N'Shoma

Sundays, 11-noon

N'shoma is Hebrew for  "Spirit", and you'll  find lots of spirit when you tune in  every  Sunday!  Your host, Middletown native Richard Kamins, brings you an eclectic mix of music from around the Jewish world, including Klezmer music, Broadway tunes, eastern European folk music, Israeli music, jazz, and much American creative Jewish music (can't  imagine what that would be?  You'll have to tune in to find out!)  Richard has even been known to  play Jewish versions of Christmas Carols!  He includes interviews with musical artists,  community news updates,  provides lots of  music background information, and  he hosts special shows to commemorate important events such as Kristalnacht and the Holocaust Memorial week.  N'shoma strives to highlight the width and  breadth of the Jewish experience.

For 30 years, Richard owned the Bottle Shop, a wine and spirits store in Middletown and finally retired his cork screw at the end of 2005 (well, he still likes a glass of wine, he's just not doing wine tastings anymore). He writes
a weekly arts preview column for The Hartford Courant ("SEE! HEAR!) and has an active blog on the newspaper's website (http://blogs.courant.com/richard_kamins/). He serves on the Middletown Commission on the Arts as well as the Middletown Foundation for the Arts and is a member of The Vintage Players, a Middletown-based theater company.
N'Shoma is now in its 11th year and going strong."