speaks with D. Zisl Slepovich about his powerful collection of albums based on songs from Holocaust survivor testimonies held at the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University.

Jun 04, 2025

A member of the 2023 In geveb/Fortunoff fellowship cohort reflects on the question “How can one ethically use recorded Holocaust testimony as the basis for musical composition?”

Apr 22, 2025

Drawing from a kaleidoscopic range of sources in his work, Weiser engages in vibrant dialogue with voices from the past while building innovative sonic worlds for contemporary audiences.

Jan 13, 2025

Mariposas Galácticas [Galactic Butterflies] is an eight-piece band from Philadelphia that performs a fusion of kumbia [folk music from Latin America], punk, and klezmer music.

Dec 10, 2024

In The Great Dictionary of Yiddish Language: A Chamber Opera, composer Alex Weiser and librettist Ben Kaplan endow enchantment and glamor on their decidedly unglamorous protagonists and, most importantly, heighten our attention to their doubts and torments the way only an opera can.

Jul 25, 2024

The POLIN Music Festival is an event dedicated to the broad spectrum of Jewish music. This year, the concert inaugurating the 6th edition of the festival took place on February 23rd at the POLIN Auditorium.

Apr 10, 2024

The creators of the 2023 album Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango grapple with complex questions about long-term trauma and the burdens of memory for women who survived the Holocaust.

Feb 23, 2024