Benny Mer, Kolya Borodulin

Today's guests: Benny Mer, author of recent book, written in Hebrew, Smocza: A Biography of a Jewish Street in Warsaw (סמוצ׳ה: ביאגרפיה של רחוב יהודי בוורשה, בני מר https://www.magnespress.co.il/en/book/Smocza-4170) Kolya Borodulin, Director of Yiddish Programming at Workers Circle (https://circle.org/what-we-do/yiddish-language/), 2020 Spring Yiddish Classes starting soon -- info: https://theworkerscircle.salsalabs.org/nonmemberyiddishregistrationspring2020/index.html Both interviews are by Sholem Beinfeld, co-chief-editor of the Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary. Music excerpts: Chava Alberstein: Mayn Shvester Khaye (My Sister Khaye) (Words and music by Binem Heller) Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air Date: February 12, 2020