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Recent Guests

Miriam Udel
Associate Professor of German Studies and Jewish Studies at Emory University
Emory University
Episode: Yiddish Children’s Literature and Jewish Modernity: A Conversation with Miriam Udel
Philip Uninsky
Author of Invented Lives from Troubled Times, A Jewish Family's Form of Resilience After Surviving Pogroms, Revolution and the Holocaust
Cherry Orchard Books (publisher), author
Episode: Philip Boris Uninsky, "Invented Lives from Troubled Times: A Jewish Family’s Forms of Resilience after Surviving Pogroms, Revolution, and the Holocaust" (Cherry Orchard Books, 2025)
Peter Gordon
Author and historian, Ababel B. James Professor of History at Harvard University
Harvard University
Episode: Peter E. Gordon, "Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver" (Yale UP, 2026)
Andrew Coe
Food writer and culinary historian; author of Chop Suey, A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States
Author and educator
Episode: Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese Food
Rabbi Sarah Berman
Editor of Haggadah Shel Erev Rav, The Mixed Multitude Haggadah
Central Synagogue, Manhattan
Episode: Sarah Berman, "Haggadah Shel Erev Rav: The Mixed Multitude Haggadah" (CCAR Press, 2026)
Jeremy Dauber
Author and Professor of Yiddish Literature
Columbia University
Episode: The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of Sholem Aleichem
Antoni Polonsky
Historian and author of The Jews in Poland and Russia, 1350 to the Present Day
Museum of the History of Polish Jews / author
Episode: The Jews in Poland-Lithuania and Russia: 1350 to the Present Day
Eliyahu Stern
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University
Yale University
Episode: The Vilna Gaon and the Making of Modern Judaism
Craig Perry
Professor at Emory University
Emory University
Episode: Craig Perry, "Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History" (Princeton UP, 2026)

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Caleb Zakarin
CEO and Publisher of The New Books Network, engaged in promoting scholarly discussions and public education.
Rabbi Mark Katz

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4.3 out of 5 stars from 121 ratings
  • Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto

    How could you possibly conduct this interview without asking about - or the author raising- the NYTimes best selling book by Judy Batalion’s, Light of Days, which won countless awards including the National Jewish Book Award and which virtually covers the same material? So you just pretend it doesn’t exist?That is disingenuous and a real disservice to your readers.

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    Zivia L
    United States5 months ago
  • Excellent programming

    Enjoy listening to all of the content, thank you. Please lower the volume of your advertisers. It can get pretty obnoxious and makes listening difficult.

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    AlanaBog
    United Statesa year ago
  • Wonderful subjects

    I love the discussants and books chosen for this podcast and rarely skip an episode. They have taught me a lot. My only gripe is the non-engaged, non-sequitur, book report-like style of questioning of the interviewer. The questions are good but they break up the flow of the conversation, keeping it from being the deep discussion that could otherwise result from more carefully woven lines of questioning.

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    United Kingdoma year ago
  • Great!

    Wow! I just found this podcast and already bought a book. I have lots of episodes to listen to. Looking forward to it!

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    United States2 years ago
  • Listen and Learn!

    Whatever the topic is, I will listen to any and all hosted by Ari Barbalat!

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    United States2 years ago

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Listeners appreciate the in-depth discussions and the range of topics covered by scholars in Jewish studies.
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Yiddish Children’s Literature and Jewish Modernity: A Conversation with Miriam Udel
Q: Are people translating and creating picture books today, and what brought you to this work?
There is ongoing interest in translation and adaptation, with contemporary authors and educators seeking to preserve and reinterpret Yiddish texts. Miriam explains her motivation as rooted in making this material accessible and useful for scholars, educators, and families, and in building a bridge between historical texts and current Jewish cultural production.
Yiddish Children’s Literature and Jewish Modernity: A Conversation with Miriam Udel
Q: What qualities do good children's stories share?
Over the 20th century there was a shift from didactic instruction toward more descriptive and whimsical storytelling, with effective stories subtly modeling positive behavior while engaging readers through nuanced, relatable experiences that remain relevant to both historical and contemporary audiences.
Peter E. Gordon, "Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver" (Yale UP, 2026)
Q: Sure. So Walter Benjamin was born in 1892 into a well-assimilated German Jewish family in Berlin. Could you give a brief overview of his life for listeners unfamiliar with him?
Benjamin grew up in a comfortable middle-class setting, moved through German cultural life, and ended up in exile after 1933, spending time in Paris and Marseille where he ultimately died near the Franco-Spanish border. His life is marked by constant negotiation between Jewish identity, European intellectual currents, and various political movements, all of which he engaged with in a highly idiosyncratic, literary way.
The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of Sholem Aleichem
Q: How did Aleichem's works travel beyond Yiddish-speaking audiences?
Through translations and adaptations, especially into Russian and later English-speaking contexts, and through popular stage and film adaptations like Fiddler on the Roof, which reinterpreted his themes for new audiences.
The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of Sholem Aleichem
Q: What languages did Aleichem write in, and what did each language represent for him?
He wrote in Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish, balancing modernization and accessibility. Russian connected him with educated, urban audiences; Hebrew linked him to a Jewish literary identity; and Yiddish allowed him to reach the broad, everyday speech of Jews, which he both celebrated and elevated to high literature.

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