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Radio for Passover: Editor's Picks

April 20, 2008

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Passover: A Time to Crossover
Johanna Cooper, 59:00: A Passover holiday special celebrating the journey from slavery to freedom featuring Emmy Award Winner Jeremy Piven; Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks; 'Kosher Gospel' singer Joshua Nelson; Iranian-born novelist Gina Nahai; "The Giant Leap", an original family radio play by the acclaimed Storahtelling; a moving piece about "Freedom Song", and a musical about a Passover meal written by recovering addicts.
The Passover Story
William Zukof, 58:24: The Passover Story Sung by The Western Wind, Narrated by Theodore Bikel.
El Beat Latino 006 -- Ladino, Latino: Music from Sefarad
Catalina Maria Johnson, 59:01: Music from Sefarad: Mediterranean melodies in Ladino, the original language of Iberian Jews.
Passover Dreams
Murray Street Productions, 59:00: Fasten your seat belts and pass the chicken soup! Passover Dreams takes us from the seder table to the edge of the universe.
"Why This Night?" A Passover Special
Larry Josephson, 59:00: Larry Josephson, a secular Jew who now wants to know more about the religion of his grandparents, asks Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, to explain the meaning of Passover in a post-9/11 world.
Brooklyn According to Kalish
Goldensohn Kalish, 60:00: Veteran public radio reporter Jon Kalish's 16-year journey into the Orthodox Jewish community of Brooklyn.

Passover candy - an audio tour of a Lower East Side candy store
Julie Subrin, 06:30: Jerry Cohen, owner of Economy Candy on New York City's Lower East Side, takes Blake Eskin on a tour of the shop's Passover selection (with a few chocolate bunny and marshmellow peep digressions along the way).
Mission: Immatzohble
Rebecca Sheir, 09:01: Ever felt like a gefilte fish out of water?

First Passover
Sarah Neal, 02:57: An insightful, irreverent and funny view of Melissa Roberts' first Passover with her fiance's family.
A Tantalizing Tradition
Rebecca Sheir, 04:43: When I let the kugel and knishes go, it was as if I'd Let My People Go, too.