A collection of conversations about Jewish heritage, culture and genealogy in the lands of Galicia.
Gesher Galicia Today
Claim This Podcastby Steven S. Turner
15 episodes
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Podcast Overview
A collection of conversations about Jewish heritage, culture and genealogy in the lands of Galicia.
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Publishing Since
2/13/2022
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February 23, 2026
The Mamales in Conversation with Steven Turner
This podcast focuses on Jodi, Maya and Raquel, 3 performers from the Joel Grey directed production of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish who after the run of the show formed a singing group The Mamales. They performed at the Gesher Galicia NY event in December, 2025 and due to popular demand, Gesher Galicia is producing a virtual concert by The Mamales on 4/26/26. Hear the story of how they formed their group and how singing in Yiddish became so important to them. A clip of them singing, "The Sabbath Prayer" from Fiddler on the Roof is played during the podcast. Buy tickets for the 4/26/26 virtual concert here. Dr. Turner was in error when he said the livestream will start at 12 PM EDT. It will actually start at 1 PM EDT. Gesher Galicia members write to membership@geshergalicia.org to get the promo code for discounted tickets. Watch their concept video Abi Gezunt here. The video of the Fiddler in Yiddish Cast performing at the 2019 Easter Bonnet Benefit can be seen here.
April 25, 2025
Renia's Diary with Elizabeth and Alexandra Bellak
Renia Spiegel was born in 1924 to Jewish family living in southeastern Poland in the former land of Galicia.. At the start of 1939 Renia began a diary. “I just want a friend. I want somebody to talk to about my everyday worries and joys. Somebody who would feel what I feel, who would believe me, who would never reveal my secrets - a diary.” And so begins an extraordinary document of an adolescent girl’s hopes and dreams. By the fall of 1939, Renia and her younger sister Elizabeth (née Ariana) were staying with their grandparents in Przemysl, a city in the south, just as the German and Soviet armies invaded Poland. Cut off from their mother, who was in Warsaw, Renia and her family were plunged into war and the grips of the Holocaust. Renia’s sister Elizabeth Bellak, and her daughter, Alexandra join Gesher Galicia President, Steven Turner in a conversation about the diary. Please submit any questions or comments to info@geshergalicia.org.
January 15, 2025
Bennett Greenspan, Founder of Family Tree DNA with Steven Turner
Entrepreneur and life-long genealogy enthusiast Bennett Greenspan founded Family Tree DNA in 2000. Family Tree DNA was the first company in the world to develop DNA testing for ancestry and genealogical purposes into a commercial business. The Y chromosome test, the company's original product, started the Direct To Consumer genetics testing revolution. Mr. Greenspan’s business and entrepreneur experience spans photo-imaging and commercial real estate. Conversation spans the beginning of the very first commercially available DNA test to the future of genetic genealogy. Please give it a listen.
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