Joy and Conversation

In this episode, we speak to Miriam Udel, Associate Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture at Emory University and editor and translator of Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children's Literature. Miriam discusses the project of Yiddish children's literature, explaining the political ideas and questions of identity circulating in these texts.

Learn more about Miriam's work at miriamudel.com

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Episode Credits:

Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn

Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com)

Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com)

Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com)

This episode featured music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).

• "Game Hens" from the album Confectionery

• "Darn that Weasel" from the album Love and Weasel

• 'Morning Glare' from the album Glass Obelisk

• 'TwoPound' from the album Muffuletta

• 'Delion' from the album Sketchbook 2

Episode photo by Dan Osborn

In this bonus episode, we visit the archives and listen to Yiddish and English readings of the poem Manhattan Bridge, written by the Yiddish poet Leyeles. The poem is read by Marc Caplan and Josh Friedman.

A special thanks to everyone that made this episode possible.

Marc Caplan is the Brownstone Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and author of How Strange the Change: Language, Temporality, and Narrative Form in Peripheral Modernisms and Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin: A Fugitive Modernism.

Josh Friedman is a member of the band DATCHA and the creator of the podcast, Art and Life and Shit.

Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn

Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers

Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson

Website design by Jakob Lazzaro

This episode featured music from the klezmer group, Ezekiel's Wheels Klezmer Band, thanks to Abigale Reisman.

• Doina for Duke

• Fiddler's Sirba

• Abigale's Hora

• Johannes Khosidl

• Nat's Nign

Episode photo by Dan Osborn

In this episode, we speak with Marc Caplan about Yiddish literature. Marc is the Brownstone Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and the author of How Strange the Change: Language, Temporality, and Narrative Form in Peripheral Modernisms and Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin: A Fugitive Modernism. Marc talks about the processes of modernization for Yiddish-speaking Jews in Eastern Europe and demonstrates how Yiddish literature can be understood as a form of postcolonial expression.

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Episode Credits:

Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn

Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com)

Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com)

Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com)

This episode featured music from the klezmer group, Ezekeil's Wheels (www.ewklezmer.com)

• Doina for Duke

• Fiddler's Sirba

• Honga

• Johannes Khosidl

• Nat's Nign

Episode photo by Dan Osborn

In this bonus episode, we visit the archives of A Bintel Brief, listening to the questions of Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants and first generation Americans. These letters written to The Forward's advice column offer a glimpse into the anxieties and aspirations of Eastern European Jews in early 20th century New York City.

A special thanks to everyone that made this episode possible.

Jordan Gass-Poore’ is an investigative journalist and podcast producer who is the co-founder of Local Switchboard NYC, a women-led local news podcast covering New York City’s five boroughs.

Arielle Nissenblatt is an audio producer and consultant and the founder of EarBuds Podcast Collective.

Liz Apple is a product designer and illustrator as well as the co-founder of Paperapple.

Elena Raphael is a psychotherapist and life coach.

Josh Friedman is a member of the band DATCHA and the creator of the podcast, Art and Life and Shit.

Jared Zeidman is an Assistant Coach for the Canisius College Women’s Basketball Team.

Lee Zeidman is a strategic and crisis communications expert at 3D Communications. Not only that, he is Jared’s father.

The Yiddish poem Manhattan Bridge was read by Marc Caplan.

This episode featured the song "Abigale's Hora" by Ezekiel's Wheels Klezmer Band, thanks to Abigale Reisman.

Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn

Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers

Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson

Website design by Jakob Lazzaro

Episode photo by Dan Osborn

In this episode, we speak with Ginna Green, Lynn Harris, and Chana Pollack about the newest iteration of A Bintel Brief. Originally an advice column in The Jewish Daily Forward, A Bintel Brief has been reimagined for the 21st century as a podcast, pairing humor and heart. Ginna and Lynn discuss what it is like to host the show, reflecting on emotional intelligence, the Jewishness of this work, and the humanness of having questions and seeking answers. Chana relates the Yiddish column's past to the present.

Learn more about A Bintel Brief Podcast at www.forward.com/a-bintel-brief-podcast

Check out the books inspired by A Bintel Brief, including A Bintel Brief: Sixty Years of Letters from the Lower East Side to the Jewish Daily Forward edited by Isaac Metzker and the graphic novel A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York by Liana Finck.

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Episode Credits:

Special thanks to Adam Strom, Shira Deener, and Staci Rosenthal for sharing their reflections on A Bintel Brief.

Adam is the director of Re-Imagining Migration, an education nonprofit focused on the study of identity and democracy through stories of migration.

Shira is the Head of School for JCDS Boston.

Staci is a program associate in Jewish Education at the education nonprofit, Facing History and Ourselves.

Thanks to Lauren Passell for making this conversation possible.

Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn

Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com)

Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com)

Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com)

Episode photo by Dan Osborn

In this episode, we speak with Devin Naar about the Jews of Salonica. Devin is the Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies, Associate Professor of History, and faculty at the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and the author of Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece. Devin discusses Sephardic Jewish history; the history of Ladino speaking populations in North Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East; and centers the conversation around the city of Salonica and the legacy of Jewish life in the city and its diaspora.

Learn more about Devin's work at www.devinenaar.com

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Episode Credits:

Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn

Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com)

Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com)

Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com)

This episode featured music from the Sephardic group, Voice of the Turtle (www.voiceoftheturtle.com).

• Par'ó Era Estreyero

• Empesare a Kontar (Sarajevo) (Featuring Lisle Kulbach & Judith Wachs)

• Ken Supiese Y Entendiense

• Abenamar

This episode featured music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).

• Careless Morning

• Lakeside Path

• Liptis

• Messy Inkwell

Episode photo by Dan Osborn

In this episode, we speak with Molly Theodora Oringer, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at UCLA, about Lebanon's Jewish communities and the way they are remembered by non-Jewish Lebanese today. Molly discusses the history of modern Lebanon and the way the development of "Lebaneseness" and Lebanon as a nation-state impacted Jews in the country. She also explores the idea of the "cultural broker" and how it is that non-Jewish Lebanese interact with "Jewish spaces," particularly when Jews are absent from such spaces.

Learn more about Molly's research and writings at www.mtoringer.com

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Episode Credits:

Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn

Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com)

Arabic translation and voice acting by Michael Karam (www.twitter.com/michaelkaram)

Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com)

Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com)

This episode featured music from the Sephardic group, Voice of the Turtle (www.voiceoftheturtle.com).

• "Una Tarde De Verano"

• "Asheriko De Kinze Anyos"

• "Shir Ha-Shirim"

• "Azkir (Sarajevo)"

This episode featured music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).

• "Erast"

• "The Crisper"

• Eggs and Powder"

• Mercurial Vision"

• "Ash and Mirage"

Episode photo by Dan Osborn

In this episode, we speak with Maha Nassar, Associate Professor of Modern Middle East History and Islamic Studies at The University of Arizona, about Palestinian citizens of the State of Israel. Maha discusses life as a Palestinian-American growing up in Chicago, her parents' memories of life in Palestine before 1948, and the experiences of Palestinians who remained within the borders of Israel. Maha focuses on the intellectual history of this community, emphasizing the role of poetry in communicating their longings and aspirations.

Read Maha's book on the topic, Brothers Apart: Palestinian Citizens of Israel and the Arab World, published by Stanford University Press.

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Episode Credits:

Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn

Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com)

Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com)

Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com)

This episode featured a recording of "Yumma Welil Hawa," performed on the qanun by Maria Trogolo.

This episode featured music from Basel Zayed (www.baselzayed.com).

• "Had el-Umor" from the album Hada Leil

• "Martyr"

• "Violence" from the album Ayn Trio

• "Civil War" from the album Adam

• "Samaai' Nahawand" from the album Ayn Trio

• "Waiting" from the album Ayn Trio

• "Arafto al-Hawa" from the album Ayn Trio

• "Janin" from the album Hada Leil

Episode photo by Dan Osborn

In this episode, we speak with musician Ronnie Malley about music, collaboration with Jewish artists, perspectives on global citizenship, and Palestinian identity. Ronnie shares his thoughts on being Palestinian in America, his connection to Jerusalem, and what it means to find cultural commonalities with Sephardic musicians.

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Episode Credits:

Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn

Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com)

Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com)

Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com)

This episode featured the music of Ronnie Malley.

• "Martyr"

• "Misty Trail"

• "Bab El Dukan"

• "Distant Star"

• "Lucid Stream"

Episode photo by Dan Osborn

In this episode, we speak with Faisal Saleh about Palestine Museum US, a museum in Connecticut which is dedicated to promoting the arts and cultures of Palestinians from around the world for an a space for all to experience and enjoy. Faisal discusses the various types of artwork on display in the museum and the need to be seen and have stories told and heard through the arts.

Learn more at www.joyandconversationpodcast.com

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Episode Credits:

Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn

Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com)

Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com)

Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com)

This episode featured a recording of "Yumma Welil Hawa," performed on the qanun by Maria Trogolo.

This episode featured music from Basel Zayed (www.baselzayed.com).

This episode featured music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).

Episode photo by Dan Osborn