Tsirl Kuznitz

Cecille (Tsirl) Kuznitz, Assistant Professor
of Jewish History and Director of Jewish Studies at Bard
College, discusses her book YIVO and the Making of Modern
Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation (Cambridge
University Press), the first history of the YIVO Insitute.
Originally published in 2014, the book recently came out in a
new softcover edition in 2017. Further publication info is
available here:
http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/history/twentieth-century-european-history/yivo-and-making-modern-jewish-culture-scholarship-yiddish-nation




The interview was conducted by Sholem
Beinfeld, a regular contributor to the Yiddish
Voice, co-Editor in Chief of the Comprehensive
Yiddish-English Dictionary and Professor of History,
Emeritus, Washington University, St. Louis.




Excerpts of the historic radio show that YIVO produced and
broadcast in New York City on WEVD in the 1960's and '70's
are presented at the end. These are courtesy of the recent
"WEVD" podcast, a recent product of today's YIVO Institute
and its Sound Archive. To find the podcast, search for "WEVD"
in iTunes or any other podcast search system. YIVO website:
https://www.yivo.org




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




Outro/incidental music: AFN VEG SHTEYT A BOYM performed by
Itzhak Perlman, Dov Seltzer, and the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra




Air Date: Mar 7, 2018