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For Your Ears Only (On Air) 06/10/2012
On Wisconsin, Sandusky and Zimmerman, Populist Capitalism, Precious Element, Yiddish, Sedaka and...
Episode #112: A young Jewish man comes to terms with his bitter and negative relatives. Recorded...
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There are some words we've been hearing around the place. What exactly is a 'shemozzle', and why...
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Communist Jewish Chicken Ranchers of Petaluma
In the early part of the 20th century, Eastern European Jews flocked to the Northern California...
Evolution of a Museum ? 1,000 years of Jewish history
It makes sense that a museum depicting a thousand years of Jewish history would be based where...
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss a mystery word or phrase with lexicographer Ben Zimmer.
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A Rumor of Empathy How Things Were Done in Odessa
Join Lou for a conversation with Jonathan Brent, Executive Director of Yivo about how things were...
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Is ISIS Islamic? And Remembering the Voice Behind Fiddler's 'Tevye'
What inspires ISIS? We revisit our popular debate on whether the so-called Islamic State is truly...
Carol says it's unfair her daughter has to go to the army and haredim do not. Gevaldikguy...
Host Mark Oppenheimer and Tablet staffers Stephanie Butnick and Liel Leibovitz discuss this...
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Scott-Martin Kosofsky — Legends to Live By [remix]
Could a Yiddish text from the Middle Ages serve as a guide to living now? Book composer and...
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[Unedited] Scott-Martin Kosofsky with Krista Tippett
Scott-Martin Kosofsky is a book composer, typographer, and author of "The Book of Customs."...
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Based on S. Ansky's 1904 play, the 1937 Yiddish-language Polish film The Dybbuk tells the story...
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No Joke: Making Jewish Humor with Ruth Wisse
Ruth Wisse, Professor of Yiddish Literature at Harvard University, discusses her book, No Joke:...
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Episode 7: ????? ????? | The Yiddishists of Fair Trade Fashion
Our transcript is on the way. Sorry for the delay! (You know -- vacation, holidays,...
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Episode 6: “????? ??? „??????? | Anna and Tova on "Yiddish Glory"
Thanks to Tova Benjamin and Anna Shternshis for making the episode! No transcripts are available...
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Episode 5: ???????? ?????? | aka "The Club"
You can access the transcript for this episode here.
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This is a special English supplement to our "Dead Mom's Club" Episode, with Einat Kadar talking...
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Episode 4: ??? ?? ?????? | Call the Midwife
Episode transcript can be found here. A dank Meena-Lifshe Viswanath!
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