Best YIVO Podcasts (2024)

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Kitchen Radio - Konafa a la Creme with Claudia Roden 34:07

1y ago34:07

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In the season finale of the Kitchen Radio podcast, icon of the Middle Eastern and Jewish food worlds, Claudia Roden, makes an Egyptian-Jewish version of Konafa which is one of the region's most beloved desserts and her childhood favorite. Roden recounts a story of her family’s passage from Aleppo to Cairo from her book, “The Book of Jewish Food: An…

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Kitchen Radio - Brik with Rafram Chaddad 22:42

1y ago22:42

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Rafram Chaddad dispatches live from La Goulette, Tunis with a rapid-fire making of ‘Brik’, a Jewish specialty that became a favorite regional street food. Rafram documents his domestic life and Tunisian-Jewish presence, family history and culture through food, stories and public art installations, which can be found on instagram @rafram_x The Kitch…

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Kitchen Radio - Kubba Bamia + Biscochos with the Sephardic Spice Girls 15:15

1y ago15:15

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The Sephardic Spice Girls (Rachel Emquies Sheff + Sharon Gomperts) of Los Angeles serve up Iraqi-Jewish Kubba Bamia and Sephardic ‘Biscochos’ with tea and talk about how cooking these dishes and story-telling brings their family and community closer to recent lost history. The Sephardic Spice Girls actively write for the Jewish Journal and conduct …

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Kitchen Radio - Gondi Kashi with Tannaz Sassooni 22:27

1y ago22:27

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In the series premiere of Kitchen Radio, Tannaz Sassooni makes us a meatless Gondi Kashi from her grandmother’s Iran and recounts a lively tradition Persian Jews play during Passover. Born in Tehran to a Jewish family, Tannaz is a Los Angeles-based food writer exploring Los Angeles’ global culinary landscape and interviewing mothers and grandmother…

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Introducing: The Kitchen Radio Podcast (Trailer) 1:42

1y ago1:42

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The Kitchen Radio podcast brings listeners to the table of communities from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia for intergenerational stories of community life and ritual practices from guests who are part of a rising renaissance of creative food projects exploring the oft-overlooked Jewish history and heritage. Premiering in Apr…

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Replay: The Kibitz - Unplug 42:59

1y ago42:59

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Get ready to unplug - but don’t sign off yet because in celebration of the upcoming Global Day of Unplugging on March 3-4, 2023, we are revisiting the Unplug episode of The Kibitz podcast, Season 1, Episode 4, originally aired in March 2016. Despite the obvious irony in a podcast about unplugging, this episode of The Kibitz is all about our need to…

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Replay: In Quarantine with Steve Bodow - Cory Booker's Sure He's My Most Difficult Podcast Interview 45:18

1+ y ago45:18

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To salute President’s Day, we are revisiting Season 2 Episode 3 of the In Quarantine with Steve Bodow podcast, originally aired in August 2020. Host Steve Bowdow talks with New Jersey Senator Cory Booker about Kamala Harris’ ascent, the future of the racial justice movement, and which medical procedure most resembles getting vetted for the vice pre…

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Replay: The Kibitz - Love 49:16

1+ y ago49:16

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To celebrate Valentine’s Day, we are revisiting Season 1, Episode 3 of The Kibitz podcast, originally aired in February 2016. Host Dan Crane asks, what is love, anyway? Howard Jones didn’t know back in 1983, and Jews have pondered the same question as far back as Jacob and Rachel. Join Crane on a journey into the heart of what makes our hearts aflu…

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Replay: In Quarantine with Steve Bodow - Ronny Chieng Would Try Parking Garage Standup At This Point 39:28

1+ y ago39:28

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To mark Chinese New Year, we are revisiting Season 2 Episode 6 of the In Quarantine with Steve Bodow podcast originally aired in September 2020. After five months quarantined in Sydney, the Daily Show correspondent Ronny Chieng tells host Steve Bodow about returning to NYC, why Australia kicked our corona response ass, and what Chinese New Year can…

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Replay: The Kibitz - Transitions 56:20

1+ y ago56:20

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To ring in 2023, we are revisiting Season 1 Episode 2 of The Kibitz Podcast, originally aired in January of 2016. In this episode, host Dan Crane focuses on transitions, religious and gender fluidity and what being a Jew means at B-Mitzvah age and now. Featuring guests: Zackary Drucker and Micah Fitzerman-Blue (Transparent), Christopher Noxon, Mish…

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The Jewish Bizarre - The Strange World of Nasology and the Jewish Shnozz 42:57

1+ y ago42:57

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In the mid 19th century, “Nasology'' emerged, a pseudoscientific belief that claimed that you could tell a person's personality type by the shape of their nose. Dr. Eddy Portnoy and Dr. Tony Michels get into the nitty gritty of the satirical origins of Nasology, its impact on the Jewish community, and what exactly the deal is with the stereotypical…

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The Jewish Bizarre - Jewish Geniuses, Idiots, and the Greatest Mohel 47:11

1+ y ago47:11

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Throughout history Jews have earned a reputation for being highly educated, after all, Jews have won 20% of the Nobel Prizes despite being only .18% of the world’s population. But are there really more Jewish geniuses? Our own geniuses, Jessica Chaffin, Dr. Tony Michels, and Dr. Eddy Portnoy look at Jewish scholars and Jewish idiots throughout hist…

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The Jewish Bizarre - The Tonsil Riots and Other Jewish Uprisings 47:41

1+ y ago47:41

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Dr. Eddy Portnoy and Dr. Tony Michels dive into the Tonsil Riots of 1906 - an uprising led by Jewish mothers in New York City after their kids were operated on without their knowledge- the Kosher Meat Boycott of 1902, and other Jewish protests that are absent from the cultural lexicon. Plus the largest funeral to ever occur in New York City, invent…

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The Jewish Bizarre - Jewish Anarchists and the Yom Kippur Balls 46:44

1+ y ago46:44

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In the late 1880s, young Eastern European Jewish immigrants had discovered anarchism, Marxism, and other such ideologies that had radicalized them against religion. In an effort to protest religion and expose the lie they thought it was, they threw outrageous balls throughout New York City…on Yom Kippur. Dr. Tony Michels, Jessica Chaffin, and Dr. E…

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The Jewish Bizarre - Only Murders in the Shtetl 57:29

1+ y ago57:29

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In December 1875, a Jewish woman named Sarah Alexander is found dead in a Brooklyn cornfield, her neck slashed. The investigation and murder trial sweeps the nation and forever changes the perception of Jews in the United States. Dr. Eddy Portnoy, Dr. Tony Michels, and Jessica Chaffin dive into what happened and why the case was so intriguing. Plus…

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Enriching Jewish Life with Yiddish (1968)

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A conference explores introducing American Jewry to Yiddish culture and literature.By YIVO Sound Archives

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When Uriel Weinreich's Dictionary Was New (1968)

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The famous Yiddish-English English-Yiddish dictionary and is significance.By YIVO Sound Archives

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Shmuel Lapin on YIVO (1968)

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A glimpse of YIVO almost 50 years ago.By YIVO Sound Archives

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Which Way for Traditional Jewish Learning in America? (1968)

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A 1968 conference paper contemplates the future of advanced yeshiva studies in America.By YIVO Sound Archives

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Historian Isaiah Trunk on Holocaust Research (1968)

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And remarks about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.By YIVO Sound Archives

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Jacob Glatstein on Mendele (1968)

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A live recording of a lecture on Yiddish literature delivered at YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.By YIVO Sound Archives

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Ezekiel Lifschutz on the Yiddish Press in Warsaw (1968)

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A live recording of a lecture on the Yiddish press delivered at YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.By YIVO Sound Archives

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A Lecture by Yudel Mark on Mendele (1968)

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A live recording of a lecture on Yiddish literature delivered at YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.By YIVO Sound Archives

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Excerpts from YIVO's Annual Conference (1968)

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Excerpts from YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.By YIVO Sound Archives

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YIVO's Role As An Academic Institution (1968)

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A preview of YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.By YIVO Sound Archives

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Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1968)

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A look back at one of the most significant Jewish anti-Nazi uprisings.By YIVO Sound Archives

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Uriel Weinreich’s First Yortsayt (1968)

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Uriel Weinreich, the famed linguist and lexicographer, died young.By YIVO Sound Archives

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A Talk About the Father of Yiddish Theater (1968)

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Today's episode was originally broadcast on March 24, 1968. Host Luba Condell is joined by Ezekiel Lifschutz for a talk about Abraham Goldfaden (considered the “father of Yiddish theater”). Condell and Lifschutz trace the origins of Yiddish theater in the purim-shpil (Purim play) and its development into full-scale theater productions. ...…

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What was YIVO teaching NYC high school teachers in 1968?

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YIVO has a long tradition of creating educational resources for all levels of schooling.By YIVO Sound Archives

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A Yiddish course for high school students (1968)

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Back in 1968, there was a Yiddish course for high school students in New York City.By YIVO Sound Archives

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YIVO and Yiddish (1968)

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YIVO has been active for decades in the teaching of Yiddish and the documentation of Yiddish culture.By YIVO Sound Archives

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YIVO 48 Years Ago on WEVD (1968)

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What was YIVO up to in 1968?By YIVO Sound Archives

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Looking back: First YIVO Summer Yiddish program (1968)

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YIVO’s intensive Yiddish summer program was founded 48 years ago.By YIVO Sound Archives

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Yudel Mark Discusses the Czernowitz Conference

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Yudel Mark discusses the importance of the Czernowitz Conference, the first international conference devoted to Yiddish.By YIVO Sound Archives

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A Scholarly Look at Abraham Mapu

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Abraham Mapu was a seminal figure in the rise of modern Hebrew literature.By YIVO Sound Archives

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Research on Nazi Appointees in Death Camps

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What roles did Nazi-appointed Jews play in the death camps?By YIVO Sound Archives

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Importance of the Czernowitz Conference to Jewish History

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This episode was originally broadcast on January 21, 1968. Yudel Mark, the editor of the journal Yidishe shprakh (Yiddish Language) discusses the importance to Jewish history of the 1908 Czernowitz Conference, the first international conference devoted to Yiddish. 1968 marked the 60th anniversary of the event.From 1963-1976, YIVO had its ...…

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A Look at the Educational Alliance Collection (1968)

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A look at the Educational Alliance records in the YIVO Archives.By YIVO Sound Archives

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A Discussion About Historian Heinrich Graetz

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Exekiel Lifschutz discusses the life and work of historian Heinrich Graetz (1817-1891).By YIVO Sound Archives

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Shmuel Lapin on Yiddish

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Shmuel Lapin discusses Yiddish in contemporary life (1967).By YIVO Sound Archives

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Yiddish Names for Trees (1967)

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Mordkhe Schaechter on the names of trees in Yiddish (YIVO on WEVD, 1967).By YIVO Sound Archives

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The Role of Jewish Police in the Ghettos (1967)

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Nachman Blumenthal on role of Jewish police in the ghettos (YIVO on WEVD, 1967).By YIVO Sound Archives

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The role of the Judenrat in the Holocaust (1967)

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The role of the Judenrat in the Holocaust.By YIVO Sound Archives

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Max Weinreich on Ashkenazic Jewry, 1000-1300 (1967)

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A paper by Max Weinreich on Ashkanaz, 1100-1300By YIVO Sound Archives

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Arieh Tartakower on the Differences Between Hebrew and Yiddish Culture (1967)

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In this episode from January 8, 1967, Dr. Arieh Tartakower, sociologist and chairman of the Israeli Division of the World Jewish Congress and president of the World Hebrew Confederation delivers a speech on the differences between Hebrew and Yiddish culture, during a visit to YIVO on December 27, 1966:"We are ...…

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Agricultural Life in Israel: A Paper from the 40th YIVO Conference (1966)

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This episode, originally broadcast on May 22, 1966, features Dr. Shimshon Tapuach of the Department of Agriculture, Jewish Agency, Tel Aviv. By then an Israeli, Dr. Tapuach (whose last name, fittingly enough, means “apple” in Hebrew), spent part of his early academic career at YIVO in Vilna in the 1930s, ...…

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Jewish Mass Settlement in the United States (1966)

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In this episode, originally broadcast on May 15, 1966, Zosa Szajkowski joins host Sheftl Zak to talk about the exhibition “Jewish Mass Settlement in the United States” that he had curated and which had just opened in the YIVO exhibition hall.From 1963-1976, YIVO had its own program on WEVD, the ...By YIVO Sound Archives

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YIVO Offers Courses for Scholars and Public School Teachers (1966)

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In this episode, originally broadcast on February 13, 1966, Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter talks about a course in standardized Yiddish orthography recently offered by YIVO. Host Sheftl Zak talks about a class for public school teachers entitled “One Hundred Years of Yiddish Literature” that is about to begin and about the ...…

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Mikhl Herzog and Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg on Western Yiddish (1965)

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In this episode, originally broadcast on November 28, 1965, Dr. Marvin (Mikhl) Herzog interviews Dr. Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg on Western Yiddish. Recorded examples of native speakers of Western Yiddish are featured, with the discussion in English. Among Guggenheim-Grunberg’s publications are "Horse Dealers' Language of the Swiss Jews in Endinge…