Miriam Hoffman: A Breed Apart

Interview with writer Miriam Hoffman
discussing her recently published memoir A Breed Apart:
Reflections of a Young Refugee which describes her fascinating
life, from childhood in Sibera and Germany through adulthood in
New York, raising a family in Yiddishist society in New York and
finding success as a columnist and feature writer for the Yiddish
"Forward" Newspaper ("Forverts"), as a Yiddish educator at
Columbia University, and as a playwright, including cofounding
the Joseph Papp Yiddish Theatre.

The interview is conducted by Sholem
Beinfeld, a regular contributor to the Yiddish Voice,
co-Editor in Chief of the Comprehensive Yiddish-English
Dictionary, and Professor of History, Emeritus, Washington
University, St. Louis.

Music: Sarah’s Lullaby & Hagar’s Lament, performed by
Shirim Klezmer Band, from the CD Of Angels and Horseradish, sung
by Rosalie Gerut (Sarah) and Betty Silberman (Hagar), lyrics by
Itzik Manger and Miriam Hoffman, from the play Lider fun Gan Eydn
(Songs of Paradise), based on the poetry of Itzik Manger, play
written by Miriam Hoffman and Rena Berkowicz Borow.

Rav Myer Loketch discusses Shvues and
Megilas Rus (Repeated from 2007.)

Music: Shvues, performed by Cantor Louis Danto, Composer:
Yoel Engel, Author: Shimon Shmuel Frug

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



Air Date: May 16 2018