Podcast of The Yiddish Voice, a weekly hour-long Yiddish-language radio show heard in the Boston area Wednesdays, 7:30 - 8:30 PM, on WUNR 1600 AM/Brookline, MA (USA) and live-streamed via yiddishvoice.com ״דאָס ייִדישע קול״ איז אַ וועכנטלעכע ראַדיאָ פּראָגראַם אויף ייִדיש און אַ פּאָדקאַסט אויך. אגבֿ, ייִדיש שרײַבט מען אויך יידיש אָדער אידיש. הערט זיך צו און האָט הנאה!
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Podcast of The Yiddish Voice, a weekly hour-long Yiddish-language radio show heard in the Boston area Wednesdays, 7:30 - 8:30 PM, on WUNR 1600 AM/Brookline, MA (USA) and live-streamed via yiddishvoice.com ״דאָס ייִדישע קול״ איז אַ וועכנטלעכע ראַדיאָ פּראָגראַם אויף ייִדיש און אַ פּאָדקאַסט אויך. אגבֿ, ייִדיש שרײַבט מען אויך יידיש אָדער אידיש. הערט זיך צו און האָט הנאה!
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April 23, 2026
Leybl Botwinik on Israel at War for Yom Hazikaron & Yom Haatsmaut
<p>HIGHLIGHTS</p> <ul> <li> <p>On the day of Israel Independence Day (Yom Haatsmaut) and one day after Israel's Memorial Day (Yom Hazikaron), we welcome back <strong>Leybl Botwinik</strong> to talk about life in Israel while at war against Iran. Leybl Botwinik is a writer of science fiction, poetry and songs (in both Yiddish and English) who grew up in Montreal's vibrant Yiddish cultural scene. He is the son of the late Dovid Botwinik, a composer of Yiddish songs, music educator, and Yiddish activist, and the brother of Sender Botwinik, a Yiddish educator, choral director, and music producer. We reached Leybl by phone at his home in Natanya on Wednesday, Apr. 22, 2026.</p> </li> <li> <p>From our archives (2008): <strong>Hasia Segal</strong> ז״ל talks about a relatively unsung hero of Israel, and a Bostonian, the late Dewey Stone, who made significant contributions to the establishment of the State of Israel.</p> </li> <li> <p>Music</p> <ul> <li>Dovid Esheth: Yerusholayim Shtot fun Gold</li> <li>Barry Sisters: Exodus</li> <li>Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Air date: April 22, 2026</p>
March 27, 2026
Joe Szwarcberg; Pesach 2026; Rabbi Teitelbaum
<p>We wish all our cohosts, sponsors and friends a Happy and Kosher Pesach.</p> <p>מיר ווינטשן אַלע אונדזערע אונטערשטיצער, פֿרײַנד און באַטייליקטע אַ פֿריילעכן און כּשרן פּסח</p> <p>HIGHLIGHTS: </p> <ul> <li> <p>We welcome back Rabbi <strong>Yitzchok-Boruch Teitelbaum</strong>, known in his Monroe, NY, community as der Pshischer Rebbe, for Pesach greetings and words of wisdom. We reached Rabbi Teitelbaum by phone at his home in Monsey, NY, on Mar. 25, 2026.</p> </li> <li> <p>We hear Holocaust survivor <strong>Joe Szwarcberg</strong> (יוסף שװאַרצבערג) tell his story of survival in his own words. Joseph Szwarcberg was born in 1930 in Kozienice, Poland. He survived the Holocaust, including Buchenwald, where he was liberated by the US Army on April 11, 1945. At age 17, he emigrated to Australia, where he built a life and was active in the “Buchenwald Boys,” a group originally comprised of 45 young survivors liberated on that same day. Today, he is the only surviving member. We reached Joe via WhatsApp at his home in Melbourne, Australia, on Mar. 18, 2026. Special thanks to <a href="https://jirikluc.cz/">Jiri Kluc</a>, Holocaust historian in the Czech Republic, for help producing this interview.</p> </li> <li> <p>Pesach greetings from many of our cohosts, friends and sponsors, as follows:</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.israelbookshop.com">Israel Book Shop</a></strong> (<strong>Eli Dovek ז״ל</strong> recorded Mar 28 2007).</li> <li><strong>American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors of Greater Boston</strong> (member and Holocaust survivor <strong>Tania Lefman</strong>, and member and Holocaust survivor <strong>Mary Erlich</strong>), co-sponsor of <a href="https://jcrcboston.org/events/yom-hashoah-2026/">Boston's 2026 Commemoration of Yom HaShoah</a>, Sunday, April 12 at 10:00 AM Eastern. We reached them at their homes in Greater Boston by phone on March 25, 2026.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://leagueforyiddish.org">League for Yiddish</a></strong>, New York, NY, (<strong>Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath</strong>, Chair of the Board). Recorded at her home in Teaneck, NJ, on March 25, 2026.</li> <li><strong>Leah Shporer-Leavitt</strong>, Newton, MA, co-host of The Yiddish Voice / דאָס ייִדישע קול (recorded at her home in Greater Boston on March 24, 2026).</li> <li><strong>Dovid Braun</strong>, Leonia, NJ, co-host of The Yiddish Voice / דאָס ייִדישע קול (recorded by phone at his office at <a href="https://yivo.org/">YIVO</a> on March 25, 2026).</li> <li><strong>Yankele Bodo</strong>, Tel Aviv, Israel, actor and singer (from 2016).</li> <li><strong>Eli Grodko</strong>, New Millford, NJ, friend of the show. Recorded at his home in Teaneck, NJ, on March 25, 2026.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://circleboston.org/">Boston Workers Circle</a></strong>, Brookline, MA (Yiddish committee member <strong>Linda (Libe-Reyzl) Gritz</strong>), recorded at her home in Greater Boston on March 24, 2026.</li> <li><strong>Sholem Beinfeld</strong>, Cambridge, MA, co-host of The Yiddish Voice / דאָס ייִדישע קול, co-editor of the Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary and Professor of History, emeritus, Washington Univ., St. Louis, with extended remarks on <strong>Pesach 5786</strong>. We recorded Sholem at his home in Cambridge, MA, by phone on March 25, 2026.</li> <li><strong>Hy Wolfe</strong>, Director of <a href="http://www.cycobooks.org/">CYCO Yiddish Book Center</a>, Long Island City, NY. We recorded Hy by phone at his home in Manhattan on March 25, 2026.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Music:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Mark (מאָטל) Murstein: Mi Yodea (Recorded at his Brookline, MA, home for the Yiddish Voice, Pesach, 2019)</li> <li>Moishe Oysher: Kiddush for Pesach</li> <li>Lori Cahan and Meyshke Alpert: Zog, Maran</li> <li>Lori Cahan and Meyshke Alpert: In Dem Land Fun Piramidn</li> <li>Malavsky Family: Ho...
March 16, 2026
Miriam Udel on Yiddish Children's Literature; Sholem Beinfeld on World Events
<p>Highlights:</p> <ul> <li>Yiddish Voice co-host <strong>Sholem Beinfeld</strong> shares his commentary on the latest world events, including the Iran-Israel-USA war and the Russia-Ukraine war, from a Jewish perspective. Sholem spoke to us by phone from his home in Cambridge, MA, on Mar. 11, 2026.</li> <li>Emory University professor <strong>Miriam Udel</strong> (מרים אודעל) discussed her book <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691254371/modern-jewish-worldmaking-through-yiddish-childrens-literature">Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature</a> (Princeton Univ. Press, 2025) with Yiddish Voice co-host <strong>Lillian (לאה) Shporer-Leavitt</strong>, who is a Boston-based Yiddish teacher and translator. We reached Miriam on Zoom at her home in the Atlanta area on Feb. 26, 2026. Publisher info for Miriam's book: <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691254371/modern-jewish-worldmaking-through-yiddish-childrens-literature">https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691254371/modern-jewish-worldmaking-through-yiddish-childrens-literature</a> </li> </ul> <p>Music:</p> <ul> <li>Fish Street Klezmer: Russian Freylekhs Medley</li> <li>Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz</li> </ul> <p>Air Date: March 12, 2026</p>
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