The 'Yiddish Voice' Podcast

The 'Yiddish Voice' Podcast

by The Yiddish Voice
Society & Culture

Katz, Zaks, Beinfeld: Current Events Roundtable

Roundtable discussion of current events, including the American and Israeli elections, COVID-19, and antisemetism in Eastern Europe. Participating in the discussion are Professor Dovid Katz, a Vilna-based Yiddish scholar and activist in the field of Holocaust history and human rights; Avremi Zaks, radio journalist and host of Israel's weekly Yiddish radio show Kan Yiddish; and Sholem Beinfeld, a regular contributor to the Yiddish Voice, co-Editor in Chief of the Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, and Professor of History, Emeritus, Washington University, St. Louis. Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: December 23, 2020
Dec 24, 2020
1:00:11

Miriam Udel: Honey on the Page

Interview with Miriam Udel, editor and translator of Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children's Literature (NYU Press, October 2020). Additional info from publisher: https://nyupress.org/9781479874132/honey-on-the-page/ Miriam Udel is associate professor of Yiddish language, literature, and culture at Emory University, where she studies the Jewish encounter with modernity. She holds an AB in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University, as well as a PhD in Comparative Literature from the same institution. For more information visit her web site: http://miriamudel.com Udel was interviewed by regular Yiddish Voice contributor Lillian ("Leah") Shporer-Leavitt, who prepared by reading the English translation as well as the Yiddish original from scans of old books. Leavitt is an experienced Yiddish teacher and translator, and is currently offering Yiddish language classes on "Zoom" at Boston Workers Circle (https://www.circleboston.org/yiddishclasses). From our archive: for Hanukkah: Miriam Libenson gives a tribute to Ben Gailing (http://www.yiddishvoice.com/gailing/), reading excerpts from his book Git A Shmeykhl. Originally recorded and aired in 1993 on Di Yidishe Sho (WBRS 100.1 FM/Waltham, MA). Music: Sidor Belarsky: Oy Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh Jacob Barkin: Chanuko oy Chanuko Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air Date: December 2, 2020
Dec 3, 2020
1:02:43

Khanedank / Thanksgivukkah 2013! Special rebroadcast!

Khanedank / Thanksgivukkah 2013! Special rebroadcast! We rebroadcast/restreamed our 2013 special live broadcast from Weds Nov 27 2013, which that year occurred on the eve of both the USA Thanksgiving holiday and the first day of Hanukkah. Here's part of our press press release for that show: "Erev Thanksgivukkah" Live! Wednesday Night on the Yiddish Voice WUNR 1600-AM/Boston 11/27/13 7:30 PM Internationally renowned Yiddish music master Hankus Netsky joins several musical friends live in-studio on "The Yiddish Voice" (WUNR 1600-AM, Boston) on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at 7:30 PM, to celebrate "Erev Thanksgivukkah", the eve of both Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah, an extremely rare occurrence in Jewish and American calendars. Hanukkah music, as well as music giving thanks for America, will be played live. Dr. Hankus Netsky, chair of the Contemporary Improvisation Department at the New England Conservatory, founder and director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, and musical director, producer and arranger for "Eternal Echoes," Itzhak Perlman's acclaimed Jewish music project, featuring cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot. He has composed extensively for film, theater, and television, and has also collaborated on projects with such artists as Robin Williams, Joel Grey, and Theodore Bikel. Besides Netsky, additional anticipated musical guests include Henry Carrey, Linda Gritz, and Dina Ressler. Henry Carrey is a veteran Yiddish actor and singer, as well as the son of Leah Carrey, known on the Yiddish stage as Leyke Post, the late longtime Boston Jewish radio celebrity. Linda Gritz is a founding member of the Boston Workmen's Circle Yiddish Chorus, and leads monthly Yiddish singalongs in Brookline. Dobe (Dena) Ressler is bandleader, cofounder, and clarinetist of Di Bostoner Klezmorim (yiddishmusic.com). Air Date: November 25, 2020
Nov 29, 2020
59:48

Eleanor Reissa Discusses Holocaust Podcast

This week's Yiddish Voice presents an interview with Eleanor Reissa, narrator of Those Who Were There, a new podcast from Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust are the subjects of the podcast, which just released its second season featuring witness interviews conducted by New York's Museum of Jewish Heritage. Eleanor Reissa is a singer, actress, director, and writer, on both the English and Yiddish stages. In the interview Reissa discusses not only the podcast and her role in it, but also her own connection to the Holocaust as the daughter of Holocaust survivors, as well as a look back and an update on her work as an actress and singer. Eleanor Reissa's website: http://www.eleanorreissa.com/ For more information on THOSE WHO WERE THERE: VOICES FROM THE HOLOCAUST, visit thosewhowerethere.org or visit Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/those-who-were-there-voices-from-the-holocaust/id1479564642 Music: Eleanor Reissa: Zol Zayn Eleanor Reissa: Der Nayer Sher Eleanor Reissa: Yidl Mitn Fidl Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air Date: November 18, 2020
Nov 19, 2020
59:53

Extended Interview with Luzer Twersky on the 2020 Election (Bonus Podcast)

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Luzer Twersky, actor in Yiddish and American Theatre and Film (on Twitter as @Twersky). Twersky grew up speaking Yiddish in a Chassidic home in Boro Park but left that life behind as a young adult, cutting most ties with his family and community. He now works as an actor in film, television, and theater, performing both in Yiddish- and English-speaking roles. Twersky appears as one of the three subjects of the recent documentary One of Us, recently released on Netflix, which chronicles his and two others' break from Chassidic life. Recently, he performed on the Yiddish stage in New York in the role of Sam Feinschreiber in Awake and Sing! (Yiddish title: Vakh Oyf Un Zing), which was presented by the New Yiddish Rep theater company at New York's 14th Street Y in Union Square. A shorter version of this interview was originally aired on the Yiddish Voice radio show aired October 28 2020 and in episode 218 of The 'Yiddish Voice' Podcast with title "2020 Election Discussed by Holocaust Survivors et al". The first 11 min. 1 sec. are the same as in the originally aired radio show/podcast. The remainder is new, previously unreleased audio.
Nov 3, 2020
23:39

Extended Interview with Jake Turx on the 2020 Election (Bonus Podcast)

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Jake Turx, senior Whitehouse correspondent for Ami Magazine (on Twitter as @JakeTurx) A shorter version of this interview was originally aired on the Yiddish Voice radio show aired October 28 2020 and in episode 218 of The 'Yiddish Voice' Podcast with title "2020 Election Discussed by Holocaust Survivors et al". The first 11 min. 17 sec. are the same as in the originally aired radio show/podcast. The remainder is new, previously unreleased audio.
Nov 3, 2020
30:35

2020 Election Discussed by Holocaust Survivors et al

Holocaust survivors and several others discuss the 2020 United States presidential election. Guests include: Bronia Brandman, a survivor originally from Jaworzno, Poland, not far from Auschwitz (Oświęcim); David Lenga, a survivor originally from Lodz, Poland; Carol Stulberg, a child of survivors and Senior Advisor for Leadership Giving at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Jake Turx, senior Whitehouse correspondent for Ami Magazine (on Twitter as @JakeTurx); Luzer Twersky, actor in Yiddish and American Theatre and Film (on Twitter as @Twersky); and Sholem Beinfeld, cohost of The Yiddish Voice and Professor of History (Emeritus) at Washington University (St. Louis) as well as Co-Chief Editor of the Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary. The Yiddish Voice (Dos Yidishe Kol / דאָס ייִדישע קול), Boston's weekly Yiddish-language radio show, is heard in the Boston area every Wednesday on WUNR 1600 AM from 7:30 to 8:30 PM (Eastern) and live-streamed on the Internet at www.yiddishvoice.com. Air date: October 28, 2020 PSSST: Like our show? Want to show your love? Here's how: rate and review The Yiddish Voice on Apple Podcasts. Thank you!
Oct 29, 2020
59:50

Myer Loketch z'l, Hasia Segal z'l, Iosif Lakhman z'l: Best of Succos, Shemini Atseres, Simchas Torah

In this time Chol Hamoed, between Succos and Shemini Atseres/Simchas Torah, we hear and remember three late great participants in the Yiddish Voice: Rav Myer Loketch z'l: on Succos, from our archive, originally recorded and aired in 2006 Hasia Segal z'l and Iosif Lakhman z'l: Rosh Hashonah greetings from our archives Lovely New Year's greetings from friends, supporters, and participants in The Yiddish Voice: Tanya Lefman/American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (AAJHS) of Greater Boston Eli Dovek/Israel Book Shop Cheryl Moore/Moore Family/Cheryl Ann's Bakery Max Gelerman z"l/Gelerman Family/The Butcherie Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, chair of the board of the League for Yiddish/Yidish-Lige Hy Wolfe, director of the Hebrew Actors Foundation and CYCO Books Kolya Borodulin, director of Arbeter Ring-Workers Circle Yiddish Program Sholem Beinfeld, cohost and co-chief editor of Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary Dovid Braun, cohost and Director of YIVO Summer Program Motl Murstein, friend and frequent guest Leah Shporer-Leavitt, cohost and Yiddish teacher at Boston Arbeter Ring-Workers Circle Rabbi Leyzer Maimon, Young Israel of Mill Basin, Brooklyn, NY Music: Yiddisher Orchestra: Simchast Torah (instrumental) Choral Society Hasomir: Die Sukele Sidor Belarsky: Sisu V'Simchu B'Simchas Torah Sholom Katz: Moleh Rachamim Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz We wish you all the best for a healthy, happy New Year. Wishing you much joy of Succos! לשנה טובֿה - אַ גוט געזונט יאָר - גמר חתימה טובֿה אַ פֿריילעכן יום-טובֿ סוכּות, שמיני עצרת און שמחת תורה Thanks to our 2020 High Holiday sponsors! American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (AAJHS) of Greater Boston Workers Circle https://www.circle.org/ Israel Book Shop https://www.israelbookshop.com/ The Butcherie https://www.butcherie.com/ Cheryl Ann's Bakery http://cherylannsbakery.com/ League for Yiddish http://www.leagueforyiddish.org/ Hebrew Actors Foundation http://hebrewactorsfoundation.org/ CYCO Books https://www.facebook.com/groups/307415619354386 Air Date: October 7, 2020
Oct 9, 2020
1:03:53

Avremi Zaks (Cont), Miriam Libenson z'l on Succos & Simchas Torah

Highlights: Israeli Yiddish radio host Avremi Zaks's interview with Sholem Beinfeld continues and concludes. From our archive, from the 1990's, Miriam Libenson talks all about Succos and Simchas Torah, reads an article about Succos by Ben Gailing, sings the song A Sukele, and is briefly interviewed about Succos, sharing somewhat mixed feelings she'd had as a child. Lovely New Year's greetings from friends, supporters, and participants in The Yiddish Voice: Tanya Lefman/American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (AAJHS) of Greater Boston Eli Dovek/Israel Book Shop Cheryl Moore/Moore Family/Cheryl Ann's Bakery Max Gelerman z"l/Gelerman Family/The Butcherie Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, chair of the board of the League for Yiddish/Yidish-Lige Hy Wolfe, director of the Hebrew Actors Foundation and CYCO Books Kolya Borodulin, director of Arbeter Ring-Workers Circle Yiddish Program Sholem Beinfeld, cohost and co-chief editor of Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary Dovid Braun, cohost and Director of YIVO Summer Program Music: Leibele Waldman: Der Nyer Yohr Yiddisher Orchestra: Simchast Torah (instrumental) Malavsky Family: Zachor and Tefilas Geshem Suki Berry, et al: A Sukele Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz We wish you all the best for a healthy, happy New Year. Wishing you much joy of Succos! לשנה טובֿה - אַ גוט געזונט יאָר - גמר חתימה טובֿה אַ פֿריילעכן סוכּות Thanks to our 2020 High Holiday sponsors! American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (AAJHS) of Greater Boston Workers Circle https://www.circle.org/ Israel Book Shop https://www.israelbookshop.com/ The Butcherie https://www.butcherie.com/ Cheryl Ann's Bakery http://cherylannsbakery.com/ League for Yiddish http://www.leagueforyiddish.org/ Hebrew Actors Foundation http://hebrewactorsfoundation.org/ CYCO Books https://www.facebook.com/groups/307415619354386 Air Date: September 30, 2020
Oct 1, 2020
1:01:04

Kolya Borodulin, Avremi Zaks (Cont), Gitu Cycowicz, et al: Rosh Hashona-Yom Kipur amid COVID-19

Rosh Hashona and Yom Kipur, the Jewish new year holidays, as well as COVID-19, are a constant theme throughout this show, which features two terrific interviews, along with greetings and announcements by sponsors, friends, and participants in The Yiddish Voice. Highlights: Interview with Kolya Borodulin, director of Workers Circle/Arbeter Ring Yiddish programming, now registering for Fall 2020 classes, all available via interactive audio/video over the Internet! Info: https://circle.org/what-we-do/yiddish-language/ Interview (continued from last week) with Avremi Zaks, presenter for the Yiddish-language radio program of Kan, the Israeli public broadcasting corporation, interviewed by Sholem Beinfeld, regular contributor to the Yiddish Voice. For Israeli Yiddish radio program announcements, visit the "Yiddish Radio" page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/181106619326190/ Gitu Cycowicz, a Holocaust survivor originally from Chust, Czechoslovakia, and now an Israeli, gives an extended greeting from her home in Jerusalem Lovely New Year's greetings from friends, supporters, and collaborators: Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, chair of the board of the League for Yiddish/Yidish-Lige Hy Wolfe, director of the Hebrew Actors Foundation and CYCO Books Tanya Lefman/Holocaust Survivors of Greater Boston Eli Dovek/Israel Book Shop Max Gelerman z"l/Gelerman Family/The Butcherie Cheryl Moore/Moore Family/Cheryl Ann's Bakery Kolya Borodulin, director of Arbeter Ring-Workers Circle Yiddish Program Rabbi Leyzer Maimon, Young Israel of Mill Basin, Brooklyn, NY Leah Shporer-Leavitt, cohost and Yiddish teacher at Boston Arbeter Ring-Workers Circle Sholem Beinfeld, cohost and co-chief editor of Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary Dovid Braun, cohost and Director of YIVO Summer Program Music: Leybele Waldman: Der Nayer Yor Goldie Malavsky: Zochreinu L'Chayim Josef Rosenblatt: Kol Nidre Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz We wish you all the best for a healthy, happy New Year. לשנה טובֿה - אַ גוט געזונט יאָר - גמר חתימה טובֿה Thanks to our 2020 High Holiday sponsors! Workers Circle https://www.circle.org/ Israel Book Shop https://www.israelbookshop.com/ The Butcherie https://www.butcherie.com/ Cheryl Ann's Bakery http://cherylannsbakery.com/ League for Yiddish http://www.leagueforyiddish.org/ Hebrew Actors Foundation
Sep 24, 2020
1:01:19
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