Hy Wolfe from CYCO, 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: Hy Wolfe, executive director of CYCO Yiddish Bookstore and Publishing House, talks about the organization’s campaign to survive and thrive as New York City’s last secular Yiddish book store, helped by Friends of CYCO Books, a new organization and web site, and thanks to recent publicity such as the New York Review of Books article The Joy of Yiddish Books. Besides heading up CYCO, Wolfe is a veteran actor, director, and singer, both in English and Yiddish. More info at HyWolfe.com.

• Music:

  • Moishe Oysher: Got Iz Eyner (Mu Asapru)
  • Hy Wolfe: Es benk zikh nokh di kinder yorn (Childhood Years)
  • Marthe Schlamme: Zog Maran
  • Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

Air Date: April 6, 2022