WEVD
Summary: 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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In this episode of YIVO’s radio program on WEVD, originally heard on December 12, 1964, host Sheftl Zak talks about the 39th Annual YIVO Conference, which would convene in January 1965 in New York. Many of the upcoming episodes of the series focus on the conference and present excerpts from ...
In this episode of YIVO’s radio program on WEVD, originally heard on December 12, 1964, host Sheftl Zak talks about the 39th Annual YIVO Conference, which would convene in January 1965 in New York. Many of the upcoming episodes of … Continue reading →
On Sunday, December 6, 1964 Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter joined host Sheftl Zak to talk about College Yiddish, the textbook first published by YIVO in 1946. By the time of the program, a fourth edition of the book was in the works. Zak talks about which colleges and universities are using ...
On Sunday, December 6, 1964 Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter joined host Sheftl Zak to talk about College Yiddish, the textbook first published by YIVO in 1946. By the time of the program, a fourth edition of the book was in the works. Zak talks about which colleges and universities are using ...
On Sunday, December 6, 1964 Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter joined host Sheftl Zak to talk about College Yiddish, the textbook first published by YIVO in 1946. By the time of the program, a fourth edition of the book was in the … Continue reading →
On November 29, 1964, host Sheftl Zak interviewed YIVO historian Zosa Szajkowski about the Papers of Lucien Wolf (1857-1930) and David Mowshowitch (1887-1957) (YIVO Archives RG 348). Wolf was an English Jew who served as a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and was involved in the drafting ...
On November 29, 1964, host Sheftl Zak interviewed YIVO historian Zosa Szajkowski about the Papers of Lucien Wolf (1857-1930) and David Mowshowitch (1887-1957) (YIVO Archives RG 348). Wolf was an English Jew who served as a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and was involved in the drafting ...
On November 29, 1964, host Sheftl Zak interviewed YIVO historian Zosa Szajkowski about the Papers of Lucien Wolf (1857-1930) and David Mowshowitch (1887-1957) (YIVO Archives RG 348.) Wolf was an English Jew who served as a delegate to the Paris Peace … Continue reading →
In this episode of YIVO’s program on WEVD, broadcast on November 22, 1964, host Sheftl Zak sits down with Dr. Shlomo Noble, historian and linguist, co-editor of YIVO Bleter and YIVO Annual, to talk about Ladino. Dr. Noble discusses the William Milwitzky Papers (RG 378), which includes linguistic, literary, and ...
In this episode of YIVO’s program on WEVD, broadcast on November 22, 1964, host Sheftl Zak sits down with Dr. Shlomo Noble, historian and linguist, co-editor of YIVO Bleter and YIVO Annual, to talk about Ladino. Dr. Noble discusses the William Milwitzky Papers (RG 378), which includes linguistic, literary, and ...
On November 15, 1964, the featured guest on YIVO’s radio program was YIVO Chief Archivist Ezekiel Lifschutz, who discussed one particular archival collection under his care: the Papers of Kalman Marmor (RG 205). Marmor (1879-1956) was a Yiddish writer, literary critic, editor, lecturer, and political activist. In 1906, he joined ...
On November 15, 1964, the featured guest on YIVO’s radio program was YIVO Chief Archivist Ezekiel Lifschutz, who discussed one particular archival collection under his care: the Papers of Kalman Marmor (RG 205). Marmor (1879-1956) was a Yiddish writer, literary critic, editor, lecturer, and political activist. In 1906, he joined ...
On November 15, 1964, the featured guest on YIVO’s radio program was YIVO Chief Archivist Ezekiel Lifschutz, who discussed one particular archival collection under his care: the Papers of Kalman Marmor (RG 205). Marmor (1879-1956) was a Yiddish writer, literary … Continue reading →
In this episode, believed to have been broadcast on October 25, 1964, host Sheftl Zak interviews Yudel Mark, editor of the journal Yidishe Shprakh and co-editor of the Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language, about his work on the Great … Continue reading →
In this episode, believed to have been broadcast on October 25, 1964, host Sheftl Zak interviews Yudel Mark, editor of the journal Yidishe Shprakh and co-editor of the Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language, about his work on the Great Dictionary and YIVO's involvement with the project. (Yudel Mark's papers ...
