by Marilla | Jun 1, 2013 | Interviews, Yiddish
From Mrs. Wex: When Arvind Mahankali won the Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word “knaidel”, the celebration I had anticipated never materialized. I envisaged universal excitement at the fact that a Yiddish word was partly...
by Marilla | May 20, 2013 | Interviews
Last week Wex was interviewed by Tamara Kramer for the Shtetl on the Shortwave show in Montreal about why the Joseph Opatoshu novel “In the Forests of Poland” is worth translating and preserving for future generations to enjoy. To listen to the fifteen...
by Wex | May 8, 2013 | Interviews, News
If you speak Yiddish, or even if you don’t, you can hear me talking to Mark David about Opatoshu and the Indiegogo campaign on his popular Yiddish radio show, Yiddish Web, tonight, May 8, between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. EDT. Just click the link and press...
by Marilla | Aug 30, 2012 | Daybooks of Dyspepsia, Interviews, Where's Wex?
It’s been awfully quiet on this website of late. That’s because Wex is busy writing his new book on Jewish food. However, this Monday you will have a chance to see him live at the 2012 Ashkenaz Festival. The event, entitled “Heartburn is History:...
by Marilla | Jun 3, 2011 | Interviews, Videos, Yiddish
At Klezkamp last December Wex was interviewed by Pauline Katz as part of the Wexler Oral History Project for the Yiddish Book Center. In this short clip he tells the story of how Esther Shumiatcher, a Yiddish poet from Calgary, funded her career through the sale of...
by Marilla | Mar 17, 2011 | Interviews, Videos, Where's Wex?
Back in February Wex was interviewed by Doris Epstein on Mensch Life about his new novel The Frumkiss Family Business. If you are reading this blog post in your email – please click on the link to see the video. Michael Wex appears on Mensch Life from Marilla...
