Vicky Ash-Shifriss on "Silent Tears" CD

In observance of International Holocaust Rememberance Day (Jan.
27) we're listening to and discussing Silent Tears: The Last
Yiddish Tango, the acclaimed 2023 CD with new music and songs
based on poetry and other writing by several women who are, or
were, Holocaust survivors in Toronto. These songs recall their
terrible and traumatic experiences during the Holocaust,
including sexual abuse and torture. Some of the songs were
collected and adapted by Dr. Paula David, a social worker, from a
group of survivors in the Terrace Holocaust Survivors Group at
the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto who wrote
poetry together to deal with their trauma. Others were adapted
from the diary of Molly Applebaum, a Holocaust survivor in
Toronto. The music, which is mostly new for this CD, is performed
by Toronto's Payadora Tango Ensemble along with several soloists.
Our guest to discuss Silent Tears is Vicky
Ash-Shifris. She lives in Jerusalem and works as a
Yiddish teacher and translator. She translated four of the songs
on the CD into Yiddish. For additional info on Silent Tears,
visit Executive Producer Dan Rosenberg's website:
https://danrosenberg.net/silent_tears_the_last_yiddish_tango_info_and_press
or, to audition and purchase the CD, visit its Six Degrees
Records album page:
https://payadoratangoensemble.bandcamp.com/album/silent-tears-the-last-yiddish-tango


Music:


Aviva Chernick with Payadora Tango Ensemble: Silent Tears
(Words: Terrace Holocaust Survivors Group, Paula David, Dan
Rosenberg; Music: Rebekah Wolkstein)

Aviva Chernick with Payadora Tango Ensemble: The Numbers on
My Arm (Words: Terrace Holocaust Survivors Group, Paula David,
Dan Rosenberg; Music: Rebekah Wolkstein)

Aviva Chernick and Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk with Payadora
Tango Ensemble: Don't Let Us Starve (Words: Molly Applebaum, Dan
Rosenberg; Music: Artur Gold)

Lenka Lichtenberg: A Victim Of Mengele (Words: Terrace
Holocaust Survivors Group, Paula David, Dan Rosenberg; Music:
Rebekah Wolkstein)

Henry Carrey: Tu Beshvat (Music and Lyrics by Beyle
Schaechter-Gottesman)

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



Air date: January 24, 2024