Listen "A historian's warning | Anna Shternshis"
Episode Synopsis
Link to video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/hKN0_75EuqEAnna Shternshis is a Professor of Yiddish studies and the director of the department of Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto and the author of "Soviet and Kosher", "When Sonia Met Boris" and the forthcoming "Jews in the soviet union: post war life, hopes and fears". In this interview we talk about the fascinating history of the Jews of the Soviet Union, the oral histories Anna collected from Yiddish (and non-Yiddish) speakers born before 1929, and the Yiddish songs she recovered from during the holocaust.Some links for Anna Shternshis here:Soviet and Kosher: https://amzn.to/4irTnT6When Sonia Met Boris: https://amzn.to/4bxypzCHer project to set holocaust songs to lyrics, titled Yiddish Glory: https://www.yiddishglory.com/Link to the University of Toronto: https://german.utoronto.ca/anna-shternshis/Twitter: https://x.com/shternshBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-frieda-vizel-podcast--5824414/support.
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