Join us on Father's Day, Sunday June 20th on the Portland Yiddish Hour for
live in-studio performances by members of the Red Hot Chachkas Klezmer Band
and Hebrew poetry including selections in honor of the Tel Aviv Gay Pride
Parade
read for us by PSU Judaic Studies Professor ...
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The Yiddish Hour presents a spring membership drive special, featuring the
music of Vagabond Opera, an East European/Rock hybrid that has actually
written and performed their own opera, "The Zeitgeist Beckons," as well as
other CD releases. Join us on Sunday, May 2, at 11:...
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Portland's Rabbi Aryeh Hirshfield was a Rabbi, a musician, and a tireless
activist for global peace and interfaith dialogue.
Sunday December 27th 2009 was the first yahrtzeit, or anniversary of his
death. On this special Yiddish Hour we explore the roots of Reb Aryeh's
mu...
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This week's Yiddish Hour will be a high energy, balkans/klezmer, dance,
mizrachi (perhaps) show. If your kids say they don't like Jewish music,
make them listen to this show. It's going to be sort of Grateful Dead meets
balkan dance party (oy, maybe I make too big expecta...
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A special Yiddish Hour featuring the Jewish Theatre Collaborative's
production of "Happy Hour with Sholem Aleichem," directed by Sacha Reich,
with music by Yankl Falk and Courtney von Drehle. Thanks to my co-host Ed
Kraus for help with editing the audio.
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Five years ago the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Portland's Washington Park
was dedicated, to leave a legacy of hope for all citizens in our community
and to teach what hatred and bigotry can do when an entire government
endorses those ideologies. A fifth anniversary event ...
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From the stories of David Fuks, This Will Never Work Out
David Fuks shares with us a hilarious short story of young love in Detroit,
Michigan. The story was recorded and mixed for radio by Yiddish Hour host
Ed Kraus. This story first aired on May 24th, 2009.
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