Max Weinreich on Ashkenazic Jewry, 1000-1300 (1967)

In this episode from November 12, 1967, author, sociologist, and journalist Moses (Moyshe) Kligsberg joins Yiddish actress Luba Condell to read an article by Max Weinreich about the history of Ashkenazic Jewry from 1000 to 1300, "Ashkenaz in algemeyn yidishn gerem fun tsentn bizn draytsetn yorhundert," which appeared in Di goldene keyt 50 (1964): 172-82.

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. 

YIVO used its spot on WEVD for Yiddish-language interviews and discussions with leading New York Yiddish cultural figures, as well as for reporting on its own scholarly and cultural work.

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Series curated by Matt Temkin, YIVO Sound Archives.

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[This program is in Yiddish.]