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If the Mayans are right the messiah will be here tonight! Get an end-of-times 101 from Prof.Lorenzo DiTomasso. Robby Hoffman talks about the messiah as a little Lubavitch girl. Matt Goldberg talks X-mas at the Goldberg home.

Palestinian & Jewish comedians Eman and Jess Salomon get us laughing at the Halal-adays live on Shtetl. Heartbeat: youth in the "Holy Land" make music together. And, Idan Raichel & Vieux Farka Touré mix sounds from Israel and Mali.

Shtetl and POP Montreal brunch it up with musicians doing covers of their favourite Leonard Cohen tunes. Live broadcast from Bagel Etc. Win tickets to Cohen's Mtl. show!

There is an exciting and complicated revival of Jewish culture happening in Poland today. This summer, Evelyn Tauben traveled to the land of the shtetl and interviewed some of the people involved in this vibrant scene.

Orkestar Kriminal plays live in studio. Catch their "ganovim-loshn" tunes (thieves' language) from the Odessa, Warsaw and Istanbul underworld, plus, they also play Rebetika Mortika hash den anthems of 1930s Greek underground. Celebrating 25 year of community radio on CKUT!

Shtetl gets in Le Mood for Montreal’s Festival of Jewish Learning, Arts and Culture. Liel Leibovitz, Leonard Cohen, satellites and celebrities, Jewish pirates, Punk Jews, Death Row Jews; and the “a-pork-alypse” today on Shtetl on the Shortwave.

In his last interview with Jewish media, Daniel Sieradski of Occupy Judaism talks about why the Jewish world needs rebranding and how Jewish ethics are relevant to Occupy Wallstreet & Snowblink sings a live rendition of the Yom Kippur prayer: Kol Nidre.

Circumcision bans in Germany and a new PQ government, lots of separation anxiety going on! We talk w/German Jew Martin Schubert, Dan Seligman of Parti POP + Foreskin Man! Plus 1st Jewish frosh ever in Montreal.

Live interview from Mexico with Dan Saks lead singer of Ladino (aka Judeo-Espagnol) indie rock band Deleon.They've toured with Balkan Beat Box, Ozomatli, Os Mutantes and Gogol Bordello. Plus tons more Jewtunes for you. And an interview with Qawwali singer Shy Ben Tzur.

Israeli artist Adida Fallen Angel is alive and well and living right here in Montreal. Shtetl hung out with this spiritual, tattooed dude at the Fresh Paint art space where graffiti and street artists rule.

On this episode of Shtetl we talk with actress/director Jennifer Podemski and filmmaker and writer Howard Adler. Both are First Nations (Ojibwe) and Jewish. This episode is part of Indigenous Shtetl: A Special Edition.

Today on Shtetl: Jess Dobkin talks about the Lactation Station Breast Milk Bar and why Montrealers should come out and quench their thirst the old fashioned way. Lotsa music: Leonard Cohen, Lakes of Canada, Gogol Bordello....

Poetry Jam on Shtetl. Israeli-born sign language poet Aneta Brodski meets Tahani a Palestinian-American slam poet in the doc Deaf Jam. Also, meet 2 wild Jewish poets:Jazz Talmudist Jake Marmer and professor, poet and media artist Adeena Karasick.

Self-hatred 101 today on Shtetl with Joseph Rosen, author of "In Defense of Self-Hatred", and the young woman who wrote "Nice Jewish Boys" and "A Jewish Education" under the pseudonym Lick My Knish. Deconstructing a fav. Jewish pass time.

This Friday on Shtetl's Passover Epsiode: Journalist Marlee Wasser spends time with the men at a Jewish halfway house in Montreal. And, we speak with director Rhonda Moskowitz about her incredible work documenting the lives of Jews in the prison system.

Every year at the Passover Seder Jews are commanded to drink four glasses of wine. But what did they do in the 20's when the sacred juice was forbidden? Bootleggers, kosher wine scandals and more on Shtetl.

Get a t-shirt drawn by Bon Iver and other indie rock stars and support great causes. Matt Stotland talks about the Yellow Bird Project. And, Biblical scholar A.J. Levine tells us why she thinks Jews should be reading the Big Book of Jesus.

Tune in for Shtetl's tribute to music that's BLACK & JEWISH. From old tunes you're sure to recognize to ones that will surely be new. Happy Black History Month people!!

Basya Schechter's album Songs of Wonder puts music to the Yiddish poetry of activist and mystic Rabbi A.J. Heschel. And, Tzeporah Berman is the legendary environmental activist behind the Victoria's DIRTY Secret campaign.

Which side of the proverbial mechitza do you sit in? This week on Shtetl we explore coming out as trans to your Jewish parents. Plus music from trans-identified bands like Schmekel, Antony and the Johnshons, Dana International....