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A New Chapter in the Story of Yiddish
EX274_1579 Mark Louden, professor of linguistics, examines the concept of the Yiddish revival as it relates to both Hasidic and secular communities.
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It Was All Learned by Ear
EX275_1545 Henry Sapoznik - musician, scholar, and KlezKamp founder - describes how he learned music by ear as a child, and how that later helped him study traditional music.
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Don't You Have None of Your Own Music?
EX275_1546 Henry Sapoznik - musician, scholar, and KlezKamp founder - describes how a question from old-time musician Tommy Jarrell inspired him to study traditional Jewish music.
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Klezmer Banjo
EX275_1547 Henry Sapoznik - musician, scholar, and KlezKamp founder - describes starting to play klezmer music after having learned old-time banjo. He recounts discovering klezmer recordings that...
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Multiple Generations at YIVO
EX275_1551 Henry Sapoznik - musician, scholar, and KlezKamp founder - describes the atmosphere at the YIVO Institute when he started working there in 1982.
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The Growth of KlezKamp
EX275_1553 Henry Sapoznik - musician, scholar, and KlezKamp founder - describes how KlezKamp grew from a small gathering into a large, intergenerational event.
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First and Second Language Yiddish Singers
EX275_1557 Henry Sapoznik - musician, scholar, and KlezKamp founder - describes the interactions and impact of singers like Adrienne Cooper, who learned Yiddish, and of native speakers like himself.
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Yiddish at the University of Wisconsin
EX275_1559 Henry Sapoznik - musician, scholar, and KlezKamp founder - discusses the history of Yiddish studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and how he came to work there. He reflects on the...
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Yiddish Content within American Culture
EX275_1412 Henry Sapoznik - musician, scholar, and KlezKamp founder - talks about his goal to make Yiddish culture more visible and accessible within the broader American culture.
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Skipping Christmas for KlezKamp
EX130_1594 Jim Hoberman - Village Voice film critic and author of seminal book Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between the Two World Wars - remembers taking his children to KlezKamp and arguing with his...
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Yiddish is a Fast Growing Language
EX226_1185 Jeffrey Veidlinger, professor of Jewish studies, unpacks the term "Yiddish revival" as he thinks about the growing use of Yiddish in Hasidic communities, by musicians, and in film.
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"He then took me upstairs and started playing me records!"
Hankus tells of how the world of klezmer music was opened up after he contacted an estranged uncle.
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Madly in Love
Musician Jeff Warschauer explains how he first saw his wife and KlezKamp and thought up a way to get to know her.
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The Role of the Performing Artist
Musician Jason Rosenblatt discusses the role of the performing artist in Yiddish culture; to create continuity but also embrace change.
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The Influence of Gebirtig
Benjy Fox-Rosen tells how his grandmother introduced him to the music of Mordechai Gebirtig, which inspired his college senior recital, as well as his work now in the genre of New Music.
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Waiting for Godot in Jenin
Frank London - founding member of the Klezmatics and Frank London's All-Star Klezmer Brass Ensemble - discusses his upcoming work in Israel with the klezmer group Marsh Dondurma and the political piece...
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Yiddish as a Post Vernacular Language
Frank London - founding member of the Klezmatics and Frank London's All-Star Klezmer Brass Ensemble - discusses Yiddish as a "post-vernacular" living language, based on Jeffrey Shandler's writings.
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Collecting Yiddish Songs
EX165_1731 Leo Summergrad - Yiddish speaker, educator, and WWII veteran - describes his love of Yiddish songs and how he came to collect recordings and create a database of those songs.
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Zing Shtil
EX213_1242 Aron Gonshor sings his favorite Yiddish song, Zing Shtil (Sing Softly).
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Accompanying Aunts Singing Yiddish Songs
EX266_1036 Al Rosen, WWII veteran, hums a Yiddish song and remembers how he used to accompany his aunts on the piano.
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