A short interview in Yiddish and English with a Cambodian-American Yiddish student. The California Institute for Yiddish Culture & Language (CIYCL) is a non profit organization dedicated to the revitalization of Yiddish.

Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, the Chief Editor of the new Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary talks about her journey to create such a landmark work. Gitl’s Dictionary talk

CIYCL concert at UCLA Hillel on April 10, 2016 – Judy Bressler, featured vocalist singing music by S. Polonski. Recorded April 10, 2016.

Presented by Mark Smith, Ph.D., Recorded 9/18/17.

The unsung Professor Setsuzo Kotsuji had a life-long fascination with Jewish culture and his heroic intervention during the Holocaust helped to ensure the lives of thousands of Jewish refugees. Talk by Prof. Yoshigi Hirose of Notre Dame Seishin University, Okayama, Japan. Recorded May 22, 2016.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Yiddish But Forgot to Ask Your Bubbie: A Friendly Gentile’s Guide, with the dynamic Shane Baker, June 12, 2016, LA Central Library.

First time release, leading expert in Yiddish Theatre Sabell Bender enlightens through this entertaining talk with dramatic readings from popular Yiddish plays (in English).