Shows
Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamCommemoration and CelebrationJCR observes Yom Hazikaron, Israel's Memorial Day, and Yom Hatzmaut, Israeli Independence DayInspiring music from throughout the Jewish worldA conversation with Israeli shaliach Yitzchak SayagGolda MeirEstelle's insightful commentary2025-04-3055 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamPassover - The Celebration ContinuesA Multicultural MUSICAL celebration of Passover2025-04-1849 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Celebrates Passover 1A stimulating program with MUSIC that inspires from all over the world (the first of several programs for the Passover season). Includes an interview with the famous Israeli Archeologist Dan Behat.2025-03-2451 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Celebrates Purim!Music, Music, Music!Join us in celebrating the joyous holiday of Purim, with selections in Hebrew, Yiddish, English and Ladino!2025-03-1052 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJerusalem, The Heart and Soul of the Jewish PeopleA special program reflecting on and celebrating our People's love for Jerusalem Featuring the music of Safam, Dudu Fisher, Beth Tefillah Israeli Ensemble, Cantor Shai Abramson, the IDF Chorus, Danny Massing and more.A conversation with Linda Abrus Broenniman, author of "The Politzer Saga." This will be of interest to genealogy fansRegular Feature: A Yiddish Expression 2025-02-231h 01Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamCelebrate Tu Bishvat!JEWISH MUSIC FOR INSPIRATION!A celebration of Tu B'Shvat with song, explanation and insight into this ever-evolving holiday.A conversation with "Tiny Dynamo" author Marcella Rosen about hydroponic farming and other Israeli agricultural innovations A Yiddish Expression Songs from the Russian Yiddish repertoire, Israel, Sephardic tradition and the USA2025-02-1151 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamCelebrate Tu Bishvat!A celebration of Tu B'Shvat with song, explanation and insight into this ever-evolving holiday.A conversation with "Tiny Dynamo" author Marcella Rosen about hydroponic farming and other Israeli agricultural innovations A Yiddish Expression Songs from the Russian Yiddish repertoire, Israel, Sephardic tradition and the USA2025-02-0951 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamMusic of ShabbatMusic in Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino, from our Ashkenazic and Sephardic heritage, from Israel and America2025-01-2056 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamKeep The Light Burning!JCR's 3rd program for Chanukah 20242024-12-2443 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Celebrates Chanukah (2)MUSIC tells the story best!
Join us as we continue to celebrate this Chanukah season2024-12-1351 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Celebrates ChanukahThe first of several shows on Chanukah, this one also includes a conversation with "Tiny Dynamo" author Marcella Rosenn, raising awareness of the innovative and life-altering work occurring in Israel. Estelle explains the importance of the State of Israel to the world, in words and music.2024-12-0552 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Celebrates ThanksgivingSongs for Thanksgiving and Shabbat
Commentary and History2024-11-2652 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Supports Leket IsraelLearn about Leket Israel, the National Food Bank, an Israel-based charity which is the leading food rescue organization in Israel, serving 330000+ needy people weekly.
Estelle speaks with Sally Poolat, a Leket director who represents the organization in the US.2024-11-2223 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Supports Cultural Events4 wonderful opportunities in November for entertainment and cultural enrichment in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area2024-11-1202 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Honors Veterans and Commemorates KristallnachtMusic and commentary as we appreciate those who have given so much to preserve, protect and defend this nation.
We also commemorate the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht, viewed by many as the beginning of the Holocaust.2024-11-0851 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Supports Jewish NewspapersWashington Jewish Week
Baltimore Jewish Times
Philadelphia Exponent2024-10-1801 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Celebrates Sukkot/Simchat TorahWe celebrate the joy our heritage, even during this difficult time2024-10-1853 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamAhavat Yisrael2024-09-2802 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamRosh Hashanah on JCRA very special Rosh Hashanah program, with music from Cantorial to Rock; Poetry, Prose and Commentary2024-09-2852 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamTu B'Av - JCR Celebrates LoveLove Songs in Hebrew, Yiddish, English and Ladino
Commentary and Conversation about the Jewish day that celebrates love2024-08-2651 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Commemorates Tisha B'AvLearn about the history and meaning of this saddest day of the Jewish year.
Poignant music and insightful commentary2024-08-1051 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJerusalem, The Heart and Soul of The Jewish People-Music celebrating our homeland and Ir HaKodesh, Jerusalem
-From the vault, a fascinating interview with famed Israeli archeologist Dan Bahat2024-07-2055 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamContemporary American Theater FestivalJuly 5-27
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-From the vault, a facinating interview with famed Israeli archeologist Dan Bahat
2024-07-1653 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Celebrates America"s Independence DayMusic and commentary to commemorate the birthday of this great country2024-07-0247 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Celebrates FathersWe Celebrate Father"s Day with music in Hebrew, Englsh, Yiddish and Ladino, Estelle's insightful commentary and an excerpt from Maurice Samuel's "The World of Our Fathers"2024-06-1149 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Observes Memorial DayMusic, poetry and commentary remembering our country's fallen heroes, and appreciation for their sacrifice
2024-05-2455 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamYom Hazikaron/Yom HatzmautMusic and Commentary offered in solidarity and support for the modern State of Israel and those who defend it.
Words from Golda Meir
A pre-war interview with an Israeli Shaliach2024-05-1554 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Celebrates Mother's Day- Your Favorite Mothers Day Songs, featuring Connie Francis, Al Jolson, Yehoram Gaon, Dudu Fisher, Shira Kobren Wasserman of Central Synagogue and others
- A Yiddish Expression appropriate for this day2024-05-1250 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamRemembering The ShoahMusic, Poetry, and Commentary
Remember the Holocaust - Never Again2024-05-0855 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamThe Promise of Passover - 2- Music from many traditions, both old and new
- Two famous singers who went from "Bimah to Binah"
- A Yiddish Expression
-Inspiration for this holiday of Redemption and Freedom2024-04-2157 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamThe Promise of Passover - 1-Music for the Passover season from a variety of Jewish Cultures and Traditions
- An interview about discoveries under the Temple Mount in Jerusalem with famed Israeli archeologist Dan Behat2024-04-0552 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamThe Promise of Purim"For the Jews there was Light, Joy and Gladness."
We Triumph Over Evil, both Ancient and Modern!
2024-03-1756 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamWe Stand With Israel; We Pray For Peace- Songs of solidarity and peace for the State of Israel
- Remarks by Rabbi Larry Kaplan
- A Yiddish Expression to ponder2024-03-0254 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamSongs of Love- Music for the season in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino and English
- An Interview with Rabbi Julia Margolis, spiritual leader of the Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas2024-02-091h 04
Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamAm Echad - Celebrating Tu B'ShvatMusic from Boston to Marrakech.. Songs from the Russian Yiddish repertoire, Israel, Sephardic tradition and America
A celebration of Tu B'Shvat with song, explanation and insight into this ever-evolving holiday.
A conversation with "Tiny Dynamo" author Marcella Rosen about hydroponic farming and other Israeli agricultural innovations
A Yiddish Expression (weekly feature)2024-01-1957 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamB'Yachad!Together we continue to learn about and celebrate Jewish history and culture with music and commentary in 2024
A conversation with David Scheib, a person who lives by Abraham's statement, "HINAINI" (Here I Am)2024-01-071h 03Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamChanukah, A Victory for Religious FreedomMusic from Yiddish, Ladino, Israeli and American Jewish tradition
A very timely and appropriate Yiddish Expression
History and commentary about the season2023-12-1051 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Celebrates Chanukah!Music from many traditions
A Yiddish Expression
A New Feature - "Hinaini!"2023-12-0149 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamGive ThanksJCR Celebrates Thanksgiving, Shabbat, Israel
Includes a tribute to the great Jewish tenor Jan Pierce2023-11-2257 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Honors Veterans- Music and commentary in tribute to America's veterans
- Commemoration of Kristalnacht
- Interview with Kim Dana Kupperman, author of
"Six Thousand Miles to Home"2023-11-1255 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamSolidarityWe Stand With Israel, We Pray For Peace - With Music
2023-11-0350 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamSolidarity with Israel- Music expressing our love for and unity with the State of Israel
- Rabbi Larry Kaplan discusses the crisis in Israel & Gaza
2023-10-2155 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamSimchat Torah - The Circle of (The Tree of) LifeMusic from around the world, from many traditions, as we celebrate the conclusion of the holiday season
2023-10-081h 02Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamCelebrate Sukkot!Music, Music, Music - Yiddish, Sephardic, Judeo-American and Israeli
Celebrating what the Torah calls HeChag, "THE Festival!"2023-09-2957 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamYom KippurYom Kippur is thr culmination of the "Aseret Yimay Hat'shuvah",
the !0 Days of Repentance
Inspiration, Reflection and Introspection in Music and Words
2023-09-2256 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamPrelude To The Holidays - Week 4- Cantors, choirs and performers help us rise "L'eila, L'eila", Higher and Higher, as we approach Rosh Hashanah
- We Introduce a brand new song by Shira Kobren Wasserman of Central Synagogue in NY City
2023-09-101h 01Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamPrelude to the Holidays - Week 3- A wonderful assortment of music to inspire you, from great American Cantors, Performers and Choruses
- A tribute to those lost on September 11, 2001, punctuated with the sounding of the Shofar
- Estelle's insight into what it means to be a Jew during this season
2023-09-0348 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamPrelude To The High Holidays-Week 2Words and Music to give Hope and Inspiration during this season, and connection to the myriad of cultures that make up the Jewish World2023-08-2743 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamIt's Elul - High Holidays Are ComingWith the start of the month of Elul, we begin our spiritual preparation for the High Holidays. JCR will help you get there!2023-08-2052 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamTu B'Av - The Jewish Holiday of Lovemusic and commentary2023-08-0647 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamTisha B'AvMusic and commentary. Learn about Tisha B'Av and it's special significance in our modern Jewish world2023-07-2557 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamCelebrating Sephardic Music and CultureFeaturing Florie Jagoda, Joe Amar and more2023-07-1657 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Celebrates The 4th of JulyMusic from Richard Tucker, The Barry Sisters, Eddie Cantor, Kate Smith, Peri Smilow and more!
A Yiddish Expression
Estelle's insightful commentary2023-07-0249 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamWe Celebrate Father's Day!Music from Jan Pierce, Barbra Streisand, David Propis, Safam and more!
Estelle's insightful commentary
Author Maurice Samuels speaks about the world of our grandfathers
A Yiddish Expression 2023-06-1852 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamThe Many Faces of Our People - Musically SpeakingExploring multiculturalism in the Jewish world today through music.2023-06-0457 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJCR Commemorates Memorial DayA Tribute in Words and Song
History, commentary and reflection on Memorial day with music from Jewish and American repertoire
Weekly Feature - A Yiddish Expression
2023-05-2857 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamWe Celebrate Yom YerushalayimA special program reflecting on and celebrating our People's love for Jerusalem
Featuring Ofra Haza, Safam, Beth Tefillah Israeli Ensemble, Cantor Shai Abramson, the IDF Chorus, Danny Massing and more.
Commentary by George F. Bernstein
Regular Feature: A Yiddish Expression 2023-05-211h 05Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamWe Celebrate Mother's Day in Song and VerseFeaturing songs by Connie Frances, Yehoram Gaon, Dudu Fisher, Jeff Nadel and others
A Yiddish Expression
History of and thoughts about Mother's Day
2023-05-1457 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJewish Identity & ContinuityMusic from 3 choirs -
IDF Chorus
Adash (Czech Republic)
Ein LanuZ'man (Congregation Agudas Achim, Alexandria, VA)
Regular Feature - A Yiddish Expression
New Feature - Just The Facts - a segment sharing contributions Israel makes to the world on so many fronts
Songs from Yehoram Gaon, Doug Cotler, Moshe Hillel, Sam Galser and Cantor Ari Braun
2023-05-0758 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamYom Hatzmaut - Israel Independence DaySongs from Craig Taubman, Ofra Haza, Robyn Helzner, Cantor Ya'akov Motzen, Danny Messing, Cantor Shai Abramson, Kolos, and the IDF Chorus
CELEBRATING ISRAEL'S 75th BIRTHDAY2023-04-3056 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamYom HazikaronWe remember those who gave their lives to establish and protect Eretz Yisrael
12 Musical Selections celebrating Israel and those who defend her
An interview with Israeli Shaliach Itzik Sayag
2023-04-231h 00Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamReflections on the Shoah in Words and MusicAlso in this episode:
An Interview with Maestro Murray Sidlin, discussing music of the Holocaust
Music based on teachings from Pirkai Avot
Songs from the Ghettos of Europe
2023-04-1658 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamMusic & Memories, Our Heritage of FreedomPassover music and traditions from many cultures
Insights and wisdom from our heritage
As always, a wonderful Yiddish expression, with Estelle's expert explanation2023-04-0257 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamPassover in Music and Verse / Post Denominational JudaismMulticultural selections of Passover music with insights and inspiration for your seder
Part 2 of our interview with Rabbi Jeremy Barras of Temple Beth Am, Miami
Weekly Feature - a Yiddish Expression2023-03-261h 00Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamPassover - A Lesson In FreedomPassover is a celebration of Family and Freedom
This show includes music from multiple Jewish Cultures, Part 1 of our interview with Rabbi Jeremy Barras of Temple Beth Am, Miami FL, A Yidish Expression (an extra bonus expression this week), and Estelle's commentary on the holiday and what it means to be a Jew2023-03-191h 03Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamZ'man Cherutainu - The Time of our FreedomWe begin introducing Passover music and themes this week.
Regular feature - "Yiddish Expression" - Too many Hamans, only one Purim. Check it out!
An interview with famed Israeli archeologist Dan Bahat, the man who directed the digs in the tunnels under the Temple Mount
History and commentary on the upcoming Passover season2023-03-1254 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamChag Purim Sameach!Celebrate Purim with us!
Festive Songs, a bit of History, and an Abundance of Joy!2023-03-0555 min
Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamJewish Music L'Dor VaDorAn interview with Shira Kobrin, Manager of Family Engagement Music at Central Synagogue in NYC. Shira discusses how she works to make Judaism a multi-generational experience through her music.
The episode also features Jewish dance tunes from Yiddish, Ladino and modern Israeli traditions, and our weekly Yiddish Expression segment.
2023-02-261h 05Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch Abraham"Torah Is The Best Merchandise"Did that title get your attention? The Yiddish expression is Toira Is Die Beste Schoireh. It loses something in the translation, but we'll help you with that in this podcast. Estelle interviews author and historian A.D. Levine and discusses his recent book, "The Seeds of Scripture: The Beginnings of the Bible." Also included are songs in Yiddish, Hebrew and English expressing our love for Torah and Yiddishkeit. 2023-02-1950 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamSongs Of LoveLove songs - A Full Dozen!
From Yiddish Theater...... Ladino..... Hebrew (Old & New).....
On the College Campus.....
The sexy Russian Ballad "Orchee Chornia" (in Hebrew)
A Yiddish Expression (weekly feature)
2023-02-1257 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamTradition Informs Contemporary Creative Talent In Music and Thought
Classic and contemporary musical selections in Yiddish, Hebrew and English, connecting one generation to another
Interview with award winning television producer Scott Davis, discussing Jewish literary greats of the late 19th century, notably Jacob Dinezon, a friend and mentor of I.L. Peretz and Shalom Aleichem.
A Yiddish Expression (weekly feature)
2023-01-2955 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamMulticultural Judaism through Music12 Musical selections from around the world in Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino.
The show also contains the voice and words of the late prolific author and historian Maurice Samuel speaking about Jewish life in Ukraine and Crimea under the Czars. 2023-01-2259 minJewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamSong & DanceUnderstanding our people through Song and Dance. A variety of music from Yiddish, Sephardic and modern Israeli culture, with explanation and commentary. 2023-01-0852 min
Jewish Community Radio with Estelle Deutsch AbrahamInaugural EpisodeWelcome to the inaugural podcast of Estelle Deutsch Abraham's Jewish Community Radio, a program that has delighted audiences in the Washington DC area for decades. Estelle is a talented performer and an expert on Jewish culture and history. Each show is packed with a wide variety of Jewish music from around the world, interviews with interesting guests, including artists, politicians, journalists and scholars, and insights into the Jewish experience, both past and present. With these podcasts we hope to continue making this resource available to Estelle's many fans, and to bring it to a new audience for years to c...2023-01-0355 min