Diana Cohen; Dovid Braun, Shane Baker: #Beyle100

Meet Diana Cohen (a/k/a Dina Godiner). She is the
first cousin of a famous journalist, the late Daniel Schorr. She's
also the first cousin of a not-so-famous violinist, the late Semyon
Godiner. In 2008, Diana and Daniel had not met nor heard of their
cousin, who grew up in the former Soviet Union and was now living
in Israel. The Yiddish Voice got them together! How? Well, to find
out, listen to that amazing story, told by Dina, and find out more
about her interesting life. You'll also hear some of Semyon's voice
and music, as well as an excerpt from Daniel Schorr's historic
journalistic coup: interviewing Nikita Khrushchev! To hear even
more from Dina (in English), here's her Wexler oral history video:
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/interviews/woh-fi-0000320/diana-cohen-2012
#Beyle100: Dovid Braun and
Shane Baker discuss their connections, as two of
the dozens of participants, to the upcoming international online
concert Beyle 100, celebrating a century of the
Yiddish songs, poetry, and artistic vision of the late
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Sunday Aug 9, 2020 at
1:30pm (New York time). For info, and to register to watch it live
on Zoom, go here: yivo.org/beyle100

Music:


Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman: Zumerteg, words and music by
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, musical arrangement by Binyumen
Schaechter, violin accompaniment by Alicia Svigals, guitar
accompaniment by Meyshke Alpert

Janet Leuchter and Meyshke Alpert: Harbstlid, words and music
by Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, musical arrangement and piano
accompaniment by Binyumen Schaechter

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



Air Date: August 5, 2020