Mira Kessler in "Got fun Nekome", Passing of Hasia Segal

Mira Kessler is a rising star of the Yiddish theater scene in New
York with a major supporting role in the new hit of the season
Got fun Nekome (God of Vengeance), now being performed by New
Yiddish Rep (http://newyiddishrep.org). We spoke to her by phone
this morning.


Hasia Segal o"h: Dovid and Meyer were extremely saddened to
announce that Hasia Segal died this past Monday night, January
16, 2017. Hasia (whose name you'll also find spelled Chasia,
Chassia, or Khasye, and in English as Harriet) was a co-founder
of the Yiddish-language radio show "The Yiddish Voice"
(WUNR-1600AM, from 1994 to the present) and its predecessor "The
Yiddish Hour" (WBRS-100.1FM, years 1990-1994). Further details
were given on the air, and are currently on our web site in the
announcement section, here:
http://yiddishvoice.com/#announcements In this broadcast we
played one of Hasia's segments from our archives, a presentation
about the Boston Zionist hero Dewey Stone. We'll be continuing to
air segments from Hasia's radio archives in the coming weeks
until our Shloyshim (Memorial) program, scheduled for Feb. 15,
2017.


Also: news report from Kol Israel in Jerusalem presented by
Avremi Zaks.


Original broadcast date: Jan. 18, 2017