Ruth Kohn, Libby Pollak, Dovid Braun Telling Jokes, and Best of Rosh Hashona

• Recorded at Yugntruf's Yidish-Vokh in Copake, NY, in August 2021: Ruth Kohn, Libby Pollak and Dovid Braun telling jokes in Yiddish

• Best of Rosh Hashona - Announcements and well-wishes for the new year from sponsors and friends and a High Holidays mix of recent and past audio highlights. Enjoy!

  • Eli Dovek, proprietor of Israel Book Shop (from 2009)
  • Holocaust survivors Tania Lefman and Mary Ehrlich, on behalf of the American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (AAJHS) of Greater Boston. Note: the annual Hazkore (Holocaust Memorial) will be virtual only at 11 AM on Sun Sep 12, 2021, at 11 AM; for details, consult JCRC Boston.
  • Sholem Beinfeld, cohost of the Yiddish Voice and co-chief editor of Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary
  • Dovid Braun, cohost of the Yiddish Voice and Academic Director of [YIVO Summer Program] (https://summerprogram.yivo.org/)
  • Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, chair of the board of the The League for Yiddish/די ייִדיש-ליגע
  • Cheryl Moore/Moore Family/Cheryl Ann's Bakery
  • Leyzer Maimon, Holocaust survivor and Rabbi at Young Israel of Mill Basin, Brooklyn, NY (from 2020)
  • Motl Murstein, Holocaust survivor in Brookline, sings Afn Pripetshik and Hobn Mir a Nigndl (from 2019)
  • Hasia Segal ז"ל, late cofounder and cohost of the Yiddish Voice (from 2007)
  • Max Gelerman ז"ל, late proprietor of The Butcherie (from 2005)
  • Iosif Lakhman ז"ל, late cohost of the Yiddish Voice (from 2007)
  • Avrom Cohen ז"ל, late bal tefila from Boston's North Shore, chants Rosh Hashonah/Yom Kippur tefilas and talks about his life and about being a bal tefila (from 1997)
  • Mordkhe Schaechter ז"ל, late Yiddish scholar, discusses Yiddish-language idioms and greetings tied to holidays Rosh Hashonah, Yom Kippur, and Succos (from 1997)

• Music:

  • Cantor Simcha Koussevitzky: Zochreinu L'Chaim
  • Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

Air Date: September 1, 2021