Forgotten Jewish history. PODCAST #14 Yiddish Glory

The Yiddish Glory producers tell forgotten Jewish history from the 1940s. Why do Jewish people refer to Kazakhstan as "heaven for Jews"? A Conversation with Gia Noortas.
Producers of the Grammy nominated project Yiddish Glory, tell a fascinating story not only about the forgotten pages of Jewish survival in Kazakhstan, but also stories about the Jewish people who have written those songs.
Yiddish Glory
Kazakhstan:
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Biographies of the producers of
the Grammy nominated project:
Anna Shternshis is the Al and Malka Green Professor of Yiddish studies and director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. She received her doctoral degree (DPhil) from Oxford University in 2001. Shternshis is the author of Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1923 - 1939 (Indiana UP, 2006) and When Sonia Met Boris: An Oral History of Jewish Life under Stalin (Oxford UP, 2017). Together with artist Psoy Korolenko, Shternshis created and directed the Grammy-nominated Yiddish Glory project, an initiative that brought back to life forgotten Yiddish music written during the Holocaust in the Soviet Union. A recipient of 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship, she is currently working on a book tentatively entitled Last Yiddish Heroes: A Lost and Found Archive of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union about Yiddish music created in Nazi-occupied Ukraine.
Dan Rosenberg - journalist and music producer Dan Rosenberg has travelled to more than 40 countries, reporting about arts and culture for Afropop Worldwide, Cafe International, CBC radio and other outlets. Rosenberg has also worked as a producer on more than 60 albums, including Yiddish Glory’s Grammy-nominated Lost Songs of World War II as well as dozens of recordings for the Rough Guide to World Music series
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“Sasha Baron Cohen portrays Borat, a bumbling Kazakh who’s racist, sexist and virulently anti-Semitic. He jokes about Kazakhstan being a nation where Jews are hated. Yet the reality is very different. Long abused by the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan today is a pluralistic country with a small but flourishing Jewish life”.
~ Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
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[@nature_relaxation..]

Wow... Amazing music and absolutely beautiful video 😍very good work and content 🔥love it 👍💗

[@HollywoodFilmAcademy]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@KresySiberiaFoundation]

Thank you Gia and Anna and everyone at HFA for this wonderful video about a wonderful project. It touches on so much of our shared history, even on the poor Uyghurs

[@HollywoodFilmAcademy]

Thank you 💗💗💗

[@aracelitziganemapamundi]

Thank you for having this outstanding people sharing their knowledge!

[@HollywoodFilmAcademy]

You’re very welcome! ❤️🙏🏻

[@dgsnake]

Most of the nationalities that are found in Kazakhstan today are result of Stalin’s reforms toward ethnic cleansing. Thus, every nation there had very difficult times. Kazakh accepted them all in their homeland, shared food. They are one of the kindest, friendly people

[@HollywoodFilmAcademy]

Thank you ❤️🙏🏻

[@anikol8019]

Amazing, I had no idea about this part of our history 😍✡️❤️🇰🇿

[@HollywoodFilmAcademy]

Yes it was almost lost because of the iron curtain. Thanks to Yiddish Glory project, it’s now coming back to light ❤️🙏🏻