Jana Mazurkiewicz-Meisarosh; Shvues

Jana Mazurkiewicz-Meisarosh is a Ph.D.
candidate in the Slavic Department of University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor. Her dissertation research is on Yiddish Theater in
Communist Warsaw. Originally from Poland, Jana holds a Master
of Arts degree in Polish Philology and Jewish Studies from the
University of Wrocław. Jana combines her Yiddish academic
research with theater and community activism. Professionally
experienced in acting, directing, and playwriting, she wrote
the play "Hiltserne Milkhomes" (“Wooden Wars”) in Yiddish and
produced it for stage in Ann Arbor in 2013-2014. In October
2017, she moved to San Diego and launched the Yiddish Arts and
Academics Association of North America - YAAANA (website:
yaaana.org), which has as its goal, Jana has said, "to make
Yiddish culture hip, modern, and interesting". Jana is
interested in Yiddish both as a stage language and as a means
of exploring the current state of Polish-Jewish relationships.

From the archive Shavuos 2017: Rav Izchak
Kin: thoughts on Yiddish, the Yom-Tov Shavuos, and some
Q and A.

Music

Pripetshik Singers: Shvues-lid (words and music by Beyle
Schaechter-Gottesman)

Louis Danto: Shvues

Moshe Koussevitzky: Kortuz M'Chomer (for Yom-Tov Shavuos)

Mordechai Hershman: Toire is die Beste Schoire



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



Air date: June 5, 2019