Best of Yom Ha'atzmaut, with Felsenbaum, Zak, Bryks-Klein, Portnoy, London, Cycowics, Galai

אַ פֿריילעכן יום העצמאות (Happy Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel
Independence Day))!

We re-air some more or less recently aired interviews with
Israelis in honor of Yom Ha'atzmaut:


Michael Felsenbaum and Avremi
Zak discuss latest Israeli news, and Bella
Bryks-Klein and Avremi Zak
discuss upcoming Yiddish events in Israel. Previously
broadcast, May 5 2019, by Israeli Public Broadcasting
Corporation's Kann Yiddish, archived here:
https://soundcloud.com/michael-felsenbaum/03052019a and
here: https://www.kan.org.il/radio/program.aspx?progId=1136


Pesye Portnoy, interviewed by
Arieh London ז״ל, originally aired on Kol
Israel Radio, Yiddish Service, in Jan 2008.


Gitu Cycowics (nee Friedman), an Israeli,
a resident of Jerusalem, from Carpathian Czechoslovakia and
an Auschwitz survivor, discusses her joy around the 70th
Yom Haatsmaut. Originally aired on the Yiddish Voice Apr 24
2018.


Daniel Galai, the composer, Yiddish
activist, and head of Leyvik Hoyz in Tel Aviv, discusses
concerns about Yiddish in Israel, and especially Yiddish on
Israeli radio. Originally aired on the Yiddish Voice June
14 2017.

Israel Songs:

Barry Sisters: Exodus

Dovid Esheth: Yerusholayim, Shtot fun Gold (music Naomi
Shemer, origin Hebrew lyrics Naomi Shemer, Yiddish
translation Leyb Olitski)

Sholom Katz: Shalom Shalom Yisroyl

Dovid Esheth: Yerusholayim Shel Barzel (music Naomi
Shemer, lyrics Meir Ariel)



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



Air date: May 8, 2019