Daniel Galay: Yiddish in Israel and Other Topics

interview with Daniel Galay (דניאל
גלאי), an Israeli composor, musician, translator,
writer, educator, and Yiddish community leader and activist.
He is chairman of Leyvik House, which publishes and sells
books, in Yiddish and other languages, and serves as a
Yiddish cultural center in Tel Aviv, housing Israel's Yiddish
Writers Union. Born in Argentina in 1945 and raised in a
Yiddish speaking home, Galay moved to Israel in 1965. In this
interview, he talks about many of his life experiences and
achievements as well as current interests and projects,
including his recent Yiddish Intonation Youtube series,
teaching Yiddish intonation for English-speaking Yiddish
students, and about the "Ashkenazi Identity movement" he
promotes in Israel and online. He also discusses Yiddish in
Israel and offers comments on the recent book Yiddish in
Israel, whose author, Rachel Rojanski, discussed the book on
The Yiddish Voice/דאָס ייִדישע קול in 2021. This interview
took place in Tel Aviv on June 4, 2023




Music:


Michael Gaysinsky (Михаил Гайсинский): Es keytlt zikh di
tsayt (lyrics by Boris Sandler, music by Alex Meif and
Michael Gaysinsky)

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





Air Date: June 7, 2023