Kolya Borodulin, Dovid Braun, Valentine's Day

Interview with Kolya Borodulin, Director of
Yiddish Programming at Workmen's Circle (Arbeter Ring). Check out
all their Yiddish programming here:
https://circle.org/what-we-do/yiddish-language/

Interview with Dovid Braun, Academic
Director of the 2019 YIVO-Bard Summer Program, also known as the
Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature,
and Culture. More info here: https://summerprogram.yivo.org/
NB: First deadline: International and Financial
Aid Applicants: February 28, 2019


Valentine's Day, or Valentin-Tog, the secular
holiday of romantic love, is celebrated throughout with playing
and discussion of several love songs by our regular co-hosts
Sholem Beinfeld and Leye (Lillian)
Shporer-Leavitt.

Music:

In Di Vayse Yorn, words by Yosef Papernikov, performed by
Chava Alberstein on her album Lemele (NMC, 2006)

Her nor du sheyn meydele, folk song, performed by Wolf
Krakowski on his album Transmigrations: Gilgul (Kamea
Records, 1996), accompanied Freydi Katz

Margaritkes, words by Zalmen Shneyer, performed by Chava
Alberstein on her album Mike Burstein/Chava Alberstein:
Yiddish Folk Songs (CBS, 1973)

Fisher Lid, words and music by Aliza Greenblatt,
performed by Martha Schlamme on her album Favorite Yiddish
Songs (MGM, 1963)



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



Air date: February 13, 2019