April 14, 2022

Dov-Ber Kerler re Ukraine, and Pesach

1 hour 4 minutes

Happy Passover! ‫אַ זיסן און כּשרן פּסח!‬

Happy Passover and thanks to friends, participants, and sponsors of this show:

Israel Book Shop (Eli Dovek recorded Mar 28 2007)

The Butcherie (Max Gelerman ז״ל recorded Mar 28 2007)

Cheryl Ann's Bakery, featuring kosher and pareve breads and pastries

American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors of Greater Boston (Tania Lefman, Treasurer, co-sponsor of Boston's 2022 Virtual Community Holocaust Commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Sunday, May 1, 2022, at 2:00PM Eastern. Info and registration here: https://www.jcrcboston.org/yh2022/

League for Yiddish (Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, Chair of the Board)

Dovid Braun, Leonia, NJ

Sholem Beinfeld, Cambridge, MA

Leah Shporer-Leavitt, Newton, MA

Motl Murstein, Brookline, MA

Boston Workers Circle Yiddish Committee, (Linda Gritz, Somerville, MA)

Fishl Kutner, from Der Bay, IAYC, and Fishl's Yiddish Group

Hy Wolfe, from CYCO Yiddish Bookstore and Publishing House

Featured Interview: Dov-Ber Kerler, writer and poet, professor at Indiana University, co-director of the AHEYM project, with his thoughts on the war in Ukraine. He also read out a short poem of his, a kind of response to the Hebrew poem They Say There's A Land (אומרים ישנה ארץ) by Shaul Tchernichovsky. Kerler frequently publishes his poetry under the pen name Boris Karloff (באָריס קאַראַוו) here on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/berkale For more info on Kerler and AHEYM: https://aheym.com/contact/

Music:

Moishe Oysher: Chad Gadyo

Moishe Oysher: Got Iz Eyner (Mu Asapru)

Michael Silverman: Dayenu (instrumental)

Barry SIster: Chad Gadyo (in the style of Moishe Oysher)

Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

Air Date: April 13, 2022

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