The 'Yiddish Voice' Podcast

The 'Yiddish Voice' Podcast

by The Yiddish Voice
Society & Culture

Jana Mazurkiewicz-Meisarosh; Shvues

Jana Mazurkiewicz-Meisarosh is a Ph.D. candidate in the Slavic Department of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her dissertation research is on Yiddish Theater in Communist Warsaw. Originally from Poland, Jana holds a Master of Arts degree in Polish Philology and Jewish Studies from the University of Wrocław. Jana combines her Yiddish academic research with theater and community activism. Professionally experienced in acting, directing, and playwriting, she wrote the play "Hiltserne Milkhomes" (“Wooden Wars”) in Yiddish and produced it for stage in Ann Arbor in 2013-2014. In October 2017, she moved to San Diego and launched the Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America - YAAANA (website: yaaana.org), which has as its goal, Jana has said, "to make Yiddish culture hip, modern, and interesting". Jana is interested in Yiddish both as a stage language and as a means of exploring the current state of Polish-Jewish relationships. From the archive Shavuos 2017: Rav Izchak Kin: thoughts on Yiddish, the Yom-Tov Shavuos, and some Q and A. Music Pripetshik Singers: Shvues-lid (words and music by Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman) Louis Danto: Shvues Moshe Koussevitzky: Kortuz M'Chomer (for Yom-Tov Shavuos) Mordechai Hershman: Toire is die Beste Schoire Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: June 5, 2019
Jun 6, 2019
1:00:14

Yom Yerusholayim, Shvues & Yisroel Radios Mikhoel Felsenbaum

Enjoy a wonderful new presentation by Mikhoel Felsenbaum just aired on Israel's Yiddish broadcast on broadcaster Kan. Kan Yiddish: https://www.kan.org.il/radio/program.aspx?progId=1136 - Michael Felsenbaum Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/michael-felsenbaum Presentation for Shavuos by Miriam Libenson z"l, originally aired on the Yiddish Voice in the 1990's A short interview with Rav Izchak Kin: his personal memories of Jerusalem Music happenings were discussed, FYI: in Bostoner gegnt: morgen, Donershtik, May 30 2019 at 7:30 PM A Besere Velt Yiddish Community Chorus Conductor: Derek David Featring Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell (antony mordkhe-tsvi russell) Morgen: Thursday, May 30 2019 at 7:30 PM - Elliot Church, 474 Centre Street, Newton Corner info: 617-566-6281 or circleboston.org in Bronx: Zuntik dem 2tn yuni 1:30 - 4:30 nokh mitog 7th Annual Sholem Aleichem Klezfest info: Facebook: Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center-Bronx in NYC, Sunday, June 16, 2019, 3:00 p.m. https://www.thejppc.org/concerts.html Yiddish Flavors of Love: A Musical Celebration Songs sung in Yiddish with English supertitles Conductor: Binyumen Schaechter info: thejppc.org/concerts.html in Amherst fun 11tn bizn 14tn yuli: Yidstock Festival Mit Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird, Vira Lozinsky & Hankus Netsky, Eleanor Reissa and Frank Lonon, Klezmatics, Sore-Mine Gordon, un andere info: https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/yidstock Music Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman: Shvues-lid Louis Danto: Shvues Anthony Russell & Veretski Pass: Stranger (take-off on Avrom Reisen's Mai-Ko-Mashma-Lon) Cindy Paley: Shvues Sholom Katz: Yerosholayim Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: May 29, 2019
Jun 1, 2019
1:00:19

Best of Yom Ha'atzmaut, with Felsenbaum, Zak, Bryks-Klein, Portnoy, London, Cycowics, Galai

אַ פֿריילעכן יום העצמאות (Happy Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence Day))! We re-air some more or less recently aired interviews with Israelis in honor of Yom Ha'atzmaut: Michael Felsenbaum and Avremi Zak discuss latest Israeli news, and Bella Bryks-Klein and Avremi Zak discuss upcoming Yiddish events in Israel. Previously broadcast, May 5 2019, by Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation's Kann Yiddish, archived here: https://soundcloud.com/michael-felsenbaum/03052019a and here: https://www.kan.org.il/radio/program.aspx?progId=1136 Pesye Portnoy, interviewed by Arieh London ז״ל, originally aired on Kol Israel Radio, Yiddish Service, in Jan 2008. Gitu Cycowics (nee Friedman), an Israeli, a resident of Jerusalem, from Carpathian Czechoslovakia and an Auschwitz survivor, discusses her joy around the 70th Yom Haatsmaut. Originally aired on the Yiddish Voice Apr 24 2018. Daniel Galai, the composer, Yiddish activist, and head of Leyvik Hoyz in Tel Aviv, discusses concerns about Yiddish in Israel, and especially Yiddish on Israeli radio. Originally aired on the Yiddish Voice June 14 2017. Israel Songs: Barry Sisters: Exodus Dovid Esheth: Yerusholayim, Shtot fun Gold (music Naomi Shemer, origin Hebrew lyrics Naomi Shemer, Yiddish translation Leyb Olitski) Sholom Katz: Shalom Shalom Yisroyl Dovid Esheth: Yerusholayim Shel Barzel (music Naomi Shemer, lyrics Meir Ariel) Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: May 8, 2019
May 9, 2019
59:43

Rokhl Zicherman and Other Holocaust Survivors for Yom HaShoah

Interviews for Yom HaShoah Rokhl Zicherman lives in Los Angeles and is an Auschwitz survivor from Carpathian Czechoslovakia. She loves to sing with her two sisters who don't live very close, but they often talk by phone. Here she sings In Auschwitzer Lager, describing a fate common to many the many teenagers from this region who were deported to Auschwitz in 1944: being separated from their mothers who were killed at Auschwitz, often due to holding on to younger children of theirs. She also sings a Holocaust 'Dem Milners Trern', a Holocaust version of the song Dem Milner's Trern, written by Mark Varshavski around the turn of the 20th century. Gitu Cycowics (nee Friedman), an Israeli, a resident of Jerusalem, from Carpathian Czechoslovakia and an Auschwitz survivor, discusses her fear for when survivors are gone. Previously aired on the Yiddish Voice Apr 24 2018 in a program in honor of 70th Yom Haatsmaut. Raye David (nee Shlosberg), now in Milwaukee, Holocaust survivor from Vilna, Poland. Recorded end of 2010 and previously aired on the Yiddish Voice in 2011. Ann Monka (nee Khane Stolovitska), now in Northern New Jersey, originally from Lida (לידע‎), survived in Bielsky Brothers camp in the forest. She recalls the movie Defiance coming out, how she and other Bielsky survivors came to a special premier at New York Museum of Jewish Heritage, how everyone loved it. We play a recording of her singing the Partizan's Song (Zog Nit Keyn Mol). (The song was aired on the Yiddish Voice last week. A longer version of the interview was previously aired on the Yiddish Voice Jan 14 2009.) Music: Shimon Yisraeli: Zog Nit Keyn Mol Rokhl Zicherman: In Auschwitzer Lager, Holocaust 'Dem Milners Trern' (Singer is a Carpathian Auschwitz survivor. This is a Yiddish Voice exclusive recording.) Anna Monka: Zog Nisht Keynmol (Singer is a Bielski survivor. This is a Yiddish Voice exclusive recording.) Dudu Fisher: Vu Ahin Zol Ikh Geyn Abraham Brun: Why Need We Cry? Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: May 1, 2019
May 2, 2019
1:00:02

Pesach Yom HaShoah with Yakob Basner and Judy Altmann

פּסח באַגריסונגען Pesach music and greetings from sponsors and friends, some new, some old *, some ז״ל מיר ווינטשן אײַך אַ זיזן כּשרן פּסח טאַניע לעפֿמאַן Tania Lefman, from the The American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants of Greater Boston, Inc. לאה שפּאָרער-לעוויט Leye (Lillian) Shporer Leavitt שלום ביינפֿעלד Sholem Beinfeld ליבע גריץ פֿון באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער-רינג Linda Gritz for Boston Workmens' Circle מאָטל מורשטיין Mark Murstein Mark (Motl) Murstein - excerpt of him singing Ekhod Mi Yodea Celebs יעקבֿ באָדאָ * Yankele Bodo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov_Bodo Chaimi and Leyzer from Yid-Life Crisis חיימי און לייזער פֿון ייִד-לײַף קריזיס http://yidlifecrisis.com Sponsors and Advertisers Cheryl Ann's Bakery http://cherylannsbakery.com Eli Dovek * אלי דאָוועק, Israel Book Shop https://www.israelbookshop.com Shimshon Erenfeld * שמשון ערנפֿעלד, BLER Travel http://www.bler.com Max Gellerman Z"L * מאַקס געלערמאַן ז״ל, The Butcherie http://www.butcherie.com Interviews: Yakob Basner, holocaust survivor originally from Riga, Latvia. His daughter Elizabeth Karpukh joins to briefly talk about the Survivors Mitzvah Project. Info: https://www.survivormitzvah.org Judy Altmann, holocaust survivor originally from Jasina, Czechoslovakia Music: Richard Tucker: Tal Tein Moishe Oysher: Kiddush for Pesach Cantor Gregor Shelkan: Vos Vet Zayn Ven Moshiakh Vet Kumen (Rare recording, from Nov 5 1995 Cantors' Concert for Cantor Shimon Kandler) Anna Monka: Zog Nisht Keynmol (Singer is a Bielski survivor. This is a Yiddish Voice exclusive recording.) Shimon Yisraeli: Zog Nit Keyn Mol Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: April 24, 2019
Apr 25, 2019
1:00:02

Ravs Kin, Marmorstein, Loketch z"l: Best of Pesach

פּסח באַגריסונגען Pesach music and greetings from sponsors and friends, some new, some old *, some ז״ל מיר ווינטשן אײַך אַ זיזן, כּשרן פּסח לאה שפּאָרער-לעוויט Leye (Lillian) Shporer Leavitt שלום ביינפֿעלד Sholem Beinfeld ליבע גריץ פֿון באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער-רינג Linda Gritz for Boston Workmens' Circle מאָטל מורשטיין Mark Murstein Mark (Motl) Murstein - excerpt of him singing Ekhod Mi Yodea Hasia Segal * חסיה סיגעל ז״ל Iosif Lakhman * יוסף לאַכמאַן ז״ל Celebs יעקבֿ באָדאָ * Yankele Bodo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov_Bodo Chaimi and Leyzer from Yid-Life Crisis חיימי און לייזער פֿון ייִד-לײַף קריזיס http://yidlifecrisis.com Sponsors and Advertisers Cheryl Ann's Bakery http://cherylannsbakery.com Eli Dovek * אלי דאָוועק, Israel Book Shop https://www.israelbookshop.com Shimshon Erenfeld * שמשון ערנפֿעלד, BLER Travel http://www.bler.com Max Gellerman Z"L * מאַקס געלערמאַן ז״ל, The Butcherie http://www.butcherie.com רבנישע ווערטער לכּבֿוד פּסח Rav Izchak Kin (originally recorded and aired Pesach 2018) Rav Myer Loketch z"l (originally recorded and aired Pesach 2007) Rav Avrohom Marmostein (originall recorded and aired Pesach 2014) Pesach Songs: Pripetshik Singers - Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor: Mu Asapru Moishe Oysher: Kiddush for Pesach Mordechai Hershman & Mendel Shapira: Tal Seder Nights with Sedor Belarsky: Ma Nishtanoh Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman: *S'iz matsa do" Michael Silverman: Passover Dayenu (instrumental) Meshugga Beach Party: Dayenu Moishe Oysher: Chad Gadyo Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: April 17, 2019
Apr 25, 2019
59:56

Schaechter Siblings Binyumen and Gitl re JPPC Choir + Pesach

Interview with Binyumen Schaechter and Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, discussing the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC - thejppc.org), of which Binyumen is the conductor and his sister Gitl is one of the singers. They discuss the history of the JPPC and their many years of involvement with it, and also talk about the upcoming Spring 2019 Gala Concert, Yiddish Flavors of Love: A Musical Celebration, set to take place Sunday June 16, 2019, at 3:00 PM at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City. Some musical excerpts of the Choir's performance, including from recent rehearsals for their upcoming performance, will also be heard. For more information about the JPPC and their concert, visit their web site here: https://www.thejppc.org/concerts.html Pesach music and greetings from sponsors and friends. מיר ווינטשן אײַך אַ זיזן, כּשרן פּסח Music: The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC), Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor, from the CD Zingt: Dem Zeydns Nign Meyn Nisht JPPC, Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor - unreleased rehearsal recording courtesey of JPPC, from late March 2019: Yidish Iz Mayn Loshn Troyerlid Pesach Songs: Barry Sisters: Passover Medley Lori Cahan: Shvimt Dos Kestl Afn Nil Lori Cahan and Meyshke Alpert: Zog, Maran Malavsky Family: Fir Kashes Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: April 10, 2019
Apr 11, 2019
59:47

Best of: Pesach (Hasia Segal), Dovid Braun, Kolya Borodulin

Highlights from past years' Pesach, including Hasia Segal's Pesach presentation from Pesach 1991, originally aired on our predecessor radio show די ייִדישע שעה (The Yiddish Hour / Di Yidishe Sho, WBRS 100.1 FM Waltham, MA) songs and greetings. Recently aired interviews: Interview with Kolya Borodulin, Director of Yiddish Programming at Workmen's Circle (Arbeter Ring). Check out all their Yiddish programming here: https://circle.org/what-we-do/yiddish-language/ Interview with Dovid Braun, Academic Director of the 2019 YIVO-Bard Summer Program, also known as the Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture. More info here: https://summerprogram.yivo.org/ Air date: April 3, 2019
Apr 11, 2019
1:00:04

Chaim Jelen

Interview with Chaim Jelen (Henry Jelen). Chaim was born at the end of WWII in Siberia, where his parents had escaped to from Poland and settled during WWII. He lives in Chicago, where he has been a leader in Holocaust education and memorialization, particularly among the second generation, for several decades. Music: Bruce Adler: A malke af peysekh (A Queen for Passover Moishe Oysher: Dayenu - It Would Have Been Enough Barry Sisters: Passover Medley Lori Cahan and Meyshke Alpert: In Dem Land Fun Piramidn Lori Cahan: Shvimt Dos Kestl Afn Nil Lori Cahan and Meyshke Alpert: Zog, Maran Sidor Belarsky: Der Seyder Malavsky Family: Ho Lakhmo Anyo Malavsky Family: Fir Kashes Meshugga Beach Party: Dayenu Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: March 27, 2019
Mar 29, 2019
59:33

Michael Wex et al: Purim+Humor Extended

Michael Wex, renowned author and humorist, joins regular cohosts Leye Shporer-Leavitt, Sholem Beinfeld, and Mark David for a semi-serious discussion about Jewish humor and Purim. Info: http://michaelwex.com Note: some of this material was presented the previous week, but some had to be cut due to time limitatioms. This is an extended edition. Music: Binah Landau: Purim Lid Leyke Post: Purim, accompanied by Rubin Ossofsky Gadi Yagil: Di Elegye fun Fastrigose Ruth Rubin: Yakhne-Dvoshke Fort in Shtot (Hop Mayne Homentashn) Avraham Horowitz: Revah (Revach Vehatzala), composed by Grand Rabbi Moshe Horowitz (the Bostoner Rebbe) Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: March 20, 2019
Mar 21, 2019
59:30
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