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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George Lederer talks about the concept of the Yiddish term "kinnehora"
(without the evil eye), and reads a story by the same title, from author
Jerome Weidman.
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Hosted by Liz Schwartz, celebrating the beginnings of summer. We'll also have
a conversation with Sacha Reich, Artistic Director of Jewish Theatre
Collaborative, about JTC's new residency/collaboration with Miracle Theatre
Group.
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Jacob's last show as official host of the Portland Yiddish Hour.Playing
mostly Jewish hip hop, including a couple of tracks off of Eprhyme's latest
album, "Lost Tapes and Found Sounds"Hope you enjoy it! And have a great rest
of your summer.
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Yiddish Hour host Barry Lavine interviews Portlander Eric Klein, who is
working with Toronto writer Michael Wex on a project to translate the 1921
Classic Yiddish novel, "In Poylishe Velder" (In the Forests of Poland) into a
free e-book for 2015. Details can be found at...
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