Our guest today is Rejza Turner, a visiting graduate student passionate about Yiddish language pedagogy and the curation and translation of little-known Yiddish texts. She has found new inspiration in the energetic and learned community of Yiddish scholars in Poland.
Some of the questions we asked Rejza: What brought you to Poland, and, more specifically, to Wrocław? Who have you worked with here and how do you feel they have influenced your work as a translator from Yiddish? Does being in Poland make you a better translator?
Your host is Barbara Pendzich, a lecturer at the Taube Department on the history of Jews in medieval and early modern Poland. She also helps out in the Department’s administrative office.
Rejza Turner’s scholarly research focuses on the role of the American Yiddish press as a semi-private space for “internal” conversation among Eastern European Jewish immigrants at the turn of the last century. Rejza's academic home base is the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
"Jews and other Poles" - because we at the Taube Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław are convinced that the history and culture of Jews are an integral part of the history and culture of Poland. Our podcast is for anyone looking for new takes on the multi-national and multi-religious history of Poland. Our host for the Polish language episodes is Tomek Duda, who teaches Hebrew at the Taube Department. He talks with faculty and friends of Jewish Studies in Wrocław about Jewish history and culture and what it tells us about multiculturalism, inclusiveness, and tolerance, which we all feel strongly about and which relate to every minority culture everywhere. Our English language episodes are hosted by Barbara Pendzich, who lectures at the Taube Department and helps out in the Admin Office.Lean in, listen, and learn!
Jakub Wilk – our producer and lecturer at the Department of Journalism at the University of Wrocłąw. For more information about him go to https://dziennikarstwo.uni.wroc.pl/en/instytut/wykadowcy/pracownicy/jakub-wilk/
Semira Jassim – our graphic artist and top rate advisor on the art of podcasting. For more information on her go to https://www.linkedin.com/in/semira-jassim/
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