Description

• Zvi Gitelman is Professor of Political Science and Professor of
  Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, where he studies
  ethnicity and politics, especially in former Communist countries, as
  well as Israeli politics, East European politics, and Jewish
  political thought and behavior. His most recent edited book is The
  New Jewish Diaspora: Russian-speaking Immigrants in the United
  States, Israel and Germany (Rutgers University Press, 2016). The
  interview was 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.

• Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental
  track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

• Songs to conclude:

  • Cantor Bela Herskowitz: Szal a Kakas Miar (Der Hun Kriet Shoyn)
  • Norbert Horowitz: Farvos Iz Der Himl Geven Nekhtn Loyter?

Air Date: Feb 7, 2018