Sender Botwinik on New CD and Hanukkah Songs

Happy Hanukkah ! אַ פֿרײלעכן חנוכּה

Highlights:

• Sender Botwinik (סענדער באָטװיניק), music and Yiddish teacher, chorus director and Yiddishist, discusses the new CD he produced and publishedZumer iz Shoyn Vider Do – זומער איז שוין ווידער דאָ featuring the music of his late father Dovid Botwinik, the Vilna-born music composer, music teacher, songwriter, chorus director and Holocaust survivor. Info here: https://botwinikmusic.com/new-album/ We reached Sender Botwinik in Philadelphia via Zoom on Dec. 8, 2025.

Music from CD Zumer iz Shoyn Vider Do – זומער איז שוין ווידער דאָ:

• Anna Reisner, Tessa Pearlstein:Vider brent dos alte lempl
• Mackenzie Sherman and Chorus (Anna Reisner, Joelle Pearlstein, Kendall Gold-Rappe, Laney Gold-Rappe, Skylar Zachian, Tessa Pearlstein): Shtoltse likhtelekh
• Chorus: Nem in hant dos kleyne dreydl
• Chorus: Dreydele
• Skylar Zachian, Tessa Pearlstein and Chorus: A khanike-nes
• Dina-Malka Botwinik: Dreydele

Other Music for Hanukkah:

• Avram, Elisha and Sarah Mlotek: Lesht nit di likhtlekh oys
• Yossi Desser: Dreidelech
• Jordan Wax: Khanike iz Freylekh / Spin Around Like a Dreydl
• Moishe Oysher: Blessing of the Candles
  • Klezmer Conservatory Band (soloist: Judy Bressler): Chanuka, Oy Chanuka
  • Lori Cahan-Simon: Kinder haynt iz khanike
  • Arbeter-Ring Kinder Khor: Hanukkah song medley

Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS from Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

Air date: December 10, 2025