Yiddish ressources

	Yiddish Tales – Various Book from Project Gutenberg: Yiddish Tales Downloads: 424
	Yiddish Theatre – Adam Bemma The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre in Montreal is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. To commemorate and honour the achievements of its founder Dora Wasserman, who passed away in 2003, her two daughters, Bryna (artistic director at Segal Centre) and Ella organized the International Yiddish Theatre Festival which takes place from June 17-25, 2009. Keywords: dora wasserman; montreal yiddish theatre; adam bemma; streetcred Downloads: 227
	Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project – Yiddish Book Center (Christa Whitney) Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project. To learn more, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story Keywords: yiddish, Jewish, oral history, Wexler Oral History Project, Yiddish Book Center, National Yiddish Book Center Downloads: 76,290
	Yiddish Literature (Volume 14) – Casanowicz, I. M. “Yiddish Literature” is an article from Modern Language Notes, Volume 14. View more articles from Modern Language Notes.View this article on JSTOR.View this article’s JSTOR metadata.You may also retrieve all of this items metadata in JSON at the following URL: https://archive.org/metadata/jstor-2917348 Downloads: 13
	yiddish-wikipedia-6/10/10 – Wikipedia Retrieved from wikipedia.org on April 8, 2010 Downloads: 7
	Justin Cammy 14dec2010 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center Justin Cammy, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Comparative Literature at Smith College spoke about his background, his scholarly work, and the place of Yiddish inside and outside of the academy. The interview began with Cammy describing his childhood in Ottawa and his family background. He attended public school and had Jewish supplemental education (Ottawa Modern Jewish School, at which his father was the principal)… Keywords: National Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; Literature; Education; Israel;Politics; Profession; Family History and Stories; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish Language; Yiddish Teaching; Yiddish Learning; Yiddish Revival and Activism; Other Jewish Languages; Career Downloads: 116
	Joke > A Yiddish Mama Joke > Nationville.com > A Yiddish Mama Downloads: 578
	Yiddish Brit hadasha – Artist for Israel International afii.org 2012 Yiddish Brit hadashah [Daled Edition] Keywords: Yiddish Brit hadasha; Hebrew; 2012; Yiddish; Yidish Downloads: 102
	jewish law in yiddish – yossi jewish law yiddish bosar vicholov shiur 13 Keywords: jewish law yiddish bosar vicholov shiur 13 Downloads: 91
	jewish law in yiddish – yossi jewish law in yiddish shiur 12 Keywords: jewish law Downloads: 128
	Yiddish Book Center’s Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library – Hank Bromley The National Yiddish Book Center is a non-profit organization working to rescue Yiddish books and share their content with the world. More than 10,000 of our titles are now available free-of-charge through the Open Content Alliance. You can browse our catalog below or search here. In addition, we can provide you with used copies and reprints of most Yiddish titles at nominal cost. To check availability, please email us at orders@bikher.org, or phone us at 413-256-4900, x196… Downloads: 52,741
	Yerushalmi Maaser Sheni yiddish – shia gluck of givas hamorah shiurim in yerushalmi maseket maaser sheni in yiddish Keywords: yerushalmi; maaser sheni; yiddish; shia gluck Downloads: 46
	Transilvania Yiddish Tsaytung – Samuel Weisz Transilvania Yiddish Newspapwer, Satmar, Kruly, Orshiva, Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum of Satmar, Transylvanisher Keywords: Transilvania; Satmar; Joel Teitelbaum; Yoel Teitelbaum; Siget; Marmorosh, Hasidic; Chasidim; Hasidim; Rabbi;Jewish History; Hungary Downloads: 2,039
	Yiddish in Israel? – Yiddish Book Center Aaron Lansky speaks with Mendy Cahan, the head of Yung Yidish and a moving force behind the surprising resurgence of Yiddish in Israel. Episode 55 February 26, 2013 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Tune in! Aaron Lansky; Mendy Cahan; Yung Yidish; Yiddish; Israel Downloads: 466
	All Things Yiddish – Yiddish Book Center In a visit with Aaron Lansky we learn about new Yiddish-related technology, and get a recap of Yiddish Book Center events, from the Great Jewish Books summer program to Yidstock, an alumni reunion, and much more. Episode 38 August 14, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Aaron Lansky; All Things Yiddish; alumni reunion; Great Jewish Books; OCR; technology; Yiddish; Yiddish Book Center Audio Downloads: 257
	All Things Yiddish – Yiddish Book Center This week Aaron updates us on the latest news: scanning Yiddish literature, learning Yiddish, Fellowship applications and oral history internship opportunities, and a sneak preview of our soon-to-be opened Discovery Gallery. Episode 7 February 2, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Aaron Lansky; All Things Yiddish; alumni reunion; Great Jewish Books; OCR; technology; Yiddish; Yiddish Book Center Audio Downloads: 155
	1,000 Yiddish Schools – Yiddish Book Center Jewish educator Fradle Pomerantz Freidenreich talks with Aaron Lansky about her work documenting every Yiddish school in North America. These schools, whose reach and influence were greater than Freidenreich imagined, are chronicled in her book, Passionate Pioneers: The Story ofYiddish Secular Education in North America, 1910-1960. Episode 23 May 22, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Aaron Lansky; Canada; Fradle Pomerantz Freidenreich; secular culture; Shules; united states; Yiddish; Yiddish Book Center Audio;Yiddish Education Downloads: 172
	Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary – Yiddish Book Center The story behind the newly released Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary Professor Solon Beinfeld and Dr. Harry Bochner, editors of the new Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, visit with Aaron Lansky and share the story behind their soon-to-be-released dictionary. Episode 46 November 13, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst Massachusetts Keywords: Tune in! Solon Beinfeld; Harry Bochner; Yiddish Dictionary; Yiddish-English Dictionary; Aaron Lansky; new Yiddish dictionary Downloads: 904
	All Things Yiddish – Yiddish Book Center Episode 022 – May 16, 2012 When asked what’s new at the Yiddish Book Center, Aaron Lansky had plenty to report: the opening of a new interactive exhibit, a recap of the recent Chaim Grade weekend program, new initiatives to jumpstart Yiddish translation, arriving students, and, believe it or not, there’s more. Keywords: Aaron Lansky, All Things Yiddish, Chaim Grade, Discovery Gallery, Emma Morgenstern, Steiner Summer Yiddish Program, Translation, Yiddish, Yiddish Book Center Audio Downloads: 129
	yiddish princess on shtetl – Shtetl on the SHortwave; Tamara Kramer If you’re looking for the sounds of fiddle, accordian, clarinet and Yiddish….you need only get your tuchus (Yiddish for derrière) to the Laurentian mountains an hour north of Montreal. For the past 15 years, klezmer and Yiddish lovers have been getting together at KlezKanada for a week-long festival of Yiddish culture. Young, old, Jewish or not, religious or secular…all are welcome to get bitten by the Yiddish culture bug… Keywords: Yiddish princess; The Other Europeans; Klezmer; Roma; gypsies; Quebec Downloads: 554
	Yiddish Tales (יידיש מעשה) – Various LibriVox recording of Yiddish Tales, by various authors. Read by Adrian Praetzellis. A collection of 48 wonderful English language stories from Sholem Alechem, I. L. Perez, Shalom Asch, and others. Tales of humour and drama, tragedy and pathos set mostly in the Jewish communities of 19th-century eastern Europe, Russia, and the Ukraine. Translated from Yiddish by Helena Frank. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, C… Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; short stories; Jewish authors; Reuben Asher Braudes; Jehalel; Isaac Lob Perez; Mordecai Spektor; Sholem Alechem; Eliezer David Rosenthal; Isaiah Lerner; Judah Steinberg; David Frischmann; Micha Joseph Berdyczewski; Isaiah Berschadski; Tashrak;David Pinski; S. Libin; Abraham Raisin; H. D. Naumberg; Meyer Blinkin; Lob Schapiro; Shalom Asch; Issac Dob Berkowitz Downloads: 8,999 (1 review)
	The Fugs’ Yiddish Inspiration – Yiddish Book Center Episode 027 – June 12, 2012 The Fugs, a 1960s garage band, made frequent use of bongos, curse words, and protest poetry. They also usedYiddish songs and other Jewish source material. Music critic Seth Rogovoy, in conversation with Emma Morgenstern, plays clips from The Fugsâ First Album and ponders what makes their music Jewish. Keywords: 1960s, Aaron Lansky, Beat poets, Bulbes, Ed Sanders, Emma Morgenstern, folk music, garage rock, Jewish music, Music, Pakn Treger, Seth Rogovoy, The Fugs, Tuli Kupferberg, Yiddish Book Center Audio, Yiddish folk song Downloads: 196
	English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary (Volume 7) – Sapir, E. “English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary” is an article from The Jewish Quarterly Review, Volume 7. View more articles from The Jewish Quarterly Review.View this article on JSTOR.View this article’s JSTOR metadata.You may also retrieve all of this items metadata in JSON at the following URL: https://archive.org/metadata/jstor-1451380 Downloads: 18
	Newly named Yiddish Translation Fellows – Yiddish Book Center Aaron Lansky visits with the Yiddish Book Center’s newly announced Translation Fellows to learn about their interest in Yiddish and their translation projects. Episode 59 April 5, 2013 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Yiddish translation; Translation Fellows; Yiddish Book Center Translation Fellows; translating Yiddish literature Downloads: 214
	Imagining a Universal Yiddish Library – Yiddish Book Center Aaron Lansky discusses breakthroughs in the digitization of Yiddish books, including a newly-installed scanning station at the Yiddish Book Center. New technologies and potential collaborations with other institutions bode well for the future of Yiddish books and scholarship. Visit our Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library for free access to more than 11,000 Yiddish titles. Episode 1 December 27, 2011 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Aaron Lansky; technology; Yiddish; Yiddish Book Center Audio Downloads: 167
	yerushalmi maaser sheni 2 yiddish – shia gluck a commentary for 4th & part of fifth perek in yiddish Keywords: yerushalmi; maaser sheni; yidddish; shia gluck Downloads: 34
	A Trove of Yiddish Recordings – Yiddish Book Center Jordan Kutzik, senior fellow at the Yiddish Book Center, is overseeing the restoration and remastering of some 1,000 hours of archival recordings of Yiddish writers. In an interview with Aaron Lansky, Kutzik shares stories about the amazing content he’s finding on these historic tapes and the surprises he’s encountering in the process. Episode 49 December 4, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Jordan Kutzik; Aaron Lansky; Montreal; Jewish Public Library; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish recordings Downloads: 588
	Out of Steel Comes “Yiddish” – Yiddish Book Center Episode 021 – May 9, 2012 Two years and four thousand pounds of Cor-Ten steel in the making, Simon Koganâs sculpture “Yiddish” has been installed on the grounds at the Yiddish Book Center. Kogan and Lee Hutt, the head of the Center’s sculpture committee, talk with Aaron Lansky about what the sculpture represents and the massive effort – artistic and physical – of creating it. Keywords: Aaron Lansky, Avrom Sutzkever, Lead Plates of the Rom Press, Lee Hutt, sculpture, Simon Kogan, steel, Vilna, Yiddish, Yiddish Book Center Audio Downloads: 114
	Yiddish Book Center Multimedia Library A collection of audio books, recorded programs and multimedia resources from the Yiddish Book Center. Now featuring selections from the Frances Brandt Online Yiddish Audio Library and the Sami Rohr Library of Recorded Yiddish Books, produced by the Yiddish Book Center in cooperation with the Jewish Public Library of Montreal . The Frances Brandt Online Yiddish Audio Library can be subscribed to as a podcast as well … Keywords: yiddish Downloads: 12,869
	Yiddish Drag King on Shtetl – Tamara Kramer; Shtetl on the Shortwave What does a chick do with an inheritance of generation upon generation of rabbis for a family lineage? How does she pass that on? Do her Zaidie in drag, of course! Meet Zohar Weiman Kelman, a 27 year-old doctoral student in Yiddish literature at Berkley, and find out about her alter ego: Shabbes’dik. Keywords: Jewish; Yiddish; shtetl; drag king; montreal; gender; performance Downloads: 268
	rambam-Kidush-Hachodesh-in Yiddish – shia gluck please refer to a booklet that is under Kiddush-hachodesh to properly understand the shiurim (a series of 23) given in Yiddish — in the winter of 5768 in Williamsburg brooklyn NY NOTE this has 20 (twenty) shiurim the other ones are in kiddush-hachodesh #2———-all other files with title “kiddush hachodesh” are duplicates sorry… Keywords: Kiddush hachodesh; shia gluck; rambam; givas hamorah Downloads: 41
	English Loan-Words in Yiddish (Volume 19) – Klein, David “English Loan-Words in Yiddish” is an article from Modern Language Notes, Volume 19. View more articles from Modern Language Notes.View this article on JSTOR.View this article’s JSTOR metadata.You may also retrieve all of this items metadata in JSON at the following URL: https://archive.org/metadata/jstor-2917324 Downloads: 22
	Yiddish proverbs – Weingarten, Joseph A. (Joseph Abraham)Keywords: Proverbs, Yiddish Downloads: 189
	Yiddish Rap A wonderful version of 50 Cent’s “In Da House”. This one is in Hebrew. Keywords: www.yourfreepress.blogspot.com Downloads: 344 (1 review)
	Yiddish tales – Frank, Helena The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the “All Files: HTTP” link in the “View the book” box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions. Keywords: Short stories, Yiddish; Jews Downloads: 180
	Yiddish tales – Frank, Helena The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the “All Files: HTTP” link in the “View the book” box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions. Keywords: Short stories, Yiddish; Jews Downloads: 238
	Yiddish Surf! – Les Rabbins VolantsDownloads: 38
	Yiddish Folksongs – Orchestra of the Jewish Theatre BucharestDownloads: 72
	Yiddish tales – Frank, Helena Reuben Asher Braudes, The Misfortune.- Jehalel (Judah Löb Lewin), Earth of Palestine.- Isaac Löb Perez, A Woman’s Wrath; The Treasure; It is Well; Whence a Proverb.- Mordecai Spektor, An Original Strike; A Gloomy Wedding; Poverty.- Sholom-Alechem (Shalom Rabinovitz), The Clock; Fishel the Teacher; An Easy Fast; The Passover Guest; Gymnasiye.- Eliezer David Rosenthal, Sabbath; Yom Kippur.- Isaiah Lerner, Bertzi Wasserführer; Ezrielk the Scribe; Yitzchok-Yossel Broitgeber.- Judah Steinberg, A L… Downloads: 1,638
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	Talmud Yerushalmi Maaser Sheni in Yiddish – Shia Gluck of Givas Hamorah teaching Talmud Yerushalmi Maaser sheni in yiddish–must have some basic knowledge in Talmud Bavli Keywords: Yerushalmi; maaser sheni; yiddish; shia gluck Downloads: 42
	Yiddish Translation in the 21st Century – Yiddish Book Center Aaron Lansky visits with Sebastian Schulman to learn what is new in the field of Yiddish translation – from the recent launch of the Center’s groundbreaking translation website tatysh.org to the Center’s Yiddish Translation Fellowship, new venues for publication, and more. Creating new opportunities to mentor and train Yiddish translators, employing new technologies to “crowd-source” Yiddish translation, and publication of new translations are a few examples of the Yiddish Book Center’s plans to… Keywords: Yiddish translation; tatysh.org; Yiddish Book Center; Aaron Lansky; Sebastian Schulman; Yiddish translation fellowship; Yiddish publication Downloads: 102
	Students Reflect on Yiddish and Jewish Identity – Yiddish Book Center Steiner Summer Yiddish Program students Dory Fox and Jamie Nadel reflect on how the program provided them with a new understanding of Jewish culture. Episode 36 August 1, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: National Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish Steiner Summer Yiddish Program; Steiner Summer Program; Yiddish;Language Education; College Students; Yiddish Classes; Amherst MA; Amherst; Emma Morgenstern; Dory Fox; Jamie Nadel; Aaron Lansky Downloads: 234
	A conversation with Yiddish Book Center Fellows – Yiddish Book Center A month into their Fellowship, Jessica Parker and Allison Posner sit down to answer our questions about their work and their interest and passion for Yiddish language and culture. Episode 45 October 30, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish; Steiner Summer Yiddish Program; Fellowship Downloads: 318
	A growing archive of Yiddish oral histories – Yiddish Book Center Aaron Lansky visits with Christa Whitney, the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project director, to talk about her recent fieldwork in Poland and her new project to interview the children of Yiddish writers. Episode 65 June 11, 2013 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Aaron Lansky; the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project; Yiddish writers; Yiddish Poland Downloads: 330
	Peter Manseau on Yiddish and Writing – Yiddish Book Center Peter Manseau won the National Jewish Book Award for Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter, a semi-autobiographical and semi-historical novel about Yiddish literature and preservation. In this conversation with Josh Lambert, Manseau reflects on his time as an intern at the Yiddish Book Center and the obsession with Yiddish he can’t seem to shake. Episode 33 July 10, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Ybc; Nybc; Aaron Lansky; Yiddish; Jewish; Jewish Culture; Josh Lambert; Peter Manseau; Yiddish Book Center Audio; Amherst; Amherst Ma; Literature; Jewish Literature; Songs For The Butcher’s Daughter; National Jewish Book Award Author; Steiner Summer Program; Academics; Religion; Internship Downloads: 168
	Staging Modern Adaptations of Yiddish Plays – Yiddish Book Center Ellen Perecman, founder of the New Worlds Theatre Project, discusses the process of choosing, translating, and producing Yiddish plays for an English-speaking audience. Perecman and her company will be in residence at the Yiddish Book Center this week as they begin working on Dovid Pinski’s Professor Brenner. Episode 37 August 7, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish; Aaron Lansky; New Worlds Theatre Project; Ellen Perecman; Yiddish Theater; Theater; Translation; Dovid Pinski; Professor Brenner; New York; Adaptation; Amherst MA; Amherst; Jewish; Jewish Culture; Yiddish Culture; Emma Morgenstern; Hebrew Downloads: 202
	The Pin: A Yiddish language film – Yiddish Book Center Naomi Jaye, director of “The Pin,” shares the story behind this Yiddish-language film about two young people who experience love and loss while in hiding during World War II. The Pin (2013) is the first Yiddish-language film (with English subtitles) to be shot in Canada, and the second in North America in over 70 years. Episode 072 November 7, 2013 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: The Pin; Naomi Jaye; Yiddish film; Tune in! Downloads: 3
	The Pin: A Yiddish language film – Yiddish Book Center Naomi Jaye, director of “The Pin,” shares the story behind this Yiddish-language film about two young people who experience love and loss while in hiding during World War II. The Pin (2013) is the first Yiddish-language film (with English subtitles) to be shot in Canada, and the second in North America in over 70 years. Episode 072 November 7, 2013 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: The Pin; Naomi Jaye; Yiddish film; Tune in! Downloads: 10
	The Pin: A Yiddish language film – Yiddish Book Center Naomi Jaye, director of “The Pin,” shares the story behind this Yiddish-language film about two young people who experience love and loss while in hiding during World War II. The Pin (2013) is the first Yiddish-language film (with English subtitles) to be shot in Canada, and the second in North America in over 70 years. Episode 072 November 7, 2013 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: The Pin; Naomi Jaye; Yiddish film; Tune in! Downloads: 393 Der oylem redt – €”Yiddish in the Press – Yiddish Book Center Is the recently reported “comeback” of Yiddish among college students a new phenomenon? Aaron Lansky talks about the growing interest among a younger generation eager to learn about Yiddish language and culture – the “flip side” of Jewish identity – and he discusses the role the Center has played, and will play, in providing education and resources for the next generation. Read some of the recent articles on Yiddish revival: Wall Street Journal/Associated Press Haaretz Jewish Daily Forward Epis… Keywords: Aaron Lansky; technology; Yiddish; Yiddish Book Center Audio; Yiddish Press Downloads: 142 Yiddish and Ladino: Understanding Jewish Languages – Yiddish Book Center Sephardic Studies professor and author Sarah Abrevaya Stein talks about editing the translation of a Ladino memoir into English and how her internship at the Yiddish Book Center shaped her understanding of Jewish languages. Episode 41 September 4, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Emma Morgenstern; Ladino; Salonika; Sarah Stein; Sephardic culture; Steiner Summer Yiddish Program; Translation; Yiddish;Yiddish Book Center Audio Downloads: 520 Now in Yiddish — “Der Hobit (The Hobbit)” – Yiddish Book Center Barry Goldstein’s Yiddish translation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit has just been released. Aaron Lansky visits with Goldstein to learn how and why he took on the translation. You can purchase the book here: http://cart.booksite.com/4382/shop/der-hobit-the-hobbit/ Episode 51 December 18, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Hobbit; Hobit; Yiddish Hobbit; Barry Goldstein; Yiddish translation; The Hobbit in Yiddish; Der Hobit; Aaron Lansky; Tune in!; Yiddish Book Center podcast Downloads: 1,468 Illustrating letters to a Yiddish Advice Column – Yiddish Book Center We visit with artist Liana Finck to learn about her illustration exhibit “A Bintel Brief.” On display at the Yiddish Book Center, “A Bintel Brief” is a graphic novel based on letters to the Forverts newspaper’s advice column. Episode 62 May 7, 2013 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Liana Finck; Bintel Brief; Yiddish advice column; Tune in! Downloads: 281 Yiddish Writer Chaim Grade: The Backstory – Yiddish Book Center Aaron Lansky and Justin Cammy explore the who, the why, and the little-known of Chaim Grade the Litvak Yiddish writer par excellence. Professor Justin Cammy (Smith College), Professor David Fishman (Jewish Theological Seminary), and New York Times reporter Joseph Berger presented a three-day program, Sabbath Days and Extinguished Stars: The Life and Work of Chaim Grade, on April 20-22, 2012, at the YiddishBook Center… Keywords: Aaron Lansky; Chaim Grade; Holocaust Literature; Justin Cammy; lithuania; Vilna; Yiddish; Yiddish Book Center Audio; Yiddish literature Downloads: 174 Victoria 26Jul2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Victoria was interviewed by Christa Whitney on July 26, 2012 in Vilnius, Lithuania. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Victoria Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Vilnius, Lithuania, July 26, 2012. Video recording, http://archive.org/details/Victoria26jul2012YiddishBookCenter ( [date accessed] ) Keywords: Advice; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning;Yiddish revival and activism; Coming back to Yiddish; Post-vernacular uses of Yiddish; Immigration; Migration; Hebrew; Visual Arts; Career and Professional Life; Scholarship; Academia; Holocaust; Education; Israel; Eastern Europe; Soviet Union;Transmission; Roots/heritage; Jewish community; Travel; Other languages; Victoria; Vilnius; Lithuania; Israel; Shmuel Bak;Samuel Bak; Vilna Gaon; Jewish Museums; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Russian; Lithuanian; Hebrew; Jacques Lipschutz;Vilna; Vilne; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 39 Ingrid 17oct2010 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Rachel) Ingrid, an 81-year-old woman from Germany, started with her childhood in the 1930s, in a town called Eschwege. An only child, she grew up in a somewhat secular Jewish home, surrounded by more religious extended family. Ingrid always wanted to go to New York. She talked a bit about Kristallnacht in her town; her home was not destroyed but some of her friends’ homes/businesses were. Ingrid was on a Kindertransport train to Sweden… Keywords: Advice; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Religion and ritual; World War Two; Holocaust; Western Europe; United States;Travel; Other Jewish languages; Jewish holidays; Family traditions; Roots/heritage; Anti-Semitism; Germany; Eschwege;Kristallnacht; Kindertransport; Sweden; New York City; German; English; ghetto; Auschwitz; 1944; letters; stockings; gold;correspondance; Worchester; Massachusetts; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project Downloads: 90 A manual and grammar of the Yiddish language – Mazin, J. (Jacob Raphael) “Yiddish self-taught”–Cover Keywords: Yiddish language Downloads: 5,588 Leyke Post Carey sings “Yiddish Redt Zikh Azoy Sheyn” – Yiddish Book Center Leyke Post Carey sings “Yiddish Redt Zikh Azoy Sheyn”. Yiddish redt zikh azoy sheyn (Yiddish Has Such a Lovely Sound). Everything sound best – if you say it in Yiddish! Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; Leyke Post Carrey; Theatre; Yiddish Downloads: 27 English-Yiddish [and Yiddish-English] dictionary – Harkavy, Alexander, 1863-1939 26 Keywords: English language — Dictionaries Yiddish; Yiddish language — Dictionaries Yiddish Downloads: 5,413 Realizing Yiddish Translation in the 21st Century – Yiddish Book Center Aaron Lansky visits with Sebastian Schulman, director of the Yiddish Book Center’s Yiddish Translation Fellowship Program, to learn about the launch of the Center’s Yiddish Translation Fellowship, development of the Center’s Yiddish translation website, new translations, e-publishing ofYiddish translation, and so much more. Episode 61 April 30, 2013 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Yiddish translation; Yiddish Translation Fellowship Program; Yiddish translation website; Aaron Lansky; Sebastian Schulman Downloads: 323 Hanan Bordin 13july2010 Yiddish Book Center Hanan Bordin – Intermediate Yiddish teacher at the Yiddish Book Center’s Steiner Summer Internship 2010 – was interviewed by Marcy Blattner on July 13, 2010 at teh Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. This interview is entirely in Yiddish. To cite this interview: Hanan Bordin Oral History Interview, interviewed by Marcy Blattner, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, July 13, 2010… Keywords: Yiddish language interview; Yiddish; Yiddish education; Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project Downloads: 184 A 14-Year-Old Who Rescues Yiddish Books – Yiddish Book Center Fourteen-year-old Emma Lezberg, the Yiddish Book Center’s youngest zamler (volunteer book collector), talks about about why she started collecting Yiddish books, her plans to study Yiddish, and the one book she had to have for her personal library. Episode 31 June 26, 2012Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Aaron Lansky; Call of the Wild; Emma Lezberg; Emma Morgenstern; volunteer; Yiddish; Yiddish Book Center Audio; Yiddish books;zamler Downloads: 156 Wikimedia incremental dump files for the Yiddish Wikipedia on This is the incremental dump files for the Yiddish Wikipedia that is generated by Wikimedia on . Wikimedia incremental dump files for the Yiddish Wikisource on This is the incremental dump files for the Yiddish Wikisource that is generated by Wikimedia on . Wikimedia incremental dump files for the Yiddish Wiktionary on This is the incremental dump files for the Yiddish Wiktionary that is generated by Wikimedia on . Yuri Vedenyapin 14july2010 Yiddish Book Center Yuri Vedenyapin – Yiddish teacher at the Yiddish Book Center’s Steiner Summer Internship program. To cite this interview: Yuri Vedenyapin Oral History Interview, interviewed by Hadas Margulies, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, July 14, 2010. Video recording, http://archive.org/details/YuriVedenyapin14july2010YiddishBookCenter ( [date accessed] ) Keywords: Steiner Summer Internship Program 2010; Yiddish; Yiddish education; Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project Downloads: 286 (1 review) Frishe nayes (Fresh News) from the Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center During an engaging, reflective, and lively conversation with Aaron Lansky, we learn what’s new at the Yiddish Book Center – educational programs, translation projects, and more. Episode 53 January 15, 2013 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Aaron Lansky; Yiddish Book Center; educational program; translation project; Tent; Great Jewish Books; Steiner Summer Program Downloads: 350 A photographer remembers Yiddish New York in the 1960s – Yiddish Book Center Photographer Arnold Chekow visits with Aaron Lansky to share stories about the Yiddish cultural icons he photographed in New York in the 1960s. Episode 47 November 20, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Yiddish; photography; New York; Arnold Chekow; Aaron Lansky; exhibition Downloads: 524 David Shneer 12july2010 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center David Shneer, history and Jewish Studies professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, discusses the study of Yiddish and its surrounding culture. He talks about his involvement with the Steiner Internship Program, anti-semitism in Russia, Queer Jews and teaching/learning the Yiddish language. To cite this interview: David Shneer Oral History Interview, interviewed by Emma Morgerstern, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, July 1… Keywords: steiner internship program; yiddish; studying yiddish; gay synagogue; jewish studies; yiddish music; queer jews;torah queeries; yiddish culture in post-war germany; anti-semitism in russia; soviet jews; advice for yiddish students; yiddish speech Downloads: 141 Two Trends Find a Home on Yiddish Farm – Yiddish Book Center Episode 013 – March 13, 2012 Naftali Ejdelman, co-founder of Yiddish Farm, talks with Emma Morgenstern about the resurgence of interest inYiddish and the popularity of the “back-to-the-land” movement. Against this backdrop, Naftali has managed to create a place where students can speak Yiddish while toiling in the fields. Keywords: Emma Morgenstern, environmentalism, Naftali Ejdelman, organic farming, Yiddish, Yiddish Book Center Audio, Yiddish Farm, Yisroel Bass Downloads: 128 On translating The Zelmenyaners – a classic Yiddish work – Yiddish Book Center We visit with scholar Sasha Senderovich to learn about The Zelmenyaners, one of the great comic novels of the twentieth century, now in a new English translation by Hillel Halkin. The translation, published by the New Yiddish Library, is a collaboration between Yale University Press and the Yiddish Book Center. Episode 64 June 11, 2013 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: The Zelmenyaners; Hillel Halkin; Yiddish translation; Yiddish Book Center; Yale University Press Downloads: 387 The Other 98%: Practical Plans for Yiddish Translation – Yiddish Book Center “I think it’s clear that the only way we’re ever going to translate large numbers of titles is to deploy large numbers of translators. And the only way to do that is to train and mobilize a new generation.” – Aaron Lansky, from his article “Road Map” in Pakn Treger No. 64 Following the Center’s conference Translating Yiddish Literature: Mobilizing a New Generation, Aaron sits down to discuss Yiddish translation – the challenges, the possibilities, and the future… Keywords: Aaron Lansky; Yiddish; Yiddish Translation; Translation; Yiddish Book Center Downloads: 136 Bella Bryks-Klein 25July2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Allie) Bella Bryks-Klein, daughter of the Yiddish writer Rachmil Bryks, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on July 25, 2011 at theYiddish Book Center. Learn more about Rachmil Bryks and view highlights from Bella’s interview about him at: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/bella-bryks-klein-her-father-yiddish-writer-rachmil-bryks To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Bella Bryks-Klein Oral History Interview, intervie… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture;Bella Bryks-Klein; Rachmil Bryks Downloads: 81 Sophia Wise 21January2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Allie) Sophia Wise speaks about her family background. As a child her mother sang Tumbalalaika, which she didn’t realize wasYiddish until she took the January term Yiddish course at the Book Center. She speaks about her great-grandfather’s Yiddishletters, which she hopes to be able to read. Sophia then goes into detail about growing up as a Jew in Orlando, Florida and her family’s involvement in the Jewish community… Keywords: Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Childhood; Family history and stories re. ancestors; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language (feelings of/about; meaning; descriptions of); Yiddish learning; Other Jewish languages; Theater; Music; Holocaust; Religion and ritual; United States; Yiddish Book Center; Youth group; Summer camp; Food and culinary traditions; Roots/heritage; Jewish community (descriptions of place and social dynamics in a particular time); Orlando; Florida; Tess Wise; Holocaust Memorial Resource Education Center of Florida; USY; Kadima; United Synagogue Youth; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project Downloads: 581 Paula Teitelbaum 28December2010 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Christa) Paula Teitelbaum was interviewed by Pauline Katz on December 28th, 2010 in the Catskill Mountains of New York. This interview is entirely in Yiddish. Paula was born in Poland after World War II to parents who had fled to the USSR during the Nazi invasion. She attended a Jewish school that taught Yiddish as a foreign language and performed in Yiddish language plays that retold the history of the USSR… Keywords: Yiddish language interview; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc;ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture; Yiddishist; Yiddishism; KlezKamp; Bambridge Avenue; Paula Teitelbaum Downloads: 151 Marvin Swartz 13Mar2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Marvin Swartz was interviewed by Irene Starr on March 13, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Marvin Swartz Oral History Interview, interviewed by Irene Starr, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio,Yiddish Book Center, March 13, 2012… Keywords: Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Yiddish revival and activism;Holocaust; Scholarship; Academia; Marvin Swartz; Eastern Mass; Russia; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center;Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 11 Hanna Palmon 26Apr2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Hanna Palmon was interviewed by Allie Brudney on April 26, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Hanna Palmon Oral History Interview, interviewed by Allie Brudney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, April 26, 2012… Keywords: Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity;Yiddish language; Yiddish teaching; Yiddish learning; Yiddish revival and activism; Coming back to Yiddish; Other languages;Literature; Poetry; Scholarship; Academia; Holocaust; Education; Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Jewish holidays; Israel;Eastern Europe; United States; Food and culinary traditions; Transmission; Urban; Travel; Newton MA; Tel Aviv; Haifa; Arbeter Ring; Brandeis University; 2000s; 1960s; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc;ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 20 Eli Kwartler 4April2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Yoshi) Eli Kwartler was interviewed by Christa Whitney on April 4, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Eli Kwartler Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, April 4, 2012… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture;Eli Kwartler; Brooklyn; markets; Childhood; Yiddish language; Newspapers; Eastern Europe; Soviet Union; Politics and political movements Downloads: 24 Anna Stusser 18July2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Yoshi) Anna Stusser was interviewed by Emma Morgenstern on July 18, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Anna Stusser Oral History Interview, interviewed by Emma Morgenstern, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, July 18, 2011… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture;Anna Stusser; Steiner Summer Program; Germany; German; Washington; Olympia WA; Bat Mitzvah; I.B. Singer; Clark University; Jewish Identity; Childhood; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning; Yiddish revival and activism; Books; Literature;Scholarship; Academia; Holocaust; World War Two; Education; United States; Yiddish Book Center; Western Europe; Family history; stories about ancestors; Summer camp; Travel; Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Other languages Downloads: 31 Ethan Kaseff 18Apr2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Ethan Kaseff was interviewed by Sara Israel on April 18, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Ethan Kasseff Oral History Interview, interviewed by Sara Israel, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio,Yiddish Book Center, April 18, 2012… Keywords: Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity;Yiddish language; Yiddish learning; Other languages; Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Jewish holidays; Israel; Zionism;Eastern Europe; United States; Yiddish Book Center; Youth group; Food and culinary traditions; Transmission; Travel; Education;Jewish education; Sukkos; Sukkot; Yiddish revival and activism; Hebrew; shabbat; shabbes; sabbath; Ethan Kaseff; Young Judaea; United Synagogue Youth; USY; North American Federation of Temple Youth; NFTY; Dovid Katz; Tumbalalayka; Afn Pripetshik; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 14 Arnold Richards 01Jun2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Arnold Richards was interviewed by Sara Israel on June 1, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Arnold Richards Oral History Interview, interviewed by Sara Israel, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio,Yiddish Book Center, June 1, 2012… Keywords: Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Yiddish revival and activism; Coming back to Yiddish; Literature; Newspapers;Career and Professional Life; Jewish professions; Scholarship; Academia; Holocaust; Israel; United States; Yiddish Book Center;Film; Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Education; Eastern Europe; Transmission; Jewish community; Arnold Richards; YIVO; Society for the Advancement of Judaism; Yiddish Book Center;National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 38 Clare Burson 10July2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Yoshi) Clare Burson was interviewed by Pauline Katz on July 10, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Clare Burson Oral History Interview, interviewed by Pauline Katz, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio,Yiddish Book Center, July 10, 2011… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture;Clare Burson; Tennessee; Memphis; Nashville; Providence RI; Brown University; Cologne Germany; German; Brooklyn; New York City; Yiddish Book Center Internship; Conservative; Reform; American South; KlezKamp; Six Points Project; Tenement Museum;Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Synagogue;shul; temple; song; singing; Yiddish language; Yiddish Book Center; Jewish community; Other languages; Holocaust; Music;Klezmer; Travel; Eastern Europe; Yiddish revival and activism; Summer camp; Career and Professional Life; United States;Western Europe; Transmission Downloads: 23 Mark Gerstein 05Jul2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Mark Gerstein was interviewed by Christa Whitney on July 5, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Mark Gerstein Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, July 5, 2012… Keywords: Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity;Yiddish language; Yiddish learning; Coming back to Yiddish; Film; Literature; Ethnography; Career and Professional Life;Scholarship; Academia; Holocaust; Education; Eastern Europe; United States; Politics and political movements; Yiddish Book Center; Youth group; Transmission; Roots/heritage; Anti-Semitism; Jewish community; Urban; Assimilation; Travel; Mark Gerstein; Philadelphia; Amherst MA; Zamosc; Poland; Aaron Lansky; Students for a Democratic Society; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;1980s; 2000s; Anti-Vietnam War Protests; Civil Rights; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 165 Rachel Becker 21May2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Rachel Becker was interviewed by Emma Morgenstern on May 21, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Rachel Becker Oral History Interview, interviewed by Emma Morgenstern, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, May 21, 2012… Keywords: Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning; Hebrew; Visual Arts; Literature; Education; Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Jewish holidays;Israel; Zionism; United States; Yiddish Book Center; Food and culinary traditions; Transmission; Rural; Travel; Rachel Becker;Sholem Aleichem; Leyden MA; Boston; Massachusetts; Jerusalem; Amherst MA; Hampshire College; Hampshire Jewish Student Union; UMASS Hillel; 1990s; 2000s; 2012s; Hippie; Counterculture Movement; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 27 Mei Li Isaacson 11Apr2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Mei Li Isaacson was interviewed by Allie Brudney on April 11, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Mei Li Isaacson Oral History Interview, interviewed by Allie Brudney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, April 11, 2012… Keywords: Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning;Immigration; Migration; Other languages; Education; Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Jewish holidays; United States; Yiddish Book Center; Food and culinary traditions; Transmission; Roots/heritage; Urban; Travel; Pesakh; Passover; Channukah;Khanukah; Channuka; Khanike Family history; stories about ancestors; Hebrew; Mei Li Isaacson; San Francisco; China;Hampshire College; Urban School; 1990s; 2000s; Chinese American International School; Franz Kafka; Metamorphosis; Yuri Vedenyapin; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 18 Tania Horn 05Aug2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Tania Horn was interviewed on August 5, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Tania Horn Oral History Interview, interviewed by Emma Morgenstern, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, YiddishBook Center, August 5, 2011… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture;Childhood; Immigration; Migration; Holocaust; World War Two; Eastern Europe; Soviet Union; Canada; Israel; Tania Horn Downloads: 16 Laurie Weinberg 12Aug2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Laurie Weinberg was interviewed by Hillary Ossip on August 12, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Laurie Weinberg Oral History Interview, interviewed by Hillary Ossip, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, August 12, 2011… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture;Jewish Identity; Childhood; Immigration; Migration; Jewish holidays; Israel; United States; Laurie Weinberg; military Downloads: 79 Marilyn Cassotta 7December2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily) Marilyn Cassotta was interviewed by Mark Gerstein at the Yiddish Book Center on December 7, 2012. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Marilyn Cassotta Oral History Interview, interviewed by Mark Gerstein, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio,Yiddish Book Center, December 7, 2012… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 18 Amanda Lundquist 02Sep2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Amanda Lundquist was interviewed by Christa Whitney on September 2, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Amanda Lundquist Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, September 2, 2011… Keywords: Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Childhood; Other languages; Family history; stories about ancestors;Jewish education; Education; song; singing; Jewish Identity; Zionism; Politics and political movements; Israel; Yiddish language;Jewish holidays; Channukah; Khanukah; Channuka; Khanike Food and culinary traditions; Western Europe; Eastern Europe;Theater; Music; Klezmer; Yiddish Book Center; Holocaust; Amanda Lundquist; Florida; Newton MA; Noam Chomsky; Hampshire College; Jewish Anti-Zionism; Arabic; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc;ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 26 Phyllis Herda 09Mar2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Phyllis Herda was interviewed by Sara Israel on March 9, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Phyllis Herda Oral History Interview, interviewed by Sara Israel, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio,Yiddish Book Center, March 9, 2012… Keywords: Family history; stories about ancestors; shabbat; shabbes; sabbath; Jewish community; Urban; Yiddish language;Jewish Identity; Childhood; Religion and ritual; Pesakh; Passover; Jewish education; Education; Channukah; Khanukah;Channuka; Khanike United States; Yiddish Book Center; Feminism; Israel; Zionism; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Advice;Eastern Europe; Immigration; Migration; Career and Professional Life; Phyllis Herda; Massachusetts; Chelsea MA; Medford MA;Bat Mitzvah; Michael Bloomberg; Schirlif School; Girl Scouts; Young Judaea; Conversion; Library; Jewish Community of Amherst;Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 18 Edythe Bloom 02May2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Edythe Bloom was interviewed by Christa Whitney on May 2, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Edythe Bloom Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, May 2, 2012… Keywords: Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity;Yiddish language; Press; Radio; Career and Professional Life; Holocaust; Education; Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Israel;United States; Yiddish Book Center; Food and culinary traditions; Transmission; Roots/heritage; Anti-Semitism; Rural; Urban;Travel; Palestine; Kiev; Allentown PA; Delaware; Haganah; 50s; 40s; Orthodox; Hasdisim; Reform; Social Work; Strudel; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 28 Milly Guberman Kravetz 12Mar2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Milly Guberman Kravetz was interviewed by Christa Whitney on March 12, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Milly Guberman Kravetz Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, March 12, 2012… Keywords: Advice; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning;Immigration; Migration; Hebrew; Theater; Film; Press; Radio; Literature; Career and Professional Life; Jewish professions;Education; Religion and ritual; Jewish holidays; Family traditions; Eastern Europe; United States; Politics and political movements; Youth group; Summer camp; Food and culinary traditions; Roots/heritage; children/grandchildren of (Yiddish personalities); Mildred Guberman Kravetz; Sholem Aleichem; Hillel; Social Work; Labor Zionism; Suburban; Malden MA; Boston;Workmen’s Circle; Arbeter Ring; 1930s; 1940s; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project;nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 20 William Robin 18Oct2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) William Robin was interviewed by Christa Whitney on October 18, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: William Robin Oral History Interview, interviewed by Mark Gerstein, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, October 18, 2011… Keywords: Advice; Family history and stories re. ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language (feelings of/about;meaning; descriptions of); Yiddish learning; Other Jewish languages; Radio; Press; Literature; Career and Professional Life;Education; Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Jewish holidays; Eastern Europe; Western Europe; United States; Food and culinary traditions; Transmission (intergenerational; cultural; social… parenting); Roots/heritage; Anti-Semitism; Jewish community (descriptions of place and social dynamics in a particular time); Shtetl; Assimilation; Travel; Hebrew; Jewish education; Jewish Federation; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; WWII; Orthodox; Reform; William Robin; Providence RI; Brown University; GI Bill; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 8 Herman Rotenberg 14May2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Herman Rotenberg was interviewed by Christa Whitney on May 14, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Herman Rotenberg Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, May 14, 2012… Keywords: Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Family history and stories; Jewish identity; Coming back to Yiddish stories; Theater;Music; Film; Press/Radio; Literature; Career and professional life; Holocaust; Education; Religion and Ritual; United States;Politics and political movements; Anti-Semitism; Jewish community; Urban; Herman Rotenberg; 47th avenue; Hungary; Austrio-Hungary; 50s; 60s; Orthodox; Diamond District; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project;nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 12 Adina Gordon 04Nov2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Adina Gordon was interviewed by Christa Whitney on November 4, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Adina Gordon Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, November 4, 2011… Keywords: Advice; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Immigration; Migration;Other languages; Theater; Music; Radio; Literature; Career and Professional Life; Scholarship; Academia; Education; Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Jewish holidays; Israel; Zionism; Eastern Europe; Western Europe; United States; Politics and political movements; Yiddish Book Center; Youth group; Food and culinary traditions; Transmission; Roots/heritage; Jewish community;shabbat; shabbes; sabbath; Shtetl; Urban; song; singing; Pesakh; Passover; Channukah; Khanukah; Channuka; Khanike; Adina Gordon; WEVD; Sholem Aleichem; Art History; France; Hashomer Hatzair; New York City; New Jersey; Brooklyn; Crown Heights;1900s; 1910s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; Hasidism; Satmar; Conservative; Ebbets Field; Baking; Honey Cake; Polish; German;Forverts; Forward; Kibbutz Aliyah; Vilna; Vilnius; Vilne; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish Downloads: 53 Dana Szeflan-Bell 04Aug2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Dana Szeflan-Bell was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 4, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center inAmherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Dana Szeflan-Bell Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, August 4, 2011… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture;Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Immigration; Migration; song; singing; Holocaust; World War Two; Soviet Union;Eastern Europe; Dana Szeflan-Bell Downloads: 148 Robert Booth 21July2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Lily) Robert Booth was interviewed by David Schlitt on July 21, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Robert Booth Oral History Interview, interviewed by David Schlitt, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, July 21, 2011… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture;Family history; stories about ancestors; Eastern Europe; Yiddish language; shabbat; shabbes; sabbath; United States; Summer camp; Youth group; Education; Love/Relationships; Career and Professional Life; Western Europe; Visual Arts; Travel; Jewish Identity; Holocaust; Rosh Hashanah; Advice; Religion and ritual; Politics and political movements; Robert Booth; Great Depression; 1930s; New York City; NYC; Florida; St. Louis; Prague; NFTY; North American Federation of Temple Youth; Alekh Shindler; 1970s; Netherlands; Holland; Sculptor; Sculpture; Latvia; 1990s; New Hampshire; George McGovern; Chicago; 1970s;Boston; New Zealand; Indianapolis; Tucson; Arizona; Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp Downloads: 19 Ruth Hillman 09Apr2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Ruth Hillman was interviewed by Jayne Pearl on April 9, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Ruth Hillman Oral History Interview, interviewed by Jayne Pearl, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio,Yiddish Book Center, April 9, 2012… Keywords: Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Immigration; Migration; Visual Arts; Press; Newspapers; Zionism; United States; Eastern Europe; Ruth Hillman; Brooklyn; British Palestine; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 20 Paul Charette 1May2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Christa) Paul Charette was interviewed by Allie Brudney on May 1, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Paul Charette Oral History Interview, interviewed by Allie Brudney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio,Yiddish Book Center, May 1, 2012… Keywords: Advice; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Career and Professional Life; Education;Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Jewish holidays; Israel; United States; Transmission; Roots/heritage; Jewish community;Paul Charette; Southampton; Amherst; Holyoke; Great Barrington; MA; Massachusetts; TX; Texas; Bloomington; IN; Indiana;Jewish Community of Amherst; JCA; Sons of Zion; 2000s; Orthodoz; Reconstructionist; Conservative; Catholic; Protestant;Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 9 Deirdre Hirschtritt 19Jul2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Dierdre Hirschtritt was interviewed by Pauline Katz on July 19, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview; Deirdre Hirschtritt Oral History Interview, interviewed by Pauline Katz, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, July 19, 2011… Keywords: Deirdre Hirschtritt; Orthodox; New York State; New York City; NYC; New Rochelle NY; Camp Ramah; Schechter;University of Wisconsin; Multiculturalism; Steiner Summer Program; Margaret Sanger; Paper Bridge; Dybbuk Downloads: 19 Emma Morgenstern 22july2010 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center Emma Morgenstern, a participant in the Yiddish Book Center’s Fellowship Program, discusses her academic interest in Jewish life. From speaking Judaeo-Spanish with members of the Jewish community in Greece to realizing the expressive elements of theYiddish language, Morgenstern stresses the importance of maintaing minority languages cross-culturally. To cite this interview: Emma Morgenstern Oral History Interview, interviewed by Nora Feinsein, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, K… Keywords: Judaeo-Spanish; Yiddish; Jews of Greece; Salonica; Sephardic Jews; Thessaloniki; Pedagogy; Reconstructionist Judaism; Yiddish Book Center; Jewish Life; Jewish Americans; Jewish Studies; Language; Jewish Identity; Perceptions of Yiddish; Religion; Secularism Downloads: 104 Deirdre Hirschtritt 19July2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Yoshi) Deirdre Hirschtritt was interviewed by Pauline Katz on July 19, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Deirdre Hirschtritt Oral History Interview, interviewed by Pauline Katz, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Karmazin Recording Studio, Yiddish Book Center, July 19, 2011… Keywords: Deirdre Hirschtritt; Orthodox; New York State; New York City; NYC; New Rochelle NY; Camp Ramah; Schechter;University of Wisconsin; Multiculturalism; Steiner Summer Program; Margaret Sanger; Paper Bridge; Dybbuk; Deirdre Hirschtritt;Orthodox; New York State; New York City; NYC; New Rochelle NY; Camp Ramah; Schechter; University of Wisconsin;Multiculturalism; Steiner Summer Program; Margaret Sanger; Paper Bridge; Dybbuk Downloads: 9 Mark Louden 21March2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Lily) Mark Louden, Professor of Linguistics in the Department of German at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, was interviewed by Allie Brudner on March 21, 2012 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Professor Louden is one of a small number of non-Jewish Yiddish experts. Louden grew up in Oakland, California, and was exposed to Jewish culture and Yiddish through friends’ families and his parents’ friends… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture;Advice; Childhood; Yiddish language; Yiddish teaching; Yiddish learning; Yiddish revival and activism; Other languages; Career and Professional Life; Scholarship; Academia; Education; Eastern Europe; Soviet Union; United States; Latin America;Transmission; Assimilation; Purim; Sukkos; Sukkot; Yiddish Book Center; Music; Klezmer; Rural; Mark Louden; California;Madison WI; University of Wisconsin Madison; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Chassidic; Hasidic; Itzik Gottesman; Texas; German;Oakland CA; Cornell University; Pennsylvania Dutch; Henry Sapoznik; University of Texas; Haredim; Milwaukee; Golda Meir;Manitowoc WI; KlezKamp Downloads: 35 From Baltimore to Vilnius: Yiddish Stories from around the World – Yiddish Book Center This summer Christa Whitney took the Wexler Oral History Project out of the Yiddish Book Center’s studio and into the field. Whitney tells us about the interviews she conducted in cities from Baltimore to Vilnius, and why she loves the opportunity to ask the important questions. Episode 42 September 11, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts Keywords: Baltimore; Christa Whitney; Emma Morgenstern; Fira Bromson; Jewish Public Library; Liba Augenfeld; Montreal; New York; Vilna;Vilnius; Vilnius Yiddish Institute; Wexler Oral History Project; Yiddish; Yiddish Book Center Audio Downloads: 480 Alyson West 11July2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Lily) Alyson West was interviewed by Hillary Ossip on July 11, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center. Alyson West, a 2011 Steiner Summer Student, described growing up in Roanoke, Virginia. She noted that she hadnât met any Jewish people until she began studying at the University of Virginia, where she majored in English. In her final year of college, Alyson decided to take both Hebrew and Yiddish to acquire more credits in order to graduate… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture;Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Childhood; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning; Other languages; Literature;Scholarship; Academia; Education; United States; Yiddish Book Center; Rural; Alyson West; Roanoke; Virginia; University of Virginia; 1990s; 2000s Downloads: 35 Hans Herda 26March2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily F.) Hans Herda, retired math professor and Yiddish Book Center volunteer, was interviewed by Sara Israel on March 26, 2012 at theYiddish Book Center. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story Keywords: Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity;Yiddish language; Yiddish learning; Immigration; Migration; Other languages; Literature; Career and Professional Life; Holocaust;Education; World War Two; Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Israel; Western Europe; United States; Yiddish Book Center;Food and culinary traditions; Transmission; Hebrew; Hans Herda; Germany; Berlin; Detroit; Kyoto Japan; Rehovot Israel; 1940s;Conversion; Christmas; Easter; 1950s; 1960s; Comics; Wayne State University; Mathematics; German; IL Peretz; Kashrut;Kosher; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Marc Caplan 20December2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily) Marc Caplan- Professor of Yiddish Literature, Language, and Culture at Johns Hopkins University – was interviewed by Christa Whitney on December 20, 2011 at the Association for Jewish Studies conference in Washington, D.C. This interview is entirely inYiddish. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story. Keywords: Yiddish language interview; Advice; Family history; stories about ancestors; United States; Education; Literature;Books; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning; Yiddish scene; Other languages; Career and Professional Life; Scholarship;Academia; Western Europe; Transmission; Jewish community; Love; Relationships; Marc Caplan; Louisiana; American South;Civil War; Benjamin Harshav; Yale University; New Year’s Eve; Cochon de lait; New York City; African Literature; Johns Hopkins University; Mordkhe Schaechter; Beatrice Brukhe Caplan; Ken Binyomen Moss; Afn Shvel; Sheva Zucker; Zachary Sholem Berger; London; England; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish;Jewish culture Downloads: 115 Jordan Kutzik on Rediscovered Recordings of Yiddish Writers – Yiddish Book Center Aaron Lansky visits with Yiddish Book Center fellow Jordan Kutzik to discuss the latest news on the trove of reel-to-reel recordings Jordan collected on a recent visit to the Jewish Public Library of Montreal. The recordings, which will be digitized and made accessible online, include readings and lectures by great Yiddish writers, modern Jewish authors, and other notables. For background on the Jewish community of Montreal, read Nancy Sherman’s article in Pakn Treger… Keywords: Aaron Lansky; technology; Yiddish; Yiddish Book Center Audio; Jewish Public Library of Montreal; Jordan Kutzik Downloads: 127 Dig Up The Roots – Yiddish Swing – 12-11-2007 – Greg Carr Yiddish Swing Klezmer tunes. We played some swinging music from the European and Russian Jewish diaspora, mostly recorded in New York, but Wonderful melting pot sounds with the likes of the Merna Claire Barry – The Barry Sisters; Dave Tarras and The Yiddish Swingtette and the ballistic clarinet of Naftule Brandwein. For more information please visit the blog. Keywords: Yiddish swing; Dig up the roots; kfai; Mr Gosh; Greg Carr Downloads: 115 Sara Israel 29Jun2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Benno) Sara Israel was interviewed by Lesley Yalen on June 29, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center. Sara Israel is a 2011-2012 YiddishBook Center Fellow, and she was also a 2009 Steiner Summer Program student. Sara’s family on both sides came from Eastern Europe to Winnipeg, Canada, before World War II. Her mother and father both grew up in Winnipeg, where there was (and is) a significant Jewish community. Sara grew up visiting her grandparents and other relatives in Winnipeg, and she associates those vis… Keywords: Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning; Immigration; Migration; Other languages; Visual Arts; Music; Literature; Poetry; Education; Family traditions; Jewish holidays; Eastern Europe; United States; Canada; Yiddish Book Center; Food and culinary traditions;Transmission; Travel; Pesakh; Passover; song; singing; Gomel; Belarus; Poland; Romania; Winnipeg; Newton MA;Massachusetts; Montreal; Odessa; Ukraine; Vilnius; Vilna; Vilne; Lithuania; Prague; Czech Republic; Rokhl Korn; Avraham Sutzkever; Anna Gonshor; McGill University; Temple Beth Avodah; Rhode Island School of Design; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; Reform;Workmen’s Circle; Arbeter Ring; A Besere Velt; Yiddish Community Chorus; Steiner Summer Program; Yiddish Book Center;National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 37 Vardit Lightstone 22June2010 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center Vardit Lightstone discusses her experiences growing up in Toronto as part of a Modern Orthodox Jewish family and community. Focusing more specifically on spiritual and religious practices, Lightstone reflects on gender segregation in the Synagogue, as well as the beauty of ritual and prayer in her personal life. Through her involvement with the Yiddish Book Center Internship program, she shares what she has learned about the historical significance of Yiddish in Jewish life and what Yiddish mean… Keywords: Yiddish; Modern Orthodox; Toronto; Gender; Gender Segregation; Prayer; Jewish Tradition; Jewish life; Chassid;Shabbat; Jewish Custom; Studying Aramaic; Studying Yiddish; Yiddish Newspaper; Socialst; Jewish Socialist; Jewish Upbringing; Jewish Education; Jewish Day School Downloads: 58 Nora Gerard 12october2010 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center Nora Gerard, Program Director at the Yiddish Book Center, discusses her career, family and the Jewish intersections throughout her life. Sharing her experiences just starting out in television as a typist for a soap opera and eventually working her way up to directing for CBS News in New York, she explains what her career experiences have meant to her thus far. Gerard also details her involvement with the community in Springfield through developing the Holocaust Center and Springfield Community … Keywords: Yiddish; CBS News; Belarus; Family Tree; Springfield; Holocaust Center in Springfield; Jewish Americans; Wexler Oral History Project; Jewish Day School; Documentary; Yiddish Music; Klezmer; Yiddish Book Center; Brooklyn; Suburbs;Family; Language; Springfield Community Music Center; Community Work; Jewish Summer Camp Downloads: 63 Sean Sidky 15July2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Yoshi) Sean Sidky was interviewed by Christa Whitney on July 15, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center. Sean Sidky has spent most of his life in Sydney, Australia, where his mother is a Yiddish professor. He was a Steiner summer student at the Yiddish Book Center the summer of 2011. Sean was born in Ohio, where his father (of Afghani decent) is a professor. After a few years in Oxford, England, he moved to Australia where his mother had been offered a Yiddish teaching position… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture;Sean Sidky; Australia; Steiner Summer Program; Ohio; Sydney; Melbourne; Dovid Bergelson; I.L. Peretz; Sholem Aleichem;Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning; Yiddish revival and activism; Literature; Books; Scholarship;Academia; Jewish education; Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Yiddish Book Center; Summer camp; Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Immigration; Migration; Other languages; Music; Film; song; singing; Career and Professional Life;Education; Jewish holidays; United States; Food and culinary traditions; Transmission; Roots/heritage; Urban; Travel; Israel Downloads: 15 Adrienne Cooper 28dec2010 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Allie) Adrienne Cooper, world-renowned Yiddish singer and educator, was interviewed on December 28, 2010 at KlezKamp, in the Catskills of New York. In her interview, Adrienne talks about coming from a long line of singers. Her mother was a Yiddish and Hebrew singer, and she says that Yiddish was in her ear from the time she was born. Adrienne grew up in Oakland, California. She describes her family as “not frum,” although they kept kosher at home, and observed Shabbat… Keywords: Family history and stories re. ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language (feelings of/about; meaning;descriptions of); Yiddish teaching; Yiddish learning; Yiddish revival and activism; Post-vernacular uses of Yiddish; Immigration;Migration; and place; Theater; Music; Poetry; Ethnography; Career and Professional Life; Education; Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Jewish holidays; Israel; Zionism; Eastern Europe; Soviet Union; United States; Politics and political movements;Transmission (intergenerational; cultural; social… parenting); Roots/heritage; Jewish community (descriptions of place and social dynamics in a particular time); Travel; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc;ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 275 Pauline Katz 6May2011 Yiddish Book Center* – Yiddish Book Center (Allie) Pauline Katz, a 2010-2011 Fellow at the Yiddish Book Center, was interviewed by Lesley Yalen on May 6, 2011. Pauline worked primarily on the Wexler Oral History Project. Pauline grew up in Boston, MA speaking Yiddish at home. Her parents are not native Yiddish speakers, but they decided to learn Yiddish as adults and to raise Pauline and her brother speaking Yiddish. Pauline enjoyed having a special second language she could speak with her family and certain friends… Keywords: Pauline Katz; Family history and stories re. ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language (feelings of/about; meaning; descriptions of); Yiddish revival and activism; Press; Radio; Literature; Family traditions; Jewish holidays;Eastern Europe; Soviet Union; United States; Politics and political movements; Yiddish Book Center; Summer camp;Transmission (intergenerational; cultural; social… parenting); Roots/heritage; children/grandchildren of (Yiddish personalities);Jewish community (descriptions of place and social dynamics in a particular time); Boston; MA; Somerville; Brookline;Pennsylvania; Russia; Ukraine; Belarus; Moishe Katz; Workmen’s Circle; Camp Kinderland; Camp Kindering; 1980s-2000s;1930s-1950s; Communist Party; Civil Rights; Progressive; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 48 David Mazower 28march2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Christa) David Mazower is the great-grandson of acclaimed Yiddish author and playwright Sholem Asch. Mazower, who was raised and still lives in England, tells of his own background and encounters with Yiddish alongside stories of his great grandfather. Interestingly, on both sides of his family Mazower has strong Yiddish ties. His great grandfather on his father’s side, Max Mazower, was a Bundist active in Vilna at the turn of the 20th Century… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; National Yiddish Book Center; books; Yiddish culture: theatre;Yiddish personalities; Yiddish language; old country; Holocaust; family history and stories; childhood; Jewish identity; Yiddish learning; theater; literature; ethnography; scholarship; education; religion and ritual; Israel; Eastern Europe; Feminism; United States; transmission; roots/heritage; children/grandchildren of; urban; shtetl; Kutno; Poland; London; England; Abraham Cahan;Marc Chagall; God of Vengeance; Yiddish Translation; gender Downloads: 369 Leo Summergrad 3October2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily) Leo Summergrad is 88 years old and was born in the Bronx to immigrant parents with whom he spoke in Yiddish. Leo’s parents were garment workers and his father was a union organizer who would later be blacklisted due to his leftist politics. His family had no radio at home until he was ten so his family and neighbors sang Yiddish songs constantly. Since then Leo has maintained a lifelong love of Yiddish folksongs and has amassed a stunning collection of recordings of 2,300 distinct Yiddish songs … Keywords: Family history and stories re. ancestors; Advice; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language (feelings of/about;meaning; descriptions of); Yiddish learning; Immigration; Migration; and place; Press; Radio; Poetry; Career and Professional Life;Holocaust; Education; Soviet Union; Politics and political movements; Youth group; Summer camp; Transmission (intergenerational; cultural; social… parenting); Roots/heritage; Jewish community (descriptions of place and social dynamics in a particular time); World War Two; Music; Immigration; Migration; Yiddish speaker; song; singing; Newspapers; Theater; Jewish community; Yiddish Book Center; Jewish education; United States; IWO Shule; Camp Kinderland; Bronx; Leo Summergrad;White Russia; The Freiheit; Der Tog; Garment Industry; 1920s. 1930s; 1950s; New York City; Okinawa; Yiddish Book Center;National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 25 Miriam Isaacs 26December2010 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Christa) Miriam Isaacs was interviewed at Klezkamp by Pauline Katz on December 26th, 2010. This interview is entirely in Yiddish. Miriam is the daughter of Holocaust survivors from Galicia and grew up in a traditional Jewish home in Montreal and later Crown Heights. She describes her childhood in Montreal where she went to school in English, spoke Yiddish at home and French on the street. In New York she lived in Crown Heights, a neighborhood dominated by Holocaust survivors and their children but her fa… Keywords: Yiddish language interview; Miriam Isaacs; KlezKamp; Sutzkever; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 99 Diane Cypkin 8August2013 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily B.) Diane Cypkin, a professor at Pace University and performer, was interviewed by Mark Gerstein on August 8, 2013 at the YiddishBook Center. In her interview, Diane recalls the incredible story of how her parents and brother survived the Holocaust in Kovno, Lithuania. Later, she talks about the Jewish home she grew up in and her connection to Jewish ritual. She also speaks about her experiences performing in Yiddish theater in New York and the insights this provided into Yiddish language and cultu… Keywords: Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Yiddish revival and activism;Yiddish scene; Immigration; Migration; Theater; Music; song; singing; Scholarship; Academia; Holocaust; World War Two; Old Country; Eastern Europe; Soviet Union; Transmission; Anti-Semitism; Yiddish personalities; Urban; Shtetl; Kovno; Lithuania;1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc;Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 4 Sheila Horvitz 10Nov2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Lily) Sheila Horvitz was interviewed by Mark Gerstein on November 10, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center. Sheila Horvitz, a lawyer and former teacher, recounts her life growing up in a strong Yiddish atmosphere in New York City in the 1950s. She describes her mother and grandmother’s emigration from a shtetl in Ukraine during the Russian Civil War in 1921, and she shows documents pertaining to their immigration and arrival in the United States… Keywords: Family history and stories re. ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language (feelings of/about; meaning;descriptions of); Yiddish learning; Immigration; Migration; and place; Music; Education; Religion and ritual; Family traditions;Jewish holidays; Feminism; Yiddish Book Center; Transmission (intergenerational; cultural; social… parenting); Urban; Advice;Family history; stories about ancestors; Yiddish language; Yiddish revival and activism; Immigration; Migration; Israel; Politics and political movements; Transmission; Roots/heritage; Anti-Semitism; Jewish community; World War Two; Shtetl; Soviet Union;Radio; Martin Luther King; Workmen’s Circle; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; Sheila Horvitz; I.L. Peretz School; New York City; Manhattan;Aaron Lansky; Penn Station; Orthodox; Juilus Rosenberg; Ethel Rosenberg; McCarthyism; Bronx; Queens; Massachusetts;Connecticut; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project Downloads: 54 Israel Bartal 19Dec2011 Yiddish Book Center – yiddish Book Center (Yoshi) Professor Israel Bartal’s interview begins with a detailed description of his lineage, including the story of his family’s arrival in Palestine from small, Galician shtetls in southeastern Poland (now western Ukraine). Bartal dives deeply into his childhood, providing an elaborately detailed description of his life growing up in a Yiddish-speaking neighborhood in Tel Aviv from the 1930s to the 1950s… Keywords: Advice; Family history and stories re. ancestors; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Yiddish language; Yiddish teaching; Yiddish learning; Career and Professional Life; Scholarship; Academia; Education; Family traditions;Jewish holidays; Israel; Zionism; Eastern Europe; Jewish community; Shtetl; Hebrew; Yiddish scene; Israel Bartal; 1930s; 1940s;1950s; Tel Aviv; Kibbutz; Socialism; Socialist; Army; Jerusalem; Hebrew University; Six Day War; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture; Ramsay Leimenstoll; Western Europe;United States; Food and culinary traditions; France; freedom; religion; challah; Paris; Jewish Identity; Education; Spanish; Yiddish learning; Other languages; Education; Jewish studies; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Paris; Geneva; chamsa Downloads: 53 Nora Feinstein 23july2010 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center Nora Feinstein, 2010 participant in the Steiner Summer Yiddish Program at the Yiddish Book Center, was interviewed by Emma Morgenstern on July 23, 2010 at the Yiddish Book Center. Nora grew up in a Reform Jewish family in Baltimore, Maryland and participated in Reform Jewish life. National Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY) was a defining aspect of her high school life. She describes herself as a “Jewish life dork” in high school… Keywords: Denominationalism; Reform Judaism; Baltimore Jewish Community; Jewish Theological Seminary; Barnard; New York City; Yiddish; Yiddish Theatre; NFTY; Israel; Hebrew; Sholem Aleichem; Reclaiming Yiddish; Religion; Secularism; Yiddish Book Center; Challenges of Learning Yiddish; Yiddishkeit; Yiddish Poetry; Jewish Identity Downloads: 104 OCR test: YiddishDownloads: 55 Yiddish, Eastern Swadesh List This document is licensed with a Creative Commons License by the The Rosetta Project. For more information, see http://www.rosettaproject.org/archive/collection Keywords: ydd; Yiddish, Eastern; Swadesh List Downloads: 210 Elementary Yiddish II – Gold, David LDownloads: 274 Classification of Yiddish DialectsKeywords: Yiddish, Eastern Map; ydd Downloads: 224 Yiddish, Eastern Genesis TranslationKeywords: Yiddish, Eastern Genesis Translation; ydd Downloads: 254 Classification of Yiddish DialectsKeywords: Yiddish, Eastern Grammar; ydd Downloads: 211 Classification of Yiddish DialectsKeywords: Yiddish, Eastern Phonology; ydd Downloads: 220 Yiddish-English Manual – Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916 Electronic reproduction Downloads: 1,436 The Yiddish beginner [microform] – Figler, I. (Israel), 1866-1930 Copyright registered by Israel I. Figler Keywords: Penmanship, Yiddish; Cahiers d’écriture yiddish Downloads: 15 Elementary Yiddish I – Gold, David LDownloads: 297 NR Yiddish Devorim 70 – Rabbi nuchem Rosenberg Lecture about pedophilia, and all kinds of adultery plus other problems plaguing the general Jewish community Keywords: Pedophilia; Incest; Rape; Homosexuals Downloads: 273 Eva Apfelbaum 2December2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily) Eva Apfelbaum was interviewed on December 2, 2011 by Sara Israel at the Yiddish Book Center. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story Keywords: Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Family history and stories re. ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Immigration;Migration; and place; Visual Arts; Holocaust; Education; Family traditions; Western Europe; United States; Summer camp;Transmission (intergenerational; cultural; social… parenting); Anti-Semitism; Urban; Travel; Immigration; Migration; Eva Apfelbaum; France; Germany; Environment; India; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 10 Sarah Gordon 25August2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Allie) Sarah Gordon is the lead singer of rock Yiddish band Yiddish Princess. Daughter of renowned Yiddish singer Adrienne Cooper, she grew up steeped in the Yiddish world of New York City. Sarah has performed and recorded with many of today’s leading Klezmer bands, and also writes original Yiddish poetry. Sarah begins her interview detailing her family’s history. She explains that all four of her grandparents lived in Chicago, which was where her parents met, though her mother grew up near Berkley, … Keywords: Family history and stories re. ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language (feelings of/about; meaning;descriptions of); Yiddish revival and activism; Scholarship; Israel; United States; Music; Jewish community (descriptions of place and social dynamics in a particular time); children/grandchildren of (Yiddish personalities); Yiddish learning; Career and Professional Life; Transmission (intergenerational; cultural; social… parenting); Post-vernacular uses of Yiddish; Bina Veinreich;Klezmer; Yiddish Princess; Jacob Glatstein; Itzik Manger; Adrienne Cooper; Yiddish Princess; KlezKamp; KlezKanada; YIVO;Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 80 Benzion Miller 13June2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily) Benzion Miller, world-renowned Hassidic cantor and collector and composer of nigunim (wordless melodies), was interviewed by Hankus Netsky in Borough Park, New York on June 6, 2012. Parts of this interview are in Yiddish. Keywords: Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Music; song; singing; Press;Radio; Moyshe Koussevitzky; Shmuel Tovsky; Hershl Fox; WEVD radio station; Bobever hasidism; Vishnitz hasidism; cantorial music; nigunim; khazones; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish;Jewish culture Downloads: 30 Amy Leos-Urbel 4October2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily) Amy Leos-Urbel was interviewed on October 4, 2011 by Irene Starr at the Yiddish Book Center. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story Keywords: Family history; stories about ancestors; Eastern Europe; Jewish Identity; Childhood; Simchat Torah; Simkhas torah;Sukkos; Sukkot; Pesakh; Passover; Yiddish language; Urban; Politics and political movements; Summer camp; Jewish community; Travel; Jewish holidays; Synagogue; shul; temple; Yiddish Book Center; Transmission; Assimilation; Rural; Advice;Yiddish learning; Post-vernacular uses of Yiddish; Immigration; Migration; Other languages; Hebrew; Film; Career and Professional Life; United States; Holocaust; Amy Leos-Urbel; New York City; Brooklyn; Queens; Philadelphia; Social Justice; Northampton MA; Fiddler on the Roof; German; French; Grandparents; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 18 Jacob Schlitt 12dec2010 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center Jacob Schlitt grew up in New York City and speaks about being raised by his mother, who both gave him a Yiddish education and an understanding of the importance of being aware of social injustices. He fondly remembers his childhood, from learning the Four Questions (Fir Kashes) in Yiddish to winning a watch in Hebrew school after collecting the highest amount of donations for the JNF. Schlitt also discusses his life’s work in labor and civil rights… Keywords: bronx; new york city; public schools; arbetn shule; hebrew school; JNF; menorah; summer camps; socialist;socialism; civil rights; labor union; labor rights; radio; army; JLC; yiddish book center; national yiddish book center; wexler oral history project; jewish labor committee; advice; family history and stories; childhood; jewish identity; yiddish language; yiddish revival and activism; career and professional life; education; jewish holidays; united states; politics and political movements Downloads: 49 Martin Broder 1December2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily) Martin Broder was interviewed on December 1, 2011 by Christa Whitney at the Yiddish Book Center. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story Keywords: Advice; Family history and stories re. ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language (feelings of/about;meaning; descriptions of); Yiddish learning; Yiddish revival and activism; Music; Press; Radio; Literature; Career and Professional Life; Holocaust; Education; Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Jewish holidays; Eastern Europe; United States; Yiddish Book Center; Summer camp; Transmission (intergenerational; cultural; social… parenting); Roots/heritage; Jewish community (descriptions of place and social dynamics in a particular time); Detroit; Cleveland; Brooklyn; Springfield MA; Chicago; I.J. Singer;Sidor Belarsky; Sholem Aleichem Institute; Workmen’s Circle/ Arbeter Ring; Camp Vladeck; Camp Kinderland; late 1940s; 1980s;socialism; Tumbalalayke; Reform; Ultra-orthodox; Orthodox; Martin Broder; Medicine; Cardiology; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 29 Stan Edelson 12November2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily) Artist Stan Edelson was interviewed by Jessica Parker at the Yiddish Book Center on November 12, 2012. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://wwww.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story Keywords: Advice; Favorite Yiddish word; Yiddish words; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity;Yiddish language; Visual Arts; Theater; Career and Professional Life; Holocaust; Education; Religion and ritual; Family traditions;Israel; Zionism; Eastern Europe; United States; Canada; Latin America; Politics and political movements; Yiddish Book Center;Summer camp; Transmission; Anti-Semitism; Jewish community; Rural; Urban; Travel; Assimilation; Stan Edelson; New York City; NYC; Lower East Side; Bronx; Boston; Toronto; Israel; Mexico; Seinfeld; Paul Muni; Milton Berle; Michael Gold; Jews without Money; Art Students League School; Educational Alliance; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; Civil Rights Movement;Artist Collectives; Orthodox; Secular; Comedy; Comedians; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 40 Jack Apfelbaum 2December2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily) Jack Apfelbaum was interviewed by Sandra Rubin on December 2, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story Keywords: Family history and stories re. ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Immigration; Migration; and place; Career and Professional Life; Education; Scholarship; Transmission (intergenerational; cultural; social… parenting); Travel; United States;Western Europe; Jack Apfelbaum; Germany; Hamburg; India; Egypt; Santa Fe; Engineer; Engineering; Yiddish Book Center;National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 14 David Botwinik 13Decmber2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Yoshi) David Botwinik was interviewed by Jordan Kutzik on December 13, 2011 in Montreal, Canada. This interview is entirely in Yiddish. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: David Botwink Oral History Interview, interviewed by Jordan Kutzik, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Montreal, Canada, December 13, 2011… Keywords: Yiddish language interview; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc;ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture; Family history and stories re. ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language (feelings of/about; meaning; descriptions of); Yiddish teaching; Yiddish learning; Yiddish revival and activism; Immigration; Migration; and place; Other Jewish languages; Music; Literature; Career and Professional Life; Jewish professions; Holocaust; Israel; Zionism;Eastern Europe; Western Europe; Soviet Union; United States; Canada; Politics and political movements; Summer camp;Transmission (intergenerational; cultural; social… parenting); Roots/heritage; Anti-Semitism; Jewish community (descriptions of place and social dynamics in a particular time); Rural; Urban; Shtetl; Assimilation; Travel; Katsharginski; Bund; tsisho; Jewish Public Library; 1930s; 2000s Downloads: 25 Ellsworth Al Rosen 6February2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily) Ellsworth Al Rosen was interviewed on February 6, 2012 by Christa Whitney at the Yiddish Book Center. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story Keywords: Advice; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Immigration; Migration;Music; Press; Literature; Career and Professional Life; Jewish professions; Holocaust; World War Two; Education; Religion and ritual; Family traditions; Jewish holidays; Pesakh; Passover; Israel; Eastern Europe; Western Europe; United States; Politics and political movements; Yiddish Book Center; Food and culinary traditions; Transmission; Roots/heritage; Anti-Semitism; Jewish community; Urban; Shtetl; Travel; Ellsworth Al Rosen; Der Tog; Library; Jewish Federation; Kol Nidre; Austria; Germany; France;Strudel; Connecticut; New Haven CT; New Britain CT; Chaim Grade; American Friends of Hebrew University; Facing History Facing Ourselves; Great Depression; Spanish Civil War; Conservative; GI; Infantry; Dachau; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 13 Judith Elbaum Schumer 3October2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily) Judith Elbaum Schumer was interviewed on October 3, 2011 by Christa Whitney at the Yiddish Book Center. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story Keywords: Press; Eastern Europe; World War Two; Holocaust; Immigration; Migration; Radio; Theater; Jewish holidays; Yom Kippor; Yom Kippur; Channukah; Khanukah; Channuka; Khanike Yiddish personalities; Yiddish Book Center; Pesakh; Passover;Summer camp; Jewish education; Religion and ritual; song; singing; Advice; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood;Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Yiddish scene; Yiddish speaker; Literature; Newspapers; Poetry; Career and Professional Life;Family traditions; Synagogue; shul; temple; shabbat; shabbes; sabbath; Urban; Jewish community; Transmission; United States;Politics and political movements; Soviet Union; Judith Elbaum Schumer; Moshe Elbaum; Lodz; Warsaw; Poland; Anthony Eden;Vilna; Vilnius; Vilne; Lithuania; China; Japan; Shanghai; The Morning Journal; Der Morgen Jurnal; Jewish Daily Forward; Forverts;Der Tog; I.B. Singer; Elie Wiesel; Maurice Schwartz; New York City; Chiune Sugihara; Ludwik Zamenhof; Brooklyn; Camp Boiberik; Reno NV; Camp Hemshechk; Camp Kind Downloads: 16 Lawrence Bush 20March2012 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Emily F.) Lawrence Bush, editor of Jewish Currents magazine, was interviewed by Jayne Pearl on March 20, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story Keywords: Jewish Identity; Yiddish language; Literature; Books; Jewish professions; Scholarship; Academia; Jewish education;Religion and ritual; Politics and political movements; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Pesakh; Passover;Education; Summer camp; Israel; Hebrew; Advice; Lawrence Bush; Secular; Socialism; Communism; Bar Mitzvah; Union; Civil Rights Movement; The Joys of Yiddish; Rabbi Alexander Schindler; Phillip Roth Downloads: 2 Yechiel Schachner 2April2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Allie) Yechiel Schachner was interviewed by Christa Whitney on April 2, 2011 in New York. Yechiel Schachner’s family lived in Odessa before his mother immigrated to the United States in 1920 and his father in 1922. Yechiel begins his interview describing his childhood growing up in Boro Park in Brooklyn, New York. Yechiel describes his parents’ commitment to the Yiddish world and their apolitical household… Keywords: Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 44 Kalman Weiser 19December2010 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Allie) Kalman Weiser was interviewed by Pauline Katz on December 19, 2010 at the Association for Jewish Studies Conference in Boston, MA. This interview is entirely in Yiddish. Kalman Weiser, the Silber Family Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at York University in Toronto, begins by talking about his family background. Raised in Staten Island, in a Jewish, but not particularly religious, environment, Kalman heard Yiddish as a child, and knew that it was in some way tied to the identity of preceding g… Keywords: Yiddish language interview; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project; nybc;ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture; Advice; Family history; stories about ancestors; Childhood; Jewish Identity; Yiddish language;Yiddish teaching; Yiddish learning; Yiddish revival and activism; Post-vernacular uses of Yiddish; Ethnography; Career and Professional Life; Scholarship; Academia; Education; Jewish education; Religion and ritual; Eastern Europe; United States;Canada; Politics and political movements; Transmission; Jewish community; Urban; Kalman Weiser; Brooklyn; Staten Island;Toronto; New York; Rachmiel Pelts; Mordkhe Shaechter; Noyekh Prilutski; Max Weinreich; Bina Weinreich; York University; Yale University; Columbia University; University of Washington; Uriel Weinreich Summer Program; YIVO; Yidish Lige; University of Michigan; Yiddishism; Haredim; Modern Orthodox Downloads: 68 Suicide in Yiddish Oh My God TV and Palestinian Comedy – Shtetl on the Shortwave; Tamara Kramer Eddy Portnoy shares tales of bizarre and tragic suicides in the Yiddish Press. Montrealer and atheist Tevya Heller talks about seeking the divine on TV, and Palestinian comedian Eman finds what’s funny about Jews and Muslims. Keywords: Tevya eller; Eddy Portnoy; Eman; Kosher Jokes for the Halaladays; Suicide; comdedy; Jewish; Montreal Downloads: 204 Leo Weitzman 13July2011 Yiddish Book Center – Yiddish Book Center (Yoshi) Leo Weitzman was interviewed by Christa Whitney on July 13, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Leo Weitzman Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Applebaum-Driker Theater, July 13, 2011… Keywords: Leo Weitzman; Germany; New York City; NYC; DP Camps; Displaced Persons Camps; Siberia; Poland; Warsaw;Munich; Warsaw Jewish Choir; 1950s; Western Europe; United States; Immigration; Migration; Childhood; Family history; stories about ancestors; Eastern Europe; Holocaust; Yiddish speaker; World War Two; Newspapers; Music; Theater; song; singing;Purim; Yiddish language; Other languages; Yiddish Book Center; National Yiddish Book Center; Wexler Oral History Project;nybc; ybc; Yiddish; Jewish culture Downloads: 14 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13     Next    Last Algemeine Encyclopedie in Yiddish = General encyclopedia in Yiddish – Central Yiddish Culture Organization. Call Number: AE90.Y5 A52 A Yiddish-language encyclopedia published in New York c. 1948-1950. Argenṭiner beymelekh = Arbolitos argentinos – Zelik Mazur Call Number: BM1 .A74 A mid-20th century Juvenile Literature periodical published in Buenos Aires. In shrifṭ un ṿorṭ – Avigdor, Jacob. Call Number: BS1225.4 .A8 A collection of commentaries on ethical and religious problems, published in Mexico c. 1956-1957. Yidish un Yidishḳayṭ : eseyen. – Joseph Opatoshu Call Number: DS102.5 .O6 1949 Also titled Yiddish and Jewishness, essays. Published in Toronto in 1949. Yidishe folkslider mit melodyes – Judah Loeb Cahan; Max Weinreich Call Number: M1852 .C2Y5 1957 Also titled Yiddish folksongs with melodies, this collection was published in New York in 1957. Ale shriften – Mendele Mokher Sefarim Call Number: PJ5129 .A2 1909 A short-story collection published in New York in 1909. Trit in di berg : lider un poemes, 1926-1936 – Yaacov Glantz Call Number: PJ5129 .G523 T7 1939 Also titled Pasos en las montan̋as, poemas en Yiddish, 1926-1936, a book of poetry published in Mexico in 1939. Der shpigl : un andere dertseylungen – Isaac Bashevis Singer, Call Number: PJ5129.S49 S5 1975 Yiddish-language edition of Nobel-prize winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short-story collection The Mirror and Other Stories, published in Jerusalem in 1975. Muzikalishe drames iber Yisroel [fun] Yitsḥak Zohar. – Yitsḥaḳ Zohar-Furer Call Number: PJ5129.S655 M8 Also titled Musikalische drames ueber Israel, these Yiddish plays were were published in Paris in 1970. Baginen; roman fun eydishen imigrantn lebn in Meksike – José Winiecki Call Number: PJ5129 .W62 B3 A novel about Jewish immigration to Mexico, published in Mexico in 1944. Tshilenish – Shemuél Rozshanski Call Number: PJ5159.C5 T83 1972 Also titled Al pie de los Andes, poesia y prosa idish de Chile, this anthology of Yiddish poems fro http://yiddish-sources.com/dictionaries Yiddish Dictionaries   Yiddish Radio and Interviews Yiddish Search Tools   Learning and Typing the Language Digitized Yiddish Works   Yiddish Collections and Research Yiddish journals, newspapers and event listings         Yiddish language resources Yiddish is spoken on a daily basis in: Israel  Encyclopedia resources on Yiddish Yiddish language – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ISBN 0-8246-0124-6 . Weinreich, Uriel . 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Yiddish Classes | Art Gallery | Kinder Club | Book Store | Writing … Shtetl, Yiddish Language and Culture  For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again. Job 14:7 Welcome to the Virtual Shtetl || Library | Synagogue | School | Memorial | Post Office | Station | Art Center | Kitchen || … The History and Development of Yiddish …books, biographies, articles, original documents and much more! The History and Development of Yiddish By David Shyovitz Advertisement for New York performance of King Lear in Yiddish …