Sheva Zucker: The Golden Peacock

Dr. Sheva Zucker presents her new bilingual
audio album The Golden Peacock: The Voice of the Yiddish
Writer, which she edited and produced. It was originally
published in 2001 in an all-Yiddish CD format. In 2021, it
was released as a revised bilingual edition, making it
available either as MP3 files or as two audio CDs. The set
now includes the voices of twelve Yiddish writers and a
138-page book that contains the work of each writer in
Yiddish with parallel text in English, a biography of each
writer in English and Yiddish as well as notes in English
about each selection. Hear the voices of Celia Dropkin,
Yankev Glatshteyn, Rokhl Korn, Aron Glanz-Leyeles, H.
Leivick, Kadya Molodowsky, Itzik Manger, Avrom Sutzkever,
Sholem-Aleichem, Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Yekhiel
Shraibman and Elie Wiesel. English is read by Sheva Zucker
and Trudie Kessler, Professor Emeritus of Voice and Acting at
The Theatre School/DePaul University, Chicago. Sheva Zucker
served as the executive director of the League for Yiddish
and editor-in-chief of its publication Afn Shvel from
2005-2020. She is the author of the textbooks Yiddish: An
Introduction to the Language, Literature & Culture, Vols.
I & II, and has taught Yiddish language and literature
for over two decades in the Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in
Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture. For more info:
https://shevazucker.com




The interviewer, Lillian ("Leah")
Shporer-Leavitt, is a frequent cohost of The Yiddish
Voice and an experienced Yiddish translator and teacher. She
has taught Yiddish for many years at various institutions in
the Boston area, including Workers Circle and Gann Academy.




Music:


Sidor Belarsky: Babi Yar (lyrics by Shike Driz, music by
Rive Boyarska)

Theresa Tova: Mayn Khaverte Mintsye (lyrics and music by
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman)

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





Air date: May 25, 2022