The Shmooze, The Yiddish Book Center's Podcast

The Yiddish Book Center's podcast includes conversations with Jewish culture makers, plus news and stories related to Yiddish literature, language, and culture.

The Shmooze, The Yiddish Book Center's Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Yiddish Book Center, with 415 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Yiddish Book Center hosts The Shmooze, The Yiddish Book Center's Podcast, a arts show with 415 episodes published.

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  Episode 416: Heirlooms and Language

  Sep 29, 202627 min

  This week on The Shmooze, Sarah Bunin Benor, Ph.D., joins us to talk about her latest project—a book built around the theme of heirlooms. In conversation she speaks about how she is seeking stories about family heirlooms, and she shares how these heirlooms provide a connection to place and language. These stories will be part of a forthcoming book. Sarah founded and directs Hebrew Union College’s Jewish Language Project, which runs the Jewish Language website and the Jewish Language Lexicon and hosts the Heritage Words podcast. All of these efforts intersect in this latest project. Episode 416 September 28, 2026 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, MA

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  Episode 415: The Destruction of the Dubova Shtetl

  Sep 16, 202631 min

  ​​Elissa Bemporad joins The Shmooze to speak about the recently published translation of Rokhl Faygenberg’s The Destruction of Dubova Shtetl. In conversation, Elissa—who edited the work and wrote the book’s introduction—provides context for Faygenberg’s account of a Jewish shtetl’s elimination during the pogroms of the Russian Civil War, 1917–22. In chronicling the shtetl’s demise, Faygenberg provides a firsthand account of a largely forgotten era of history. Episode 415 September 17, 2026 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, MA

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  Episode 414: Another Side of Woody Guthrie

  Sep 2, 202624 min

  Steven Pressman joins The Shmooze to talk about his latest documentary, Dust Bowls Jewish Souls and Another Side of Woody Guthrie. In conversation, we talk about Guthrie’s journey from "the dusty soil of Oklahoma to the lox and bagels along Coney Island's Mermaid Avenue” Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls tells a rich and colorful story not only about Woody Guthrie, but about those who opened up a whole new Jewish world for him. What informed Woody Guthrie - one of America's most famous songwriters and cultural icons. ​​Episode 414 September 2, 2026 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, MA

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  Episode 413: Paris Undercover: A Wartime Story of Courage, Friendship, and Betrayal

  Aug 12, 202629 min

  Author Matthew Goodman talks about his latest book, Paris Undercover, which tells the story of two women’s remarkable courage. Etta Shiber and Kate Bonnefous are the unlikeliest of heroines: two seemingly ordinary women, an American widow and an English divorcée, living quietly together in Paris. Yet during the Nazi occupation, these two friends find themselves unexpectedly plunged into the whirlwind of history. In researching this story, Matthew Goodman uncovered military records and personal testimonies that reveal, for the first time, the shocking truth behind Etta’s memoir and the unexpected, far-reaching consequences of its publication. More than just a story of two women’s remarkable courage, Paris Undercover is a vivid, gripping account of deceit, betrayal, and personal redemption. Episode 413 Yiddish Book Center August 16, 2026 Amherst, MA

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  Episode 412: Recapping a Year of Yiddish Literature, Language, and Cultural Work

  Jul 29, 202630 min

  Yiddish Book Center fellows Noah Bromberg, Joshua (Yoshke) Horowitz, and Tyler Kliem visited with The Shmooze to talk about their fellowship work. In conversation we spoke about the range of their work and their many contributions in the areas of bibliography, exhibitions, and language learning, as well as their work with the Center’s Yiddish type collection and printing press. Episode 412 July 30, 2026 Amherst, MA

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