The 'Yiddish Voice' Podcast

Miriam Udel: Honey on the Page


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  • Interview with Miriam Udel, editor and translator of Honey on the
  • Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children's Literature (NYU Press, October
    2020). Additional info from publisher:
    https://nyupress.org/9781479874132/honey-on-the-page/

    Miriam Udel is associate professor of Yiddish language, literature,

    and culture at Emory University, where she studies the Jewish
    encounter with modernity. She holds an AB in Near Eastern Languages
    and Civilizations from Harvard University, as well as a PhD in
    Comparative Literature from the same institution. For more information
    visit her web site: http://miriamudel.com

    Udel was interviewed by regular Yiddish Voice contributor Lillian

    ("Leah") Shporer-Leavitt, who prepared by reading the English translation as well as the Yiddish original from scans of old books. Leavitt is an experienced Yiddish teacher and translator, and
    is currently offering Yiddish language classes on "Zoom" at Boston
    Workers Circle (https://www.circleboston.org/yiddishclasses).

    • From our archive: for Hanukkah: Miriam Libenson gives a tribute

      to Ben Gailing (http://www.yiddishvoice.com/gailing/), reading
      excerpts from his book Git A Shmeykhl. Originally recorded and
      aired in 1993 on Di Yidishe Sho (WBRS 100.1 FM/Waltham, MA).

    • Music:

      • Sidor Belarsky: Oy Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh
      • Jacob Barkin: Chanuko oy Chanuko
      • Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz
      • Air Date: December 2, 2020

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