Yom Haatsmaut with Gitu Cycowitz, Avremi Zaks, Miriam Trinh

We observe יום העצמאותּ Yom Haatsmaut with three guests who all
currently reside in Jerusalem, Israel:


Mrs. Gisel (Gitu) Cycowicz, Auschwitz
survivor originally from Chust, Czechoslovakia, discussing her
personal history and reflections on this year's Yom Hazikaron/Yom
Haatsmaut.


Avremi Zaks is the host of Kan Yiddish, which
is sponsored by the National Authority for Yiddish Culture in
Israel (https://www.yiddish-rashutleumit.co.il/), and which is
broadcast in Israel on public radio at frequencies 104.9 FM and
105.3 FM every Friday at 4 p.m. and on 101.5 FM at midnight
from Saturday to Sunday. Audio archives of the Kan Yiddish
radio show can be accessed online here:
https://www.kan.org.il/radio/program.aspx/?progid=1136 See also
their Facebook group: Yiddish Radio ייִדיש ראַדיאָ.
Note: shortened due to time constraints —the
full-length interview will be released presently as a bonus
podcast.

Dr. Miriam Trinh is Editor-in-Chief of Afn
Shvel, organ of the League for Yiddish (ייִדיש-ליגע) and a
lecturer in Yiddish language and literature at Hebrew University
in Israel, as well as at various intensive Yiddish programs
internationally. In 2018 she and her husband Eliezer Niborski
jointly created a new center for Yiddish culture in Jerusalem and
Tel Aviv called יאָ (“yes”) — ייִדיש-אָרט (Place for Yiddish).
Featuring Sholem Beinfeld as interviewer.
Note: shortened due to time constraints —the full-length
interview will be released presently as a bonus podcast.

Music:

Dovid Eshet: Yerusholayim Shtot fun Gold (lyrics and
music by Naomi Shemer)

Dovid Eshet: Yerusholayim Shtot fun Ayzn /Yorusholayim
Shal Barzel (lyrics: Meir Ariel, Music: Naomi Shemer)

Dudu Fisher: Vu Ahin Zol Ikh Geyn (lyrics: Igor S.
Korntayer)





Air date: April 14 2021