70th Yom Haatsmaut Gitu Cycowics

• Interview with Gitu Cycowics (nee Friedman), an Israeli, a resident of Jerusalem, also an Auschwitz survivor

• Israel Report by Adam Gruzman, brought to you by the Yiddish Forward, on the web at yiddish.forward.com

• From Israel’s Kan national broadcast authority’s “Kan Yiddish” department: Shaye Perelzon’s Yiddish radio presentation for Yom Haatsmaut

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

• Israel/Yom Haatsmaut songs throughout:

  • performer: song

  • Seder Melodies (Choir): Hatikvoh

  • David Esheth: Yerusholayim, Shtot fun Gold

  • Sidor Belarsky: Yam Lid

  • Barry Sisters: Exodus

  • Shalom Katz: Shalom Shalom Yisroel

  • Shalom Katz: Yerusholayim

Air Date: Apr 18 2018