Saul Noam Zaritt

Saul Noam Zaritt is an assistant professor
of Yiddish literature at Harvard University. He received his
doctorate in Jewish literature from the Jewish Theological
Seminary, and he is the founding editor of In geveb: A
Journal of Yiddish Studies (ingeveb.org). We reached him by
phone at his office in Cambridge, MA. The interview was
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.




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




Hanukkah greetings were presented by our lovely friends
Motl Murstein, Sholem Beinfeld, and
Dovid Braun.




Hanukkah Music:


Bruchas (Hanukkah blessing #1) by Ben Gailing, from Oy
Chanukah (by The Klezmer Conservatory Band)

Blessing of the Candles (Brochot) (Hanukkah blessing #2)
by Moishe Oysher, from "The Moishe Oysher Chanukah Party"

Shehechiyonu by David Kusevitsky, from "50 min with David
Kusevitsky"

Mo-oz Tsur by Eli Lipsker's Children's Choir and
Orchestra, solo by Avremel Friedman, from "Sing Original
Chassidic Melodies"

Haneiros Hallolu (We Kindle These Candles) by Seymour
Silbermintz & The Boys, from "Sing With Seymour"

Borukh Ate Zingt der Tate by Judith Clurman (conductor)
with Essential Voices USA, from "Cherished Moments: Songs of
the Jewish Spirit"

Ikh Bin a Kleyner Dreydl by Lori Cahan-Simon, words and
music by Mikhl Gelbart, from "Chanukah is Freylekh! A Yiddish
Chanukah Celebration. Songs My Bubbe Should Have Taught Me:
Volume Two"

Kh'bin a Dreydl by Pripetshik Singers with Binyumin
Schaechter as music director, words and music by Beyle
Schaechter Gottesman, from "Fli, Mayn Flishlang"

Chanuke O Chanuke by Martha Schlamme, words and music by
Mordkhe Rivesman, from "Sings Jewish Folk Songs"

Akht Likhtlekh by Pripetshik Singers, with with Binyumin
Schaechter as music director, words and music by Beyle
Schaechter Gottesman, from "Fli, Mayn Flishlang"

"O, Ir Kleine Lichtelech" by Sidor Belarsky with Vladimir
Heifetz as music director, words by Morris Rosenfeld, from
"Chanukah Festival of Songs"





Air Date: December 13, 2017