From the Fragments of Translation
Welcome to the Hotel Cubana
Sobremesa
Under Vines and Fig Trees
Pathways to Parenting
A Hebrew Humanist
The Mystery and Romance of Shund
Honik Un Di Kinder
A Politics by Other Means
A Bundle of Letters
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In this episode, we speak with Yoni Battat about music, identity, and creativity. Yoni discusses what it means to explore the fragments of memory and identity through art. We discuss his experiences with klezmer music as well as the ways Mizrahi and Iraqi-specific influences inform his work as an artist. Learn more about Yoni Battat's music at www.yonibattat.com Learn more about Joy and Conversation at www.joyandconversationpodcast.com Donate and support Project Mosaics, the 501(c)(3) education nonprofit that produces Joy and Conversation at www.projectmosaics.org Follow Joy and Conversation on social media: Twitter- @JandCPodcast Facebook- @JoyandConversationPodcast YouTube- Joy and Conversation Episode Credits: Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.auraformaudio.com) Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com) Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com) This episode featured music from Yoni Battat's album Fragments. Episode photo by Dan Osborn
In this episode, we return to Jewish Cuba and learn about a family who is bringing kosher accommodations and humanitarian aid to the island. We speak to Cindy White who operates Chateau Blanc alongside her brother Scott Berenthal and a team of dedicated staff in Cuba. Cindy and Scott are the American-born children of Saul Berenthal who left Cuba for the United States at age 16 after the Revolution. We talk about what it means to be Juban, what Jewish life in Cuba looks like today, and how the family is helping to make Cuba known to Jews and non-Jews from around the world. Learn more about Joy and Conversation at www.joyandconversationpodcast.com Donate and support Project Mosaics, the 501(c)(3) education nonprofit that produces Joy and Conversation at www.projectmosaics.org Follow Joy and Conversation on social media: Twitter- @JandCPodcast Facebook- @JoyandConversationPodcast YouTube- Joy and Conversation Episode Credits: Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.auraformaudio.com) Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com) Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com) This episode featured music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue). Sandy Shuffle Zulia Conspiracy Paramo Ocho Sargento Huffalo Episode photo by Dan Osborn
In this episode, we explore the modern history of Jews in Mexico and focus on the intersections between culture, cuisine, food, and family. We start with with Monica Unikel, who has dedicated herself to preserving and telling stories of Jews in Mexico City through street tours and reviving Jewish cultural and communal spaces. We continue with Jewish Mexican bakers who are bringing their recipes, memories, and expressions of cultural innovation to Chicago, California, and Brooklyn. We hear from Tamar Fasja Unikel and Elena Vazquez Felgueres of Masa Madre, Dennis Rael of Los Bagels, and Fany Gerson of Fan-Fan Doughnuts and La Newyorkina. With each morsel of bagels, babka, challah, and more, we see the ways Mexico mixes with Syria, Ukraine, Lithuania, and beyond. Learn more about Joy and Conversation at www.joyandconversationpodcast.com Learn more about Project Mosaics, the 501(c)(3) education nonprofit that produces Joy and Conversation at www.projectmosaics.org Follow Joy and Conversation on social media: Twitter- @JandCPodcast Facebook- @JoyandConversationPodcast YouTube- Joy and Conversation Episode Credits: Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.auraformaudio.com) Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com) Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com) This episode featured music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue). Palms Down Tarte Tatin Bundt Cornicob Kilkerrin Donnalee Episode photo by Dan Osborn
In this episode, we speak with Jonathan Dekel-Chen about the long history of Jewish agricultural life. The episode traverses continents and centuries, describing Jewish farming from Abraham through the 21st century. Jonathan is the Rabbi Edward Sandrow Chair in Soviet & East European Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he holds dual a dual appointment in the Department of Jewish History and the Department of General History. He is the author of Farming the Red Land: Jewish Agricultural Colonization and Local Soviet Power, 1924-1941 and the co-founder of Bikurim Youth Village for the Performing Arts in Eshkol. Learn more about Joy and Conversation at www.joyandconversationpodcast.com Learn more about Project Mosaics, the 501(c)(3) education nonprofit that produces Joy and Conversation at www.projectmosaics.org Learn more about the Rutgers University exhibit "Jewish Agriculturalism in the Garden State" which was created by Jonathan Dekel-Chen and inspired this episode at sites.rutgers.edu/jewish-agriculture. Follow Joy and Conversation on social media: Twitter- @JandCPodcast Facebook- @JoyandConversationPodcast YouTube- Joy and Conversation Episode Credits: Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.auraformaudio.com) Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com) Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com) This episode featured music from the Sephardic group, Voice of the Turtle (www.voiceoftheturtle.com). Azkir Khasdey Eyl Neh-Eman This episode featured music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue). Di Breun This episode featured music from the Free Music Archive (www.freemusicarchive.org). Tres Tristes Tangos- "Planta Baja" Tres Tristes Tangos- "Kolderen Polka" Yair Yona- "Russian Dance" Alicia Svigals_Lauren Brody Klezmer Mash- "Beregovski Patch Tants" Serge Quadrado- "Russian Girl" Episode photo by Dan Osborn
In this episode, we speak with Amy Weinreb about parenting, family dynamics, and questions of "home." Amy is a cultural anthropologist and senior lecturer at the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Austin and the author of Cuba in the Shadow of Change: Daily Life in the Twilight of the Revolution. Amy is joined by Lisa Osborn, Elena Rafael, Carolyn Mahboubi, and Matthew Hilgart, each of whom shares their own relationship with Judaism and Jewishness, parenting, and finding pride and joy in family. Learn more about Joy and Conversation at www.joyandconversationpodcast.com Learn more about Project Mosaics, the 501(c)(3) education nonprofit that produces Joy and Conversation at www.projectmosaics.org Follow Joy and Conversation on social media: Instagram- joyandconversationpodcast Twitter- @JandCPodcast Facebook- @JoyandConversationPodcast YouTube- Joy and Conversation Episode Credits: Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.auraformaudio.com) Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com) Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com) This episode featured music from the Sephardic group, Voice of the Turtle (www.voiceoftheturtle.com). Alevanta Mordekhai Üsküdar'a Gider Iken This episode featured music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue). A Certain Lightness Quirk A Little Powder Fermin Canyon This episode featured music from Ezekiel's Wheels (www.ewklezmer.com). Abigale's Hora Episode photo by Dan Osborn
In this episode, we speak with Nicolas DeWarren about the 20th century Jewish philosopher Martin Buber. Nicolas is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies at Penn State and the author of Original Forgiveness , A Momentary Breathlessness in the Sadness of Time, and Husserl and the Promise of Time: Subjectivity in Transcendental Phenomenology. Nicolas discusses Buber's philosophy, his sense of Judaism's role in history, and the way this informed his binational understanding of Zionism and Jewish-Arab relations. Learn more about Joy and Conversation at www.joyandconversationpodcast.com Learn more about Project Mosaics, the 501c3 education nonprofit that produces Joy and Conversation at www.projectmosaics.org Follow Joy and Conversation on social media: Instagram- joyandconversationpodcast Twitter- @JandCPodcast Facebook- @JoyandConversationPodcast YouTube- Joy and Conversation Episode Credits: Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.auraformaudio.com) Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com) Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com) This episode featured music from the Sephardic group, Voice of the Turtle (www.voiceoftheturtle.com). Azkir Khasdey Eyl Neh-Eman This episode featured music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue). Cherry Heath Milkwood This episode featured music from Ezekiel's Wheels (www.ewklezmer.com). Doina for Duke Zizu de Calp Episode photo by Dan Osborn
In this episode, we speak with Saul Noam Zaritt. Saul is an Associate Professor of Yiddish Literature in the Department of Comparative Literature at Harvard University and the author of Jewish American Writing and World Literature: Maybe to Millions, Maybe to Nobody. Saul discusses Yiddish shund literature or, Yiddish trash literature. Through shund novels, Devin explores Yiddish modernity, cultural diffusion, and provides a glimpse into the types of stories that circulated in the Yiddish press outside of the canonized tales. Learn more about Saul's work at www.saulnoamz.com Learn more about the Joy and Conversation at www.joyandconversationpodcast.com Follow Joy and Conversation on social media: Instagram- joyandconversationpodcast Twitter- @JandCPodcast Facebook- @JoyandConversationPodcast YouTube- Joy and Conversation Episode Credits: Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com) Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com) Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com) This episode featured music from the Sephardic group, Voice of the Turtle (www.voiceoftheturtle.com). Par'ó Era Estreyero Mose Salio De Misrayim This episode featured music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue). Heather Tuck and Point La Naranja Borriana The Records Single Still La Troga Episode photo by Dan Osborn
In this episode, we speak to Miriam Udel, Associate Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture at Emory University and editor and translator of Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children's Literature. Miriam discusses the project of Yiddish children's literature, explaining the political ideas and questions of identity circulating in these texts. Learn more about Miriam's work at miriamudel.com Learn more at www.joyandconversationpodcast.com Follow Joy and Conversation on social media: Twitter- @JandCPodcast Facebook- @JoyandConversationPodcast YouTube- Joy and Conversation Instagram- joyandconversationpodcast Episode Credits: Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com) Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com) Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com) This episode featured music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue). "Game Hens" from the album Confectionery "Darn that Weasel" from the album Love and Weasel 'Morning Glare' from the album Glass Obelisk 'TwoPound' from the album Muffuletta 'Delion' from the album Sketchbook 2 Episode photo by Dan Osborn
In this episode, we speak with Marc Caplan about Yiddish literature. Marc is the Brownstone Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and the author of How Strange the Change: Language, Temporality, and Narrative Form in Peripheral Modernisms and Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin: A Fugitive Modernism. Marc talks about the processes of modernization for Yiddish-speaking Jews in Eastern Europe and demonstrates how Yiddish literature can be understood as a form of postcolonial expression. Learn more about the Joy and Conversation at www.joyandconversationpodcast.com Follow Joy and Conversation on social media: Twitter- @JandCPodcast Facebook- @JoyandConversationPodcast YouTube- Joy and Conversation Episode Credits: Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com) Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com) Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com) This episode featured music from the klezmer group, Ezekeil's Wheels (www.ewklezmer.com) Doina for Duke Fiddler's Sirba Honga Johannes Khosidl Nat's Nign Episode photo by Dan Osborn
In this episode, we speak with Ginna Green, Lynn Harris, and Chana Pollack about the newest iteration of A Bintel Brief. Originally an advice column in The Jewish Daily Forward, A Bintel Brief has been reimagined for the 21st century as a podcast, pairing humor and heart. Ginna and Lynn discuss what it is like to host the show, reflecting on emotional intelligence, the Jewishness of this work, and the humanness of having questions and seeking answers. Chana relates the Yiddish column's past to the present. Learn more about A Bintel Brief Podcast at www.forward.com/a-bintel-brief-podcast Check out the books inspired by A Bintel Brief, including A Bintel Brief: Sixty Years of Letters from the Lower East Side to the Jewish Daily Forward edited by Isaac Metzker and the graphic novel A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York by Liana Finck. Learn more about the Joy and Conversation at www.joyandconversationpodcast.com Follow Joy and Conversation on social media: Instagram- joyandconversationpodcast Twitter- @JandCPodcast Facebook- @JoyandConversationPodcast YouTube- Joy and Conversation Episode Credits: Special thanks to Adam Strom, Shira Deener, and Staci Rosenthal for sharing their reflections on A Bintel Brief. Adam is the director of Re-Imagining Migration, an education nonprofit focused on the study of identity and democracy through stories of migration. Shira is the Head of School for JCDS Boston. Staci is a program associate in Jewish Education at the education nonprofit, Facing History and Ourselves. Thanks to Lauren Passell for making this conversation possible. Joy and Conversation is hosted by Dan Osborn Music supervision, editing mixing, and mastering by Nico Rivers (www.nicoriversrecording.com) Graphics and Klezmer theme song by Alec Hutson (www.alechutson.com & www.warbirdcreative.com) Website design by Jakob Lazzaro (www.jakoblazzaro.com) Episode photo by Dan Osborn