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Camp Nayvelt – finally online

Wex is pretty famous for his unique brand of story-telling/stand-up. Now for the first time online we have a really great recording of his piece "Camp Nayvelt" which describes how he didn't go to the progressive Yiddish summer camp. It was performed at the 2009 Klezkamp Roadshow as part of the Conney Project on Jewish Arts at the University of Wisconsin. All of the Klezkamp Roadshow 2009 concert videos...

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Wex Reads from Micah Mushmelon – Part 3

On October 24th 2007 The Adventures of Micah Mushmelon, Boy Talmudist had its official launch at Heliconian Hall, Toronto. In this third of five videos Wex reads from the book, specifically about the Hipster Rebbe. Filmed by TACIT...

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Wex Reads from Micah Mushmelon – Part 2

On October 24th 2007 The Adventures of Micah Mushmelon, Boy Talmudist had its official launch at Heliconian Hall, Toronto. In this second of five videos Wex explains how the title character got his name and why. Filmed by TACIT...

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Wex Reads from Micah Mushmelon – Part 1

On October 24th 2007 The Adventures of Micah Mushmelon, Boy Talmudist had its official launch at Heliconian Hall, Toronto. In this first of five videos, Wex explains how he came to write the book and Beatriz Hausner from Quattro Press talks about how she met Wex and why she wanted to publish Micah Mushmelon for the first time in English. Filmed by TACIT...