• Feature interview: Dovid Braun, academic director of Yivo Institute’s Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture, discusses the ZumerProgram, Yiddish courses at YIVO, and Yiddish education generally, including the topic of “Chassidic Yiddish“.

Happy New Year! אַ גמר טובֿ! אַ גוט יאָר

• Greetings from our friends and sponsors

  • Holocaust survivor Tania Lefman, on behalf of the American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (AAJHS) of Greater Boston.
  • Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, on behalf of the League for Yiddish – די ייִדיש-ליגע
  • Eli Dovek ז”ל, proprietor of Israel Book Shop (from 2009)
  • Sholem Beinfeld, cohost of the Yiddish Voice and co-chief editor of Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary
  • Leye Shporer-Leavitt, cohost of the Yiddish Voice, Yiddish teacher and translator

• Music:

  • Sholom Katz: Zochreinu L’Chaim
  • Leibele Waldman: Der Nyer Yohr
  • Moishe Oysher: Hayom Horas Olam (for Rosh Hashona after shofar blown)
  • Mordechai Herschman: Al Chet
  • Joseph Feldman: Der Nayer Yor
  • Benjamin Siegel: A Din Toyre Mit Got (a/k/a Kaddish of Rabbi Levi-Yitzchok of Berditchev)
  • Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

Air date: September 28, 2022