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"Fifteen years of recorded programs of Jewish interest"

EX214_565 Ron Finegold - former employee of the Montreal Jewish Public Library - explains the project of the Montreal Jewish Public Library (where he worked for years) to record public programs of...

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The Spirit of What They Were Doing

EX115_639 Pauline Katz, 2010-11 Yiddish Book Center Fellow, talks about her feelings towards Camp Kinderland and what it stood for.

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Yiddish Salvages a Columbia Undergrad Education

EX132_601 David Schlitt, 2010-11 Yiddish Book Center Fellow, discusses his experiences at Columbia University and how he eventually found himself through an intense study of Yiddish.

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Exploring Romania with My Father

EX132_611 David Schlitt, 2010-11 Yiddish Book Center Fellow, describes a trip to Romania he took with his father.

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I'm a Partisan on Behalf of the Jews: Studying in the Vilnius Summer Yiddish...

EX132_635 David Schlitt, 2010-11 Yiddish Book Center Fellow, discusses his experience with Yiddish programs. He talks specifically about his experience in Vilna and his negativity towards the place...

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Outgrowing Religion

EX180_689 Arthur Klein describes his Jewish upbringing, and discusses why he stopped being observant.

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Yiddish Hidden in English

EX137_552 Charles Corfield muses about how much Yiddish has been absorbed into English. More from this narrator: Charles Corfield

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The Barrier to Yiddish Has Dropped Dramatically

EX137_592 Charles Corfield talks about how wonderful it is to have the Yiddish Book Center as a resource to a person who wants Yiddish information but doesn't have it readily available in their given...

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When the Jewish Bulb Flickered On

EX137_591 Charles Corfield talks about the beginnings of his interest in Jewish culture. More from this narrator: Charles Corfield

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Keeping up with Yiddish through Forverts

EX137_587 Charles Corfield talks about how he keeps up with his Yiddish through reading Forverts on Shabbes afternoons. More from this narrator: Charles Corfield

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Favorite Yiddish Phrase: Something Terribly Everyday

EX137_585 Charles Corfield shares his favorite Yiddish phrase, pointing out the style of Yiddish humor. More from this narrator: Charles Corfield

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Reconstruction Becomes Excavation: 11th Century Jewish Community

EX137_583 Charles Corfield talks about the discovery of an 11th century Jewish community in Cambridge, England during a construction project. 

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A Shtetl in New York

EX137_582 Charles Corfield compares assimilation of Yiddish speaking Jews in New York City in America versus London and Manchester in England. More from this narrator: Charles Corfield

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A New York Jewish Experience

EX137_553 Charles Corfield talked about Yiddish as an entry into a world that one wouldn't otherwise be privy to. 

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"You Just Have to Trust Me": Theo Bikel Remembers A Trip That Took Him From...

EX151_480 Theodore (Theo) Bikel, z"l, distinguished folk singer and actor, remembers the day-trip he took from Paris to Auschwitz with a group of political and religious leaders from around the world....

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