Eitan Binstock

The Meta Shtetl

Education EN ↓ 10 episodes

דאָס מעטאַ שטעטל Interviewing today's Yiddishists at the frontier of using technology to proliferate the Yiddish language and culture worldwide. Follow along with the English translation at www.themetashtetl.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themetashtetl?igsh=Y2Uzb3cxbG9lNGRr&utm_source=qr

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Eitan Binstock

Episodes

Yiddish Interview Featuring Caraid O'Brien 21.08.2025 32:04

Caraid O'Brien - Actress, Writer, Translator, and Director. You can visit her website at https://www.caraidobrien.com/index.html This episode is mostly in English, but to see the Translation, visit my website at www.themetashtetl.com

Interview With Naftali Ejdelman 19.06.2025 22:20

Yiddish interview with Naftali Ejdelman - co-founder of the Yiddish Farm. Follow along with the English translation at www.themetashtetl.com

Interview Featuring Professor Ber Kotlerman 19.06.2025 8:06

Professor Ber Kotlerman - Professor of Yiddish Studies at Bar Ilan University Visit www.themetashtetl.com to follow along with the English translation.

The Meta Shtetl Overview 14.05.2025 4:29

When the Warsaw Ghetto started being liquidated into death camps, an inhabitant named Emanuel Ringleblum led an effort to hide as much Yiddish literature and documentation as possible, to so it would not be destroyed by the Nazis. He did this by burying as much as he could underground in milk cans and other receptacles, with the hopes of survivors someday returning to transmit the collective messa...

Interview Featuring Dr. Tsirl Kuznits 15.02.2025 12:45

Dr. Tsirl Kuznits is a Professor at Bard College in: environmental studies, Gender and sexuality studies, historical studies, Jewish studies, and Russian and Eurasian studies. To follow along with the English translation visit www.themetashtetl.com Follow me on Instagram @themetashtetl or www.instagram.com and search the meta shtetl

Interview Featuring Dr. Mordechai Yushovsky 28.04.2024 34:48

Dr. Mordechai Yishovsky, General Secretary of the World Congress for Jewish Culture, Inspector of Yiddish Studies at the Israel Ministry of Education, Yiddish Professor and Author. To follow along with the English translation visit www.themetashtetl.com Follow me on Instagram @ themetashtetl

Yiddish Interview Featuring Yisroel Bass 20.02.2024 15:54

Yisroel Bass is the Director of the Yiddish Farm in Goshen NY. Check it out at www.yiddishfarm.org To follow along with the English translation visit www.themetashtetl.com Follow me on Instagram @themetashtetl or www.instagram.com and search the meta shtetl

Yiddish Interview Featuring Binyumin Schaechter 05.09.2023 38:05

Binyumin Schaechter - Directer of The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus in New York. https://www.yiddishchorus.org

Yiddish Interview Featuring Arun Viswanath 02.09.2023 42:42

Arun Viswanath - Author of Harry Potter in Yiddish Follow with the translation at https://www.themetashtetl.com/episodes/arun-viswanath

Yiddish Interview Featuring Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh 02.09.2023 10:30

Founder and President of Yiddish Land https://yiddishlandcalifornia.org