Description

Today's guests:

• Benny Mer, author of recent book, written in Hebrew, Smocza: A
  Biography of a Jewish Street in Warsaw (סמוצ׳ה: ביאגרפיה של רחוב
  יהודי בוורשה, בני מר
  https://www.magnespress.co.il/en/book/Smocza-4170)
• Kolya Borodulin, Director of Yiddish Programming at Workers
  Circle (https://circle.org/what-we-do/yiddish-language/), 2020
  Spring Yiddish Classes starting soon -- info:
  https://theworkerscircle.salsalabs.org/nonmemberyiddishregistrationspring2020/index.html

Both interviews are by Sholem Beinfeld, co-chief-editor of the
Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary.

• Music excerpts:
  • Chava Alberstein: Mayn Shvester Khaye (My Sister Khaye) (Words and music by Binem Heller)
  • Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

Air Date: February 12, 2020