Portland Yiddish Hour
The Portland Yiddish Hour (Where "Yiddish" means "Jewish")
Jewish, Yiddish,
Ladino, Klezmer,
Israeli, Mizrahi and Sephardic Music and Culture
Every Sunday 10-11 am Pacific Time
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Playlists and Audio
May 19th playlist http://kboo.fm/content/portlandyiddishhourplaylistfor05192013
May 19th podcast: http://kboo.fm/content/portlandyiddishhouron051913
May 5 playlist: http://kboo.fm/content/portlandyiddishhourplaylistfor05052013
April 28 playlist: http://kboo.fm/content/portlandyiddishhourplaylistfor04282013
April 14 http://www.kboo.fm/content/portlandyiddishhourplaylistfor04142013
Mar 31 http://kboo.fm/node/54967
Mar 24 http://kboo.fm/node/54810
Mar 17 http://kboo.fm/node/54624
Mar 10 http://kboo.fm/node/54452
Mar 3 http://kboo.fm/node/54280
Feb 24th http://kboo.fm/node/54096
Feb. 10th http://kboo.fm/node/53771
Feb. 3rd http://kboo.fm/node/53561
Jan 27th http://kboo.fm/node/53370
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Ellen Cassedy Interview
Interview with Ellen Cassedy, author of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust
Ellen Cassedy went to Vilnius, Lithuania in order to study Yiddish and connect with a place where some of her ancestry originated from.
Find out more at her website: http://www.ellencassedy.com/
- Artist: Jacob Rosenblum
- Title: Ellen Cassedy Interview
- Length: 19:51 minutes (18.17 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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A Prayer in Wake of a School Shooting
This content aired as part of the Portland Yiddish Hour on December 16, 2012. The prayer was written by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and is read by host Ed Kraus. The music is Armenian duduk, played by Djivan Gasparyan.
- Title: Track 01
- Length: 5:39 minutes (5.18 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Interview with Alicia Jo Rabins of Girls in Trouble
Liz Schwartz's interview with Alicia Jo Rabins, founder of Girls In Trouble, an original art-pop song cycle about women in Torah. GIT has released two albums with Jdub Records and has toured across the US, Canada, England, Italy and Sweden. Alicia is currently working on A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff, an experimental performance piece about the intersection of mysticism and finance, which will premiere in New York City in the autumn of 2012.
This interview first aired on the Portland Yiddish Hour on July 1, 2012. It also includes two new songs from Alicia: "Open the Ground," and "A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff" (the Kaddish was recorded at the LABA Festival at the 14th St. Y in New York City in May 2012).
- Length: 27:32 minutes (25.2 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Annoy Kaufman, Inc.
A short story by playwright George S. Kaufman, read by actor George Lederer. Aired on the Portland Yiddish Hour on April 15, 2012.
- Title: Annoy Kaufman, Inc.
- Album: Annoy Kaufman, Inc.
- Year: 2012
- Length: 8:21 minutes (7.64 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz interview
Liz interviews Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, Founder and President of Uri L'Tzedek, the first Orthodox Jewish social justice organization, which is working to ensure fair labor practices for workers in kosher restaurants. For more information on Uri L'Tzedek, go to www.utzedek.org First aired on a special May Day Yiddish Hour show on May 1, 2011.
- Title: Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz interview
- Length: 15:19 minutes (14.03 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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A Conversation, by I.L. Peretz
I.L. Peretz story for Passover, as read by George Lederer and Darrell Salk.
- Year: 2011
- Length: 9:25 minutes (3.77 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 56Kbps (CBR)
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Sue Fishkoff Interview
An interview with journalist and author Sue Fishkoff, about her latest book, Kosher Nation: why more and more of America's food answers to a higher authority.
- Title: Sue Fishkoff interview
- Album: Sue Fishkoff interview
- Year: 2011
- Length: 30:46 minutes (28.18 MB)
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The Diary of Anne Frank - Interview with Maestro Yaacov Bergman and Soprano Ani Maldjian
The Portland Chamber Orchestra will perform Grigori Frid's The Diary of Anne Frank on Friday April 8th, Saturday April 9th, and Sunday April 10th 2011 in Portland Oregon. Conductor Yaakov (Yaki) Bergman and Soprano Ani Maldjian discuss the music and libretto for this opera with Yiddish Hour host Ed Kraus.
- Title: Track 01
- Length: 30:05 minutes (27.54 MB)
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Nigel Savage Interview
Liz interviews Nigel Savage, founder and executive director of Hazon, America's largest Jewish environmental organization. For more information about Hazon, go to http://www.hazon.org/. For more information about Portland Tuv Ha'Aretz, the Portland chapter of Hazon CSA, go to http://portlandtuv.org/.
- Artist: Liz Schwartz
- Title: Nigel Savage Interview
- Album: Yiddish Hour
- Track: 1
- Date: 01/02/2011
- Length: 16:59 minutes (15.56 MB)
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Competitors
Competitors, a short story by Sholem Aleichem, read by actors George Lederer and Mark Loring
- Artist: Mark Loring & George Lederer
- Title: Competitors
- Album: Unknown Album (6/17/2010 7:31:15 PM)
- Track: 1
- Genre: Other
- Length: 14:59 minutes (13.72 MB)
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Playlists
Portland Yiddish Hour playlist for 08/24/2008
| Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Kaplan | Haleluyah | Turning the Soul |
| Bukharan Jewish Ensemble | Azerbaijani Segah | Shashmaqam |
| The Klezmatics | Kolomeyke | Possessed |
| Lerner & Moguilevsky | Sirba En Rey Menor | Basavilbaso |
| Teka | Szeretom a tavalyi | A Szuzke |
| Lori Cahan-Simon | Kumt ale in shul | Vessel of Song |
| ?? | Izpoved | Mystery of the Bulgarian Voice Vol 2 |
| ?? | M-am intors acasa | Gypsies of Romania |
| R. Arieh Hirshfield | Out of the Depths | Batee L'Ganee |
| Dave Terras | Der Yemenite Tanz | Tanz! |
| Fanfare Ciocarli | Ru Romnie | Iag Bari |
| Lerner & Boguilevsky | Abou's Court Tone | Basavilbaso |
| Di Naye Kapelye | Yismechu + medley | Di Naye Kapelye |
host Ed Kraus
Portland Yiddish Hour playlist for 08/17/2008
| Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Chava Alberstein, Klezmatics | Ovnt Lid | The Well |
| Ruth Yaakov | Ay Que Mueve Meses | Ziara |
| Rebecca Kaplan, Pete Rushefsky | Ikh Hob Gevolt | On the Paths |
| Bruce Adler | Yosl Ber | An Evening at the Yiddish Theatre |
| Di Naye Kapelye | Goldblatt's Freylakh | A Mazeldiker Yid |
| Marilyn Lerner | Dem Tzadiks Zemerl | Romanian Fantasy |
| Susan Gaeta | Yo M'Enamori | From Her Nona's Drawer |
| Klezmer Alliance | Dos Bisele Shpayz | Mir Basaraber |
| Arkady Gendler | Ele Bele | My Hometown Soroke |
| Tatiana Vayntraub | Gitara | Shalom Comrade |
| Di Naye Kapelye | Pastekhl | Traktorist |
Portland Yiddish Hour playlist for 08/10/2008
| Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Yale Strom | Song of Ulok | Caparti 50 Miles in 50 Years |
| Brave Old World | Berlin Overture | Beyond the Pale |
| Pharohs Daughter | Eicha | Out of the Reeds |
| Fanfare Ciocarlia | Lume, Lume | Iag Bari |
| Lerner/Moguilevsky | Baym Rebin's Sude | Basavilbaso |
| Voice of the Turtle | La yave de Espanya | Balkan Vistas |
| Klezmatics | Doyna | Jews with Horns |
| Fraidy Katz | Moyde Ani | The Eternal Question |
| Krzysztof Penderecki | Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima | unknown |
| Di Naye Kapelye | Ani Maamim | Di Naye Kapelye |
Tisha B'Av - host Ed Kraus
Portland Yiddish Hour playlist for 08/03/2008
| Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Sunita Staneslow | If I Forget You O Jerusalem | City of Gold |
| Beys Viznitz | Mimkoymkho | Khsidishe Oystres II |
| Richard Locker | Meditation Hebraique | Jewish Cello Masterpieces |
| Jeff Warschauer | A Slow Hora for Those Who Wait for Freedom | The Singing Waltz |
| Leonard Oppenheimer | Melekh Rakhamon | Signs and Wonders |
| Sonia Wieder Atherton | Psalmodie | 15 Chants Juifs |
| Merlin Shepherd Kapelye | Gorgeous | Intimate Hopes and Terrors |
| Kroke | Time (extended version) | Time |
| Sonia Wieder Atherton | Priere | 15 Chants Juifs |
| Sunita Staneslow | Jerusalem of Gold | City of Gold |
Portland Yiddish Hour playlist for 07/27/2008
| Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Shawn's Kugel | Freylakh for Shara | Most Precious of Days |
| Joseph Moskowitz | Romanian Dance | The Art of the Cymbalom |
| Budapester Klezmer Band | Bessarabien | A Nakht in Gan Eydn |
| Budapester Klezmer Band | Gazn-Nign | A Nakht in Gan Eydn |
| Kapelye | Yoske Furt Avek | Future & Past |
| Yaffa Yarkoni | Papirossen | Rumania, Rumania |
| Dr. J and the OJGs | Bim Bomb | Hip Hop Shabbat |
| Yale Strom and Zmiros | Papirossen | Carpati: 50 Miles in 50 Years |
| Shawn's Kugel | Jo Hanino | Most Precious of Days |
| Yale Strom | Sherlusher Nigun | Carpati: 50 Miles in 50 Years |
| Bukharan Jewish Ensemble | Medley of Wedding Songs | Shashmaqam |
Host Ed Kraus
Portland Yiddish Hour playlist for 07/13/2008
| Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Klezmer Conservatory Band | A Fishele | A Taste of Paradise |
| Marilyn Lerner | Honga | Romanian Fantasy |
| Yael Naim | Shelcha | |
| Pharoah's Daughter | Lev Tahor | Haran |
| Andy Statman | Badekens Niggun | Avodas Ha-Levi |
| Ana Kurdi | Ana Kurdi | Ana Kurdi |
| David Krakauer | Television Freilachs | The Twelve Tribes |
| Shtreiml | Mein Teiere Odessa | Harmonica Galitzianer |
| Chava Alberstein, Klezmatics | Di Krenitse | The Well |
| Judy Frankel | Una Tarde de Verano | Silver and Gold |
| Flory Jagoda | La Nona Kanta |
Hosted by Reva.
Portland Yiddish Hour playlist for 07/06/2008
| Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Constantin Lupu, Constantin Negel | Batuta lui Costandache | |
| Minsker Kapelye | Tants fun Propoysk | |
| Klezmer Alliance | Doyne (Zelik Barditchever) | Mir Basaraber |
| Marilyn Lerner | Rumshinsky's Bulgar | Romanian Fantasy |
| Steven Greenman | Odessa Freylekhs | |
| Elaine Hoffman Watts | Lakeleh | I Remember Klezmer |
| Paul Brody's Sadawi | Sher the Bottle | |
| German Goldenshteyn | Moldavian Freylakhs | |
| Ruth Rubin | Tants Tants Antkegn Mir | |
| Ben Baruch | Shabbes beim Shalosh Seudos | |
| Temple Beth Am Choir | L'Cha Dodi | |
| Temple Beth Am Choir | R'Tze | |
| Transkapela | Zsidos od Manio | |
| Ruth Yaakov | Bernal Frances |
Interview: Seattle musician Wendy Marcus, the editor of D'rash literary journal and director of KlezKids
Portland Yiddish Hour playlist for 06/29/2008
| Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Karsten Troyke | A Bisele Glik | |
| Yale Strom | Bughici's Khosidl | |
| Elaine Hoffman Watts | Bagopolier Freilach | I Remember Klezmer |
| Ruth Yaakov | Esto Quen Lo Culpa | |
| Sefarad | Miserlou | |
| Polka Madre | Gitanas Mojadas | |
| Ben Baruch | Bearvot Haneguev | |
| Yael Naim | 7 Baboker | |
| Veretski Pass | Bratul Bratanyek | |
| Veretski Pass | Fallen Apples | |
| Veretski Pass | Three Wheels Csardas | |
| Minsker Kapelye | Minsker Frelekhs | |
| Pharoah's Daughter | HaShomer |
Portland Yiddish Hour playlist for 06/08/2008
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Statman | Flatbush Waltz | Rough Guide to the Klezmer Revival | World Music Network |
| Veretski Pass | Zero Dark Hundred | Trafik | Golden Horn |
| Elaine Hoffman Watts | Gasn Nign | I Remember Klezmer | |
| Karsten Troyke | Tsvey Hartsn | ||
| Marilyn Lerner | Gasn Nign | Romanian Fantasy | |
| Pharoah's Daughter | By Way of Haran | Haran | |
| Budowitz | Schwartz Beygele | Budowitz Live | |
| Minsker Kapelye | Firn di Makhetonim Aheym | ||
| Polina Shepherd | A Nigndl | ||
| Mimi Sloan | Greene Bleter | Sings Moyshe Oysher | |
| Yale Strom | Meyen Nign | Borsht with Bread Brothers | |
| Michael Wingrad | Morning Song | Bessarabian Hop |
Hosted by Reva.
Portland Yiddish Hour playlist for 06/01/2008
| Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Klezmatics | Man in a Hat | Jews with Horns |
| Alicia Svigals | Kale-Kale Mazeltov | Fidl |
| Metropolitan Klezmer | Terkish Navratilova | |
| Metropolitan Klezmer | Shadkhn Tango | |
| Isle of Klezbos | Goldene Khasene | |
| Polish field recording | Csardas de Spisz |
Interviews: Eve Sicular ("The Yiddish Celluloid Closet"), Jonathan Walters and Ida Bocian (Hand2Mouth Theatre, "From a Dream to a Dream")
Comments
Got up late. ;-(
Hey, I missed the Yiddish Hour this morning. Is it archived? How do I find it to listen to? --DameEdithDivine@gmail.com
Old Show archives
Dear Dame Divine!
We don't podcast our regular music shows for legal reasons. KBOO pays a license to broadcast and stream live over the internet, but not for later podcast so ... sorry.
If we produce content ourselves such as the comedy skits and interviews, that you can find via the audio link on our Yiddish Hour page. We also post playlists in case you need to know what we played. That show was by Barry ... the KBOO website is undergoing a revision and it might take a few more days before you can see the playlist from that show.
Of course, if you are clever you could set your computer to capture the live stream of the show to disk then play it back at your convenience! It's just that we can't legally do this for you.
All the best,
Ed
Yiddish Hour - 9/6/09 show
A lively broadcast. Enjoyed Sheila Fox's voice and joyful klezmer music, a beautiful gift for Elul. Thanks to Liz for bringing this show to KBOO.
Ramon Tasat
Ed-
Who is Ramon Tasat? (Who is John Galt?!!?)
L
Ramón Tasat
yiddish hour
I like this fuzzy-quality, old-school stuff from the 1920's and earlier that comes up every now and then on the Yiddish Hour! My entry into Klezmer and other Yiddish music was through modern bands like New Orleans Klzemer All-stars and Rabbincal School Dropouts, definitely yiddish-infused but with a heavier, funky beat. It's cool to go back and hear the source. Thanks!
Old-school klezmer
Glad you like the archival stuff; it's some of my favorite music to play, too, precisely for the reason you mentioned. Also, nobody tears it up like Dave Tarras, IMO.
Zei gezint,
Liz
great program, shanda at Spertus
Hi Yankl,
Great show today!
I hope you had a great time in Chicago visiting your kids. I got to know Shainah when she joined the shul where I davened in Chicago. I moved back to PDX (my hometown) last summer, though I try to get back to visit the Chicago chevra at least once a year. I was hoping to see the maps exhibit at Spertus too when I get back there next, and think that censorship is generally an immature response to difficult questions. I hope you get someone from Spertus on the show next week so we can hear more about this.
Groisse dank,
Bracha
Portland Yiddish Hour
Hello,
I was looking for the set list for the May 11th 2008 show. There was a song that I heard at about 10:30 am that morning, entitled "Gefilte Fish and Matzo Balls" I think. I wanted to know who the artist was that performed the song.
Greatly Appreciated!!
Much Thanks,
Christopher
Gefilte fish and matzo balls
Thanks for getting in touch about our May 11 show. We had a sub that day, but I know (and love) the track that you're asking about, which was recorded by Slim Gaillard. He had a few other Yiddishoid records, such as the immortal "Draysik Sents".
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September 5, 2010
Dear Mrs. Falk:
The liturgical music is splendid! Thanks so much. Please keep it coming.
By the way, if you have any cookbooks left over after distributing them to your children, please make an announcement during the "The Yiddish Hour". I would love to purchase some more for my collection.
Happy New Year.
Respectfully,
S.E. Halpern