Ranked #1
Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1968)
Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1968)
A look back at one of the most significant Jewish anti-Nazi uprisings.
12 Jul 2016
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Ranked #2
A Rebuttal to Hannah Arendt (1965)
A Rebuttal to Hannah Arendt (1965)
This episode of YIVO’s radio program on WEVD, originally broadcast on October 3, 1965, is devoted to an interview with D... Read more
6 Feb 2015
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Ranked #3
Interview with Isaiah Trunk on Anti-Nazi Jewish Resistance (1965)
Interview with Isaiah Trunk on Anti-Nazi Jewish Resistance (1965)
24 Apr 2015
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Ranked #4
Arieh Tartakower on the Differences Between Hebrew and Yiddish Culture (1967)
Arieh Tartakower on the Differences Between Hebrew and Yiddish Culture (1967)
In this episode from January 8, 1967, Dr. Arieh Tartakower, sociologist and chairman of the Israeli Division of the Worl... Read more
2 Jul 2015
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Isaiah Trunk on the Lodz Ghetto (1964)
Isaiah Trunk on the Lodz Ghetto (1964)
On December 20, 1964, historian Isaiah Trunk, a YIVO Research Associate and co-editor of the journals YIVO Annual and YI... Read more
18 Apr 2014
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Ranked #6
Jacob Glatstein on Mendele (1968)
Jacob Glatstein on Mendele (1968)
A live recording of a lecture on Yiddish literature delivered at YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.
16 Mar 2017
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Ranked #7
Yiddish Adjectives/Encounters with Death in Yiddish Folksongs (1965)
Yiddish Adjectives/Encounters with Death in Yiddish Folksongs (1965)
This broadcast from February 21, 1965 presents excerpts from two papers delivered at YIVO’s annual conference, which had... Read more
1 Aug 2014
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Ranked #8
Maurice Schwartz and the Yiddish Art Theater (1965)
Maurice Schwartz and the Yiddish Art Theater (1965)
In this episode, originally broadcast on March 14, 1965, host Sheftl Zak sits down with Wolf Mercur, who helped YIVO acq... Read more
19 Sep 2014
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Ranked #9
One Hundred Years of Yiddish Literature: From Mendele's Little Man to Date (1965)
One Hundred Years of Yiddish Literature: From Mendele's Little Man to Date (1965)
In this broadcast from January 24, 1965, we hear the paper on Yiddish literature that Dr. Mikhl (Michael) Astour deliver... Read more
13 Jun 2014
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Ranked #10
The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language: Interview with Yudel Mark
The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language: Interview with Yudel Mark
In this episode, believed to have been broadcast on October 25, 1964, host Sheftl Zak interviews Yudel Mark, editor of t... Read more
24 Jan 2014
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Ranked #11
Max Weinreich on Ashkenazic Jewry, 1000-1300 (1967)
Max Weinreich on Ashkenazic Jewry, 1000-1300 (1967)
A paper by Max Weinreich on Ashkanaz, 1100-1300
27 Aug 2015
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Ranked #12
A Talk About the Father of Yiddish Theater (1968)
A Talk About the Father of Yiddish Theater (1968)
Today's episode was originally broadcast on March 24, 1968. Host Luba Condell is joined by Ezekiel Lifschutz for a talk ... Read more
25 May 2016
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Ranked #13
Sound Bites from 1964: Moses Kligsberg and Maida Feingold
Sound Bites from 1964: Moses Kligsberg and Maida Feingold
In this episode of YIVO’s radio program, Moses (Moyshe) Kligsberg talks about YIVO’s Conference on Jewish Participation ... Read more
27 Dec 2013
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Ranked #14
Concentration Camp Bergen-Belsen: Its Origin, Development and Liberation (1965)
Concentration Camp Bergen-Belsen: Its Origin, Development and Liberation (1965)
This broadcast from February 28, 1965 presents excerpts from a paperdelivered at YIVO’s annual conference, which had tak... Read more
15 Aug 2014
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Ranked #15
Looking back: First YIVO Summer Yiddish program (1968)
Looking back: First YIVO Summer Yiddish program (1968)
YIVO’s intensive Yiddish summer program was founded 48 years ago.
2 Mar 2016
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Ranked #16
Yiddish Names for Trees (1967)
Yiddish Names for Trees (1967)
Mordkhe Schaechter on the names of trees in Yiddish (YIVO on WEVD, 1967).
28 Oct 2015
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Ranked #17
Interview with Trade Unionist Ossip Walinsky (1964)
Interview with Trade Unionist Ossip Walinsky (1964)
This episode of YIVO’s program on WEVD was originally broadcast on May 3rd, 1964. Ossip Walinsky (1887-1973), an active ... Read more
22 Nov 2013
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Ranked #18
The Debut of College Yiddish: Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter on WEVD (1964)
The Debut of College Yiddish: Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter on WEVD (1964)
On Sunday, December 6, 1964 Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter joined host Sheftl Zak to talk about College Yiddish, the textbook fi... Read more
21 Mar 2014
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Ranked #19
Yudel Mark Discusses the Czernowitz Conference
Yudel Mark Discusses the Czernowitz Conference
Yudel Mark discusses the importance of the Czernowitz Conference, the first international conference devoted to Yiddish.
10 Feb 2016
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Ranked #20
The Papers of an American Jewish Communist: Interview with an Archivist (1964)
The Papers of an American Jewish Communist: Interview with an Archivist (1964)
On November 15, 1964, the featured guest on YIVO’s radio program was YIVO Chief Archivist Ezekiel Lifschutz, who discuss... Read more
7 Feb 2014
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