Adi Mahalel: Yiddish Language & Literature Scholar; Avremi Zaks: Latest on Israel's Wars

Adi Mehalel (עדי מהלאל) talks about teaching
Yiddish language and literature at Univ. of Maryland and Yivo
Summer Program and discusses the writers I. L. Peretz, the
subject of his book The Radical Isaac: I. L. Peretz and the
Rise of Jewish Socialism, and Hanan Ayalti, whose book Boom
and Chains: A Yiddish Novel Set in Israel/Palestine is
forthcoming with Mehalel's translation and introduction.
Interviewed in New York City via Zoom on July 2, 2025. Book
links:


Boom and Chains:
https://wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814351802/

The Radical Isaac:
https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Radical-Isaac





Avremi Zaks (אבֿרהמי זאַקס), host of the Kan
Yiddish (כאן יידיש) radio show in Israel, discusses Israel's
recent war with Iran and its ongoing war with Hamas.
Interviewed in Jerusalem via Zoom on July 2, 2025. Archive of
Kan Yiddish:
https://www.kan.org.il/content/kan/kan-reka/p-10820/




Music:


Yiddish songs about America, in honor of the July 4th
Independence Day holiday:

Mandy Patinkin: American Tune

Aaron Lebedeff & Alexander Olshanetsky
Orchestra:Vot ken you makh? Es iz Amerike!

Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus, directed by Binyumin
Schaechter: Amerike di Prekhtike



Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS from Jeff
Warschauer: The Singing Waltz





Air Date: July 2, 2025