Pesach, Mrs. Gitu Cycowitz, Mrs. Esti Shnek

Happy Passover! א כשרן און געזונטן פסח! Happy Passover and thanks to friends, participants, and sponsors of this show: Israel Book Shop https://www.israelbookshop.com/ (Eli Dovek recorded Mar 28 2007) The Butcherie https://www.butcherie.com/ (Max Gelerman ז״ל recorded Mar 28 2007) Cheryl Ann's Bakery http://cherylannsbakery.com/ AAJHS of Greater Boston http://www.generationsafterboston.org/ (Mary Erlich recorded Mar 17 2021) Leah Shporer-Leavitt, Boston (recorded Mar 17 2021) Gitu Cycowicz, Jerusalem (recorded Mar 17 2021) Sholem Beinfeld, Cambridge, MA (recorded Mar 23 2021) Esti Shnek, Haifa (recorded Mar 24 2021) Dovid Braun, Leonia, NJ (recorded Apr 1 2020) Motl Murstein, Los Angeles (recorded Apr 7 2020) Interviews Mrs. Gisel (Gitu) Cycowicz (part 2), Holocaust survivor originally from Chust, Czechoslovakia, discussing her personal history and current doings today in Israel erev Pesach. Mrs. Esti Shnek (nee Jahr) Holocaust survivor originally from Jasina, Czechoslovakia, discussing her personal history and current doings today in Israel erev Pesach. Also featuring extended remarks on Pesach by Sholem Beinfeld, midway through the first hour. Prof. Beinfeld is cohost of The Yiddish Voice, co-editor-in-chief of Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, and Professor Emeritus of history at Washington University in St. Louis. Dovid Braun, from 2020, in middle of 2nd half-hour. Braun is YIVO Summer Program Academic Director and co-president of the Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center (Bronx, NY). Music: Meshugga Beach Party: Dayenu Malavsky Family: Ho Lakhmo Anyo and Fir Kashes Moishe Oysher: Chad Gadyo Richard Tucker: Tal Bo Richard Tucker: Tal Tein Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air Date: March 24, 2021