by Marilla | Oct 5, 2010 | The Frumkiss Family Business
Michael Wex reads from his new novel The Frumkiss Family Business. In this final of four extracts we hear how Elyokim Faktor’s funeral is besieged by Yankee Gallstone fans and almost hijacked by Allan Milner at the graveside… Thanks to the Ashkenaz...
by Marilla | Sep 28, 2010 | The Frumkiss Family Business
Michael Wex reads from his new novel The Frumkiss Family Business. In this third of four extracts we meet Allan Milner, ethnomusicologist, Yankee Gallstone fan and Eloykim Faktor’s self-appointed biographer. Thanks to the Ashkenaz Festival for hosting the...
by Marilla | Sep 21, 2010 | The Frumkiss Family Business
Michael Wex reads from his new novel The Frumkiss Family Business. In this second of four extracts we meet the Frumkiss children – Vanessa and the twins, Rachel and Randall. Thanks to the Ashkenaz Festival for hosting the book’s launch. Michael Wex reads...
by Marilla | Sep 14, 2010 | The Frumkiss Family Business
Michael Wex reads from his new novel The Frumkiss Family Business. In this first of four extracts we meet the Frumkiss children’s grandfather Elyokim Faktor – Yiddish author and the voice of dodo puppet star Yankee Gallstone. Thanks to the Ashkenaz...
by Marilla | Jun 16, 2010 | Interviews, Videos, Yiddish
Here’s an interview Wex did following the publication of How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck). In it he talks to Rebecca Brighton about how not to be a shmuck and how Yiddish language informs Jewish culture.
by Marilla | May 26, 2010 | Interviews, Videos
In December 2005 Wex appeared on the Today Show with Al Roker. Al starts by talking to regular Joes in the Carnegie Deli to find out how much Yiddish they know. He then interviews Wex about why he wrote Born to Kvetch. Wex explains how kvetching can be cathartic, the...
