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Hi Everybody!! Another great special program is up on the website for your enjoyment!! Our second special program for the holiday of Passover with great vintage and modern Jewish music culled from our family archive covering over 110 years of music!! Something great to add a special sparkle to the remainder of the holiday!!

But as events dictate, the first two selections are offered in the memory of those killed in Kansas City last Sunday. Our hearts go out to their families. These are the selections, the first from me and the second from Ben:

1. Ha’azinu Elokim (Psalm 55)-Sung by the late martyred Cantor Gershon Sirota of Warsaw who perished in the Holocaust. This recording was made for Parlophon in Warsaw in 1929. The text, which is very appropriate is as follows:

Listen, O G-d, to my prayer. Do not disregard my pleas. Pay heed to me and answer me. I lament as I speak, and I moan. Because of the shout of the foe, on account of the oppression of the wicked. They accuse me of evil and passionately hate me. My heart shudders within me and the terrors of death have befallen me.

2. Mama Rachel-A song of longing and inspiration by Yaakov Shwekey.

And here is the line-up for the remainder of the program…

PROGRAM OF SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2014

Hodu La’Shem-Safam-1980

Pischu Li-Richard Tucker-1959

Into The Sea (spoof of “Under The Sea” from the film “The Little Mermaids”)-Shlock Rock-1997

Four Fancy Kashes-Benny Bell-1947

Oy, Der Peisach, Peisach-The Bursteins-1960

Passover-Paul Zim-1985

Chasal Siddur Peisach-Belz Chassidic Choir-1984

Avodim Hayinu and V’Hi Sheumdo-Cantor Moshe Koussevitzky and the Ben Friedman Choir-1961

Ato Vechartonu-Leibele Haschel-1987

Chad Gadyo-Ben Zion Shenker-1975

Let My People Go-Mordechai Ben David-1985

Umipnei Chatoeinu-Cantor Aaron Caplow-1955. For nearly 55 years, Cantor Caplow was Chazzan of the famous shul, Temple Israel of Long Beach, New York.

BEN’S SELECTIONS ON THE PROGRAM:

Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein of South Africa-Passover Message based on Shwekey’s V’Hi Sheumdo

Oy ( spoof of “Yeah” by Chris Brown)-David Brody

Just Had Chometz-Kol Ish

Matzoh Man (spoof of “Macho Man” by the Village People)-Aish.com

Eliyahu HaNovi-Moshav Band

Ana Hashem-Chevra

Another great show for you to enjoy!! Ben and I thank you very much for your support and we remind you to be our ambassadors, to spread the good word about Washington Jewish Radio. Forward the website to everyone you can!!

Next week, we will turn the show to a more somber nature, as we present our special program for Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day. With rare and special recordings, the kind of rarities you can only hear on Washington Jewish Radio!!  Have a good rest of the Yom Tov!! Thanks for listening and for your support!!