Mikhl Yashinsky, Translator of Max Spitzkopf, the Yiddish Sherlock Holmes

Highlights:

• Mikhl Yashinsky (מיכל יאַשינסקי), a multifaceted actor, playwright, director, lyricist, translator and Yiddishist, discusses his new English translation of Adventures of Max Spitzkopf: The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes by Jonas Kreppel, published by White Goat Press in October 2025. Publisher’s page: https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/about/white-goat-press-0/jonas-kreppel More on Mikhl: https://yashinsky.com

• The interviewer, Lillian ("Leah") Shporer-Leavitt, is a frequent cohost of The Yiddish Voice and an experienced Yiddish translator and teacher. She has taught Yiddish for many years at various institutions in the Boston area, including Workers Circle and Gann Academy.

• Music:

  • Moishe Oysher: Blessing the Chanukah Candles
  • Ikh Bin a Kleyner Dreydl
  • Pripetshik Singers: Kh'Bin a Dreydl
  • Marthe Schlamme: Chanuke o Chanuke
  • Pripetshik Singers: Akht Likhtelekh
  • Sidor Belarsky: O, Ir Kleyne Lichtelech
  • Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS from Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

Air date: November 19, 2025