Filmmaker Erik Anjou's latest documentary, "Deli Man," tells the story of third-generation deli man Ziggy Gruber. In our conversation with Anjou, he tells us about the film, which also profiles other iconic delis and their owners; the place of the delicatessen in Jewish tradition; and what inspires people like Ziggy to keep that tradition alive.

Episode 0105

September 2, 2015

Yiddish Book Center

Amherst, Massachusetts

For much of the twentieth century, the Red Apple Rest offered respite to countless weary vacationers traveling Route 17 between New York City and the resorts of the Catskills. Elaine Freed Lindenblatt, daughter of the iconic restaurant's founder, talks about "Stop at the Red Apple," her new memoir of that time and place.

Episode 0104

July 26, 2015

Yiddish Book Center

Amherst, Massachusetts

Saul Dreier and Ruby Sosnowicz's recently founded Holocaust Survivor Band has become an overnight sensation. Drier and Sosnowicz took time out of their touring schedule to tell us how they returned to music late in life - and how this is all playing out.

Episode 0103

June 11, 2015

Yiddish Book Center

Amherst, Massachusetts

Curator Eddy Portnoy shares the story behind "Yiddish Fight Club," a new exhibit at YIVO about Jewish boxers and wrestlers. The exhibit looks at the rich, if surprising, history of Jewish brawlers and the colorful Yiddish slang of that world.

Episode 0102

June 2, 2015

Yiddish Book Center

Amherst, Massachusetts

Aaron Lansky visits with Mark Glickman, author of the upcoming "Stolen Words: The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Books." Glickman shares the story of how the world's largest collection of Jewish books - some tens of millions - were looted by Nazi soldiers and others who removed them from private collections, libraries, and institutions.

Episode 0101

May 5, 2015

Yiddish Book Center

Amherst, Massachusetts

We visit with photographer Marisa Scheinfeld to talk about her work chronicling the ever-evolving landscape of the Borscht Belt. The resulting work, "Echoes from the Borscht Belt: Contemporary Photographs by Marisa Scheinfeld," documents the dramatic decline of the resorts of New York's Catskills region. The exhibit is on display in the Yiddish Book Center's Brechner Gallery through December 2015.

Episode 0100

April 30, 2015

Yiddish Book Center

Amherst, Massachusetts

Award-winning children's book author and artist (and native Yiddish speaker) Uri Shulevitz's illustrious career has included illustrating classic Yiddish children's tales by Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and I.L. Peretz. A retrospective of Shulevitz's work is now on exhibit at our neighboring Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.

Episode 0099

April 20, 2015

Yiddish Book Center

Amherst, Massachusetts

Jeff Gabel, founder of the Boston-based Kitchen Kibitz, tells us about his pop-up dinner project, which explores modern takes on Jewish cuisine. Gabel, an alumnus of our Tent: Food NYC, was recently named to Zagat's "30 Under 30" list of "rock stars" redefining Boston's dining industry.

Episode 0098

April 7, 2015

Yiddish Book Center

Amherst, Massachusetts

In his new documentary, "Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream," director Michael Levine profiles the last family-owned matzo company in the U.S. and the integral role it's played for almost a century in its Lower East Side neighborhood. The film's release this spring coincides with a bittersweet development: the company's decision to leave the old neighborhood for a new suburban site.

Episode 0097

March 25, 2015

Yiddish Book Center

Amherst, Massachusetts

For more than thirty years, Murray Spiegel and his longtime friend Rickey Stein have been on a quest to translate the Four Questions of the Passover seder into as many languages as possible, recording people from around the globe as they ask the questions in their native language. On this episode of Tune in!, Spiegel tells us about the project and the book that resulted from it: "300 Ways to Ask the Four Questions: From Zulu to Abkhaz."

Episode 0096

March 19, 2015

Yiddish Book Center

Amherst, Massachusetts