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Fresh Air, Stefan Kanfer and Jody Rosen, January 2, 2007
- Length: 51 mins
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Summary
Writer Stefan Kanfer and journalist Jody Rosen, on this edition of Fresh Air. Kanfer's new book is Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Mishugas of the Yiddish Theater in America. It's about the glory days of Yiddish theater in the late 19th and early 20th century. Kanfer was a writer and editor at Time magazine for 20 years and is the author of many books including biographies of Lucille Ball and Groucho Marx. Then, Jody Rosen, who has put together an album called Jewface. It's the first anthology of Jewish minstrel songs. Tracks include "Cohen Owes Me 97 Dollars", "I'm a Yiddish Cowboy" and other long lost hits from the vaudeville stage of the early 20th century. Rosen is the music critic for Slate.com and also writes for The Nation. He's the author of the book White Christmas: The Story of an American Song. [Broadcast Date: January 2, 2007]
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