On December 27, 1964, host Sheftl Zak answered questions from listeners. Topics included YIVO’s plans for 1965, including projects related to its folklore collections and the upcoming publication of Uriel Weinreich’s Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary (the dictionary was first published three years later, in 1968).From 1963-1976, YIVO had its own ...

Questions from Listeners - YIVO’s Program on WEVD (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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Questions from Listeners - YIVO’s Program on WEVD (1964)

Questions from Listeners - YIVO’s Program on WEVD (1964)