Jewish, Yiddish, Ladino, Klezmer, Israeli, Mizrahi and Sephardic Music and Culture
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The Portland Jewish Music Festival is here! May 8 -18, featuring local Jewish artists Michelle Alany, Diane Chaplin, and Yankl Falk with the Carpathian Express, plus great Jewish artists from elsewhere.
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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 eve...
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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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April 19, 20, and 21 2009 are the dates for Portland's Yom HaShoah (Holocaust
Day) Community Commemoration.
This event is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Portland, The Archdiocese
of Portland, Ecumenical Ministries of Portland, University of Portland, and
others. ...
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This show focuses on the intersection of Jews, food and ethics. Host Liz
Schwartz interviews Rabbi Arthur Waskow, a major proponent of the eco-kashrut
movement. Eco-kashrut expands on traditional kosher dietary practices by
incorporating the ethics of sustainable growing...
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Composer and musician Yuval Ron is the leader of the Yuval Ron Ensemble, a
musical ensemble that builds musical bridges between people of the Jewish,
Muslim, and Christian faiths by performing sacred music of Arabic, Israeli,
Jewish, Moslem, Sufi, and Armenian Church tra...
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During World War II, some one hundred Jewish prisoners counterfeited cash for
the Third Reich, despite the knowledge that they would be killed when their
work was done. "Barrack 18" is the true story of these prisoners and the
counterfeited currency that was used by the ...
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