Avrom Sutzkever's 10th Yahrtzeit with Beinfeld & Fein; Christa Whitney on Beyle Film

In honor of Avrom Sutzkever's 10th Yahrtzeit: Richard Fein
and Sholem Beinfeld read from and discuss the book The Full
Pomegranate: Poems of Avrom Sutzkever (SUNY Press, 2019), which
presents Sutzkever's poems with Fein's English translations.

Remarks on Sutzkever's 10th Yortsayt by Beinfeld

Interview with Fein about his book. (Previously aired on
the Yiddish Voice in September 2019)

Readings of Sutzkever's poems in English translation and
Yiddish original by Fein and Beinfeld (recorded at their
reading at Harvard Hillel in September 2019)

Interview with Beinfeld about Fein's book. (Previously
aired on the Yiddish Voice in September 2019)

From our archive: Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim: remarks for
Sutzkever's Shloyshim (previously aired on the Yiddish Voice
in February 2010). Basman Ben-Hayim is a world-renowned
Yiddish poet living in Israel but originally from Vilkomir
(Lithuania) who was a good friend of Sutzkever's. Info:
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/basman-ben-hayim-rivka



Chista Whitney is interviewed about her film Beyle: The
Artist and Her Legacy about the life of Beyle
Schaechter-Gottesman. The film was recently completed and is now
being screened around the world. Info:
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/wexler-oral-history-project-presents/beyle-artist-and-her-legacy-film
Christa Whitney is director of the The Yiddish Book Center's
Wexler Oral History Project. Info:
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tellyourstory

Dovid Braun talks about the upcoming program in memory of
Peysakh Fishman at the Sholem Aleichem Culture Center (Bronx,
NY). Info:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Sholem-Aleichem-Cultural-Center-Bronx-238579126233379/events/



Air Date: January 15, 2020