The tragic fate of a young Jewish children’s orchestra in 1933
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Fast Forward Remembering Larry Josephson, a NY radio pioneer with a late love for all things Jewish
Josephson’s 50-year career as a producer included two series focused specifically on the Jewish community: “Only in America: The Story of American Jews,” and “What Is Judaism?”
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Forverts in English Recording an album as an eight-year old girl
One afternoon, when I was eight years old, my father and I traveled by train to a recording studio in Manhattan. My father was the khazn, or cantor, at the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center. We were making a record together with Sholom Secunda, the composer of the song “Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn”. The plan was…
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Culture How a radio pioneer named Steve Post set the stage for Howard Stern and Marc Maron
The best part of “Playing in the FM Band,” a new documentary about revolutionary radio personality Steve Post, finds our hero trapped in the bathroom of WNYC. “In the instant before my flesh made contact with the seat, I realized that I was clutching a cold, metal object in my right hand,” Post says in…
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Fast Forward A millennial Yiddish music maven launches a record label
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) – Steadfast listeners of “Borscht Beat” — a weekly FM radio show featuring Jewish music, old and new — will be thrilled to hear of host Aaron Bendich’s latest project: a new Jewish record label of the same name. On his hour-long radio program, the 27-year-old plays…
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Theater Stephen Tobolowsky has a Talmud story to tell you
For over a decade Stephen Tobolowsky has been sharing stories. Have you heard the one about his Talmud collection? The 70-year-old actor, known for his turns as a folksy insurance salesman in “Groundhog Day” and a hapless tech sociopath in “Silicon Valley,” has written two books, hosts a podcast and is now debuting an audio…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Radio Station Fined For Banning Women’s Voices On Air
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The haredi-Orthodox Kol Berama radio station was fined some $280,000 for keeping women’s voices off the air. The Jerusalem District Court on Thursday also ordered that the money, 1 million shekel, be held in a class action fund that will give the money to programs that empower religious women. The class action…
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The Schmooze How To Help Your Parents Through The 5 Stages Of Garrison Keillor Grief
Like so many people, I was born. My parents decided to have me, and take care of me, and buy me everything I wanted and needed. They changed my diapers, funded my education and invested in over a decade of orthodontia. They read all seven “Harry Potter” books out loud to me from start to…
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