Shane Baker (New); Anita Norich (Repeat)

Shane Baker on Shloyme Mikhoels: we discuss
the upcoming program by Kultur Kongres
(http://congressforjewishculture.org) to honor the memory of
the great Soviet Yiddish actor and director Shloyme Mikhoels on
the 70th anniversary of his murder. On Thursday, January 18th,
2018 at 7 PM there will be a short lecture about the life of
his theater, the GOSET, video presentations of materials with
Mikhoels, readings from works about him, and presentations of
musical and theatrical materials related to his life and work
with the stars of stage and screen Yelena Shmulenson and Allen
Lewis Rickman. The event will take place at the JCC on the
Upper West Side of Manhattan and is free. (NOTE:
pre-registration is required, and seating is highly limited.)
Email kongres at earthlink dot net to register or get more
info.

Replay of our May 2015 interview with Anita
Norich, Professor of English and Jewish Studies at
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, about her book, Writing in
Tongues: Translating Yiddish in the Twentieth Century. Prof.
Norich will give a lecture in Yiddish on the topic "Di kunst fun
iberzetsn" ("The Art of Translating") this Sunday, Jan 21, 2018,
at 1:30 PM at Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center, 3301 Bainbridge
Avenue, Bronx, NY. Event info on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1843334362624673/

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

Outro instrumental music: AFN VEG SHTEYT A BOYM performed by
Itzhak Perlman, Dov Seltzer, and the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra



Air Date: Jan 17, 2018