radio613 welcomes Ruth Ellen Gruber â writer, photographer and independent scholar â joining the show via phone from Budapest, Hungary. The interview highlights Jewish cultural developments and other contemporary European issues that are critically examined in her book Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture and her recent essay featured in the Jewish Quarterly Review, âBeyond Virtually Jewish: New Authenticitiy and Real Imaginary Spaces in Europeâ.
Ruth Ellen Gruber shares insights on the state of Klezmer in Europe with music this week from Itzhak Perlman and the Klezmatics (âDybbuk Shersâ), Brave Old World (âBerlin 1990â³) and Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird (âBroken Tongueâ). Tune in!
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