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Airs at: Sun, 06/16/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Jewish Music and Culture

 

Sundays 10-11am Pacific Time

Jewish Music and Culture








 

 

 

Jewish, Yiddish, Ladino, Klezmer, Israeli, Mizrahi and Sephardic Music and Culture

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Upcoming shows:

May 5 - Shuli

May 12 - Chaim

May 19 - Liz

May 26 - Shuli

 

June 2 - Chaim

June 9 - Liz

June 16 - Shuli

June 23 - Chaim

June 30 - Liz

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Portland Yiddish Hour on 03/04/12

Airs at: Sun, 03/04/2012 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Join Barry for a (non-Hitchcockian) musical journey, moving inexorably SSE from Poland to western Ukraine to the Balkans, in preparation for the March 14th concert of Balkan Beat Box, at the Roseland Theater! Read more

Portland Yiddish Hour on 02/12/12

Airs at: Sun, 02/12/2012 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Show your love and support for the Portland Yiddish Hour this Sunday, Feb. 12 from 10-11am Host Liz Schwartz will play your requests and dedications during our membership drive show this Sunday. With Valentine's Day coming up on Feb. 14, this show is the perfect opportunity... Read more

Portland Yiddish Hour on 01/22/12

Airs at: Sun, 01/22/2012 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Join host Liz Schwartz and special guest Sacha Reich, Artistic Director of Jewish Theatre Collaborative, for a preview of JTC's upcoming production Cafe Baghdad, which opens next week. Have Arab coffee with a Jew in the New York City of the Middle East. It's 1928. Also feat... Read more

Portland Yiddish Hour on 12/25/11

Airs at: Sun, 12/25/2011 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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About the only place on the radio dial where you won't hear any Christmas Music.  At least for an hour. Join host Ed Kraus for a mix of Klezmer, Chanukah music, and a story by Reb Aryeh. Read more

Portland Yiddish Hour on 05/08/11

Airs at: Sun, 05/08/2011 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Yiddish Hour host Ed Kraus welcomes to the KBOO studios Ralph Huntley and Courtney VonDrehle from the Portland based groups Klezmocracy and 3 Leg Torso.  We'll talk about the Jewish roots of much of the music played by both ensembles, and how they "deconstruct" this materia... Read more

Portland Yiddish Hour on 05/01/11

Airs at: Sun, 05/01/2011 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Tune in to the Yiddish Hour for a special May Day edition, where we'll celebrate Jewish America's long and rich musical-historical connections to work and labor unions. Host Liz Schwartz also interviews Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, co-founder of Uri L'Tzedek (Awaken to Justice)... Read more

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz interview

Airs at: Sun, 05/01/2011 at 12:00am
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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.o... Read more

A Conversation, by I.L. Peretz

Airs at: Sun, 04/17/2011 at 12:00am
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I.L. Peretz story for Passover, as read by George Lederer and Darrell Salk. Read more

Sue Fishkoff Interview

Airs at: Sun, 04/10/2011 at 12:00am
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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. Read more

The Diary of Anne Frank - Interview with Maestro Yaacov Bergman and Soprano Ani Maldjian

Airs at: Sun, 04/03/2011 at 12:00am
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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... Read more