Caraid O'Brien's guest appearances

Caraid O'Brien

The Shmooze, The Yiddish Book Center's Podcast

Film Forum Presents

Shane Baker

Alex Gibney

Ethan Hawke

Sarah Jessica Parker

Toni Morrison

Justin Cammy

Eddy Portnoy

Thurston Moore

Jeremy Dauber

Abigail Pogrebin

Oliver Sacks

Richard E. Grant

Anna Karina

Elisabeth Moss

David Kaufman

OwlTail

Caraid O'Brien joined us in the studio this week. Caraid is a writer, Yiddish translator, and performer who first began learning Yiddish as a Yiddish Book Center intern in 1994. Early in her career she received three new play commissions from the Foundation for Jewish Culture for her translations of classic Yiddish plays. Most recently, she translated the memoirs of Klara Klebanova, a Russian-Jewish revolutionary maximalist. Over the course of our conversation, we learn that Caraid studied Yiddish theater and performance with Luba Kadison Buloff, the last surviving member of the Vilna Troupe, and we hear about her current work translating "Sholem Asch: Plays of My People," a collection of four dramas that explore Jewish identity from the acclaimed playwright of "God of Vengeance."Episode 0226July 31, 2019Yiddish Book CenterAmherst, Massachusetts

Caraid O'Brien joined us in the studio this week. Caraid is a writer, Yiddish translator, and performer who first began learning Yiddish as a Yiddish Book Center intern in 1994. Early in her career she received three new play commissions from the Foundation for Jewish Culture for her translations of classic Yiddish plays. Most recently, she translated the memoirs of Klara Klebanova, a Russian-Jewish revolutionary maximalist. Over the course of our conversation, we learn that Caraid studied Yiddish theater and performance with Luba Kadison Buloff, the last surviving member of the Vilna Troupe, and we hear about her current work translating "Sholem Asch: Plays of My People," a collection of four dramas that explore Jewish identity from the acclaimed playwright of "God of Vengeance." Episode 0226 July 31, 2019 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

Episode 0226: "Caraid O'Brien: Yiddish Translator, Actor, and Writer"

THE DYBBUK - Shane Baker with / HER SECOND MOTHER - Caraid O'Brien

Caraid O’Brien, an accomplished writer, performer, director, translator, and a Yiddish Book Center alumna speaks with us about her work on and off the stage. An accomplished translator, her translation from the Yiddish of Sholem Asch’s "God of Vengeance" “set Show World aflame” according to the Village Voice. She is a three-time recipient of a new play commission from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture for her contemporary adaptation of Dovid Pinski’s Yiddish classic "Jake the Mechanic" as well as for the first-ever English translations of Sholem Asch’s underworld plays "Motke Thief" and "The Dead Man". Currently, Caraid is performing in the New Yiddish Rep’s world premiere of Eugene Ionesco’s "Rhinoceros". Episode 0158September 26, 2017Yiddish Book CenterAmherst, Massachusetts

Caraid O’Brien, an accomplished writer, performer, director, translator, and a Yiddish Book Center alumna speaks with us about her work on and off the stage. An accomplished translator, her translation from the Yiddish of Sholem Asch’s "God of Vengeance" “set Show World aflame” according to the Village Voice. She is a three-time recipient of a new play commission from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture for her contemporary adaptation of Dovid Pinski’s Yiddish classic "Jake the Mechanic" as well as for the first-ever English translations of Sholem Asch’s underworld plays "Motke Thief" and "The Dead Man". Currently, Caraid is performing in the New Yiddish Rep’s world premiere of Eugene Ionesco’s "Rhinoceros". Episode 0158 September 26, 2017 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

Episode 0158- Caraid O'Brien: On and Off the Stage