The 'Yiddish Voice' Podcast

Yitskhok Niborski was born in Buenos Aires in 1947 and raised in a Yiddishist, secular family. He attended the Yiddish schools that then thrived in Buenos Aires and the Yiddish teachers' training academy (Lerer-Seminar), specializing in Yiddish literature. He moved to Paris in 1979 to take up a position as Director of the Medem Library while also teaching at the prestigious Ecole Nationale des Etudes Orientales. He remained at the head of the Medem Library for over thirty years, helping to turn the Medem Library-Paris Yiddish Center into one of the most active Yiddish institutions in the world. He has devoted his entire adult life to Yiddish education: in elementary schools, in classes for adults, and in universities. He participated in publishing several Yiddish dictionaries and textbooks, nobably the Verterbukh fun Loshn-koydesh Shtamike Verter in Yidish (first edition 1997) and the Dictionnaire Yiddish-Français (Yiddish-French Dictionary) (2002), both published by the Medem Library-Paris Yiddish Center. He has also written and published over twenty poems in Yiddish. See also: Medem Library-Paris Yiddish Center home page: http://www.yiddishweb.com/ The interviews are conducted by Sholem Beinfeld, who is Professor Emeritus of History at Washington University in St. Louis, and is perhaps best known as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary (Arumnemik Yidish-English Verterbukh), as well as a translator of Yiddish texts and creator of new subtitles for classic Yiddish movies. The Dictionary is based on the Yiddish-French Dictionary edited by Yitskhok Niborski and published by the Medem Library/Paris Yiddish Center. Sholem's connection with the Medem Library goes back many decades, beginning with his Fulbright Fellowship in Paris as a graduate student. Today's show continues our series of interviews with activists on the Yiddish scene around the Paris Yiddish Center-Medem Library, which began Wednesday June 12 2019 with an interview with Ri J. (Reyze) Turner. Tonight's guest: Yitskhok Niborski Other interviewees in this series are Ri J. (Reyze) Turner, whose interview was aired on June 12 2019, and Gilles Rozier, whose interview will be aired on an upcoming program, to be announced. Note: watch for bonus podcast soon: we ran low on time, so not all of Niborski's interview could be aired at this time, so we'll put out the remainder in a bonus podcast. Also: a talk with Leana Jelen, the Activities Coordinator for Yidish-Vokh, the annual summer Yiddish immersion summer camp organized by Yugntruf - Youth for Yiddish. See also: Yidish-Vokh: https://yugntruf.org/yvokh/ Music Leyke Post: Yiddish Redt Zikh Azoy Sheyn (Yiddish Sounds So Beautiful), accompanied by Rubin Ossofsky Jan Pierce: Mai-Ko-Mashma-Lon Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: June 26, 2019

Sebastian (Zekharye) Shulman recently joined KlezKanada, the annual Yiddish summer festival, as Executive Director and is a translator of Yiddish and Esperanto. See also KlezKanada home page: https://klezkanada.org Forverts article (in Yiddish): With a New Director KlezKanada Looks to the Future: http://yiddish.forward.com/articles/208420/with-a-new-director-klezkanada-looks-to-the-future/ Also: an update on YIVO's Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture by Academic Director Dovid Braun, who also talks about the companion Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series, which starts this coming Monday (June 24, 2019). See also: YIVO Summer Program: https://summerprogram.yivo.org/ YIVO YIDDISH CIVILIZATION LECTURE SERIES, SUMMER 2019: https://summerprogram.yivo.org/LectureSeries Music Daniel Kahn & Painted Bird: Di Arbeter Froyen Sophie Milman: Shpatsir in Vald (from the CD Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II, Executive Producer: Anna Shternshis) Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: June 19, 2019

This show starts a series of interviews with activists on the Yiddish scene around the Paris Yiddish Center-Medem Library starting Wednesday June 12 2019 at 7:30 PM with an interview with Ri J. (Reyze) Turner. Ri J. (Reyze) Turner Ri J. Turner is a translator and Yiddish language teacher at the Paris Yiddish Center-Medem Library, as well as an MA candidate in Yiddish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is a three-time alumna of the Uriel Weinreich Summer Program at YIVO in New York, and was a Translation Fellow of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA, in 2014 and 2018 and the National Endowment for the Arts and the PEN/Heim Fund in 2018. Her translations and original writing have appeared in In Geveb, Pakn Treger, the Forverts, Afn Shvel, and elsewhere. Interviews in the series will continue in following weeks with Yitskhok Niborski and Gilles Rozier, with announcements to follow. The interviews are conducted by Sholem Beinfeld, He is Professor Emeritus of History at Washington University in St. Louis, and is perhaps best known as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary (Arumnemik Yidish-English Verterbukh), as well as a translator of Yiddish texts and creator of new subtitles for classic Yiddish movies. The Dictionary is based on the Yiddish-French Dictionary edited by Yitskhok Niborski and published by the Medem Library/Paris Yiddish Center. Sholem's connection with the Medem Library goes back many decades, beginning with his Fulbright Fellowship in Paris as a graduate student. Music Yiddish Princess (vocals: Sarah Mina Gordon) : Ver Vet Blaybn (lyrics: Avrom Sutzkever) Dudu Fisher: Moyshele (lyrics: Mordkhe Gebirtig) Myrna Rabinowitz: Mayn Tate (words and music: Myrna Rabinowitz) Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: June 12, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Yiddish Forward (פֿאָרווערטס), speaks with regular cohost Sholem Beinfeld about the latest developments at the newspaper, including the plan to go digital-only and discontinue the printed version begun in 1897. Info: http://yiddish.forward.com 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 Music: Leyke Post: Purim, accompanied by Rubin Ossofsky Gadi Yagil: Di Elegye fun Fastrigose Ruth Rubin: Yakhne-Dvoshke Fort in Shtot (Hop Mayne Homentashn) Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: March 13, 2019

Interview with Holocaust Survivor Khasye Golomb Pollack (Carol Pollack), originally from Vilna, Lithuania, recorded at the recent conference of World Federation of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors and Descendants Music: various Yiddish songs by various performers - enjoy! Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: March 6, 2019

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/ NB: First deadline: International and Financial Aid Applicants: February 28, 2019 Valentine's Day, or Valentin-Tog, the secular holiday of romantic love, is celebrated throughout with playing and discussion of several love songs by our regular co-hosts Sholem Beinfeld and Leye (Lillian) Shporer-Leavitt. Music: In Di Vayse Yorn, words by Yosef Papernikov, performed by Chava Alberstein on her album Lemele (NMC, 2006) Her nor du sheyn meydele, folk song, performed by Wolf Krakowski on his album Transmigrations: Gilgul (Kamea Records, 1996), accompanied Freydi Katz Margaritkes, words by Zalmen Shneyer, performed by Chava Alberstein on her album Mike Burstein/Chava Alberstein: Yiddish Folk Songs (CBS, 1973) Fisher Lid, words and music by Aliza Greenblatt, performed by Martha Schlamme on her album Favorite Yiddish Songs (MGM, 1963) Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: February 13, 2019

Interview with Kalman Weiser, discussing the late Yiddish language scholars Solomon (Shloyme) Birnbaum and Noyekh Prilutski. Professor Keith (Kalman) Weiser is the Silber Family Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at York University, Toronto. His research focuses in the area of modern Jewish history and culture, specifically about language issues in Jewish life. His publications include Jewish People, Yiddish Nation: Noah Prylucki and the Folkists in Poland (University of Toronto Press, 2011) and the introduction to Shloyme Birnbaum's Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar, Second Edition (University of Toronto Press, 2016). The interview is conducted by 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. Dr. Beinfeld served as principal consultant on the film Partisans of Vilna (credited as Solon Beinfeld). He was senior consultant and historian to the Kovno Ghetto Exhibition project of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and consultant to the Museum on the Ghetto archive holdings in the Lithuanian State Archives in Vilnius. Music performed by Miryam-Khaye Seigel, from album Toyznt Tamen: A Meydele Fin Poyln Di Apikorsim Furn Fursti fin Mir Avek Nyu-York Nyu-York Besarabye Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: February 6, 2019

Interview with Esia Baran Friedman (Part 2). Esia, a Holocaust survivor from Vilna, Lithuania, talks about her family and her childhood in Vilna and surviving the Holocaust. Esia is one the survivors whose testimony is featured in the recent Nova documentary Holocaust Escape Tunnel (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/holocaust-escape-tunnel). Part 1 of this interview was heard last week (Jan 23 2019). This interview took place at a gathering of Holocaust survivors and descendants this past November 2018 organized by the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust & Descendants -- for further information, visit: https://www.holocaustchild.org Vocalist Anthony (Mordechai Tzvi) Russell will perform this weekend (Feb 2 2017, 7 PM) with accordionist Dmitri Gaskin. Their concert A World of Jewish Song will be at Temple Beth Elohim in Acton. We feature several tracks showcasing Anthony Russell's singing from his recent album (with Varetsky Pass). Concert info here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-world-of-jewish-song-tsvey-brider-tickets-52604131373 And for further info on Anthony Russell, visit his web site: https://www.anthonyrussellbass.com/ Music by Anthony Russell with Varetsky Pass (Joshua Horowitz, Cookie Segelstein & Stuart Brotman) Water Train Horses Lift Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: January 30, 2019

Interview with Esia Baran Friedman (Part 1). Esia, a holocaust survivor from Vilna, Lithuania, talks about her family and her childhood in Vilna and surviving the Holocaust. Esia is one the survivors whose testimony is featured in the recent Nova documentary Holocaust Escape Tunnel (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/holocaust-escape-tunnel). Part 2 of this interview continues next week (Jan 30 2019). Hankus Netsky (pianist, arranger) visited our home studio recently and generously provided us with a preview version of his about-to-be-released album with the violinist and singer Eden MacAdam-Somer. Title as yet unknown. We previewed several new tracks. Music from unreleased album by Hankus Netsky and Eden MacAdam-Somer Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: January 23, 2019

Jay Riazanow, a retiree in South Florida, talks about his life, from prewar shtetl in Belarus, surviving the Holocaust, growing up in the Soviet Union, moving to Israel, and finally coming to America. From our archives: Miriam Libenson Z"L: a talk in honor of the holiday Tu Bishvat, the holiday of the trees, originally broadcast in 1994. Music for Tu Bishvat Victor Berezinsky: Tu Bishvat Henry Carrey: Tu Beshvat (Music and Lyrics by Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman) Ruth Levin: A Hoykher Boym (Lyrics Shike Driz, Music by Leibu Levin) Hilda Bronstein: Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym (Lyrics by Itzik Manger) Dudu Fisher: Unter Beymer (Lyrics by Alexander Olshanetsky, Music by Moishe Oysher) Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air date: January 16, 2019

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Air Date: Dec 26 2018 Original Air Date: Aug 8 2018

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 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