Podcasts about yiddish glory

Link to video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/hKN0_75EuqEAnna Shternshis is a Professor of Yiddish studies and the director of the department of Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto and the author of "Soviet and Kosher", "When Sonia Met Boris" and the forthcoming "Jews in the soviet union: post war life, hopes and fears". In this interview we talk about the fascinating history of the Jews of the Soviet Union, the oral histories Anna collected from Yiddish (and non-Yiddish) speakers born before 1929, and the Yiddish songs she recovered from during the holocaust.Some links for Anna Shternshis here:Soviet and Kosher: https://amzn.to/4irTnT6When Sonia Met Boris: https://amzn.to/4bxypzCHer project to set holocaust songs to lyrics, titled Yiddish Glory: https://www.yiddishglory.com/Link to the University of Toronto: https://german.utoronto.ca/anna-shternshis/Twitter: https://x.com/shternsh

Nei decenni fra le due guerre mondiali, il tango godette in Polonia di una particolare popolarità, e se si può addirittura ritenere che Varsavia sia stata all'epoca la capitale europea del tango, di certo è stata la capitale mondiale del tango in yiddish: degli oltre tremila brani di tango creati in quel periodo da compositori e parolieri polacchi, molti infatti erano di autori ebrei. Allestito in Canada, prodotto da Dan Rosenberg (che nel 2018 aveva curato Yiddish Glory, su canzoni inedite scritte durante la seconda guerra mondiale da ebrei dell'Unione Sovietica, molti dei quali soldati dell'Armata rossa), e pubblicato dall'etichetta Six Degrees con il patrocinio di istituzioni canadesi, Silent Tears non si limita alla rievocazione - con le belle interpretazioni delle vocalist e degli strumentisti del Payadora Tango Ensemble - di un fenomeno musicale e culturale: i testi dei brani sono originali, e basati su scritti di donne sopravvissute alla Shoa e arrivate in Canada dopo la fine della guerra. Le musiche sono in parte originali, ma concepite nello stile dei tanghi polacchi degli anni trenta, e in parte di autori dell'epoca: in particolare di Artur Gold, morto nel '43 nel campo di Treblinka.

During World War II, approximately 1.6 million Soviet, Polish and Romanian Jews survived the Holocaust by escaping to Soviet Central Asia and Siberia, avoiding imminent death in ghettos, firing squads and killing centres. Many of them wrote music about these horrors as the Holocaust was unfolding before their eyes. A miraculous discovery in the Vernadsky National Library in Kyiv revealed a collection of Yiddish music created during the 1940s that documented their numerous traumas: dangerous train journeys, often in cattle cars; prison sentences, disease, and deep anxieties about family members left behind in Europe. During World War II, these songs were collected by amateur and professional poets, and then organised by the Ukrainian folklorist Moisei Beregovsky. However, the archive was confiscated by the KGB soon after the end of the war. The songs were never performed since, in public or in private. Singer Alice Zawadzki, whose own family found themselves on a similar journey to Central Asia, and historian Anna Shternshis (University of Toronto), who led the project to bring these songs back to life, travel to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to retrace the journeys of those Jewish refugees who became music composers. From Tashkent and Samarkand to Bukhara and Almaty, they found abandoned factories where refugees worked, saw huts where they slept, met with the descendants of families who welcomed them and children of those survivors themselves who stayed in Central Asia. For the first time in 80 years, the songs created by Jewish refugees during the war were performed in these lands, by local musicians and composers, by children of refugees themselves, and by Alice Zawadzki. Producer: Michael Rossi.

During World War Two, approximately 1.6 million Soviet, Polish and Romanian Jews survived by escaping to Soviet Central Asia and Siberia, avoiding imminent death in ghettos, firing squads and killing centres. Many of them wrote music about these horrors as the Holocaust unfolded. Singer Alice Zawadzski, whose own family found themselves on a similar journey to Central Asia, and historian Anna Shternshis of the University of Toronto, who led the project to bring these songs back to life, travel to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to retrace the journeys of those Jewish refugees who became music composers.

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990s, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990's, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990's, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990's, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990s, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990s, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990s, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990s, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990s, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990s, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990s, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990s, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early 1990s, these songs were rediscovered and recorded with an ensemble of recognized soloists. Thanks to the painstaking labor of Anna Shternshis and the talent of Psoy Korolenko, audiences worldwide can now enjoy and reflect upon this treasure trove of songs that offer a precious glimpse into an unfolding tragedy and the artistic reaction to it. Series: "Library Channel" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36542]

*This episode features some graphic content. Listener discretion is advised* Music is often the only way to express sorrow, loss, and perhaps leave your story behind. This might be especially true for some Jewish communities, who were rounded up and killed during the Holocaust.  Today, Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill is joined by Professor Anna Shternshis - Director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto In this episode, we will discuss Yiddish Glory - a research project that revives Yiddish songs that were thought lost or destroyed.  The songs feature lyrics and poetry written by jews in concentration camps -- and cover issues like Soviet Jewish wartime service in the Red Army, survival and death in Nazi-occupied Europe. These songs were curated, arranged, and performed throughout Europe. -- later they were recorded into an album.  All the music in this episode was used with permission from Professor Shternshis. The full album can be found at soundcloud.com/yiddishglory To learn more about this project please visit http://www.yiddishglory.com. -- This podcast is sponsored by the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto. Our Host is Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill. Between, Across, & Through is produced, edited, and mixed by Ianeke L Romero

Comenzamos en Oceanía, con músicas que nos llegan desde Nueva Zelanda / Aotearoa, Australia y Papúa Occidental. Seguimos con un par de Rough guides, una que ve la luz ahora, dedicada a las raíces del gospel, y otra que recordamos, centrada en la música de Luisiana. Terminamos con raíces judías en Europa, con un nuevo tema de Yiddish Glory y el recuerdo, dentro de nuestra sección de Los esenciales de Mundofonías, para Di Naye Kapelye. We start in Oceania, with music coming from New Zealand / Aotearoa, Australia and West Papua. We continue with a couple of Rough Guides, one that is published now, dedicated to the roots of gospel, and another one that we remember, focused on the music of Louisiana. We end with Jewish roots in Europe, with a new song by Yiddish Glory and , within our section of The Essentials of Mundofonías, for Di Naye Kapelye. · Te Vaka - Tala lua (+ Tiana N. Liufau) - Te Vaka beats, vol. 2 · David Bridie & Allery Sandy - Yirramagardu - Marni: music for slow television · Eyuser - Gari mamiri - Didedikasikan · Arizona Dranes - It's all right now - The Rough Guide to the roots of gospel (VA) · Rev. J.C. Burnett - True friendship - The Rough Guide to the roots of gospel (VA) · Blind Willie Johnson - God don't never change - The Rough Guide to the roots of gospel (VA) · Mack Manuel / Jesse Legé & The Lake Charles Ramblers - Allons à Lafayette - The Rough Guide to the music of Louisiana (VA) · Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys - La danse de Mardi Gras - The Rough Guide to the music of Louisiana (VA) · Dr Michael White - Louisian-i-a - The Rough Guide to the music of Louisiana (VA) · Yiddish Glory & Payadora Tango Ensemble - I am a tyhpus louse - ("Pandemic songs" project) · Di Naye Kapelye - Dem rebns tants - Di Naye Kapelye · (Di Naye Kapelye - Hangu and freylachs from Podoloy - Di Naye Kapelye) Imagen / image: Payadora Tango Ensemble

In this long, LONG, overdue episode, the Minyan joins friend and comrade Alireza to explore the complicated history of Iran from the Constitutional Revolution of 1905 to the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Along the way, we discuss the particular class character of 20th Century Iranian society, the messy and often disappointing foreign relations between Iran and the USSR, the role of first British and then US imperialism in propping up the reactionary Pahlavi Dynasty, the rise and fall of Mohammed Mosaddegh, and the developments, tensions, and occasional fusions of nationalist, Islamist, and Marxist movements in Iran, culminating with the Marxist guerrillas who swept out the Pahlavi Dynasty in 1979, only to be coopted and suppressed by the reactionary wing of the Islamist movement who consolidated control over what would become the Islamic Republic. Part 2, to be released at a later date, will focus on that consolidation of power in 1979 and the developments within the IR to the present day, in order to guide principled communists in how best to approach an anti-imperialist nation that is also thoroughly anti-communist and in general reactionary. ----- Intro Music: Nitsokhn Lid by Yiddish Glory, remixed by Eli Bertrum Bed Music: Nitsokhn Lid Screwed by Mr. Crane Outro Music: Bayāt-e Tork by Yonā Dardašti, one of--if not the--most famous Iranian Jewish classical singers. Suggested Reading: "Iran Between Two Revolutions" & "The Modern History of Iran" by Ervand Abrahamian "Fragile Resistance: Social Transformation in Iran from 1500 to the Revolution" by John Foran "Soviet Politics and the Iranian Revolution of 1919-1921" by Stephen Blank

After weeks of delays, scheduling conflicts, and technical difficulties, the Minyan proudly presents its first truly long-form episode. Join Yaakov, Talia & special comrade guests Ari, Eli, Greer, & Zach as they dive into the bewildering world of Tanakh source criticism, ancient Egyptian literary analysis, & Ancient Near East archaeology, sifting through the layers of propaganda & mythmaking in the traditional Exodus narrative in an attempt to work out what, if any, historicity underlies these stories, how their development reflects the national-mythology of the societies that produced them, and what that means for our understanding of Jewish history. ----------- Intro Music: "Nitsokhn Lid" by Yiddish Glory, remixed by Eli Bertrum. Outro Music: "When You Believe" by Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey / "Miriam's Song" by Debbie Friedman / "Creeping Death" by Metallica. Suggested Reading: "Exodus" & "Who Wrote The Bible?" by Richard Elliott Friedman. "Israel's Exodus in Transdisciplinary Perspective" edited by Thomas E. Levy, Thomas Schneider & William H.C. Propp (in particular the articles therein by Jan Assman; Manfred Bietak; Israel Finkelstein; Ronald Hendel; Stephen O. Moshier & James K. Hoffmeier; Bernard F. Batto; Scott Noegel; Brad C. Sparks; Baruch Halpern; Thomas Romer; Stephen C. Russell; Donald B. Redford; Emmanuel Annati; Brendon C. Benz; Avraham Faust; Daniel E. Fleming; & Thomas Schneider). "To Your Tents O Israel: The Terminology, Function, Form, and Symbolism of Tents in the Hebrew Bible & the Ancient Near East" by Michael Homan.

Continuing from where Part 1 left off, Ma'tez joins the Minyan to trace the currents of Palestinian resistance to Zionist settler-colonialism from the Nakba & the declaration of the Israeli state through to the present day, with discussions of resistance movements under both Israeli & Jordanian hegemony, the 6 Day War, the role of Palestinian resistance movements in Black September & the Lebanese Civil War, and both the First and Second Intifadas. You can reach Ma'tez on twitter @Shuyu3i ------ Intro Music: Nitsokhn Lid by Yiddish Glory, remixed by Eli Bertrum Bed Music: Nitsokhn Lid Screwed by Mr. Crane Outro Music: بلدي (Baladi) by Kofia / رمانة (Rmanat) by سميح شقير (Samih Shaqir) / أناشيد العاصفة ('Anashid Aleasifa) by الفرقة المركزية (Alfurqat Almarkazia)

In this very special episode, the Minyan sits down with Ma'tez from the West Bank to discuss the long history of Palestinian resistance to foreign domination. We begin with the Musha' communal land system that Palestinian villages maintained under Ottoman Rule, the first conflicts with Zionist settlers in the late 1800s, how World War I affected Palestine, and the Great Revolt of the 1930s. In Part 2, coming soon, Ma'tez & the Minyan discuss Al Nakba, its aftermath in the 1950s, the 6 Day War, both Intifadas, and the current situation in Palestine--stay tuned for that within the next 2 weeks. You can reach Ma'tez on twitter @Shuyu3i For those listening as episodes are released, Ḥag Pesaḥ! This is, of course, not the Minyan Holiday Special you might have been expecting (listen to Yaakov's introduction to this episode for more on that) but it does serve to undermine the Zionist narrative of the Exodus as prefiguring political Zionism--more on just how wrong that narrative is in future episodes! ------ Intro Music: Nitsokhn Lid by Yiddish Glory, remixed by Eli Bertrum Bed Music: Nitsokhn Lid Screwed by Mr. Crane Outro Music: دبرها يا مستر دل (Solve It, Mr. Dill) by Nuḥ Ibrāhīm

APOLOGIES FOR SOME AUDIO QUALITY ISSUES, especially to those with audio sensitivities. Minor mic problems has Yaakov's voice sounding a bit crackly throughout this episode. On this holiday episode, the Minyan gets a little silly talking about the most fun, raucous, feminist, queer-inclusive, & outright diasporist holiday of the ritual calendar: Purim! Join the celebration of the legendary tale of diaspora Jews in the Persian empire fighting back against genocidal violence & winning, under the leadership of Queen Esther! ------ Intro Music: Nitsokhn Lid by Yiddish Glory, remixed by Eli Bertrum. Bed Music: Nitsokhn Lid Screwed by Mr. Crane Outro Music: Chag Purim by Jay Levy Suggested Reading: The Book of Esther (join our patreon to hear a reading of it!)

This time the Spiel is real. In a bit of a change-up, this month's bonus episode is a Purim Spiel, a reading of the Book of Esther by Talia & Yaakov, with the theme of the retelling being 90s/00s hip hop censoring in all its glass shattering, dog barking, and all around goofy glory. We hope you enjoy, and if you want to hear more readings as bonus content, please let us know either here or in the Lenin's Ghost discord. Intro Music: Nitsokhn Lid by Yiddish Glory, Screwed by Mr. Crane Outro Music: Satan Is Real by Kreator / A Congealed CLot of Blood by Carcass / Walls by Siege

Are you or someone you know struggling to accept the validity of Marxism-Leninism because you view the tendency as poisoned by big bad Stalin the antisemite? Well do we have an episode for you! In honor of the yahrzeit of Joseph Stalin (Z"L), here's an upload of Talia's interview last summer on Proles of the Round Table, in which she debunks these lies so often told about the Man of Steel. --------- Intro Music: Nitsokhn Lid by Yiddish Glory, Remixed by Eli Bertrum Bed/Outro Music: Nitsokhn Lid Screwed by Mr. Crane Suggested Reading: Almazov, S. Ten years of Biro-Bidjan, 1928-1938. New York: ICOR. 1938. American Icor Commission for the Study of Biro-Bidjan and Its Colonization. Report. New York: Icor. 1929. Aptheker, Herbert. The fraud of "Soviet anti-semitism". Sydney: Current Book Distributors. 1963. Brossat, Alain, Sylvia Klingberg, and David Fernbach. Revolutionary Yiddishland: a history of Jewish radicalism. 2017. Davies, Dave. “Anti-Semitism and the Soviet Anti-Zionist Campaign.” Australian Left Review no. 76 (1981): 24-30. Furr, Grover. Blood lies: the evidence that every accusation against Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union in Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands is false. New York: Red Star Publishers. 2014. Furr, Grover. Khrushchev Lied: The Evidence That Every "revelation" of Stalin’s (and Beria’s) "crimes" in Nikita Khrushchev’s Infamous "Secret Speech" to the 20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on February 25, 1956, Is Provably False. Kettering, OH: Erythros Press and Media, 2014. Hoffman, Matthew, and Henry Felix Srebrnik. A vanished ideology: essays on the Jewish communist movement in the English-speaking world in the twentieth century. 2016. Kochan, Lionel. The Jews in Soviet Russia since 1917. 2nd ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1972. Losurdo, Domenico, and Luciano Canfora. Stalin: storia e critica di una leggenda nera. Roma: Carocci. 2015. Mandel, William M. Soviet but Not Russian: The "other" Peoples of the Soviet Union. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1985. Martens, Ludo, and John Plaice. Another view of Stalin. 1st ed. Raleigh, NC: Proles Press. 2018. Miller, Moses. Soviet "Anti-semitism": the big lie. New York: Jewish Life. 1950. Novik, Paul. Jews in the Soviet Union impressions of a two months' visit to the USSR, November-December, 1964. New York: Morning Freiheit. 1965. O'Connor, Tom. The truth about anti-semitism in the Soviet Union: exposing the fraud perpetrated on the American people. New York: American Committee of Jewish Writers, Artists & Scientists. 1949. Pinkus, Benjamin. The Jews of the Soviet Union: The History of a National Minority. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Rabinovich, Solomon. Jews in USSR. Moscow: Novosti Press Agency, 1967. Szymanski, Albert. Human Rights in the Soviet Union:. London: Zed, 1984. Tartakower, Arieh. "The Jewish Problem in the Soviet Union." Jewish Social Studies 33, no. 4 (1971): 285-306. http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.slpl.org/stable/4466668.

In another short(ish) holiday episode, Talia & Yaakov work through the utility of Tu B'Shvat as not just a New Year For Trees, but as an opportunity for engaging in theory and practice aimed at mass work with the food-insecure, solidarity work with indigenous Land and Water Protectors, and in particular solidarity work with Palestinians whose land continues to be destroyed by Zionist settlers. Along the way they discuss the pernicious role of the Jewish National Fund in transforming Tu B'Shvat from a kabbalistic seder to a philanthropic arm of the Zionist project, the hypocrisy of liberal ecology and the shortcomings of treating Tu B'Shvat as a Jewish Earth Day, the Halakhic roots of the holiday in regard to food distribution and modern food regulation, and an approach to the Lurianic Tu B'Shvat Seder as a way to engage in Tikkun Olam not just in the mystical sense but in doing concrete Tikkun in the material world. Suggested donation: https://www.landofcanaanfoundation.org ----------- Intro Music: "Nitsokhn Lid (Victory Song)," performed by Yiddish Glory & remixed by Eli Bertrum. Outro Music: "Song of the Olive Tree," written by Leon Rosselson & performed by Janet Russell. Suggested Reading: "Inter/Nationalism: Decolonizing Native America And Palestine," by Steven Salaita

On this first patrons-only DAD, the Minyan answers listener questions on mysticism, education, the role of goyish comrades in combating zionism, and more. We share some anecdotes from Jewish history, get in a good Evil Eye over fundamentalist Christians LARPing as Jews at a gun rally, and then a few rounds of Hitler or Herzl. Oh and we introduce a new member of the Minyan and talk trash on France. Intro Music: "Mayn Pulemyot (My Machine Gun)" by Yiddish Glory from their self-titled album. Outro Music: "Mir Veln Zey Iberlebn," by Tsibele, recorded live at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn on Nov. 7, 2017. Suggested reading: "Kabbalah," by Gershom Scholem; "Zionism From the Standpoint of its Victims," by Edward Said; "Sephardim In Israel: Zionism From the Standpoint of its Jewish Victims," by Ella Shohat; "Unthinking Eurocentrism," by Ella Shohat & Robert Stam.

Building international solidarity, Talia, with 8hop from Proles of the Round Table and Connor from Proles of the Book Club, go to Belfast in Occupied Ireland to discuss with members of the Connolly Youth Movement, living under British Occupation, the history of militant Irish resistance, the continued ties of solidarity with Occupied Palestine, and how our struggle against imperialism and colonialism are all interconnected. To learn more about Connolly Youth Movement, find them on Facebook and Twitter. ------- Intro Music: "Nitsokhn Lid (Victory Song)," performed by Yiddish Glory & remixed by Eli Bertrum. Outro Music: “The Lonesome Boatman,” performed by Finbar Furey and “The Town I Loved So Well,” performed by The Dubliners Suggested Readings: Burns, Elinor. British Imperialism in Ireland: a Marxist Historical Analysis. Cork: Cork Workers Club, 1976. Dillon, Martin. The Dirty War. London: Cornerstone Digital, 2012. Dooley, Brian. Black and Green: The Fight for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland & Black America. Pluto Press, 1998. Fanon, Frantz. The Wretched of the Earth. New York: Grove Press, 1968. Hanley, Brian, and Scott Millar. The Lost Revolution: the Story of the Official IRA and the Workers Party. London: Penguin, 2010. McKearney, Tommy. The Provisional IRA: from Insurrection to Parliament. London: Pluto Press, 2011. Newton, Huey P. To Die for the People the Writings of Huey P. Newton. New York: Random House, 1972. Newton, Huey P., J. Herman Blake, and Fredrika Newton. Revolutionary Suicide. New York: Penguin Books, 1973. Rodrigo, Nick. “Gaddafi and the IRA's Explosive Relationship.” alaraby. The New Arab, September 22, 2015. https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2015/9/22/gaddafi-and-the-iras-explosive-relationship. Rolston, Bill. “‘The Brothers on the Walls.’” Journal of Black Studies 39, no. 3 (2007): 446–70. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021934706297876. Stewart, Paul. The State of Northern Ireland and the Democratic Deficit: between Sectarianism and Neo-Liberalism. Glasgow: Vagabond Voices, 2018. Suggested Video: “Irish Solidarity with Palestine” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMAyGiOQbE0 ​- 2 -

Because we were missing too many players for our DW campaign, here's a special release of Call of Cthulhu: During the Siege of Leningrad, a small Red Army squad is sent into enemy territory to recover supplies when they stumble onto a darker secret buried under the cold and wet soil. Intro: Katyusha (some electronic remix) Outro: "Nitsokhn Lid" (Victory Song), Yiddish Glory

In this special and (sort of) shorter episode, Talia and Yaakov sit down and reflect on the meaning of the High Holy Days, with readings of Rabbi Brant Rosen from Tzedek Chicago & the Book of Isaiah, audio clips from the Minyan trio and a comrade from Talia & Yaakov's Jewish Solidarity Caucus days, and the goals and wishes for the new year from more comrades on Twitter. It's a looser, more freewheeling affair than the usual Proles of the Minyan material, but hopefully it's just what you need as you go into Shabbos Shuva, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, when we really start honing our thoughts on T'shuvah, repentance. It's the Jewish New Year, so its Self-Crit Season. We look back over the past year and atone for our transgressions, and look forward to what we can bring to the year to come. It's a dialectic. Featuring: A surprise guest appearance from Yaakov's fiancee, and (for those inclined) a longer than usual outro music medley featuring the noise track Yaakov mentions in the episode. Intro Music: "Nitsokhn Lid (Victory Song)," performed by Yiddish Glory & remixed by Eli Bertrum Outro Music: "Avinu Malkeinu," by Barbra Streisand, "Kol Nidre," by Daniel Kurganov, & "We Have Transgressed," by Hedge Fund (Yaakov's old band...what a self-aggrandizing dork.

Beginning a long-term examination of the Jewish ritual calendar, the Minyan discusses Tisha B'av, the fast day commemorating the destruction of the 2nd Temple of Jerusalem in 70CE, exploring the history leading up to the Roman sack of the Temple, the sectarian nature of 2nd Temple Judaism, the ritual practices of the holiday itself, and its meaning for revolutionary Jews seeking to build diasporist solidarity with all oppressed peoples in service of building a better world in the future, rather than seeking to reclaim a mythologized past in service of maintaining reactionary nationalism. Dedicated in memory of Michael Brown on his yahrzeit, the anniversary of his murder by Ferguson, MO police, 5 years ago. Zikhrono Livrakha, may his memory be for blessing. Please support Movimiento Cosecha in their fundraising effort to build a Cosecha House in El Paso, TX, organized by our comrade Juan Ortiz, who is recovering from injuries inflicted on him by a racist attacker. Mi shebeirach, Juan, may you be renewed in body and spirit. https://www.gofundme.com/f/cosecha-el-paso ------- Intro Music: "Nitsokhn Lid (Victory Song)," performed by Yiddish Glory & remixed by Eli Bertrum. Outro Music: "Megillat Eichah (Book of Lamentations) Ch. 1," chanted in the Moroccan nusaḥ by Rabbi Meir 'Atia. Suggested Readings for Tisha B'Av: "Tisha B'av." Sefaria. Accessed August 01, 2019. https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/tags/Tisha%20B'av. "Tisha B'av." T'ruah. Accessed August 01, 2019. https://www.truah.org/holiday/tisha-bav/. Ellis, Marc H. "On Tisha B'Av, We Must Mourn Our Complicity." Mondoweiss. May 05, 2019. Accessed August 01, 2019. https://mondoweiss.net/2017/07/tisha-mourn-complicity/. Tse-Tung, Mao. "Serve the People," in Collected Works of Mao Tse-Tung (1917-1949). [Springfield, Va.] :National Technical Information Service, 1978. Traditional Liturgy includes: Lamentations, in its entirety. Deuteronomy 4:25-40. Jeremiah 6:16–17 & 8:13–9:23 Exodus 32:11-14 & 34:1-10. Hosea 14:2–10. Micah 7:18–20. Isaiah 55:6–56:8 (this does not include the passages mentioned by Tim, which are read on Yom Kippur. These can be found in Isaiah 58:5-7). Historical Sources: Borochov, Ber, and Mitchell Cohen. Class Struggle and the Jewish Nation: Selected Essays in Marxist Zionism. New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.: Transaction Books, 1984. Brosilow, Isaac. ""What Does Vietnam Have to Do with Tisha B'Av?''." Jewish Currents. July 26, 2018. Accessed August 01, 2019. https://jewishcurrents.org/what-does-vietnam-have-to-do-with-tisha-b-av/. Gilad, Elon. "The Mystery of Why Jews Fast on Tisha B'Av." Haaretz.com. April 10, 2018. Accessed August 01, 2019. https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/the-mystery-of-why-jews-fast-on-tisha-b-av-1.5258013. Horbury, William, Davies, W.D., & Sturdy, John, eds. The Cambridge History of Judaism, vol. 3: The Early Roman Period. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Reporter Dan Rosenberg takes us to the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles and speaks to the nominees in the World Music category, Fatoumata Diawara, Bombino, The Soweto Gospel Choir, Seun Kuti and Yiddish Glory, about how they are using their voices to combat human rights abuses, political corruption, genocide and violence against women.

In the debut episode of Proles of the Minyan, The Proles declare their support for DC Dyke March’s banning of the Israeli pride flag, present a historical analysis of Jewish symbolism, argue for an abandonment of the Magen David, and advance other symbols, like the Hamsa, that can serve to build Jewish solidarity with Palestinians for our collective liberation. Follow them on http://anchor.fm/proles-of-the-minyan twitter @prolesminyan, email prolesminyan@gmail.com. Suggested Reading: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/06/06/we-dont-have-to-choose-between-dyke-and-jewish-identities/ https://medium.com/ifnotnoworg/jewish-dykes-are-welcome-at-dc-dyke-march-nationalist-symbols-are-not-c603b1f81b4c   https://twitter.com/theradr/status/1136627137203572737?s=21   https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/the-curious-history-of-the-six-pointed-starhow-the-magen-david-became-the-jewish-symbol/ https://www.academia.edu/2553194/Shaping_Time_The_Choice_of_the_National_Emblem_of_Israel The Encyclopedia Judaica, edited by Cecil Roth   The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols, by Ellen Frankel & Betsy Platkin Teutsch   https://prtcls.com/article/the-hamsa-flag/ Hamsa Flag and other sources for ethical Judaica   https://ayinpress.org/hamsa-flag @hamsaflag   https://www.netzitzot.com/   https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/social-justice-judaica/   Intro Music by Eli Bertram   Outro Music: “Nitsokhn Lid (Victory Song)” by Yiddish Glory

Air Date: Dec 26 2018 Original Air Date: Aug 8 2018

Anna Shternshis valmisteli kirjaa Neuvostoliiton juutalaisyhteisöstä 1990-luvulla, kun hänet kutsuttiin tutustumaan Ukrainan kansalliskirjastosta Kiovasta löytyneisiin juutalaisiin dokumentteihin. Paljastui, että kyse oli aiemmin tuntemattomista ja julkaisemattomista neuvostoliittolaisten etnomusikologien keräämistä juutalaisista lauluista ja lauluteksteistä toisen maailmansodan ajalta. Teksteissä oli paitsi riipaisevia tarinoita nälkään kuolemisesta ja vangittuna elämisestä, myös esimerkiksi Hitleriä ja natsiarmeijaa pilkkaavia, humoristisia lauluja. Anna Sternshis koki, että vainottujen ihmisten tarinat täytyi saada julkisuuteen ja kuultaviksi, olivathan ne kuin ihmeen kaupalla säilyneet tähän päivään saakka. Yiddish Glory -levyllä soi myös romaniväestön ääni. Sen projektiin toi venäläinen romaniviulisti Sergei Erdenko, joka paitsi musisoi äänitteellä, on säveltänyt osan lauluista ja sovittanut osan niistä. Myös hänen yhtyeensä Loyko esiintyy useassa kappaleessa. Erdenko on kertonut, että hän halusi tuoda romanimusiikin sävyjä mukaan levylle, koska ainakaan vielä ei tunneta "Roma Glory" -lauluja tai tekstejä. Näin hän saattoi jiddisinkielisten laulujen kautta tuoda myös vainotun romanivähemmistön tuntoja esiin. Juutalaisten opintojen professorina Toronton yliopistossa toimiva Anna Shternshis luennoi kesällä Yiddish glory -projektista Jyväskylässä ja Helsingissä. Häntä haastatteli Jyväskylässä toimittaja Jaakko Laakso.

Interview with Anna Shternshis, Associate Professor of Yiddish Studies at University of Toronto. The interview is presented in memory of 12 August 1952, when thirteen Jews were executed in Lubyanka Prison in Moscow, five of them Yiddish writers Peretz Markish, Dovid Hofstein, Itzik Feffer, Leib Kvitko, and Dovid Bergelson. Dr. Shternshis was executive producer of the recently released CD Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II, based on her research on Moisei Beregovsky's archive, which the Soviet authorities confiscated in 1947, arresting Beregovsky a short time later. The Yiddish Glory CD contains songs written in Yiddish by Jews in the Soviet Union during World War II. The CD's songs have music thoughtfully composed by Shternshis's collaborator Psoy Korolenko. There is a large ensemble of talented musicians and singers on the CD. Key musical personnel include Psoy Korolenko, composer and singer; Sophie Milman, singer; and Sergei Erdenko, musical director, violinist, and singer. The CD includes a booklet with high quality English and Russian translations. Dr. Shternsis and Psoy Korolenko have recently toured extensively in the past year in support of the CD, bringing these once-lost songs to an ever widening audience. For more information on the Yiddish Glory CD: https://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/yiddishglory/ Anna Shternshis is also author of two books, Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1923 - 1939 (Indiana University Press, 2006) and When Sonia Met Boris: an Oral History of Jewish Life under Stalin (Oxford University Press, 2017). The interview is conducted by Sholem Beinfeld, a regular contributor to the Yiddish Voice, co-Editor in Chief of the Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, and Professor of History, Emeritus, Washington University, St. Louis. Dr. Beinfeld served as principal consultant on the film "Partisans of Vilna" (credited as Solon Beinfeld). He was senior consultant and historian to the Kovno Ghetto Exhibition project of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and consultant to the Museum on the Ghetto archive holdings in the Lithuanian State Archives in Vilnius. Songs from the CD Yiddish Glory: Misha tserayst Hitlers Daytchland Babi Yar Yoshke fun Ades Shpatsir in Vald Afn Hoykhn Barg Kazakhstan Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air Date: Aug 8 2018

We drop into a reunion of the original Australian cast of Cats, Ian Wilkes and Michael Leslie discuss Ochre Contemporary Dance Company's new production 3.3, Priscilla star David Harris shares his Top Shelf, and lost Yiddish songs from the darkest days of World War II debut on stage.

The arts community rallies around La Mama Theatre after a devastating fire, Peter Carey's 1981 novel Bliss adapted for the stage, playwright Alana Valentine outlines her creative process in Bowerbird, and Claudia Lawson reviews Sydney Dance Company's ab [intra].

Nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale un gruppo di ricercatori ebrei dell'Unione Sovetica raccolse testimonianze della cultura ebraica in quel drammatico frangente, mettendo insieme un centinaio di nuove canzoni in yiddish - la lingua degli ebrei dell'Europa orientale - scritte da soldati ebrei dell'Armata Rossa, da vittime e sopravvissuti delle regioni del paese occupate dai nazisti, da rifugiati che erano stati spostati negli Urali e in Siberia. Dopo la guerra i ricercatori furono arrestati nelle purghe di Stalin, e il materale fu dato per perso. E' stato invece ritrovato negli anni novanta in Ucraina: ora un florilegio di quelle canzoni viene offerto da uno splendido album pubblicato dalla Six Degrees.

Nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale un gruppo di ricercatori ebrei dell'Unione Sovetica raccolse testimonianze della cultura ebraica in quel drammatico frangente, mettendo insieme un centinaio di nuove canzoni in yiddish - la lingua degli ebrei dell'Europa orientale - scritte da soldati ebrei dell'Armata Rossa, da vittime e sopravvissuti delle regioni del paese occupate dai nazisti, da rifugiati che erano stati spostati negli Urali e in Siberia. Dopo la guerra i ricercatori furono arrestati nelle purghe di Stalin, e il materale fu dato per perso. E' stato invece ritrovato negli anni novanta in Ucraina: ora un florilegio di quelle canzoni viene offerto da uno splendido album pubblicato dalla Six Degrees.

Nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale un gruppo di ricercatori ebrei dell'Unione Sovetica raccolse testimonianze della cultura ebraica in quel drammatico frangente, mettendo insieme un centinaio di nuove canzoni in yiddish - la lingua degli ebrei dell'Europa orientale - scritte da soldati ebrei dell'Armata Rossa, da vittime e sopravvissuti delle regioni del paese occupate dai nazisti, da rifugiati che erano stati spostati negli Urali e in Siberia. Dopo la guerra i ricercatori furono arrestati nelle purghe di Stalin, e il materale fu dato per perso. E' stato invece ritrovato negli anni novanta in Ucraina: ora un florilegio di quelle canzoni viene offerto da uno splendido album pubblicato dalla Six Degrees.

The songs of Betsayda Machado, the leading voice of Afro-Venezuelan music, address many of the most painful topics of daily life of her country: hunger, poverty, shortages of basic medicine, and deadly street riots – stemming from the current economic and political crisis in Venezuela. They talk about its consequences on a gut level: empty store shelves, and the devastation of parents unable to feed their children. Some in Venezuela who have spoken out have faced retribution, but that hasn’t deterred Betsayda Machado. Produced by Dan Rosenberg. About the producer: Dan Rosenberg is a journalist and music producer based in Toronto, Canada. He reports and music and culture for The Huffington Post, The Times (UK), The Rough Guides and various public radio programs including “Afropop Worldwide” and “Café International”. He also has produced over 60 albums including Yiddish Glory and dozens of releases for the Rough Guide to World Music series. Follow Afropop Worldwide on Facebook at www.facebook.com/afropop, on Instagram @afropopworldwide and on Twitter @afropopww. Subscribe to the Afropop Worldwide newsletter at www.afropop.org/newsletter/ S2:E11 Afropop Closeup Distributed 1/23/2018

An episode of Vaybertaytsh on "Yiddish Glory: the lost songs of World War II in the Soviet Union."