In 1985, four young members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band traveled to the Soviet Union as tourists and met with refuseniks, most of them Jewish, who had applied to leave and were harassed, denied work, or wrongfully imprisoned. To encode vital...
If you think the city of Riga, New York, is pronounced like the city in Latvia, think again. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Riga” A couple more surprising town names from New York State. Do you know how you pronounce...