This second episode, which originally aired on January 19, 1964, features host Sheftl Zak interviewing Reva Mark, daughter of scholar Yudl Mark, about her work collecting materials about American Jewish life in the early 20th century, a joint project between YIVO and the Joint Board of the Cloakmakers Union, and ...

Historic YIVO Radio Program on WEVD: A Joint Project with the Cloakmakers Union (1964)

From 1963-1976, YIVO had its own program on WEVD, the radio station established by the Socialist Party of America in 1927 (its call letters stand for the initials of American socialist leader Eugene V. Debs), which was purchased by the Jewish Daily Forward in 1932 and became a major venue from Yiddish programming.

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Historic YIVO Radio Program on WEVD: A Joint Project with the Cloakmakers Union (1964)

Historic YIVO Radio Program on WEVD: A Joint Project with the Cloakmakers Union (1964)