Ruth Kohn, Libby Pollak, Dovid Braun Telling Jokes, and Best of Rosh Hashona

Recorded at Yugntruf's Yidish-Vokh in Copake, NY, in August
2021: Ruth Kohn, Libby
Pollak and Dovid Braun telling
jokes in Yiddish




Best of Rosh Hashona - Announcements and well-wishes for the
new year from sponsors and friends and a High Holidays mix of
recent and past audio highlights. Enjoy!



Eli Dovek, proprietor of Israel Book Shop
(from 2009)

Holocaust survivors Tania Lefman and
Mary Ehrlich, on behalf of the
American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors
(AAJHS) of Greater Boston. Note: the annual Hazkore
(Holocaust Memorial) will be virtual only at 11 AM on Sun Sep
12, 2021, at 11 AM; for details, consult JCRC Boston.


Sholem Beinfeld, cohost of the Yiddish
Voice and co-chief editor of Comprehensive Yiddish-English
Dictionary


Dovid Braun, cohost of the Yiddish Voice
and Academic Director of [YIVO Summer Program]
(https://summerprogram.yivo.org/)


Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, chair of the
board of the The League for Yiddish/די ייִדיש-ליגע


Cheryl Moore/Moore Family/Cheryl Ann's
Bakery


Leyzer Maimon, Holocaust survivor and
Rabbi at Young Israel of Mill Basin, Brooklyn, NY (from
2020)


Motl Murstein, Holocaust survivor in
Brookline, sings Afn Pripetshik and Hobn Mir a Nigndl (from
2019)


Hasia Segal ז"ל, late cofounder and cohost
of the Yiddish Voice (from 2007)


Max Gelerman ז"ל, late proprietor of The
Butcherie (from 2005)


Iosif Lakhman ז"ל, late cohost of the
Yiddish Voice (from 2007)


Avrom Cohen ז"ל, late bal tefila from
Boston's North Shore, chants Rosh Hashonah/Yom Kippur
tefilas and talks about his life and about being a bal
tefila (from 1997)


Mordkhe Schaechter ז"ל, late Yiddish
scholar, discusses Yiddish-language idioms and greetings
tied to holidays Rosh Hashonah, Yom Kippur, and Succos
(from 1997)





Music:


Cantor Simcha Koussevitzky: Zochreinu L'Chaim

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





Air Date: September 1, 2021