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Myer Loketch Shloyshim - Rav Dov-Ber Loketch: Hesped and Interview (Bonus Full-Length)

Rabbi Dov-Ber Loketch: full hesped and interview in memory of his father, Rabbi Myer Loketch. An abridged version of this recording was presented in the radio show (and its podcast) originally broadcast December 19 2018.

Shloyshim Memorial for Rav Myer Loketch Z''L

Shloyshim Memorial program for Rabbi Myer Loketch, who passed away Nov 12 2018. Sholem Beinfeld, co-host of the Yiddish Voice, presents an overview of Reb Myer's biography, followed by hespeydim by Rabbi Dov-Ber Loketch of Detroit, Myer's son, and by Rabbi Shyke Lerner of Chabad Center of Brookline. Numerous highlights from the Yiddish Voice archives of interviews with and presentations by Reb Myer Loketch Z''L are heard throughout, and also a rare special replay of a greeting by Reb Myer's widow Irene Loketch (ir tsu lange yor). Music: Cantor Gershon Sirota: Keil Molleh Rachamim Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: December 19, 2018

Dovid Braun & Itzik Gottesman on Yiddish New York & Libe Gritz (Repeat)

Dovid Braun and Itzik Gottesman discuss the upcoming Yiddish New York festival of Yiddish languge and culture. Yiddish linguist Braun will be presenting an advanced workshop on Yiddish dialects in Yiddish during Yiddish New York. Gottesman, a PhD and internationally recognized scholar of Yiddish language and culture, is a producer of Yiddish New York. Info: https://www.yiddishnewyork.com Libe Gritz talks about the upcoming concert by the Boston Workmen's Circle's A Besere Velt chorus at Yiddish New York. The concert titled "Sing Out, Fight Back! – A Besere Velt Chorus!" takes place SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2:45 – 4:00pm At the Town and Village Synagogue, 334 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003. Libe (also known as Linda) Gritz is a leading member, often a soloist, of the chorus, which sings almost entirely in Yiddish. She is a long-time member and leader of the Boston Workmen's Circle, active in Yiddish language and culture as well as social justice. Info web site for A Besere Velt: http://circleboston.org/community-chorus Info web site for Yiddish New York: https://www.yiddishnewyork.com/ Yiddish New York special-events page with info on the concert: https://www.yiddishnewyork.com/programming/special-events-and-evening-programs/ (This interview originally aired on Dec 5 2017.) Music: A Besere Velt, Boston Workmen's Circle Yiddish Chorus: Yugnt Himen (Youth Hymn), lyrics by Shmerke Kaczerginski, music by Basye Rubin - from Youtube.com: https://youtu.be/GBIALyIbk2s Shmuel Rudenski, Lea Dulitzkaya, and Cast: Tog Ayn, Tog Oys, Libst Mikh Sertse, Vayt fun Mayn Liber Heym, from the record ‏אַ פֿידלער אױפֿן דאַך (A Fidler Afn Dakh) (Columbia Records, Israel, 1965) Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: December 12, 2018

Libe Gritz (A Besere Velt @ Yiddish New York); Myer Loketch Hanukkah (Repeat)

Libe Gritz talks about the upcoming concert by the Boston Workmen's Circle's A Besere Velt chorus at Yiddish New York. The concert titled "Sing Out, Fight Back! – A Besere Velt Chorus!" takes place SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2:45 – 4:00pm At the Town and Village Synagogue, 334 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003. Libe (also known as Linda) Gritz is a leading member, often a soloist, of the chorus, which sings almost entirely in Yiddish. She is a long-time member and leader of the Boston Workmen's Circle, active in Yiddish language and culture as well as social justice. Info web site for A Besere Velt: http://circleboston.org/community-chorus Info web site for Yiddish New York: https://www.yiddishnewyork.com/ Yiddish New York special-events page with info on the concert: https://www.yiddishnewyork.com/programming/special-events-and-evening-programs/ Rav Myer Loketch has died, ברוך דיין אמת. From 2006 to 2009 he contributed many radio presentations on Jewish holidays for the Yiddish Voice. Tonight we re-air his presentation for Hanukkah 2006. We plan a shloyshim memorial program in Rav Loketch's memory on our Dec. 19th broadcast. Important show note: the date for the Radio Shloyshim in memory of Myer Loketch has been changed from Dec. 12, as was previously announced on this broadcast and elsewhere. The new date is Dec. 19, 2018. We regret any inconvenience. Music: Ben Gailing and Boy: Chanuka Brokhes Moyshe Oysher: Blessing of the Candles (Brochot) Dovid Kusevitsky: Shehechiyonu Seymour Silbermintz & The Boys: Haneiros Hallolu - Chanuko Eli Lispsker's Children's Choir and Orchestra: Mo-oz Tsur Sidor Belarsky: Boruch Ato A Besere Velt, Boston Workmen's Circle Yiddish Chorus: Yugnt Himen (Youth Hymn), lyrics by Shmerke Kaczerginski, music by Basye Rubin - from Youtube.com: https://youtu.be/GBIALyIbk2s Jacob Barkin: Chanuko Oy Chanuko Essential Voices USA: Borukh Ate Zingt der Tate Pripetshik Singers: Kinder, Haynt Iz Khanike Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: December 5, 2018

Henry Carrey (New); Myer Loketch: Hanukkah (Repeat)

Henry Carrey talks about the upcoming concert he's performing in, YIDDISH RADIO LIVES! A Musical Tribute to Ben Gailing at 120 (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hankus-netskys-hebrew-national-salvage-tickets-51815656022); his mother Leyke Post, a Yiddish actress, singer, and radio personality; meeting Ben Gailing; his mother's reunion with Gailing at KlezKamp 1998; how he learned Yiddish; his late brother Dovid Carrey, a noted Yiddish actor and singer; his own commercial Yiddish recordings. Rav Myer Loketch has died, ברוך דיין אמת. From 2006 to 2009 he contributed many radio presentations on Jewish holidays for the Yiddish Voice. Tonight we re-air his presentation for Hanukkah 2006. We plan a shloyshim memorial program in Rav Loketch's memory on our Dec. 19th broadcast. Important show note: the date for the Radio Shloyshim in memory of Myer Loketch has been changed from Dec. 12, as was previously announced on this broadcast and elsewhere. The new date is Dec. 19, 2018. We regret any inconvenience. Music: Leyke Post: Yiddish Redt Zikh Azoy Sheyn (Yiddish Sounds So Beautiful), accompanied by Rubin Ossofsky Henry Carrey: Tu beshvat Henry Carrey: Feter Shneyer Henry Carrey: Purim Shpiler Leyke Post: Oryentalishe Romants Sidor Belarsky: Khaneke Brokhes David Putterman: Haneros Halolu S'vivon Pierre Pinchik: Mo-oz Tzur Jacob Barkin: Chanuko oy Chanuko Essential Voices: Borukh ate zingt der tate Pripetshik Singers: Kh'bin a dreydl Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: November 28, 2018

Yankl-Perets Blum, Hankus Netsky

Happy Thanksgiving! אַ פֿריילעכן דאַנק-טאָג! Yankl-Perets Blum discusses various aspects of his involvement with Yiddish. Blum is a Yiddish teacher, linguist, polyglot, board member of Yugntruf (yugntruf.org), developer of YiddishPop.com, developer of "Yiddish Typer" (Chrome extension). Yiddish Typer web page: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/yiddish-typer/higlebidpnhccabnhankdoiiccnnfkko?hl=en Hankus Netsky, Klezmer music star, discusses his upcoming show YIDDISH RADIO LIVES! A Musical Tribute to Ben Gailing at 120. The concert takes place Sunday, December 2, 2018, at 1:00 pm at Temple Beth Israel, 25 Harvard Street, Waltham, MA. For more information or to purchase tickets in advance, contact the Temple office via our website at http://tbiwaltham.org or by telephone at 781-894 5146. Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/340209126529177/ Eventbrite ticket web site: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hankus-netskys-hebrew-national-salvage-tickets-51815656022 Music: Ben Gailing singing his song Ikh Hob Shoyn Aza Mazel accompanied by Rubin Ossofsky in 1932. Leah Carrey (Leyke Post), the mother of Henry Carrey (who will be performing with Hankus Netsky), singing Yidish Redt Zikh Azoy Sheyn accompanied by Rubin Ossofsky Percy Brand: Rumenish (by Kalman) Percy Brand: Hebrew Melody and Dance Itzhak Perlman, Dov Seltzer, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: November 21, 2018

Beinfeld & Taube re Pittsburgh Massacre, Ber Kotlerman re Der Nister

**מיר טרויערן נאָך די קדושים פֿון דער פּיטסבורגער שחיטה Sholem Beinfeld: Words of Condolence on Pittsburgh Massacre Ber Kotlerman: Interview on the writer Der Nister, the subject of his forthcoming lectures in New York and Los Angeles Cantor Moyshe Taube: Interview about the Pittsburgh massacre with the famed cantor and Holocaust survivor living in Squirrel Hill Music: Cantor Sholom Katz: El Moley Rachamim Cantor Avrohom Brun: Vos Darfn Mir Veynen Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: October 31, 2018

Sholem Berger, Sholem Beinfeld, Leye Shporer-Leavitt

Sholem Berger discusses and reads from his latest book of Yiddish and Hebrew poetry, "Vi lebt zikh dortn? Lider un proze-bashraybungen", available here: http://bit.ly/bergerpoetry Special guest co-hosts Sholem Beinfeld and Leah Shporer Leavitt are live in studio for special cultural presentations. Yiddish songs performed by the late cantor and folksinger Abraham Brun from his album on Folkways Records Songs of the Ghetto Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: October 24, 2018

Vivi Lachs on Whitechapel Noise; Boris Sandler for Kobi Weitzner o''h

Vivi Lachs discusses her book Whitechapel Noise: Jewish Immigrant Life in Yiddish Song and Verse, London 1884–1914 (Wayne State University Press) and music she has created based on historic Yiddish songs from Whitechapel. Lachs will be giving a talk on Sunday Oct 21 2018 at the Boston Workmen's Circle. For information on Lachs's book Whitechapel Noise: https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/whitechapel-noise For information on Lachs's talk at Workmen's Circle: https://www.facebook.com/events/244709186216978/ Special guest Boris Sandler is interviewed about his late friend and colleague Kobi Weitzner, the journalist and radio presenter for the Yiddish Forward (Forverts) who died unexpectedly last month. See also: אַדיע, קאָבי…: Sandler's tribute (in Yiddish) in Yiddish Branzhe 13: https://yiddishbranzhe.com/2018/10/01/%D7%A0%D7%90%D6%B8%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%9F-%D7%A4%D6%BF%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A2%D7%9D-%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%90%D6%B7%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%90%D6%B8%D7%A8-13/ לזכּרון קאָבי ווײַצנער ע″ה צו זײַנע שלושים (Tribute to Koby Weitzner a Month After His Passing): article in Forverts (in Yiddish) by Dov-Ber Kerler: http://yiddish.forward.com/articles/212175/tribute-to-koby-weitzner-a-month-after-his-passing/? Music: Tracks from CD Metropolitan Klezmer: Traveling Show: Uncle Moses' Wedding Dance Ot Azoy Neyt a Shnayder Miracle Melody: Hasidic Nign / Poor Man's Tune Tracks from CD Katshanes: Don't Ask Silly Questions: London Hot Zikh Ibergekert Freg Keyn Katshanes Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: October 17, 2018

Kolye Borodulin: Birobidzhan and Online Yiddish Classes (New); Samuel Kassow: Who Will Write Our History (Repeat)

Kolye Borodulin discusses his recent return to Birobidzhan, the town famed as the center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast of Russia where he was born and raised. Kolye also discusses the upcoming Yiddish language classes offered by the Workmen's Circle, available both in-person and online. For further info: https://circle.org/what-we-do/yiddish-language/ The film Who Will Write Our History will be shown at the forthcoming Boston Jewish Film Festival in November 2018. We are airing an excerpt of our interview with the author of the book upon which the film was based, Sam Kassow, previously aired Apr 25 2018. For further info: http://www.bjff.org/ Historian Sam Kassow discusses Emanuel Ringelblum and the "Oyneg Shabbos Archive", the subject of his book "Who Will Write Our History" and the new film based on his book. The film, by director/producer Roberta Grossman and executive producer Nancy Spielberg, has recently been shown in preview form in Los Angeles and Warsaw and is expected to be released sometime in 2018. For information about the film see: whowillwriteourhistory.com Music: Wolf Krakowski: Varshe Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: October 3, 2018

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