Yiddish Mailing List, Issue #21 February 22, 1990 146 lines =============================== Shortwave radio broadcasts in Yiddish (Andy Tannenbaum) Klezkamp '89 report (Andy Tannenbaum) New list member (Moishe Katz) [Mir hobn yetst a nayer kompyuter do (lsuc.on.ca), un ikh in nokh nisht zikher az alts arbet gut. Zei azoi gut, shik mir tsurik a briv tsu zugen oib ir hot dem oisgabeh gekriegn. -- David Sherman] ------------------------ Digest-Message: 21/1 Date: Tue, 13 Feb 90 23:41:24 EST From: trb@IMA.IMA.ISC.COM (Andrew Tannenbaum) Subject: kol yisroel fun yerushalayim The Voice of Israel broadcasts news on shortwave in Yiddish at least twice daily. I have picked up all these frequencies recently: Kol Yisroel fun Yerushalayim The Voice of Israel in Jerusalem broadcasting in Yiddish February 1990 note that shortwave schedules change frequently, and are seasonal besides. Times are utc (that's the time in London, England). time frequencies (kHz) --------- --------------------------- 2300-2325 utc kol yisrael 9435 9930 11605 15615 0340-0355 utc kol yisrael 9435 9930 11585 11605 11655 2300 utc == 0600PM EST (Yiddish broadcast for 25 minutes) 0340 utc == 1040PM EST (Yiddish broadcast for 15 minutes) In case you're interested in the rest of their programming... Kol Yisrael broadcasts a full schedule of programming in other languages too, English, Russian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and (of course) Hebrew, may all be heard from here on the East Coast of the US. These are broadcast from Israel - they are not relayed by some transmitter near here. These are all external service. They also broadcast their domestic service, which, I've heard in Hebrew identified as "R'shut Hashidur, B'Reshet Bet" which means something like "Network Authority, on Network B" (or broadcast authority, channel B). I've heard this recently on 11585 between 1200 utc and 0000 utc (daytime in the US). Andrew Tannenbaum Interactive Cambridge, MA +1 617 661 7474 --------------------------- Digest-Message: 21/2 Date: Thu, 8 Feb 90 23:57:46 EST From: trb@IMA.IMA.ISC.COM (Andrew Tannenbaum) Subject: Report on Klezkamp I spent the final week of 1989 at YIVO Klezkamp in Parksville, NY. This was the fifth annual Klezkamp; 300 Yiddish and Klezmer enthusiasts at a hotel in the Catskill Mountains - like going to a Jewish wedding for a week. I took courses in the history of Yiddish (language), Yiddish film, and Yiddish theater. I also took a course in Yiddish language (speaking, not history). There were courses for musicians, in Klezmer instrumental technique and theory, and musicians broke up into ensembles to learn pieces to be performed at week's end. (The brass ensemble almost decided to call themselves "Jews with Horns.") We spent many hours listening to elders reminisce about the past glory days of the Yiddish arts. Ben Galing, Leah Carrey, Ben Bayzler, and Ruth Rubin (who was specially recognized with a lifetime achievement award) were some of the particularly memorable older performers who shared their talents and their stories (I regret that I can't name everyone here). There were members of most of the great current Klezmer Bands, including Boston's Klezmer Conservatory Orchestra, New York's Kapelye, Klezmer Plus, and Klezmatics, the Chicago Klezmer Ensemble and others. There were members of Joseph Papp's Yiddish Theater company and people involved with the movie "Partisans of Vilna." Andy Statman was around for a couple of days, and I saw him talking to folks for a while, but I missed his playing (though I heard it was amazing). Each night, there were bands playing and singers singing and dancers dancing in the dance hall, and people singing and playing in other corners. There were plenty of books and records on sale. There were people of many ages and backgrounds, from folks in their 90's (or more!) right down to children and babies. My Klezkamp roommate was a reggae electric guitarist from Brooklyn who wanted to bring some of his roots back to his West Indian home boys. (We came in all shapes and sizes.) Some of my favorite musical moments were Loren Sklamberg singing the Chasidic song "Shnirele Perele" and Gerry Tenney singing rock and blues hits in Yiddish, including the Beatle's "Is geven a shver tegedikke nacht," "In di shtill fun der nacht," "Geyen tsu Kansas City," "Rock around the Clock" (not "shtein arum di zayger" in this case), and "She's a shonda on a Honda, she's the terror of Boro Park" (a new hit). This set on the final evening also had some hot blues, and a rocking medley of Russian folk songs sung by LA oldster Ben Bayzler backed by Michael Alpert, Jeff Warschauer and many others. (I have some incredible cassettes.) When we sang the song "Alle Brider," everyone would stand like it was the Yiddish national anthem (probably the communist version), it was very moving. It was a distillation of Yiddish culture - warm and joyous, but haunting to realize that while it is the life and work of today's Yiddish lovers, it's also an impression of our much more widespread past. Andrew Tannenbaum Interactive Cambridge, MA +1 617 661 7474 [Andy has some further comments about the organizational problems at Klezkamp, related to the problems I had. He'll turn them into a separate article for a later issue. -- DS] -------------------------- Digest-Message: 21/3 From: bkatz@cosy.uoguelph.ca Date: Mon, 12 Feb 90 22:40:55 EST Subject: Yiddish List Hi David: I'm interested in becoming a subscriber to the Yiddish List. Not sure if you're using the Yivo transliteration 'standard' or just whatever comes to hand -- ober ich ken dir zogen az Yddish iz tzu mir takeh a richtige mameloshen. Tzum ershtens hob ich gereht iddish oon noch shpehter, english. Looking forward to your reply -- Bernard (Mel) Katz [Moishe Katz] University of Guelph ------------------------ END OF ISSUE #21 ------------------------ David (Daniel Moishe) Sherman, Toronto Moderator, mail.yiddish { uunet!attcan {AT&T Sites}!att pyramid!utai utzoo } !lsuc!dave dave@lsuc.on.ca attcan!lsuc!dave@uunet.uu.net