by Marilla | Jan 15, 2016 | Theatre, Where's Wex?, Yiddish
Yiddish Summer Weimar 2016 seeks puppeteers, performers, actors, dancers, musicians, singers, story tellers, circus folk, drag performers, costume designers and more for the creation of a new interdisciplinary puppet theater/performance piece called “Bobe Mayses:...
by Marilla | Dec 22, 2015 | Where's Wex?, Yiddish
Tomorrow night Wex is giving a lecture at the Mid Manhattan Library as part of Yiddish New York. A look at how and why Jews living in German-speaking areas turned a thoroughly Christianized language into a vehicle for Jewish ideas and values. Although Yiddish shares...
by Wex | Dec 19, 2015 | Where's Wex?, Yiddish
They want me to appear as a Yiddish-speaking Christ child. Come out and see if it happens. Shpet & Shmutsik Kosher Kabaret (Pork Half Off!) presents: Tsu Dayn Geburtstog — A Big Birthday Bash for Yoyzl with Shane Baker and Miryem-Khaye Seigel Special guest:...
by Wex | Nov 9, 2015 | Videos, Where's Wex?, Yiddish
One week today, one day after the panel on Eating Jewish in Canada at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, I’ll be going uptown in New York City to speak on “Pigs, Poultry and Pampers: Yiddish and Religious Tradition” at Columbia University. The lecture is...
by Marilla | May 6, 2015 | Articles, Interviews, News, Where's Wex?, Yiddish
Wex gets interviewed by the Australian Jewish News about Yiddish, The Stooges and stand-up comedy. When people think of Moe, Larry and Curly, they rarely think of Yiddish. But should they? In one of my lectures, I’ve focused on the pivotal role of the Three Stooges in...
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...
