https://simplecast.com The Dybbukast What do poems, plays, and other creative texts from throughout history tell us about the times in which they were written? And what do they reveal about the forces still at play in our contemporary societies? Using interviews with artists and scholars combined with readings performed by actors, The Dybbukast examines and gives context to creative works while exploring their relationships to issues still present today. ​ The Dybbukast is produced by theatre dybbuk. While the company is no longer producing full seasons, it will continue to use this platform to present live recordings of its illuminated lectures – which share The Dybbukast format – as they are available. 2025 theatre dybbuk en Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:12 +0000 https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast The Dybbukast https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/319bbecc-c20a-4e32-8d81-b77682c43a49/b5ee6fe7-9f77-4051-a41c-674fe3744a7d/3000x3000/dybbukast-2022-2.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast episodic What do poems, plays, and other creative texts from throughout history tell us about the times in which they were written? And what do they reveal about the forces still at play in our contemporary societies? Using interviews with artists and scholars combined with readings performed by actors, The Dybbukast examines and gives context to creative works while exploring their relationships to issues still present today. ​ The Dybbukast is produced by theatre dybbuk. While the company is no longer producing full seasons, it will continue to use this platform to present live recordings of its illuminated lectures – which share The Dybbukast format – as they are available. theatre dybbuk false https://feeds.simplecast.com/wR9d_ikc diaspora, culture, jewish, theater, theatre, jewish history, literature, jewish literature, jewish arts theatre dybbuk info@theatredybbuk.org b71594fe-e275-4d4c-9c31-b7ea19024239 Dracula: Antisemitism and British Gothic Literature This episode features a discussion between theatre dybbuk's artistic director, Aaron Henne, and Professor Carol Margaret Davison about Bram Stoker's Dracula, exploring the ways in which the societal concerns present at the time of its publication intersect with the prejudices and beliefs that are embedded in the text.

Professor Davison acted as a consulting scholar on theatre dybbuk's new world premiere production, Dracula (Annotated), which Aaron wrote and directed, and which opens in Los Angeles on September 26, 2025 then tours to Tucson and Cincinnati in the weeks that follow. In the piece, the company uses a unique blend of scholarly investigation and heightened theatricality to weave together the gothic characters and plot of Dracula with references to the forces at play in Victorian England that are still timely today.

This episode is a rebroadcast of an online Zoom event that was recorded live on August 10, 2025, as presented by the Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program and hosted by Shirel Horovitz. The program was edited for the podcast by Julie Lockhart and Mark McClain Wilson. You can learn more about the Jewish Community Scholar Program at www.occsp.net.

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]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast This episode features a discussion between theatre dybbuk's artistic director, Aaron Henne, and Professor Carol Margaret Davison about Bram Stoker's Dracula, exploring the ways in which the societal concerns present at the time of its publication intersect with the prejudices and beliefs that are embedded in the text.

Professor Davison acted as a consulting scholar on theatre dybbuk's new world premiere production, Dracula (Annotated), which Aaron wrote and directed, and which opens in Los Angeles on September 26, 2025 then tours to Tucson and Cincinnati in the weeks that follow. In the piece, the company uses a unique blend of scholarly investigation and heightened theatricality to weave together the gothic characters and plot of Dracula with references to the forces at play in Victorian England that are still timely today.

This episode is a rebroadcast of an online Zoom event that was recorded live on August 10, 2025, as presented by the Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program and hosted by Shirel Horovitz. The program was edited for the podcast by Julie Lockhart and Mark McClain Wilson. You can learn more about the Jewish Community Scholar Program at www.occsp.net.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Dracula: Antisemitism and British Gothic Literature theatre dybbuk 01:04:37 antisemitism, the wandering jew, bram stoker, dracula, british literature, gothic literature false full 2 5 0fed9919-9690-4ecf-a33d-6c2ce0fe1a5c Radio, Propaganda, and The War of the Worlds This illuminated lecture features Professor Paul Lerner as he discusses the famous 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles of "The War of the Worlds" vis-à-vis analysis from Austrian Jewish media researcher (and later advertising exec) Herta Herzog, who studied audience reactions to the broadcast and argued that the tensions of the time – the rise of fascist movements, the growing likelihood of war – agitated listeners and predisposed them to believe the fabricated threat from the skies, despite Welles’ assurances that the broadcast was a hoax.

This episode was recorded as a live presentation on September 1st, 2024 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

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]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast This illuminated lecture features Professor Paul Lerner as he discusses the famous 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles of "The War of the Worlds" vis-à-vis analysis from Austrian Jewish media researcher (and later advertising exec) Herta Herzog, who studied audience reactions to the broadcast and argued that the tensions of the time – the rise of fascist movements, the growing likelihood of war – agitated listeners and predisposed them to believe the fabricated threat from the skies, despite Welles’ assurances that the broadcast was a hoax.

This episode was recorded as a live presentation on September 1st, 2024 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

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]]> Radio, Propaganda, and The War of the Worlds theatre dybbuk 01:10:04 war of the worlds, weimar republic, psychology in advertising, herta herzog, early radio, orson welles, paul lazarsfeld, early radio in europe, golden age of radio false full 1 5 f786a29d-c2a5-4f02-9a80-f77fc98a7817 Hymn of the Majestic This illuminated lecture features Alan Niku as he seeks to answer these questions: How did Jews in Persia participate in Sufism before and after the appearance of Kabbalah? Is Sufism a fundamentally Islamic form of mysticism? And what Sufi influences are still tangible in the practices of Persian Jews today?

This episode was recorded as a live presentation on July 11, 2024 at The Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles.

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]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast This illuminated lecture features Alan Niku as he seeks to answer these questions: How did Jews in Persia participate in Sufism before and after the appearance of Kabbalah? Is Sufism a fundamentally Islamic form of mysticism? And what Sufi influences are still tangible in the practices of Persian Jews today?

This episode was recorded as a live presentation on July 11, 2024 at The Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles.

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]]> Hymn of the Majestic theatre dybbuk 00:49:43 sufism, siman tov melamed, judeo-persian, jewish mysticism, kabbalah, shahin, maimonides, sarmad kashani, mystical poetry, bayha ibn paquda, isaac luria false bonus 4 9c3869de-de7f-4f8c-8cde-77b18e5d28a2 Lilith In this episode, presented in collaboration with The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley, we explore “Lilith,” a short story by Primo Levi, featured in his 1981 collection Moments of Reprieve. Dr. Francesco Spagnolo, Curator of The Magnes Collection and Professor of Music and Jewish Studies at UC Berkeley, discusses the ways in which “Lilith,” with its combination of memoiristic storytelling, sharply drawn characters, and mythic resonances, speaks not only to the work Levi created throughout his career but to Italian Jewish history and beyond.

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]]> Fri, 9 Aug 2024 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this episode, presented in collaboration with The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley, we explore “Lilith,” a short story by Primo Levi, featured in his 1981 collection Moments of Reprieve. Dr. Francesco Spagnolo, Curator of The Magnes Collection and Professor of Music and Jewish Studies at UC Berkeley, discusses the ways in which “Lilith,” with its combination of memoiristic storytelling, sharply drawn characters, and mythic resonances, speaks not only to the work Levi created throughout his career but to Italian Jewish history and beyond.

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]]> Lilith theatre dybbuk 00:38:48 holocaust stories, italian jews, jewish folklore, midrash, italian jewry, primo levi, lilith, buna monowitz, italian literature, auschwitz, holocaust survivor false full 7 4 b8c07ab5-b823-4e53-8188-a5cfd49859bb Fiction without Romance In this episode, presented in collaboration with the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE), we explore Fiction without Romance; or the Locket-Watch, a novel which was written by Maria Polack in the East End of London and published in 1830.

Dr. Heidi Kaufman, Professor of English at the University of Oregon and Regional Museum Educator at OJMCHE, discusses the ways in which the novel, believed to be the first by an Anglo-Jewish writer, upends some of the misconceptions and stereotypes about 19th century life in the East End.

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]]> Fri, 12 Jul 2024 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this episode, presented in collaboration with the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE), we explore Fiction without Romance; or the Locket-Watch, a novel which was written by Maria Polack in the East End of London and published in 1830.

Dr. Heidi Kaufman, Professor of English at the University of Oregon and Regional Museum Educator at OJMCHE, discusses the ways in which the novel, believed to be the first by an Anglo-Jewish writer, upends some of the misconceptions and stereotypes about 19th century life in the East End.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Fiction without Romance theatre dybbuk 00:40:08 19th century feminism, antisemitism, anglo-jew, jewish novel, jewish london, assimilation, 19th century female education, mary wollstonecraft false full 6 4 aa3ba5ce-3a73-46a1-89df-aaf9aa92be4f The Marvelous Puppet Show This illuminated lecture brings together readings from the short play "The Marvelous Puppet Show" by Miguel de Cervantes, published in 1615, with a talk from Dr. Barbara Fuchs, Distinguished Professor of Spanish and English at UCLA and director of Diversifying the Classics. Dr. Fuchs reveals the ways in which Cervantes' uncannily prescient interlude dissects the foibles of belief and belonging and poses uncomfortable questions for the here and now.


This episode was recorded live on April 20, 2024 at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles and is presented in collaboration with Diversifying the Classics at UCLA. The podcast presentation is supported in part by a grant from the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

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]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast This illuminated lecture brings together readings from the short play "The Marvelous Puppet Show" by Miguel de Cervantes, published in 1615, with a talk from Dr. Barbara Fuchs, Distinguished Professor of Spanish and English at UCLA and director of Diversifying the Classics. Dr. Fuchs reveals the ways in which Cervantes' uncannily prescient interlude dissects the foibles of belief and belonging and poses uncomfortable questions for the here and now.


This episode was recorded live on April 20, 2024 at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles and is presented in collaboration with Diversifying the Classics at UCLA. The podcast presentation is supported in part by a grant from the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The Marvelous Puppet Show theatre dybbuk 00:48:20 entremés, lope de vega, inquisition, early modern spanish theatre, comedia, spanish golden age, don quixote false full 5 4 9b03eee5-0b3e-49f0-89f5-41ef36e9cc68 At Newport In this episode, presented in collaboration with Hebrew College, we begin by exploring two poems from the second half of the 19th century by prominent American poets. One, "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is generally thought to have been written during a visit to Newport in 1852 and was then published in 1854. The other, a response to that work by Emma Lazarus, called "In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport," was likely written in 1867 and then published in 1871.

Rabbi Dan Judson, Provost of Hebrew College, discusses how the poem by Lazarus both builds upon and deviates from Longfellow's poem. He also shares about the artistic and ideological journey that Emma Lazarus, as a Jewish American writer, took over the course of her career, using her poem "The Banner of the Jew," published in 1882, as an entry point to understand this journey, and touches on the ways in which her evolution speaks to Jewish identity in America and the American experience overall.

Support for this episode is provided in part by A More Perfect Union: The Jewish Partnership for Democracy.

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]]> Fri, 10 May 2024 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this episode, presented in collaboration with Hebrew College, we begin by exploring two poems from the second half of the 19th century by prominent American poets. One, "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is generally thought to have been written during a visit to Newport in 1852 and was then published in 1854. The other, a response to that work by Emma Lazarus, called "In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport," was likely written in 1867 and then published in 1871.

Rabbi Dan Judson, Provost of Hebrew College, discusses how the poem by Lazarus both builds upon and deviates from Longfellow's poem. He also shares about the artistic and ideological journey that Emma Lazarus, as a Jewish American writer, took over the course of her career, using her poem "The Banner of the Jew," published in 1882, as an entry point to understand this journey, and touches on the ways in which her evolution speaks to Jewish identity in America and the American experience overall.

Support for this episode is provided in part by A More Perfect Union: The Jewish Partnership for Democracy.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> At Newport theatre dybbuk 00:32:47 american poets, the new colossus, sephardic jews, oldest american synagogues, touro synagogue, 19th century american jewish identity, assimilation, statue of liberty, zionism false full 4 4 3ee0d573-4df8-4391-b4e3-66b13d22d8cc Primary Source: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion This guest episode from Primary Source, a limited series podcast from the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University, explores the notorious and fraudulent antisemitic text most commonly known as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, taking a look at its history and its impact on world politics. This episode from our colleagues is a meaningful companion to our popular Season 1 episode, "The Protocols, Henry Ford, and The International Jew," co-produced with the Association for Jewish Studies, which investigated, in part, the ways in which The Protocols were distributed in the United States and beyond.

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]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2024 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast This guest episode from Primary Source, a limited series podcast from the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University, explores the notorious and fraudulent antisemitic text most commonly known as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, taking a look at its history and its impact on world politics. This episode from our colleagues is a meaningful companion to our popular Season 1 episode, "The Protocols, Henry Ford, and The International Jew," co-produced with the Association for Jewish Studies, which investigated, in part, the ways in which The Protocols were distributed in the United States and beyond.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Primary Source: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion theatre dybbuk 00:38:48 antisemitism, josh tapper, great replacement, eric ward, pavel krushevan, conspiracy theory, emily tamkin, lily sloane, deep state, elissa bemporad, talia lavin, george soros, steven zipperstein, replacement theory false bonus 4 bbbbabc3-50bb-4f77-add0-18dc738e68f9 The Merchant of Venice: Annotated Dr. Jennifer Wells, former Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs at the George Washington University, takes us through the social, economic, and political landscape of Elizabethan England as Aaron Henne, the writer and director of our latest work, The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad, and artistic director of theatre dybbuk, illuminates that history's impact on our interpretation of Shakespeare's Merchant.

This episode is presented in collaboration with the George Washington University Department of History. 

This is the third and final episode in our series connected to concepts that intersect with The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad. That production combines text from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice with Elizabethan history and news from 2020 to the present. In doing so, it seeks to illuminate how, during times of upheaval, some people may place blame for their anxieties on an “other.”

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]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2024 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast Dr. Jennifer Wells, former Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs at the George Washington University, takes us through the social, economic, and political landscape of Elizabethan England as Aaron Henne, the writer and director of our latest work, The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad, and artistic director of theatre dybbuk, illuminates that history's impact on our interpretation of Shakespeare's Merchant.

This episode is presented in collaboration with the George Washington University Department of History. 

This is the third and final episode in our series connected to concepts that intersect with The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad. That production combines text from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice with Elizabethan history and news from 2020 to the present. In doing so, it seeks to illuminate how, during times of upheaval, some people may place blame for their anxieties on an “other.”

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The Merchant of Venice: Annotated theatre dybbuk 00:43:19 false full 3 4 aadd75e6-a53d-4a2e-b901-26c84f8e1cce The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare in Performance This illuminated lecture brings together work from Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, Visiting Scholar at Portland State University and scholar-in-residence at the Portland Shakespeare Project, with readings of excerpts from Shakespeare's Merchant and other related materials. Dr. Pollack-Pelzner takes up the question: “Why perform The Merchant of Venice?" and discusses its production history, scholarship related to the work, and his own personal relationship to the play. 

This episode is presented in collaboration with the Shakespeare's First Folio: 1623-2023 Festival at Portland State University and was recorded live as part of the festival on October 26, 2023 during theatre dybbuk's residency in Portland, Oregon.

This is the second in a three episode series connected to concepts that intersect with theatre dybbuk's most recent theatrical work, The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad. That production combines text from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice with Elizabethan history and news from 2020 to the present. In doing so, it seeks to illuminate how, during times of upheaval, some people may place blame for their anxieties on an “other.”

This episode is supported in part by a grant from the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Fri, 9 Feb 2024 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast This illuminated lecture brings together work from Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, Visiting Scholar at Portland State University and scholar-in-residence at the Portland Shakespeare Project, with readings of excerpts from Shakespeare's Merchant and other related materials. Dr. Pollack-Pelzner takes up the question: “Why perform The Merchant of Venice?" and discusses its production history, scholarship related to the work, and his own personal relationship to the play. 

This episode is presented in collaboration with the Shakespeare's First Folio: 1623-2023 Festival at Portland State University and was recorded live as part of the festival on October 26, 2023 during theatre dybbuk's residency in Portland, Oregon.

This is the second in a three episode series connected to concepts that intersect with theatre dybbuk's most recent theatrical work, The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad. That production combines text from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice with Elizabethan history and news from 2020 to the present. In doing so, it seeks to illuminate how, during times of upheaval, some people may place blame for their anxieties on an “other.”

This episode is supported in part by a grant from the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare in Performance theatre dybbuk 00:57:27 antisemitism, elizabethan england, merchant of venice, shylock, shakespeare, jews in england false full 2 4 8a6de8b3-4e82-4637-84a6-37bf6892c7be The Merchant of Venice: Ghetto In this episode, presented in collaboration with the George Washington University Department of History, we examine the history of the word “ghetto" and look at ways that ideas contained in Shakespeare's play overlap with and deviate from that history.

Dr. Daniel Schwartz, Professor of Jewish History at GW, guides us through this exploration, sharing some of the concepts contained in his book, Ghetto: The History of a Word.

This is the first in a three episode series connected to concepts that intersect with theatre dybbuk's most recent theatrical work, The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad. That production combines text from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice with Elizabethan history and news from 2020 to the present. In doing so, it seeks to illuminate how, during times of upheaval, some people may place blame for their anxieties on an “other."

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Fri, 12 Jan 2024 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this episode, presented in collaboration with the George Washington University Department of History, we examine the history of the word “ghetto" and look at ways that ideas contained in Shakespeare's play overlap with and deviate from that history.

Dr. Daniel Schwartz, Professor of Jewish History at GW, guides us through this exploration, sharing some of the concepts contained in his book, Ghetto: The History of a Word.

This is the first in a three episode series connected to concepts that intersect with theatre dybbuk's most recent theatrical work, The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad. That production combines text from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice with Elizabethan history and news from 2020 to the present. In doing so, it seeks to illuminate how, during times of upheaval, some people may place blame for their anxieties on an “other."

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The Merchant of Venice: Ghetto theatre dybbuk 00:31:49 usury, merchant of venice, shylock, shakespeare, immigrant enclaves, venetian ghetto, jewish ghetto, inner city false full 1 4 46eba310-9c2e-499d-a4ab-20eabcb4db01 Studying Sacred Texts In the concluding episode of our five-episode series in partnership with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University and of our third season, we investigate the ways in which students respond to Jewish sacred texts. Throughout the episode, we present readings from the Torah and accompanying responses from students.

Dr. Ziva Hassenfeld, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Assistant Professor of Jewish Education, discusses her work in studying how children develop interpretations of the Hebrew Bible, sharing about both the tensions and the opportunities that exist within learning environments.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Fri, 9 Jun 2023 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In the concluding episode of our five-episode series in partnership with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University and of our third season, we investigate the ways in which students respond to Jewish sacred texts. Throughout the episode, we present readings from the Torah and accompanying responses from students.

Dr. Ziva Hassenfeld, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Assistant Professor of Jewish Education, discusses her work in studying how children develop interpretations of the Hebrew Bible, sharing about both the tensions and the opportunities that exist within learning environments.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Studying Sacred Texts theatre dybbuk 00:28:07 think-aloud interviewing, hebrew school, ethnographic observation, classroom agency, stimulated recall interviewing, bible stories, positive youth development, biblical interpretation, interpretive tradition, second order symbolism, jewish education, torah study false full 7 3 56683c89-1c43-4f47-a1f7-5e95a4483629 The Book of Tahkemoni In this fourth of our five-episode series in partnership with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, we explore The Book of Tahkemoni, a collection of tales written in Hebrew in the early 13th century. Authored by Yehuda Alharizi, who was born in Toledo, Spain in the middle of the 12th century, the book uses the structure of the Arabic literary form known as maqama.

Dr. Jonathan Decter, the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Sephardic Studies, discusses the history of Jews in medieval Spain and shares about the cultural influences and experiences present in Alharizi’s work.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Fri, 12 May 2023 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this fourth of our five-episode series in partnership with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, we explore The Book of Tahkemoni, a collection of tales written in Hebrew in the early 13th century. Authored by Yehuda Alharizi, who was born in Toledo, Spain in the middle of the 12th century, the book uses the structure of the Arabic literary form known as maqama.

Dr. Jonathan Decter, the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Sephardic Studies, discusses the history of Jews in medieval Spain and shares about the cultural influences and experiences present in Alharizi’s work.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The Book of Tahkemoni theatre dybbuk 00:39:27 hebrew literature, arabic literature, sephardic stories, maqama, sephardic, medieval spain, rhyming prose, hebrew poets of spain false full 6 3 25fa5c7e-45c6-4b27-933c-e6635242fa01 The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers In this third of our five-episode series in partnership with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, we continue to explore the diverse interests of the NEJS Department by looking at a text from the beginnings of Christian monasticism in the Byzantine period. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers is a collection of short stories and sayings from and about monks centered in Northern Egypt in the fourth century CE that were recorded in the fifth and sixth centuries.

Dr. Darlene Brooks Hedstrom, the Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Associate Professor of Christian Studies, takes us through the ways in which the collection was developed, the influence it has had, and its intersections with various faith traditions.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Fri, 14 Apr 2023 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this third of our five-episode series in partnership with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, we continue to explore the diverse interests of the NEJS Department by looking at a text from the beginnings of Christian monasticism in the Byzantine period. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers is a collection of short stories and sayings from and about monks centered in Northern Egypt in the fourth century CE that were recorded in the fifth and sixth centuries.

Dr. Darlene Brooks Hedstrom, the Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Associate Professor of Christian Studies, takes us through the ways in which the collection was developed, the influence it has had, and its intersections with various faith traditions.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers theatre dybbuk 00:33:57 byzantine empire, ancient near east, asceticism, early christianity, monasticism, desert spirituality, abba antony, egypt false full 5 3 48665bac-5b8d-48af-9cd0-8078aa5911d7 The Imagined Childhood In this second of our five-episode series with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University (NEJS), we explore "The Imagined Childhood,” a short story originally published in Hebrew in 1979. Written by the prolific 20th-century Iraqi-born Israeli author Shimon Ballas, the story served as an epilogue to a collection of short stories whose narratives intersect with the author's early life in Baghdad.

Dr. Yuval Evri, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and the Marash and Ocuin Chair in Ottoman, Mizrahi, and Sephardic Jewish Studies, takes us through the author's immigrant history and his multilingual engagement in Arabic, Hebrew, and French throughout his body of work.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Fri, 10 Mar 2023 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this second of our five-episode series with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University (NEJS), we explore "The Imagined Childhood,” a short story originally published in Hebrew in 1979. Written by the prolific 20th-century Iraqi-born Israeli author Shimon Ballas, the story served as an epilogue to a collection of short stories whose narratives intersect with the author's early life in Baghdad.

Dr. Yuval Evri, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and the Marash and Ocuin Chair in Ottoman, Mizrahi, and Sephardic Jewish Studies, takes us through the author's immigrant history and his multilingual engagement in Arabic, Hebrew, and French throughout his body of work.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The Imagined Childhood theatre dybbuk 00:31:17 arabic writers, mizarhi, bataween, baghdad, post colonial, heteroglossic, hebrew writers, arab jew, iraqi communist party, maabarot, transit camps, multilingual, iraqi jews false full 4 3 bf766f06-75b7-4e07-84db-51d1a7c043f4 The Chronicles of the Rabbis In this first of our five-episode series with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University (NEJS), we explore a satirical text from 1897 titled The Chronicles of the Rabbis: Being an Account of a Banquet Tendered to “Episcopus” by the Rabbis of New York City upon the Anniversary of his 70th Birthday. Written by J.P. Solomon, the editor of a popular Jewish newspaper, under the pseudonym “Ben F. Rayim,” the text spoofs the banquet thrown that year on the occasion of the 70th birthday of New York’s foremost Reform rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, Gustav Gottheil.

Intercut with readings from the satire, Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna, University Professor and the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, takes us through the text, translating the tensions it presents of a rabbinate on the cusp of change and its intersections with the popular culture of its time.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

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]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2023 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this first of our five-episode series with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University (NEJS), we explore a satirical text from 1897 titled The Chronicles of the Rabbis: Being an Account of a Banquet Tendered to “Episcopus” by the Rabbis of New York City upon the Anniversary of his 70th Birthday. Written by J.P. Solomon, the editor of a popular Jewish newspaper, under the pseudonym “Ben F. Rayim,” the text spoofs the banquet thrown that year on the occasion of the 70th birthday of New York’s foremost Reform rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, Gustav Gottheil.

Intercut with readings from the satire, Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna, University Professor and the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, takes us through the text, translating the tensions it presents of a rabbinate on the cusp of change and its intersections with the popular culture of its time.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The Chronicles of the Rabbis theatre dybbuk 00:35:15 bernard drachman, isaac mayer wise, hebrew standard, jewish theological seminary, william sparger, yeshiva university, tit-willow, stephen s. wise, trefa banquet, temple emanu-el new york, henry pereira mendes, jacob p. solomon, kaufmann kohler, joseph silverman, maurice harris, reform judaism, hebrew union college, gustav gottheil, gilded age new york false full 3 3 439158b0-fddd-4e28-b276-35a973876b00 The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages In this special guest episode from the American Academy of Religion, Dr. Geraldine Heng discusses the obstacles in conceptualizing race in premodernity and the evidence for racialized thinking in the European medieval period. Dr. Heng is professor of English and comparative literature, with a joint appointment in Middle Eastern studies and women’s studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is also the founder and director of the Global Middle Ages Project.

In this interview, she talks with Dr. Kristian Petersen about the research in her book The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages (Cambridge University Press, 2018), which won AAR's 2019 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the category of Historical Studies.

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]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2023 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this special guest episode from the American Academy of Religion, Dr. Geraldine Heng discusses the obstacles in conceptualizing race in premodernity and the evidence for racialized thinking in the European medieval period. Dr. Heng is professor of English and comparative literature, with a joint appointment in Middle Eastern studies and women’s studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is also the founder and director of the Global Middle Ages Project.

In this interview, she talks with Dr. Kristian Petersen about the research in her book The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages (Cambridge University Press, 2018), which won AAR's 2019 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the category of Historical Studies.

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]]> The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages theatre dybbuk 00:26:59 middle ages, race creation, blood libel, critical race theory, race in religion, jews in england, medieval europe, early modern period, saracens false bonus 3 9e67a37c-fa54-47fd-8448-a0f97e4ffe16 Why I Was a Zionist and Why I Now Am Not In this episode, presented in collaboration with the Jewish Museum of Maryland, we share selections from a speech by Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron, which was given at the convention of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in 1937. Portions of this speech are featured along with excerpts from his unpublished autobiography in an article from the Museum's journal, Generations, titled “Why I Was a Zionist and Why I Now Am Not.” A prominent and nationally known leader affiliated with the Reform movement, Morris Lazaron served as rabbi for Baltimore Hebrew Congregation from 1915 through much of 1946, and, later, as rabbi emeritus.

Rabbi Lazaron’s words and work serve as an entry point for us to explore the American Council for Judaism: a non-Zionist, anti-nationalist organization that he co-founded with a group of Reform rabbis in 1942.

Dr. Matt Berkman, visiting professor at Oberlin College in Ohio, takes us through the history, philosophy, and formation of the American Council for Judaism while Rabbi Andrew Busch, current rabbi of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, and Peggy Wolf, Rabbi Lazaron’s granddaughter, share about the rabbi’s life, work, and legacy.

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]]> Fri, 9 Dec 2022 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this episode, presented in collaboration with the Jewish Museum of Maryland, we share selections from a speech by Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron, which was given at the convention of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in 1937. Portions of this speech are featured along with excerpts from his unpublished autobiography in an article from the Museum's journal, Generations, titled “Why I Was a Zionist and Why I Now Am Not.” A prominent and nationally known leader affiliated with the Reform movement, Morris Lazaron served as rabbi for Baltimore Hebrew Congregation from 1915 through much of 1946, and, later, as rabbi emeritus.

Rabbi Lazaron’s words and work serve as an entry point for us to explore the American Council for Judaism: a non-Zionist, anti-nationalist organization that he co-founded with a group of Reform rabbis in 1942.

Dr. Matt Berkman, visiting professor at Oberlin College in Ohio, takes us through the history, philosophy, and formation of the American Council for Judaism while Rabbi Andrew Busch, current rabbi of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, and Peggy Wolf, Rabbi Lazaron’s granddaughter, share about the rabbi’s life, work, and legacy.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Why I Was a Zionist and Why I Now Am Not theatre dybbuk 00:29:18 tolerance tour, jew bill, antinationalism, pittsburgh platform, reform judaism, interwar period, antizionism, zionism false full 2 3 3883704c-c8e2-4506-9ac9-375c609e80b9 Years Have Sped By In this episode, presented in collaboration with the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, we investigate the life and work of the poet Chaya Rochel Andres, who emigrated as a young woman in 1921 from Poland to Dallas, Texas, where she spent most of her adult life. Her story serves as an entry point for us to explore some of the social, political, and cultural dynamics of Jewish life in the South.

Throughout the episode, a variety of poems from Chaya Rochel's body of work are intercut with information about the circumstances of her life, the time in which she lived, and the organization with which she was involved, the Arbeter Ring, which many people now know as the Workers Circle.

Scholarship from the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life includes expertise from Dr. Josh Parshall, Director of History, who discusses Chaya Rochel's work and its connections to the Yiddish speaking world, as well as Jewish life in Eastern Europe and the South, and Nora Katz, Director of Heritage and Interpretation, who speaks about how Chaya Rochel's story intersects with the Jewish history of migration to and within the Southern United States. Also featured in the episode is an interview with Chaya Rochel from 1981, courtesy of the Dallas Jewish Historical Society, in which she shared about her writing and her personal history.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

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]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this episode, presented in collaboration with the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, we investigate the life and work of the poet Chaya Rochel Andres, who emigrated as a young woman in 1921 from Poland to Dallas, Texas, where she spent most of her adult life. Her story serves as an entry point for us to explore some of the social, political, and cultural dynamics of Jewish life in the South.

Throughout the episode, a variety of poems from Chaya Rochel's body of work are intercut with information about the circumstances of her life, the time in which she lived, and the organization with which she was involved, the Arbeter Ring, which many people now know as the Workers Circle.

Scholarship from the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life includes expertise from Dr. Josh Parshall, Director of History, who discusses Chaya Rochel's work and its connections to the Yiddish speaking world, as well as Jewish life in Eastern Europe and the South, and Nora Katz, Director of Heritage and Interpretation, who speaks about how Chaya Rochel's story intersects with the Jewish history of migration to and within the Southern United States. Also featured in the episode is an interview with Chaya Rochel from 1981, courtesy of the Dallas Jewish Historical Society, in which she shared about her writing and her personal history.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Years Have Sped By theatre dybbuk 00:31:51 false full 1 3 be89cda2-1cde-403f-98ec-e52fa9d1b32d Adapting Exagoge The Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian is the earliest documented Jewish play, thought to have been written in Alexandria, Egypt in the second century BCE.  From the fragments that remain, we know that it tells the biblical Exodus narrative in the style of a Greek tragedy. In 2016, theatre dybbuk combined the extant 269 lines with modern-day stories of refugees, immigrants, and other voices from the American experience to form a new adaptation, titled exagoge, that relates the ancient story to contemporary issues.

This episode, presented in collaboration with the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University, features performances from exagoge intercut with a conversation recorded at the annual convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis in March 2022 between theatre dybbuk's artistic director, Aaron Henne, and Dr. Miriam Heller Stern. Dr. Stern, the Vice Provost for Educational Strategy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and founder of Beit HaYozter/the Creativity Braintrust, studied theatre dybbuk’s process alongside Dr. Tobin Belzer during the creation of the adaptation.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

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]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2022 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast The Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian is the earliest documented Jewish play, thought to have been written in Alexandria, Egypt in the second century BCE.  From the fragments that remain, we know that it tells the biblical Exodus narrative in the style of a Greek tragedy. In 2016, theatre dybbuk combined the extant 269 lines with modern-day stories of refugees, immigrants, and other voices from the American experience to form a new adaptation, titled exagoge, that relates the ancient story to contemporary issues.

This episode, presented in collaboration with the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University, features performances from exagoge intercut with a conversation recorded at the annual convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis in March 2022 between theatre dybbuk's artistic director, Aaron Henne, and Dr. Miriam Heller Stern. Dr. Stern, the Vice Provost for Educational Strategy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and founder of Beit HaYozter/the Creativity Braintrust, studied theatre dybbuk’s process alongside Dr. Tobin Belzer during the creation of the adaptation.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Adapting Exagoge theatre dybbuk 00:27:44 arts in education, greek tragedy, youth choir, midian, midianites, exagoge, los angeles theatre, contemporary adaptation, exodus, mythology, classical theatre, phoenix myth, refugees, ensemble theatre, theatre as disruption, harmony project, hellenistic judaism, ezekiel the tragedian false full 8 2 ff1e4c66-3c61-4656-90ec-8814c2c1cd28 Sound in the Silence In our seventh episode of the season, we explore Sound in the Silence, a historical education project that uses the group creation of performance to personalize remembrance on-site where history happened. The project has largely centered on spaces connected to the Holocaust, partnering with a variety of organizations working with young people and community members from throughout Europe. This episode features performed readings from a script created by students as part of the project's first edition in 2011.

Intercut with readings from that script and other related texts is an interview with Sound in the Silence Co-Founder and current Artistic Director Dan Wolf, an artist who works with rap, theater, and personal narrative. He discusses how his own family history intersected with the creation of this project, while also sharing about the work’s long-term impact and the ways in which its collaborative process engages with remembrance.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and was conceived of as a result of a research trip supported by Asylum Arts.

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]]> Fri, 13 May 2022 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In our seventh episode of the season, we explore Sound in the Silence, a historical education project that uses the group creation of performance to personalize remembrance on-site where history happened. The project has largely centered on spaces connected to the Holocaust, partnering with a variety of organizations working with young people and community members from throughout Europe. This episode features performed readings from a script created by students as part of the project's first edition in 2011.

Intercut with readings from that script and other related texts is an interview with Sound in the Silence Co-Founder and current Artistic Director Dan Wolf, an artist who works with rap, theater, and personal narrative. He discusses how his own family history intersected with the creation of this project, while also sharing about the work’s long-term impact and the ways in which its collaborative process engages with remembrance.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and was conceived of as a result of a research trip supported by Asylum Arts.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Sound in the Silence theatre dybbuk 00:31:30 holocaust remembrance, jens huckeriede, group creation, neuengamme, gebrüder wolf, tudelband song, stateless, group devised, memorial sites, ravensbrück, european network remembrance and solidarity, hamburg false full 7 2 c8086e6c-6a5b-4194-a1d9-72cef24305ab The Temple Bombing On October 12, 1958, in the midst of the civil rights movement, a bomb was detonated at The Temple – a synagogue in Atlanta, GA. In our sixth episode of the season, presented in collaboration with The Temple, we explore The Temple Bombing, a play written by Jimmy Maize about the events surrounding that bombing. The play premiered at the Alliance Theatre in 2017 and was inspired by the book of the same name by Melissa Fay Greene.

Featuring readings from the play alongside interviews with Maize as well as Dr. Catherine M. Lewis, Assistant Vice President, Museums, Archives & Rare Books and Professor of History at Kennesaw State University, and Janice Rothschild Blumberg, author, historian, and widow of Rabbi Jacob Rothschild (the leader of the congregation at the time of the bombing), this episode covers the history of Jews in Atlanta and the ways in which the bombing overlapped with issues of belonging, assimilation, and civil rights.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

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]]> Fri, 8 Apr 2022 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast On October 12, 1958, in the midst of the civil rights movement, a bomb was detonated at The Temple – a synagogue in Atlanta, GA. In our sixth episode of the season, presented in collaboration with The Temple, we explore The Temple Bombing, a play written by Jimmy Maize about the events surrounding that bombing. The play premiered at the Alliance Theatre in 2017 and was inspired by the book of the same name by Melissa Fay Greene.

Featuring readings from the play alongside interviews with Maize as well as Dr. Catherine M. Lewis, Assistant Vice President, Museums, Archives & Rare Books and Professor of History at Kennesaw State University, and Janice Rothschild Blumberg, author, historian, and widow of Rabbi Jacob Rothschild (the leader of the congregation at the time of the bombing), this episode covers the history of Jews in Atlanta and the ways in which the bombing overlapped with issues of belonging, assimilation, and civil rights.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The Temple Bombing theatre dybbuk 00:32:07 civil rights movement, atlanta history, leo frank, southern synagogues, georgia history, rabbi david marx, jewish history, lynching, white supremacy, rabbi jacob rothschild, reform synagogue, southern jews false full 6 2 9fd829c1-84c4-45e3-a97d-559f55a3b49e The New World In our fifth episode of the season, presented in collaboration with Lilith magazine, we explore the Yiddish short story “The New World,” written by Esther Singer Kreitman in the first half of the twentieth century. The English translation by Barbara Harshav, which you can hear excerpts from in the episode, was published in Lilith in 1991.

Dr. Anita Norich, Professor Emerita of English and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, takes us through the story, while also discussing the author’s life and the ways in which her work speaks to the themes and complexities in Yiddish literature. She also touches on the role that societal assumptions about gender have played in the lack of awareness around Yiddish fiction written by women.

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]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In our fifth episode of the season, presented in collaboration with Lilith magazine, we explore the Yiddish short story “The New World,” written by Esther Singer Kreitman in the first half of the twentieth century. The English translation by Barbara Harshav, which you can hear excerpts from in the episode, was published in Lilith in 1991.

Dr. Anita Norich, Professor Emerita of English and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, takes us through the story, while also discussing the author’s life and the ways in which her work speaks to the themes and complexities in Yiddish literature. She also touches on the role that societal assumptions about gender have played in the lack of awareness around Yiddish fiction written by women.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The New World theatre dybbuk 00:30:30 singer family, ashkenazi, yiddish women, isaac bashevis singer, sexism, yiddish women writers, homunculus, yiddish short story, yiddish literature, israel joshua singer, esther singer kreitman false full 5 2 4e84a775-a4e3-4215-8556-7e1d37c2f4f6 The St. Thomas Split In our fourth episode of the season, presented in collaboration with The Mervis Chair, Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University Bloomington, we explore a series of letters which document a moment in the late 1860s when opposing viewpoints caused a split in the Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas.

Dr. Laura Leibman, Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College shares about the history of Jews in the Caribbean, and Dr. Judah Cohen, the Lou and Sybil Mervis Professor in the Study of Jewish Culture and Professor of Musicology and Jewish Studies at Indiana University, discusses Jewish life on St. Thomas, the circumstances surrounding the split, and the ways in which this story relates to the complexities of communal identity.

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]]> Fri, 11 Feb 2022 07:59:59 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In our fourth episode of the season, presented in collaboration with The Mervis Chair, Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University Bloomington, we explore a series of letters which document a moment in the late 1860s when opposing viewpoints caused a split in the Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas.

Dr. Laura Leibman, Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College shares about the history of Jews in the Caribbean, and Dr. Judah Cohen, the Lou and Sybil Mervis Professor in the Study of Jewish Culture and Professor of Musicology and Jewish Studies at Indiana University, discusses Jewish life on St. Thomas, the circumstances surrounding the split, and the ways in which this story relates to the complexities of communal identity.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The St. Thomas Split theatre dybbuk 00:35:00 antilles, ashkenazi, hebrew congregation of saint thomas, jewish history, virgin islands, danish west indies, sephardic, reform judaism, epistolary, caribbean jews, danish colonies false full 4 2 4bba0486-7884-49cc-94d9-18a74ff61a62 Sing This at My Funeral In this episode, presented in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University, we investigate Sing This at My Funeral: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons, written by David Slucki and published in 2019. The title of the book references "Di Shvue" – the anthem of the Jewish Labor Bund. Dr. Slucki, the Loti Smorgon Associate Professor in Contemporary Jewish Life and Culture at Monash University, shares with us about his family’s history with the Bund and discusses the ways in which that history speaks to a variety of cultural and societal considerations in Australia and beyond.

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]]> Fri, 14 Jan 2022 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this episode, presented in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University, we investigate Sing This at My Funeral: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons, written by David Slucki and published in 2019. The title of the book references "Di Shvue" – the anthem of the Jewish Labor Bund. Dr. Slucki, the Loti Smorgon Associate Professor in Contemporary Jewish Life and Culture at Monash University, shares with us about his family’s history with the Bund and discusses the ways in which that history speaks to a variety of cultural and societal considerations in Australia and beyond.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Sing This at My Funeral theatre dybbuk 00:30:44 jewish labor bund, marxist, secular jews, chavershaft, di shvue, helfer, polish jews, ashkenazi, the bund, holocaust, doykeit, yiddishism, skif, bundist, melbourne, hereness, democratic socialism false full 3 2 b1399c76-88e9-4a2c-994c-09cab5282b0f The Book of Job Episode 2 of Season 2, presented in collaboration with the Philosophical Research Society (PRS), explores The Book of Job, the biblical text which tells the story of a man who experiences great personal loss. The book has served as a source of contemplation about the nature of life and death, as inspiration for the creation of a variety of artistic works, and as a departure point for theological debates.

Dr. Greg Salyer, President of PRS, takes us through the text, discussing its structure and content, as well as the ways in which it has been interpreted and how those interpretations may have, at times, obscured or misrepresented its meaning. In addition, he illuminates the book's relationship to fundamental human questions about existence.

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]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2021 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast Episode 2 of Season 2, presented in collaboration with the Philosophical Research Society (PRS), explores The Book of Job, the biblical text which tells the story of a man who experiences great personal loss. The book has served as a source of contemplation about the nature of life and death, as inspiration for the creation of a variety of artistic works, and as a departure point for theological debates.

Dr. Greg Salyer, President of PRS, takes us through the text, discussing its structure and content, as well as the ways in which it has been interpreted and how those interpretations may have, at times, obscured or misrepresented its meaning. In addition, he illuminates the book's relationship to fundamental human questions about existence.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The Book of Job theatre dybbuk 00:34:26 book of job, ketuvim, poetic disputation, poetic books, sumerian essential tale, existential literature, tanakh, babylonian theodicy, biblical texts false full 2 2 be831f71-67af-494d-84ce-5fa429d56f8f I Sing and I Pray The second season of The Dybbukast begins with an episode about the life and music of Samy Elmaghribi, presented in collaboration with the Museum of Jewish Montreal. Born Salomon Amzallag to a Jewish family in Morocco in 1922, Samy became a major star in his home country and throughout North Africa performing, composing, and recording both traditional and popular music, and later became a cantor and community leader in Montreal. His life’s journey moves through a broad spectrum of time and space, giving us glimpses into moments in history that shaped generations.

Yolande Amzallag, a professional translator and the founding president of the Samy Elmaghribi Foundation, shares about her father's life and legacy as Dr. Christopher Silver, the Segal Family Assistant Professor in Jewish History and Culture at McGill University and curator at Gharamophone.com, offers insights into Samy's musical history and Dr. Aomar Boum, Professor and Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies at UCLA, discusses the political and cultural experiences that intersected with Samy’s life.

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]]> Fri, 12 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast The second season of The Dybbukast begins with an episode about the life and music of Samy Elmaghribi, presented in collaboration with the Museum of Jewish Montreal. Born Salomon Amzallag to a Jewish family in Morocco in 1922, Samy became a major star in his home country and throughout North Africa performing, composing, and recording both traditional and popular music, and later became a cantor and community leader in Montreal. His life’s journey moves through a broad spectrum of time and space, giving us glimpses into moments in history that shaped generations.

Yolande Amzallag, a professional translator and the founding president of the Samy Elmaghribi Foundation, shares about her father's life and legacy as Dr. Christopher Silver, the Segal Family Assistant Professor in Jewish History and Culture at McGill University and curator at Gharamophone.com, offers insights into Samy's musical history and Dr. Aomar Boum, Professor and Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies at UCLA, discusses the political and cultural experiences that intersected with Samy’s life.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> I Sing and I Pray theatre dybbuk 00:34:18 jewish montreal, moroccan jews, north african music, moroccan independence, andalusian music, moroccan music, immigration false full 1 2 ce9e52d2-2143-428c-9bbe-0c305950a5df The Book of Bovo Bovo-Buch is Elia Levita's 16th century Yiddish treatment of the popular Italian chivalric romance Buovo d’Antona. Chivalric romances, popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe, are narratives which celebrate courtly love and manners and most often feature the adventures of heroic knights going on quests. Bovo-Buch, which was extremely popular among Ashkenazi Jewish communities of the time, adopts and adapts this form to its own purposes and is an example of the convergence that occurs when a narrative is introduced into a new cultural context.

Dr. Erith Jaffe-Berg, Professor of theatre at the Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Production, University of California at Riverside, explains the cultural collision inherent in the book and illuminates its historical context. 

This extended episode is a reimagining of a three-episode series titled “Bovo-Buch: Chivalric Romance, Cultural Collision,” which we originally presented in September 2020 on Judaism Unbound.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Fri, 9 Jul 2021 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast Bovo-Buch is Elia Levita's 16th century Yiddish treatment of the popular Italian chivalric romance Buovo d’Antona. Chivalric romances, popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe, are narratives which celebrate courtly love and manners and most often feature the adventures of heroic knights going on quests. Bovo-Buch, which was extremely popular among Ashkenazi Jewish communities of the time, adopts and adapts this form to its own purposes and is an example of the convergence that occurs when a narrative is introduced into a new cultural context.

Dr. Erith Jaffe-Berg, Professor of theatre at the Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Production, University of California at Riverside, explains the cultural collision inherent in the book and illuminates its historical context. 

This extended episode is a reimagining of a three-episode series titled “Bovo-Buch: Chivalric Romance, Cultural Collision,” which we originally presented in September 2020 on Judaism Unbound.

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]]> The Book of Bovo theatre dybbuk 01:20:19 chivalric romance, italian jews, ashkenazi, bovo buch, yiddish literature false full 9 1 f46b7c7c-30c1-4a1d-82d8-c0827b6055a6 In Defense of Women Written in Italy in the 16th century by Jewish dramatist Leone De' Sommi Portaleone, who also wrote what is considered to be the oldest extant Hebrew-language play, the poem "In Defense of Women" touches on the role of women in drama and reveals a great deal about the cultural considerations and power dynamics of this time when women were coming to the fore on the theatrical stages of Northern Italy, Rome, and Venice in the professional world of the commedia dell’arte.

Intercut with selections from the poem and other works of the era performed by theatre dybbuk actors, Dr. Erith Jaffe-Berg, Professor of theatre at the Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Production, University of California at Riverside, guides us through the text's meaning and its relevance to both historical and contemporary issues of equity and belonging.

The live recording from which this episode was created was presented on May 20, 2021 in collaboration with San Diego Repertory’s Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival (JFEST), with scholar and student participation from the Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Production at the University of California, Riverside.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

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]]> Fri, 11 Jun 2021 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast Written in Italy in the 16th century by Jewish dramatist Leone De' Sommi Portaleone, who also wrote what is considered to be the oldest extant Hebrew-language play, the poem "In Defense of Women" touches on the role of women in drama and reveals a great deal about the cultural considerations and power dynamics of this time when women were coming to the fore on the theatrical stages of Northern Italy, Rome, and Venice in the professional world of the commedia dell’arte.

Intercut with selections from the poem and other works of the era performed by theatre dybbuk actors, Dr. Erith Jaffe-Berg, Professor of theatre at the Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Production, University of California at Riverside, guides us through the text's meaning and its relevance to both historical and contemporary issues of equity and belonging.

The live recording from which this episode was created was presented on May 20, 2021 in collaboration with San Diego Repertory’s Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival (JFEST), with scholar and student participation from the Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Production at the University of California, Riverside.

This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> In Defense of Women theatre dybbuk 00:41:21 isabella andreini, jehuda ben isaac sommo portaleone, magen nashim, leone the jew, ebreo, italian jewry, commedia dell'arte, jewish ghetto, leone de’ sommi false full 8 1 99d2488e-64ff-4f73-9212-3f557d68fd52 Unetaneh Tokef for Black Lives In episode seven, presented in collaboration with Lilith Magazine, we share performed readings from and explore issues intersecting with a piece of writing published in Lilith in 2020 titled “Unetaneh Tokef for Black Lives.” The work takes a liturgical poem which speaks about the nature of existence and is central to the Jewish High Holidays and builds upon it, reimagining it to speak about the killing of Black people in the U.S.

Imani Romney-Rosa Chapman, the founder and director of imani strategies and author of the piece, talks about the work itself while also discussing related historical and societal considerations.

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]]> Fri, 14 May 2021 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In episode seven, presented in collaboration with Lilith Magazine, we share performed readings from and explore issues intersecting with a piece of writing published in Lilith in 2020 titled “Unetaneh Tokef for Black Lives.” The work takes a liturgical poem which speaks about the nature of existence and is central to the Jewish High Holidays and builds upon it, reimagining it to speak about the killing of Black people in the U.S.

Imani Romney-Rosa Chapman, the founder and director of imani strategies and author of the piece, talks about the work itself while also discussing related historical and societal considerations.

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]]> Unetaneh Tokef for Black Lives theatre dybbuk 00:25:39 antisemitism, jews of color, unetaneh tokef, anti-racist, who by fire, teshuvah, rosh hashanah, racism, jewish high holidays, antiracist, days of awe, repentance, yom kippur false full 7 1 f97a6a8a-3634-465f-91fc-23bdea255d46 How to Hide In this episode, presented in collaboration with Lilith Magazine, we share excerpts from and explore issues intersecting with a creative non-fiction essay published in Lilith in 1994 titled “How to Hide: Instructions from a Daughter of Survivors.” The work describes how certain perspectives and life behaviors, influenced by their parents' experiences in the Holocaust, show up for the children of survivors.

Karen Propp, the author of the essay, shares her experiences and points of inspiration for the piece, and Dr. Laura Levitt, a professor of religion, Jewish studies and gender at Temple University, takes us through the ways in which our public discourse around the Holocaust evolved while also discussing relationships to historical trauma.

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]]> Fri, 9 Apr 2021 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In this episode, presented in collaboration with Lilith Magazine, we share excerpts from and explore issues intersecting with a creative non-fiction essay published in Lilith in 1994 titled “How to Hide: Instructions from a Daughter of Survivors.” The work describes how certain perspectives and life behaviors, influenced by their parents' experiences in the Holocaust, show up for the children of survivors.

Karen Propp, the author of the essay, shares her experiences and points of inspiration for the piece, and Dr. Laura Levitt, a professor of religion, Jewish studies and gender at Temple University, takes us through the ways in which our public discourse around the Holocaust evolved while also discussing relationships to historical trauma.

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]]> How to Hide theatre dybbuk 00:30:32 intergenerational trauma, ashkenazi, historical trauma, transgenerational trauma, holocaust, postmemory, children of survivors, holocaust narrative, one generation after false full 6 1 5b8a484d-a4d9-49f7-b7a1-3fb406059e63 A Fine Ford Vehicle In Episode 5, we examined Henry Ford’s publication, The International Jew, and its relationship to “The Protocols.” In this bonus episode, we’re sharing a scene that explores elements of Ford’s publication from our latest theatrical work – still in development – breaking protocols. Set in the 1940s, breaking protocols explores the history behind "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" by presenting it in the context of a vaudevillian entertainment.

In this sequence, you can hear two members of the vaudeville troupe take on the roles of Henry Ford and a spokesmodel as they present ideas from The International Jew as though demonstrating a new Ford automobile in a 1920s advertisement.

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]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2021 04:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In Episode 5, we examined Henry Ford’s publication, The International Jew, and its relationship to “The Protocols.” In this bonus episode, we’re sharing a scene that explores elements of Ford’s publication from our latest theatrical work – still in development – breaking protocols. Set in the 1940s, breaking protocols explores the history behind "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" by presenting it in the context of a vaudevillian entertainment.

In this sequence, you can hear two members of the vaudeville troupe take on the roles of Henry Ford and a spokesmodel as they present ideas from The International Jew as though demonstrating a new Ford automobile in a 1920s advertisement.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> A Fine Ford Vehicle theatre dybbuk 00:06:15 vaudeville, antisemitism, theatre, international jew, henry ford, the protocols, conspiracy theories false bonus 1 cd728953-861f-4d18-862c-2d59c774575e The Protocols, Henry Ford, and The International Jew This special podcast episode, co-produced with The Association for Jewish Studies, explores Henry Ford’s publication of The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem, a four volume series containing newspaper articles which were originally published from 1920-1922. These writings were based on – and included elements of – the notorious, fraudulent text “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”

Dr. Pamela Nadell, professor of Jewish history and director of the Jewish Studies Program at American University, and Dr. Lisa Leff, professor of European and Jewish history at American University, join co-hosts Aaron Henne and Jeremy Shere to examine the ways in which The International Jew intersected with historical antisemitism and the political forces of the time, and how its legacy is still having an impact today.

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]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast This special podcast episode, co-produced with The Association for Jewish Studies, explores Henry Ford’s publication of The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem, a four volume series containing newspaper articles which were originally published from 1920-1922. These writings were based on – and included elements of – the notorious, fraudulent text “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”

Dr. Pamela Nadell, professor of Jewish history and director of the Jewish Studies Program at American University, and Dr. Lisa Leff, professor of European and Jewish history at American University, join co-hosts Aaron Henne and Jeremy Shere to examine the ways in which The International Jew intersected with historical antisemitism and the political forces of the time, and how its legacy is still having an impact today.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> The Protocols, Henry Ford, and The International Jew theatre dybbuk 00:34:03 antisemitism, dearborn independent, international jew, protocols, conspiracy theory, henry ford, protocols of the elders of zion false full 5 1 4a7a7810-69dd-46df-983a-7edb6da5f6e1 The Murdered Jewess Episode four, presented in collaboration with The Contemporary Jewish Museum, explores two murder pamphlets, "The Murdered Jewess Sara Alexander: Life, Trial and Conviction of Rubenstein the Polish Jew" and "Rubenstein, or The Murdered Jewess: Being a Full and Reliable History of This Terrible Mystery of Blood.” Published in 1876, both pamphlets tell the tale of Pesach Rubenstein, a Jewish immigrant who was convicted of killing his cousin, Sara Alexander, and disposing of her body in a cornfield. The case was a sensation in the press and took hold of the popular imagination.

Dr. Eddy Portnoy, Academic Advisor and Director of Exhibitions at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and author of Bad Rabbi and Other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press (Stanford University Press 2017), discusses the story behind the pamphlets as the first significant intersection of Jews, the local and national press, and the American judicial system.

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]]> Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast Episode four, presented in collaboration with The Contemporary Jewish Museum, explores two murder pamphlets, "The Murdered Jewess Sara Alexander: Life, Trial and Conviction of Rubenstein the Polish Jew" and "Rubenstein, or The Murdered Jewess: Being a Full and Reliable History of This Terrible Mystery of Blood.” Published in 1876, both pamphlets tell the tale of Pesach Rubenstein, a Jewish immigrant who was convicted of killing his cousin, Sara Alexander, and disposing of her body in a cornfield. The case was a sensation in the press and took hold of the popular imagination.

Dr. Eddy Portnoy, Academic Advisor and Director of Exhibitions at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and author of Bad Rabbi and Other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press (Stanford University Press 2017), discusses the story behind the pamphlets as the first significant intersection of Jews, the local and national press, and the American judicial system.

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]]> The Murdered Jewess theatre dybbuk 00:38:53 murder pamphlet, 19th century new york, ashkenazi, pulp literature, rubenstein trial, jewish immigration false full 4 1 84af736a-e848-4857-a4ad-a32de673f078 Translation and The Death of My Aunt In episode 3, we featured selections from the English translation of Blume Lempel's short story, "The Death of My Aunt," intercut with an exploration of the narrative's meanings and implications. In this bonus episode, you will hear both Ellen Cassedy's and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub's reflections on the experience of translating the story and the reading of "The Death of My Aunt" in its entirety.

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]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In episode 3, we featured selections from the English translation of Blume Lempel's short story, "The Death of My Aunt," intercut with an exploration of the narrative's meanings and implications. In this bonus episode, you will hear both Ellen Cassedy's and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub's reflections on the experience of translating the story and the reading of "The Death of My Aunt" in its entirety.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> Translation and The Death of My Aunt theatre dybbuk 00:26:01 jewish, jewish literature, yiddish, yiddish literature, translation false bonus 1 e7ec5cb2-5c15-4d8c-b59a-fcdf73a4231a The Death of My Aunt Episode three, presented in collaboration with the Yiddish Book Center, investigates "The Death of My Aunt," a short story written in Yiddish by Blume Lempel and published in 1975. The story moves through time and space as a woman whose aunt has died deals with mourning the loss of this figure whose past came to life as her present grew dim.

Ellen Cassedy and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, whose book Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories includes their English translations of this and many other of Lempel's stories, reveal the intricacies contained within the narrative and discuss the ways in which it touches on immigrant experiences, emotional dislocation, and familial connection.

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]]> Fri, 8 Jan 2021 08:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast Episode three, presented in collaboration with the Yiddish Book Center, investigates "The Death of My Aunt," a short story written in Yiddish by Blume Lempel and published in 1975. The story moves through time and space as a woman whose aunt has died deals with mourning the loss of this figure whose past came to life as her present grew dim.

Ellen Cassedy and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, whose book Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories includes their English translations of this and many other of Lempel's stories, reveal the intricacies contained within the narrative and discuss the ways in which it touches on immigrant experiences, emotional dislocation, and familial connection.

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]]> The Death of My Aunt theatre dybbuk 00:36:43 post-holocaust literature, immigrant experiences, jewish literature, contemporary literature, blume lempel, yiddish, yiddish literature, translation false full 3 1 52516ea4-8ffa-4e6c-a0b3-a01edb06d598 The Book of Enoch Episode two, presented in collaboration with the Philosophical Research Society (PRS), explores The Book of Enoch, an ancient text composed during the Hellenistic period that contains tales of barbarous giants, visions of redemption, and much more.

Dr. Greg Salyer, President of PRS, takes us on a journey through the book’s structure, helping us investigate the spiritual and emotional value of apocalyptic literature as well as the recycling of mythological narratives.

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]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2020 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast Episode two, presented in collaboration with the Philosophical Research Society (PRS), explores The Book of Enoch, an ancient text composed during the Hellenistic period that contains tales of barbarous giants, visions of redemption, and much more.

Dr. Greg Salyer, President of PRS, takes us on a journey through the book’s structure, helping us investigate the spiritual and emotional value of apocalyptic literature as well as the recycling of mythological narratives.

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]]> The Book of Enoch theatre dybbuk 00:39:12 maccabean revolt, myth, enoch, apocalyptic literature, apocalypse, angels and demons, genesis, nephilim, revelation, antiochus epiphanes false full 2 1 7383f6db-8caa-4318-acb4-21574fc6f0a6 I-Tell-You...More In episode 1, we featured portions of essays from the 1926 religious school journal I-Tell-You as well as the short play The Little Hasmoneans (also found in the journal) intercut with commentary by Dr. Miriam Heller Stern. We thought you might like to hear a continuous performance of the play and one of the student essays in full. Please enjoy the essay "How I Got My Name" by Henrietta B. Stein (grade 12)  and The Little Hasmoneans, a seven page play in three acts.

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]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2020 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast In episode 1, we featured portions of essays from the 1926 religious school journal I-Tell-You as well as the short play The Little Hasmoneans (also found in the journal) intercut with commentary by Dr. Miriam Heller Stern. We thought you might like to hear a continuous performance of the play and one of the student essays in full. Please enjoy the essay "How I Got My Name" by Henrietta B. Stein (grade 12)  and The Little Hasmoneans, a seven page play in three acts.

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]]> I-Tell-You...More theatre dybbuk 00:18:20 play, theatre, hanukkah, chanukah, maccabee, hasmoneans, theater false bonus 1 432e2734-d7c8-4806-988b-8b7c83162c00 I-Tell-You This first episode, presented in collaboration with Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), features selections from a children's play found in I-Tell-You, a 1926 religious school journal from Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia. The episode also includes essays from the publication written by both students and clergy.

Dr. Miriam Heller Stern, National Director, School of Education and Associate Professor of HUC-JIR, helps us unpack the journal’s meaning and what it has to say about education, assimilation, cultural expression of identity, and the complications of community.

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]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2020 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast This first episode, presented in collaboration with Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), features selections from a children's play found in I-Tell-You, a 1926 religious school journal from Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia. The episode also includes essays from the publication written by both students and clergy.

Dr. Miriam Heller Stern, National Director, School of Education and Associate Professor of HUC-JIR, helps us unpack the journal’s meaning and what it has to say about education, assimilation, cultural expression of identity, and the complications of community.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

]]> I-Tell-You theatre dybbuk 00:45:20 1920s, education, hanukkah, chanukah, interwar period, maccabees, assimilation false full 1 1 9a24f2c4-b798-4740-a03a-3c384dd12934 Introducing The Dybbukast The Dybbukast, a project of theatre dybbuk, uses interviews with artists and scholars combined with performed readings to examine and contextualize novels, mythological narratives, poems, plays, and other writings from throughout history. The Dybbukast also explores what these works reveal about the forces still at play in our contemporary world. Look for new episodes the second Friday of every month.

Founded in 2011 by Artistic Director Aaron Henne, theatre dybbuk creates provocative new works that blend physical theatre with dance, poetry, and music for exciting, utterly singular live experiences. The company explores the rich world of Jewish folklore, rituals, and history, building lyrical performances that illuminate universal human experience for contemporary audiences.

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]]> Fri, 6 Nov 2020 05:00:00 +0000 info@theatredybbuk.org (theatre dybbuk) https://www.theatredybbuk.org/podcast The Dybbukast, a project of theatre dybbuk, uses interviews with artists and scholars combined with performed readings to examine and contextualize novels, mythological narratives, poems, plays, and other writings from throughout history. The Dybbukast also explores what these works reveal about the forces still at play in our contemporary world. Look for new episodes the second Friday of every month.

Founded in 2011 by Artistic Director Aaron Henne, theatre dybbuk creates provocative new works that blend physical theatre with dance, poetry, and music for exciting, utterly singular live experiences. The company explores the rich world of Jewish folklore, rituals, and history, building lyrical performances that illuminate universal human experience for contemporary audiences.

Learn more at theatredybbuk.org/podcast.

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