Avrom Novershtern: Yiddish in Literature and His Personal Life

The Yiddish Voice was in Israel earlier in June 2023 and had the
opportunity to interview Avrom Novershtern, who
is professor emeritus from the Yiddish Program at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem and currently serves as the director of
Beit Sholem Aleichem in Tel Aviv, a cultural center devoted to
Yiddish and the Eastern European Jewish Heritage


Topics discussed:
About Beys Sholem Aleykhem - history, accomplishments, current
activities (בית שלום עליכם) (Find on Facebook; Find on the Web).
Yiddish writer Chaim Grade - an introduction. Women Writers
Controversy - in 2021, Novershtern gave two lectures for YIVO,
which resulted in some controversy with two online discussions in
response. See links below. Novershtern's early home life in
Argentina, and what brought him to Israel.

Novershtern - Women Writers Controversy - Timeline and Links:


Monday Jul 12, 2021: YIVO Yiddish Civilization Lecture:

Yiddish Women Writers (Part 1) with Avraham Novershtern
(In Yiddish)

https://youtu.be/3wl81swZO2A





Monday July 19, 2021: Vaybertaytsh podcast episode:

Episode 54: Re: "Yiddish Women Writers" | ייִדישע
שרײַבערינס / July 19, 2021


http://www.vaybertaytsh.com/episodes/2021/7/18/episode-54-re-yiddish-women-writers-hjhes





Monday Jul 19, 2021: YIVO Yiddish Civilization Lecture:

Yiddish Women Writers (Part 2) with Avraham Novershtern
(In Yiddish)

https://youtu.be/66iydt6dzg0





Thursday Jul 22, 2021: YIVO Yiddish Civilization Lecture:

Women Writers in Yiddish Literature with Anita Norich and
Karolina Szymaniak (In Yiddish)

https://youtu.be/p2p_gt0EBIQ







Music and Comedy Recordings, mostly in honor of July 4th,
America's Independence Day:


Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental
track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

Mandy Patinkin: American Tune (Words&Music by Paul Simon)

Seymour Rexite: Battle Hymn of the Republic in Yiddish

Cantor Ari Brown: America Medley

Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus: Amerike di Prekhtike

Michel Rosenberg: Getzel at a Baseball Game

Clara Gold: Telebende Furt Kein Amerika

Moishe Oysher & Florence Weiss: Chasidic in America



Air Date: June 28, 2023