Dov-Ber Kerler re Ukraine, and Pesach

• Happy Passover! ‫אַ זיסן און כּשרן פּסח!‬

• Happy Passover and thanks to friends, participants, and sponsors of this show:

  • Israel Book Shop (Eli Dovek recorded Mar 28 2007)
  • The Butcherie (Max Gelerman ז״ל recorded Mar 28 2007)
  • Cheryl Ann’s Bakery, featuring kosher and pareve breads and pastries
  • American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors of Greater Boston (Tania Lefman, Treasurer, co-sponsor of Boston’s 2022 Virtual Community Holocaust Commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Sunday, May 1, 2022, at 2:00PM Eastern. Info and registration here: https://www.jcrcboston.org/yh2022/
  • League for Yiddish (Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, Chair of the Board)
  • Dovid Braun, Leonia, NJ
  • Sholem Beinfeld, Cambridge, MA
  • Leah Shporer-Leavitt, Newton, MA
  • Motl Murstein, Brookline, MA
  • Boston Workers Circle Yiddish Committee, (Linda Gritz, Somerville, MA)
  • Fishl Kutner, from Der Bay, IAYC, and Fishl’s Yiddish Group
  • Hy Wolfe, from CYCO Yiddish Bookstore and Publishing House

• Featured Interview: Dov-Ber Kerler, writer and poet, professor at Indiana University, co-director of the AHEYM project, with his thoughts on the war in Ukraine. He also read out a short poem of his, a kind of response to the Hebrew poem They Say There’s A Land (אומרים ישנה ארץ) by Shaul Tchernichovsky. Kerler frequently publishes his poetry under the pen name Boris Karloff (באָריס קאַראַוו) here on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/berkale For more info on Kerler and AHEYM: https://aheym.com/contact/

• Music:

  • Moishe Oysher: Chad Gadyo
  • Moishe Oysher: Got Iz Eyner (Mu Asapru)
  • Michael Silverman: Dayenu (instrumental)
  • Barry SIster: Chad Gadyo (in the style of Moishe Oysher)
  • Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

Air Date: April 13, 2022