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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.ellenc...
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The Portland Jewish community has lost another of its leading voices and we
are all dealing with the shock and sadness. We must go on, and, maybe, music
will help.
Also, we will chat in studio with Grant Miller, long-time family friend, and
with John Moss (Oregon Area Jew...
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Join Barry for a too-brief overview of three generations of recorded Klezmer
music: the 1920's, the 1970's, and into the 21st Century.
It's been far too long since you heard anything from "Israel J. Hochman's
Jewish Orchestra" (1923), right?
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Tune in this Sunday for the last Portland Yiddish Hour of 2012!
Liz Schwartz will be hosting all manner of great music, old and new, klezmer
and sephardic, archival and contemporary. We're all over the map here; come
navigate the rich territory of Jewish music with us. And r...
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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.
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