Benny Mer, Kolya Borodulin
Feb 14, 2020•1 hr
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Episode 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
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