Michael Wex In Action

Michael Wex

In Yiddish - on the Radio

For the first half of 2006 Michael Wex recorded thirteen five-minute pieces in Yiddish for The Forward Hour, a Yiddish radio show from the Forward newspaper. Here the dates of the shows he appeared on:

June 24
June 17
June 3
May 27
May 20
May 6
April 29
April 1
March 25
March 11
March 4
February 26
February 18

To hear these shows, please click here.

In English - on the Radio

Wex has been interviewed many times on the radio and television, in the US, Canada and Australia. Here are a couple of our favorites:

Click here to hear Wex interviewed by Terry Gross on Fresh Air for NPR.

Click here to hear Wex interviewed on Michael Feldman’s “Whad’Ya Know?” PBS radio show (it starts about six and a half minutes into the show.

In English - on Television

Click here to see Wex interviewed by Al Roker on The Today Show.

In English - online

To read the guest blog Wex did for Powell's Books go to this page.

To see an example of Michael's MCing at a Klezkanada concert click on the video below where Wex muses on the news that a Belgian lending library is planning to lend people......

To see Michael's performance at the Klezkamp staff concert click on the video below where you can see Wex give his rendition of that 90s classic I'm Too Sexy.

To read Wex's articles go to this page.

In English and Yiddish - Online

Click here to read the New York Times blog entry for the panel discussion Wex took part in about the future of Yiddish at the Museum of the City of New York.

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