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Episode Ten: "'Excuse me,' I hear the heated voice of a woman who came with quiet, almost silent steps to my desk." June 7, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "Who is Guilty?" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center and read by Eleanor Reissa. These recordings are based on newspaper reporter Sarah B. Smith’s serialized pieces which covered New York city's courtrooms. Due to the space constraints of a newspaper column, each story had to be short, and as Dan Setzer, the translator of these work, notes, Smith had to paint her characters with a few deft master strokes to make us see them as whole individuals. "Who is Guilty?" was published in Yiddish in New York by Literature Publishers in 1919. Copyright for the translation Dan Setzer, 2017 Copyright for the recording Yiddish Book Center, 2022. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. This program is presented as part of Yiddish Book Center's 2022 Decade of Discovery: Women in Yiddish. May 16, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "Who is Guilty?" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center and read by Eleanor Reissa. These recordings are based on newspaper reporter Sarah B. Smith’s serialized pieces which covered New York city's courtrooms. Due to the space constraints of a newspaper column, each story had to be short, and as Dan Setzer, the translator of these work, notes, Smith had to paint her characters with a few deft master strokes to make us see them as whole individuals. "Who is Guilty?" was published in Yiddish in New York by Literature Publishers in 1919. Copyright for the translation Dan Setzer, 2017 Copyright for the recording Yiddish Book Center, 2022. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. This program is presented as part of Yiddish Book Center's 2022 Decade of Discovery: Women in Yiddish.

Episode Nine: "A regular type from the old prison system, a true product of criminality was this bowed old man who was sitting in the defendant's table..." May 31, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "Who is Guilty?" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center and read by Eleanor Reissa. These recordings are based on newspaper reporter Sarah B. Smith’s serialized pieces which covered New York city's courtrooms. Due to the space constraints of a newspaper column, each story had to be short, and as Dan Setzer, the translator of these work, notes, Smith had to paint her characters with a few deft master strokes to make us see them as whole individuals. "Who is Guilty?" was published in Yiddish in New York by Literature Publishers in 1919. Copyright for the translation Dan Setzer, 2017 Copyright for the recording Yiddish Book Center, 2022. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. This program is presented as part of Yiddish Book Center's 2022 Decade of Discovery: Women in Yiddish. May 16, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "Who is Guilty?" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center and read by Eleanor Reissa. These recordings are based on newspaper reporter Sarah B. Smith’s serialized pieces which covered New York city's courtrooms. Due to the space constraints of a newspaper column, each story had to be short, and as Dan Setzer, the translator of these work, notes, Smith had to paint her characters with a few deft master strokes to make us see them as whole individuals. "Who is Guilty?" was published in Yiddish in New York by Literature Publishers in 1919. Copyright for the translation Dan Setzer, 2017 Copyright for the recording Yiddish Book Center, 2022. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. This program is presented as part of Yiddish Book Center's 2022 Decade of Discovery: Women in Yiddish.

Episode Eight: "It was all about a mere twenty-two dollars..." May 23, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "Who is Guilty?" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center and read by Eleanor Reissa. These recordings are based on newspaper reporter Sarah B. Smith’s serialized pieces which covered New York city's courtrooms. Due to the space constraints of a newspaper column, each story had to be short, and as Dan Setzer, the translator of these work, notes, Smith had to paint her characters with a few deft master strokes to make us see them as whole individuals. "Who is Guilty?" was published in Yiddish in New York by Literature Publishers in 1919. Copyright for the translation Dan Setzer, 2017 Copyright for the recording Yiddish Book Center, 2022. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. This program is presented as part of Yiddish Book Center's 2022 Decade of Discovery: Women in Yiddish.

Episode Seven: "The accused seemed very familiar to me. Where do I know him from? The question hammered in my head the whole time he stood waiting for his turn..." May 16, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "Who is Guilty?" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center and read by Eleanor Reissa. These recordings are based on newspaper reporter Sarah B. Smith’s serialized pieces which covered New York city's courtrooms. Due to the space constraints of a newspaper column, each story had to be short, and as Dan Setzer, the translator of these work, notes, Smith had to paint her characters with a few deft master strokes to make us see them as whole individuals. "Who is Guilty?" was published in Yiddish in New York by Literature Publishers in 1919. Copyright for the translation Dan Setzer, 2017 Copyright for the recording Yiddish Book Center, 2022. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. This program is presented as part of Yiddish Book Center's 2022 Decade of Discovery: Women in Yiddish.

Episode Six: "He is a gangster and she is his girlfriend. He steals and she keeps the loot. He shoots and she keeps the revolver. He watches out for himself and she helps him..." May 8, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "Who is Guilty?" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center and read by Eleanor Reissa. These recordings are based on newspaper reporter Sarah B. Smith’s serialized pieces which covered New York city's courtrooms. Due to the space constraints of a newspaper column, each story had to be short, and as Dan Setzer, the translator of these work, notes, Smith had to paint her characters with a few deft master strokes to make us see them as whole individuals. "Who is Guilty?" was published in Yiddish in New York by Literature Publishers in 1919. Copyright for the translation Dan Setzer, 2017 Copyright for the recording Yiddish Book Center, 2022. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. This program is presented as part of Yiddish Book Center's 2022 Decade of Discovery: Women in Yiddish.

Episode Five: "When her trial for assaulting her husband began, everyone knew that she shot him. She, herself, had admitted that she aimed the revolver at his chest, and she was really sorry that the bullet didn't kill him..." May 3, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "Who is Guilty?" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center and read by Eleanor Reissa. These recordings are based on newspaper reporter Sarah B. Smith’s serialized pieces which covered New York city's courtrooms. Due to the space constraints of a newspaper column, each story had to be short, and as Dan Setzer, the translator of these work, notes, Smith had to paint her characters with a few deft master strokes to make us see them as whole individuals. "Who is Guilty?" was published in Yiddish in New York by Literature Publishers in 1919. Copyright for the translation Dan Setzer, 2017 Copyright for the recording Yiddish Book Center, 2022. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. This program is presented as part of Yiddish Book Center's 2022 Decade of Discovery: Women in Yiddish

Episode Four: "A friend asked me: “Why don't you write a comedy sometime? Surely you must hear a lot of funny stories in court.” I agreed with him, but it is difficult. Court is a building of tears and misfortune; There is where your soul stripped naked. There, even the comedies are tragedies..." April 25, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "Who is Guilty?" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center and read by Eleanor Reissa. These recordings are based on newspaper reporter Sarah B. Smith’s serialized pieces which covered New York city's courtrooms. Due to the space constraints of a newspaper column, each story had to be short, and as Dan Setzer, the translator of these work, notes, Smith had to paint her characters with a few deft master strokes to make us see them as whole individuals. "Who is Guilty?" was published in Yiddish in New York by Literature Publishers in 1919. Copyright for the translation Dan Setzer, 2017 Copyright for the recording Yiddish Book Center, 2022. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. This program is presented as part of Yiddish Book Center's 2022 Decade of Discovery: Women in Yiddish

Episode Three: "In the early morning when their trial started, the courtroom was almost empty. Aside from the relatives of the young defendants, there was hardly anyone else. Who would be interested in the trial of a couple of little thieves?" April 18, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "Who is Guilty?" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center and read by Eleanor Reissa. These recordings are based on newspaper reporter Sarah B. Smith’s serialized pieces which covered New York city's courtrooms. Due to the space constraints of a newspaper column, each story had to be short, and as Dan Setzer, the translator of these work, notes, Smith had to paint her characters with a few deft master strokes to make us see them as whole individuals. "Who is Guilty?" was published in Yiddish in New York by Literature Publishers in 1919. Copyright for the translation Dan Setzer, 2017 Copyright for the recording Yiddish Book Center, 2022. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. This program is presented as part of Yiddish Book Center's 2022 Decade of Discovery: Women in Yiddish.

Episode Two: "A quiet excitement was evident in the court house this early morning. One said to the other: “Today an eleven-year-old child will send his father to the electric chair! Today a child with testify before a judge how his brutal father murdered his mother..." April 10, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "Who is Guilty?" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center and read by Eleanor Reissa. These recordings are based on newspaper reporter Sarah B. Smith’s serialized pieces which covered New York city's courtrooms. Due to the space constraints of a newspaper column, each story had to be short, and as Dan Setzer, the translator of these work, notes, Smith had to paint her characters with a few deft master strokes to make us see them as whole individuals. "Who is Guilty?" was published in Yiddish in New York by Literature Publishers in 1919. Copyright for the translation Dan Setzer, 2017 Copyright for the recording Yiddish Book Center, 2022. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Episode One: "When the “murder” occurred, the newspapers were full of a police scandal that captured the attention of almost the whole country..." April 5, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "Who is Guilty?" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center and read by Eleanor Reissa. These recordings are based on newspaper reporter Sarah B. Smith’s serialized pieces which covered New York city's courtrooms. Due to the space constraints of a newspaper column, each story had to be short, and as Dan Setzer, the translator of these work, notes, Smith had to paint her characters with a few deft master strokes to make us see them as whole individuals. "Who is Guilty?" was published in Yiddish in New York by Literature Publishers in 1919. Copyright for the translation Dan Setzer, 2017. Copyright for the recording Yiddish Book Center, 2022. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Episode 12: In this final episode, Klara is imprisoned at The Fortress, a harsh newly built prison in the Lithuanian Castle. She corresponds with Lipa who succeeds in a daring escape from prison. With only a few days left until her release, Klara falls seriously ill and is sent to the filthy prison hospital. December 29, 2020 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "The Last Maximalist" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center. The twelve-part audio series is based on the memoir of Klara Klebanova, a middle class Jewish teenager who becomes a Maximalist revolutionary fighting for the rights of peasants and factory workers during the first Russian Revolution of 1905. Copyright in the English Translation is held by Peter Kleban copyright 2019. Translation by Caraid O’Brien. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information about the Radiocast, visit https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/maximalist.

Episode 11: Klara and her surviving Maximalist comrades finally face a trial after 20 months languishing in prison. December 22, 2020 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "The Last Maximalist" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center. The twelve-part audio series is based on the memoir of Klara Klebanova, a middle class Jewish teenager who becomes a Maximalist revolutionary fighting for the rights of peasants and factory workers during the first Russian Revolution of 1905. Copyright in the English Translation is held by Peter Kleban copyright 2019. Translation by Caraid O’Brien. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information about the Radiocast, visit https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/maximalist.

Episode 10: Klara tells the tragic fate of her brave comrade, the beautiful singer Tolia Ragozinnikova, who is determined to escape prison and seek revenge against her captors. December 16, 2020 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "The Last Maximalist" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center. The twelve-part audio series is based on the memoir of Klara Klebanova, a middle class Jewish teenager who becomes a Maximalist revolutionary fighting for the rights of peasants and factory workers during the first Russian Revolution of 1905. Copyright in the English Translation is held by Peter Kleban copyright 2019. Translation by Caraid O’Brien. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information about the Radiocast, visit https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/maximalist.

Episode 9: Klara introduces us to some of her fellow political prisoners, including Olga Nasanova, the tragic leader of a failed sailor’s rebellion; Trofimova, a teenage girl abused by the police; and Tolia Ragozinnikova, a charming young singer. December 10, 2020 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "The Last Maximalist" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center. The twelve-part audio series is based on the memoir of Klara Klebanova, a middle class Jewish teenager who becomes a Maximalist revolutionary fighting for the rights of peasants and factory workers during the first Russian Revolution of 1905. Copyright in the English Translation is held by Peter Kleban copyright 2019. Translation by Caraid O’Brien. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information about the Radiocast, visit www.yiddishbookcenter.org/maximalist.

Episode 8: Klara describes her first ordeal in jail, including frequent interrogations by the head of the Secret Police as well as an abusive guard. December 3, 2020 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "The Last Maximalist" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center. The twelve-part audio series is based on the memoir of Klara Klebanova, a middle class Jewish teenager who becomes a Maximalist revolutionary fighting for the rights of peasants and factory workers during the first Russian Revolution of 1905. Copyright in the English Translation is held by Peter Kleban copyright 2019. Translation by Caraid O’Brien. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information about the Radiocast, visit www.yiddishbookcenter.org/maximalist.

Episode 7: Klara and her comrade Lukich are followed by spies from the Russian Secret Police while smuggling dynamite from Finland into Russia. November 24, 2020 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "The Last Maximalist" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center. The twelve-part audio series is based on the memoir of Klara Klebanova, a middle class Jewish teenager who becomes a Maximalist revolutionary fighting for the rights of peasants and factory workers during the first Russian Revolution of 1905. Copyright in the English Translation is held by Peter Kleban copyright 2019. Translation by Caraid O’Brien. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information about the Radiocast, visit www.yiddishbookcenter.org/maximalist.

Episode 6: Following an underground Maximalist conference in Helsinki, Finland, The Bear gives Klara a dangerous new assignment. November 18, 2020 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "The Last Maximalist" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center. The twelve-part audio series is based on the memoir of Klara Klebanova, a middle class Jewish teenager who becomes a Maximalist revolutionary fighting for the rights of peasants and factory workers during the first Russian Revolution of 1905. Copyright in the English Translation is held by Peter Kleban copyright 2019. Translation by Caraid O’Brien. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information about the Radiocast, visit www.yiddishbookcenter.org/maximalist.

Episode 5: Klara describes several expropriations carried out by the Maximalists, including the most lucrative one at Fonary Lane in Saint Petersburg. November 12, 2020 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "The Last Maximalist" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center. The twelve-part audio series is based on the memoir of Klara Klebanova, a middle class Jewish teenager who becomes a Maximalist revolutionary fighting for the rights of peasants and factory workers during the first Russian Revolution of 1905. Copyright in the English Translation is held by Peter Kleban copyright 2019. Translation by Caraid O’Brien. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information about the Radiocast, visit www.yiddishbookcenter.org/maximalist.

Episode 4: As a propagandist for the Maximalist party, Klara pursues her mission to convert factory workers to the Maximalist cause, competing with Democratic Socialists, Socialist Revolutionaries, and Anarchists for new members. She sees firsthand the horrendous living conditions of miners in the Ukraine, where she travels hoping to secure dynamite for the Maximalist cause. November 5, 2020 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "The Last Maximalist" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center. The twelve-part audio series is based on the memoir of Klara Klebanova, a middle class Jewish teenager who becomes a Maximalist revolutionary fighting for the rights of peasants and factory workers during the first Russian Revolution of 1905. Copyright in the English Translation is held by Peter Kleban copyright 2019. Translation by Caraid O’Brien. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information about the Radiocast, visit www.yiddishbookcenter.org/maximalist.

Episode 3: Klara travels to Bialystok, the headquarters of the Maximalists. For the first time, she faces the class struggle within her own revolutionary party. Her Yiddish speaking comrades who grew up in poverty see her as a spoiled little rich girl, no matter how hard she tries to prove otherwise. Later, she has a dangerous encounter with soldiers in the Polish woods. October 29, 2020 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts "The Last Maximalist" is an episodic radiocast produced by the Yiddish Book Center. The twelve-part audio series is based on the memoir of Klara Klebanova, a middle class Jewish teenager who becomes a Maximalist revolutionary fighting for the rights of peasants and factory workers during the first Russian Revolution of 1905. Copyright in the English Translation is held by Peter Kleban copyright 2019. Translation by Caraid O’Brien. The Yiddish Book Center's Radiocast is a production of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information about the Radiocast, visit www.yiddishbookcenter.org/maximalist.