Lilye Weitzman & Yoyne Sidman: New Yiddish Songs from Boston

Interview with Lily (ליליע) Weitzman and
Jonah (יונה) Sidman, who recently led a workshop
to teach songs created by them and others active in Yiddish
language and culture activities around the Boston Workers Circle.
The Yiddish Voice was on hand to record four songs sung by
participants in the workshop they led, titled נײַע לידער פֿון
באָסטאָן (New Songs from Boston), presented at the 2023
Yidish-Vokh, which took place earlier in August in Copake, NY,
and was sponsored by the organization Yugntruf-Youth for Yiddish.
These songs, as well as selected highlights from the workshop,
were presented on this show. The four songs are (1) Levone-Mol by
Lily Weitzmann; (2) In Hartsn Zol Undz Akhdes Zayn, Yiddish
lyrics by Jonah Sidman, a translation of Let Union Be in All Our
Hearts (traditional); (3) A Bletele Vert a Bletl by Adah Hetko;
and (4) Eyn Kol, Yiddish lyrics by Linda Gritz, based on One
Voice by Ruth Moody of The Wailin' Jennys. Weitzman and Sidman's
creative Yiddish activities are an outgrowth of Di Nest, an
incubator for Yiddish creative projects. For more information,
visit
https://circleboston.org/yiddish-community-informal-learning/#dinest.


Music:


Ben Zimet: Summertime

Levyosn: Fisher Lid

Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird: Arbeter Froyen

Mandy Patinkin: American Tune

Leybele Waldman: Der Nayer Yor

Aaron Lebedeff & Alexander Olshanetsky Orchestra: Vos Ken
Yu Makh Es Iz Amerike

Seymour Rexite: Battle Hymn of the Republic (in Yiddish)

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



Air date: August 30, 2023