COVID-19 with Avremi Zaks; Author: Elissa Bemporad (cont.); Eli Rosen, Unorthodox's Yiddish Consultant

We present discussions on three timely topics, all in Yiddish:


(1) COVID-19: a roundtable discussion of the novel coronavirus,
aka "Covid-19", with special guests Avremi Zaks,
the host and producer of the Israeli Yiddish radio show Kan
Yiddish (info on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/181106619326190/)


Joining in the discussion is regular co-host Sholem
Beinfeld, Co-Chief Editor of the Comprehensive
Yiddish-English Dictionary and Professor of History, Emeritus, at
Washington University, and Mark (Meyer) David, host and producer
of The Yiddish Voice.


We also get a special report on COVID-19 from Alex
Dafner, Yiddish presenter for Australia's SBS Hebrew and
Kadimah radio shows.


(2) (Continuation from last week:) LEGACY OF BLOOD:
Elissa Bemporad, author of the new book Legacy
of Blood: Jews, Pogroms, and Ritual Murder in the Lands of the
Soviets (Oxford University Press, 2019), is interviewed by Sholem
Beinfeld. This is the first half of a 2-part interview, and
begins at approximately the midpoint of the show. Elissa Bemporad
is the Jerry and William Ungar Chair in East European Jewish
History and the Holocaust and an associate professor of history
at Queens College and The Graduate Center - CUNY. Her previous
book, Becoming Soviet Jews: The Bolshevik Experiment in Minsk
(Indiana University Press, 2013), was the winner of the National
Jewish Book Award and the Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History.
(Publisher info:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/legacy-of-blood-9780190466459)


(3) Eli Rosen, actor (in the role of the Rebbe)
as well as Yiddish translator, coach, and cultural consultant for
the new Netflix miniseries Unorthodox, which
deals with life in a NY Chassidic community, and features dialog
mostly in Yiddish by an international cast of actors, mostly
non-Yiddish speaking -- it's coming out released this week on
Netflix! Info: Eli Rosen: http://elirosen.net/ Unorthodox:
https://www.netflix.com/title/81019069 (NOTE: this is a
preview excerpt of a longer interview to be
aired in a future program.)


Greetings for Pesach: thanks to Motl Murstein of
Brookline, MA, who recorded his bagrisung for Pesach, with a wish
for the end of this mageyfe; and, from our archive: the late Max
Gelerman of our sponsor The Butcherie in Brookline. Wishing you a
kosher Pesach - Good Yontev! אַ כּשר׳ן פּסח!


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

Outro instrumental music: Itzhak Perlman, Dov Seltzer, Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra: Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym



Air Date: March 25, 2020