Dovid Roskies (Part 2, Replay) and Gella Schweid-Fishman Death Announcement

Gella Schweid-Fishman died yesterday (May 16, 2017). Dovid Braun
gives a short announcement of her death, including funeral
details, as well as some details about the life of the beloved
Yiddish activist. See also this article (in Yiddish) in Forverts:
http://yiddish.forward.com/articles/204111/yiddish-teacher-and-archivist-gella-schweid-fishma/


The featured interview on this show is with Professor Dovid
Roskies. It is a slightly shortened version the interview that we
originally aired Nov. 30, 2017.


Also on this week's show:


We announce that sadly the daily Yiddish radio shows that for
decades have been a part of the Israeli state broadcasting
service, better known as Kol Israel, have been canceled. They
will apparently be "replaced" by a weekly show.


Various music is also performed, notably by the Dutch band
Nikitov, which is on tour and will be playing several concerts
this month on the East Coast of the USA, including a few in
Boston. More info here: http://nikitov.com


Air Date: May 17, 2017