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Episode 4 // Season 6

אַן אינטערװיו מיט אַקטיאָר און קולטור טוער חײם װאָלף.

An interview with Hy Wolfe, Yiddish actor and hard working cultural activist.  You can find out more about Hy on his website hereand about CYCO here. CYCO is also on Facebook.

This is an edited version of our interview - I’ll release a full version soon. 

Transcript

Reading along with the transcript helps a lot with understanding and with language learning - check it out here: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS6E4

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 3 // Season 6

מיר הערן פֿון סאַשע פּאַליאַן װעגן אַן עטנאָגראַפֿישע עקפּעדיציע. און אַ ביסל פּאָעזיע פֿון אונדזער מיסטעריעזער מענטש.

A guest contribution from Alexandra Polyan all about her first ethnographic expedition.  And some poetry from our mysterious mentsh.

You can read more about the expedition here and hear interviews here. Alexandra’s current project is on Soviet Yiddish literature and she was previously the Forverts’ Moscow correspondent so you can hear more of her Yiddish recordings here. 

Transcript

Reading along with the transcript helps a lot with language learning - check it out here: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS63 

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 2 // Season 6

װײסט איר װעגן "די פֿלײש ריאָטס"? אונדזער גאַסט יאָרדאַן דערצײלט אַ ביסל װעגן זײער אַ טשיקאַװע געשיכטע און מיר האָבן נאָך אַ מיסטעריעזער מענטש.

Do you know about the “Meat riots” of 1902? Our guest Jordan Weinstock shares a bit of this fascinating history of women’s activism. And Mysterious Mentsh is back - who is this figure from Yiddish culture?

Transcript

Reading along with the transcript helps a lot with language learning - check it out here: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS62 

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 1 // Season 6

מיר זײַנען צוריק מיט זײער אַ פֿײַנעם עפּיזאָד רעקאָרדירט אױף דער ייִדיש װאָך פֿון ליליע װײַצמאַן.

We’re back with something new for the show - Lily Weitzman has put together a special program for us at the Yiddish Vokh  - hear from different participants about what they like to get up to at this Yiddish retreat.  

Lily is also active with the Boston Workers Circle - check out their programs: https://circleboston.org/yiddishkayt/.

Transcript

A full transcript for this episode is now available: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS61 

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 10 // Season 5 

צװײ געסט װאָס רעדן װעגן הײַנטצײַטיקע ייִדיש קולטור! בלומע רעדט װעגן קװיר ייִדישקײט און שמא רעדט װעגן קװיר הײװי־מעטאַל. גװאַלדיק!

A bumper episode with two guests talking about contemporary Yiddish culture! I have a little rant about the importance of speaking Yiddish, even when your Yiddish isn’t perfect, and how grateful I am that so many learners share recordings with me.

Blume talks about Queer Yiddishkayt and a few examples in Yiddish culture. Connect with Blume here: @l.blo0m and check out her Yiddish theatre group here. 

Shamma talks about the small genre of Yiddish heavy metal and some of the theories about it. He also made a playlist of some Yiddish heavy metal which you can listen to here. Learn more about Heavy Metal and Yiddishkayt in this article from expert Keith Kahn-Harris.

Transcript

Find all the relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E10

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Be social

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 9 // Season 5 

מיר רעדן װעגן די סאָװעטישע ייִדן װאָס מען האָט דערהרגעט דעם 12טן אױגוסט 1952. און איך לײען אַ ביסל פֿון אַ ליד פֿון פּרץ מאַרקיש.

An episode in honour of the 12th of August, when people remember the Soviet Jews murdered by Stalin's regime on this date in 1952. Why is this night referred to as “The night of the murdered poets”? I discuss the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee and a little about the fate of the 13 Soviet Jews who were executed. I also read an excerpt from a poem by one of the murdered poets, Peretz Markish. Markish read this poem at the funeral of his friend Shloyme Mikhoels who was also on the committee and was the first to be murdered. 

This is a bit of a complex topic so don’t forget to read the transcript if you get confused. There are also links there to find out more about the history, and a translation of the poem excerpt.

Transcript

Find all the relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E9

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 8 // Season 5 

מיר הערן פֿון צװײ געסט װעגן אַרומפֿאָרן. מאַרני האָט רעקאָרדירט אַ קלאַנג־טור און מלך רעדט װעגן פֿאָרן אױף ייִדיש סוף־װאָך.

Today’s episode is all about travel. Our social-media maven Marnie, leads us on a wonderful audio tour of Yellowstone and Yiddish student Melekh describes his trip to Yiddish Sof-Vokh UK.

Transcript

Find all the relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E8

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 7 // Season 5 

אַ ליטעראַרישער עפּיזאָד. אונדזער גאַסט לאָרענץ רעדט װעגן אַ נײַ בוך און איך רעד װעגן באַשעװיסען. 

A literary special - our guest Lorenz talks about an English book, “When the Angels Left the Old Country” by Sasha Lamb (2022) and I talk about the sometimes controversial Yiddish literary figure, Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Transcript

Find all the relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E7

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 6 // Season 5 

אונדזער גאַסט הײַנט איז אַנדרײ און ער רעדט װעגן ביראָבידזשאַן - אַ סאָװעטישע ייִדישלאַנד?  און איך רעד װעגן שפּאַצירן און װאָס איך האָב געזען לעצטנס אין אַ פֿאָרשטאָט נישט װײַט פֿון מײַן הײם.

Our guest this week is Andrey @andreymilo, a Moscow-born Yiddish student who tells us a little about the history of Birobidzhan, a very interesting part of Soviet and Yiddish history. And well, I’ve gotten really into walking again lately so I talk a bit about that and something special I saw in a suburb not far from my home.

Transcript

Find all the relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E6

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 5 // Season 5 

די מאַמע רעדט װעגן װען זי איז אָנגעקומען אין אױסטראַליע און געגאַנען אין שול אַרײַן. און איך רעדט װעגן מײַנע טײַערע חבֿרטע אַני, און װי זי האָט געבױט איר אײגענע הױז.

My mum is back and this time she talks about when she arrived in Australia and was sent straight off to school. And I talk about my dear friend Annie and how she built her own home, despite having no experience in house building!  You can see some great photos of Annie’s place, the rugs she makes and my Mum as a pitsi kind, in the transcript. Or check out https://www.instagram.com/annieautumnloves.

Transcript

Find all the relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E5

Send us a recording!

Send us a little story about yourself, a review, something on a favourite topic. Get in touch, I’m happy to help you edit a script. 

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 4 // Season 5

אין דעם עפּיזאָד רעדט יוסף לאַנדאַו װעגן פּרוּװן צו דערציען זײַן קינד מיט ייִדיש און איך רעד אַ ביסל װעגן ייִדישפּאָפּ.

Joseph Landau is our guest, and he talks about raising his son with Yiddish, even though it’s not his own first language. And following our recent star moment in the Forverts article about free Yiddish learning materials, I talk about another of the listed resources, Yiddishpop.

Transcript

Find all the relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript:

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E4

Follow the Yiddish

We are on youtube, instagram and facebook. Check out the links here https://linktr.ee/prosteyiddish

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles!

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 3 // Season 5 

מינע־ליפֿשע רעדט װעגן אַ פּאָר פֿאַרװײַלערישע ביכער און איך רעד װעגן אַ װיכטיקן פֿיגור פֿון געשיכטע - אַ מענטש װאָס איז געװען אַ גרױסער מאַכער אין די אוניאָנס.

This episode our guest is Meena-Lifshe Viswanath who tells us about a few Yiddish page-turners - fiction in some surprising genres. And in our Mysterious Person I describe someone an important figure from American labour history, a big player in the unions. Can you guess who it is?

Transcript

Find all the relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E3

Send us a recording!

Send us a little story about yourself, a review, something on a favourite topic. Get in touch, I’m happy to help you edit a script. 

Follow the Yiddish

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 2 // Season 5 

אונדזער ערשטע טעלעװיזיע רעצענזיע! פּראָסטע ייִדיש איז איצט אַ פּאָפּ־קולטור פּראָגראַם! און איך רעד װעגן די ייִדישע טראַדיציע פֿון געבורטסטעג.. אָדער נישט?

In this episode - our first television review - Jorie Slodki reviews a new Netflix animated series. Proste Yiddish is now a pop-culture podcast!  And I talk a little about birthdays in the Jewish tradition (or not!)

Transcript

Find all the relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E2

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 1 // Season 5 

תּמרה מיקנער איז צוריק! זי רעדט װעגן דעם ייִדישן טעאַטער אין לאָנדאָן און איך רעד װעגן די אַלע אַקטיװיטעטן אױף ייִדיש סוף־װאָך אױסטראַליע.

This week’s special guest is Tamara Micner who returns to talk about Yiddish theatre and some recent happenings in London. I’ve just returned from Yiddish Sof-Vokh Australia so we play a game where you can guess which activities I took part in. 

See more about Tamara and her teaching and theatre work here: https://www.tamaramicner.com/

If you would like to contribute a short report about Yiddish happenings in your town, or a project you are working on, get in touch!

Transcript

Find relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E1

Follow the Yiddish

We are on youtube, instagram and facebook. Check out the links here https://linktr.ee/prosteyiddish

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 9 // Season 4 

אַ באַזונדערער עפּיזאָד און אַ ביסל װעגן עספּעראַנטאָ.

It's kind of a special anniversary.. well not too big a deal. Indulge me as I talk a little about starting the podcast. And a section about Esperanto and it’s connection to Yiddish.

Transcript

Find relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E9

Send us a recording!

Send us a little story about yourself, a review, something on a favourite topic. Get in touch, I’m happy to help you edit a script. 

Follow the Yiddish

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! 

You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 8 // Season 4 

פּסח איז אױס אָבער איך טראַכט נאָך אַלץ װעגן פּסח. אין דעם עפּיזאָד הערן מיר װעגן הגדות, סדרים און אליהו הנבֿיאן.

Pesach is over but I’m still thinking about Pesach! In this episode we hear about haggadahs, seders and a very important figure in Jewish culture, Elijah the prophet.

Transcript

Find relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E8

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Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 7 // Season 4 

טאַמאַראַ גליסאָן־פֿרידבערג רעדט װעגן ייִדיש אין מעקסיקע און לײענט פֿאָר אַ ליד פֿון יענקב גלאַנצען. איך װעל אײַך געבן אַן ענטפֿער צו מיסטעריעזער מענטש.

Tamara Gleason Freidberg is our guest in this episode, with a great segment about Yiddish in Mexico. Tamara talks a bit about Yiddish culture in Mexico and reads a poem from Yankev Glants. 

And of course, there’s the answer to last week’s “Who am I?”

Transcript

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https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E7

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Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 6 // Season 4 

אַ מעשׂה װעגן אַ הינטל פֿון זוני גאָנזאַלעז און מיר שפּילן אין מיסטעריעזער מענטש!

It’s our 36th episode (double chai!) and we have an adorable story about a dog called Maple from Maya “Zuni” González and learn about a Yiddish cultural figure in another round of Misteriezer Mentsh. 

Transcript

Improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E6

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You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 3 // Season 4 

אַ פּורים עפּיזאָד - איך רעד װעגן די טראַדיציעס פֿון פּורים אין מײַן משפּחה און מיר הערן פֿון אַ אלישבע, אַ צוהערער װאָס רעד װעגן װאָס מען טראָגט אױפֿן קאָפּ!

A Purim episode! I speak a little about Purim traditions and the beloved Purim plays in my family. Plus we hear from returning guest Elisheva, a Yiddish student who tells us all about the variety of headcoverings in Jewish culture.

Transcript

Improve your reading, find links to other Yiddish Purim content and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E4

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Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 3 // Season 4 

אַן עפּיזאָד װעגן שלום־עליכמען! קאַטערינאַ קוזנעצאָוואַ רעדט װעגן דעם באַרימטן שרײַבער און איך רעד אַ ביסל װעגן לײענען זײַן װערק.

An episode all about Sholem Aleichem. Katerina Kuznetsova talks about the beloved Yiddish writer and why it’s so worthwhile to read his work. And I talk a little about some resources for reading Sholem Aleichem in Yiddish if you’re a Yiddish learner.

Transcript

Improve your reading, find links to all the videos and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E3

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All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

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You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 2 // Season 4 

אונדזער גאַסט הײַנט איז יואַל בלעכער. יואל רעדט װעגן לערנען זיך ייִדיש אין בערלין. און ער האָט געהאַט אַ פּאָר פֿראַגעס פֿאַר מיר - איז, איך רעד אַ ביסל װעגן ייִדיש אין מײַן משפּחה און װען איך האָב אָנגהױבן זיך צו לערנען ייִדיש.

Our guest today is Joel Blecher who has a beautiful story about learning Yiddish in Berlin and the historical resonances. Joel also had a few questions for me, so I speak a little about Yiddish in my family and starting to study Yiddish.

יואל בלעכר איז אַןאַסאָציאַצירטער פּראָפּעסאָר פון געשיכטע ביי דער דזשאָרדזש וואַשינגטאָן אוניווערסיטעט. ער איז אַן עקספערט אין יסלאַמישער געשיכטע און דענקען, מיט אַ ספּעציאַליזירונג אין ניצן אַרכיוון און עטנאָגראַפישע פֿעלד-פאָרשונג אין לענדער װי סיריע, יעמען, סאַודי אַראַביע, טוניסיע, טערקיי און אינדיע. יועל איז דער מחבר פון "סאַיד דער נביא פון גאָט: האַדיטה קאָמענטאַר איבער אַ טויזנט יאָר", וואָס איז איבערגעזעצט אין אַראַביש, און האָט מיטגעאַרבעט איבער די איבערזעצונג פֿון "Ibn Hajar's Merits of the Plague" פֿאַר Penguin Classics וואָס איז אַרױס אין מערץ 2023. הײַ יאָר איז יואל אויף פֿאָרשונג-לאָזן, דינענדיק ווי אַ יונגערמאַן אין די וויסנשאַפֿטסקאָלעדזש אין בערלין און אויך ווי דער ״Bayard Dodge״  באַזונדער באזוכן געלאָדענער פּראָפּעסאָר ביי דער אַמעריקאַנער אוניווערסיטעט אין קאַיר.

Transcript

Improve your reading, find links to all the videos and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E2

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Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 1 // Season 4 

אין דעם עפּיזאָד אַ מעשׂה װעגן מײַן קאַץ פּרינץ - אײנע פֿון מײַנע באַליבסטע מעשׂות צו דערצײלן. און אַ קלײנער באַריכט װעגן דער געשיכטע פֿון ייִדיש און אירע דיאַלעקטן. 

We’re back with a fourth season of Yiddish listening practice on Proste Yiddish.  This episode: my favourite story to tell about my cat Prince, and a short report from a listener about the history of the Yiddish language and its dialects. If you find it a bit challenging remember you can adjust the playback speed in your player and follow the transcript to help with your comprehension.

Do you want easier or harder episodes? Any topic or vocab in particular you’d like to hear more of - let us know!

Transcript

Improve your reading, find links to all the videos and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E1

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 10 // Season 3 

אין דעם עפּיזאָד רעד איך װעגן ייִדיש אױף יו־טיוב און מיר הערן פֿון צװײ צוהערערס! אלישבע רעדט װעגן נײען און דוד רעדט װעגן זײַן יו־טיוב קאַנאַל.

In this episode we hear from a listener, Elisheva, about her interest in sewing and learning about Jewish clothing. And I share a bit about one of my interests: Yiddish on Youtube. All the links are in the transcripts but  you can also find most of the videos via the playlists on our Youtube channel.

Plus there’s a little message from David, another listener, about his new Youtube channel, Polyglot Reading. 

This is the last episode of Season 3 so there will be a little break and we’ll be back in a few weeks with Season 4.

Transcript

Improve your reading, find links to all the videos and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E10

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

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Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 9 // Season 3 

איך רעד אַ ביסל װעגן מײַן ליבע - זומער! און מיר הערן אַ מעשׂה פֿון אַ צוהערער װעגן צװײ הינט.

In this episode I talk about my love of summertime and we hear a funny story from a listener about a misunderstanding and two dogs. 

I also talk a little bit about the contributions of our growing community of listeners including one listener’s project to make bilingual (English/Yiddish) transcripts for the show.

You can check out this project here and contribute by checking the English translations: https://bit.ly/ProsteBilingualTranscripts

TRANSCRIPT

Improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E9

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

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Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 8 // Season 3 

אַן אינטערװיו מיט דזשײק שנײַדערען װאָס פֿירט אָן מיט "שמועס און װײַן" אין בערלין.

Another interview!  I spoke with Jake Schneider about a shmues krayz that he organises in Berlin called “Shmues un Vayn”. This was recorded over zoom so apologies for the audio quality.

Check out the workshop Jake presented for Klezcalifornia about how to start your own successful shmues group here. 

Transcript

Follow along and check out the vocab list here:

http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E8

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 7 // Season 3 

אין דעם עפּיזאָד רעד איך װעגן לײענען און זײער אַ װיכטיקע רעסורס - דער ייִדישער טעם־טעם. דער ייִדישער טעם־טעם איז אַ זשורנאַל פֿאַר ייִדיש לערנערס.

In this episode I talk a little about what kind of materials are most useful for language learners and a great resource for Yiddish learners - Der Yiddisher Tam-Tam. It’s a little magazine that was published for many years and is full of articles written just for Yiddish learners.

I read an excerpt from an article published in the 100th issue of Der Yiddisher Tam-tam. There’s a little bit of tricky vocab, and unlike Tam-Tam we don’t have footnotes, so be sure to check the transcript for vocab notes.

Transcript

Follow along and check out the vocab list here:

http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E7

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 6 // Season 3 

אַן עפּיזאָד װעגן מוזיקאַלישע פּיעסעס - אַ רעצענזיע פֿון אַ צוהערער, און אַ ביסל װעגן מײַן באַציונג צו זײ

An episode all about musicals - a review of a recent Yiddish production from our listener, Beynish and a little bit about my relationship to musicals. 

You can see more about the show Tsvishn Falndike Vent here. 

Transcript

Follow along with the transcript and check the vocabulary list here:

http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E6

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Be like Beynish and contribute to Proste Yiddish - you can submit a little story about yourself, a review, something on a favourite topic.. all contributions welcome! Get in touch, I’m happy to help you edit a script.

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Bonus Episode // Season 3 

אַ צוגאָב עפּיזאָד פֿאַר אַדװאַנצירטע ייִדיש־לערנערס - דער גאַנצער אינטערװיו מיט חנה פּאָלאַקען, אַרכיװאַר בײַם פֿאָרװערץ 

This is a special episode - I had some requests for longer episodes for advanced students so this episode is the full interview that I conducted with Chana Pollack, archivist at The Forward (דער פֿאָרװערץ).

The language in this episode is a lot more complicated than our usual format, and of course it’s a lot longer. So if you’re not ready for this much Yiddish don’t worry, we’ll be back next week with a regular episode. 

The article Chana wrote about LGBTQ stories in the Forward archive is here.

Transcript

I haven’t transcribed the full interview but you can see a transcript of the introduction here:

http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3Bonus

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All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

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Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 5// Season 3 

דער ענטפֿער צו מיסטעריעזער מענטש און איך רעד אַ ביסל װעגן װאָס איך האָב לעצטנס געטאָן.

In this episode we have the answer to last week’s Misteriezer Mentsh and I talk a little about what I’ve been up to lately. We’ve had a visit from some very special people….

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Transcript

Reading while you listen is a wonderful technique for language learning that helps build the associations between words and their sounds and improve your vocabulary acquisition! Access the transcript and a vocabulary list here:

http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E5

Learning Resources

A few listeners have gotten in touch to share resources they’ve made to accompany the show. If you have created anything, or want to share about how you use the podcast as a learning or teaching material get in touch, I’ll share some of these resources soon!

Social Media

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Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 4// Season 3 

אין דעם עפּיזאָד - אַ פּרעכטיקע רעקאָרדירונג פֿון אָשן עוונז שאַרמאַ װעגן װינטער און אַ נײַער מיסטעריעזער מענטש!

We received a beautiful recording from Osian Evans Sharma, a Yiddish teacher in England who has some advice for you about staying warm in winter. And a new Mysterious Mentsh - can you guess who this is?  Someone who was active in the underground resistance in Warsaw…..

Would you like to be a guest on the show? Please get in touch!

Learning Resources

A few listeners have gotten in touch to share resources they’ve made to accompany the show. If you have created anything, or want to share about how you use the podcast as a learning or teaching material get in touch, I’ll share some of these resources soon!

Social Media

Yes by popular request and with the help of a wonderful new social media helper we are on instagram, X and facebook. Check out the links here https://linktr.ee/prosteyiddish

Transcript

Reading while you listen is a wonderful technique for language learning that helps build the associations between words and their sounds and improve your vocabulary acquisition! Access the transcript and a vocabulary list here:

http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E4

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 3// Season 3 

אין דעם עפּיזאָד שפּיל איך אַ פּאָר טײלן פֿון מײַן אינטערװיו מיט חנה פּאָלאַקן, אַרכיװאַר בײַם פֿאָרװערץ. חנה רעדט װעגן איר אַרבעט און אַ בילד װאָס זי האָט פֿעפֿונען אין אַרכיװ. 

In this episode I play a few excerpts from an interview I conducted with Chana Pollack, archivist at The Forward newspaper (established as a Yiddish daily in 1897!).  I’ll release the full interview soon as a bonus episode for those who want to try listening to something a bit more advanced. I asked Chana about her work and her article about LGBTQ stories and silences in the archive..

Would you like to be a guest on the show? Please get in touch!

Learning Resources

A few listeners have gotten in touch to share resources they’ve made to accompany the show. If you have created anything, or want to share about how you use the podcast as a learning or teaching material get in touch, I’ll share some of these resources soon!

Social Media

Yes by popular request and with the help of a wonderful new social media helper we are on instagram, X and facebook. Check out the links here https://linktr.ee/prosteyiddish

Transcript

Reading while you listen is a wonderful technique for language learning that helps build the associations between words and their sounds and improve your vocabulary acquisition! Access the transcript and a vocabulary list here:

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E3

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 2// Season 3 

אַ גאַסטשטערן אױף פּראָסטע ייִדיש - שולי אלישבע רעדט װעגן ייִדיש. מיר האָבן אױך אַ פֿילם רעצענזיע - איך רעד װעגן דעם נײַעם ייִדיש פֿילם, שטטל. 

A guest star on this episode - Shuli Elisheva speaks about her changing ideas about Yiddish. And our first film review - I discuss the new Yiddish film SHTTL. 

Would you like to be a guest on the show? Please get in touch!

Social Media

Yes by popular request and with the help of a wonderful new social media helper we are on instagram, X and facebook. Check out the links here https://linktr.ee/prosteyiddish

Transcript

Reading while you listen is a wonderful technique for language learning that helps build the associations between words and their sounds and improve your vocabulary acquisition! Access the transcript and a vocabulary list here:

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E2

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 1// Season 3 

אין דעם עפּיזאָד רעד איך װעגן די צוהערערס - װאָס װײס איך װעגן אײַך? און מיר האָבן אַ גאַסט - תּמרה מיקנער רעדט װעגן װי די באָבע־זײדע האָבן גערעדט ייִדיש.

We’re back with Season 3!  

In this episode we have a lovely guest recording from Tamara Micner who talks about the Yiddish that her bobbe and zeyde spoke when she was young. And I delve into the listener stats to talk about who you all are! 

As always if you’d like to contribute or be a guest on the show, please get in touch!

Social Media

Yes by popular request and with the help of a wonderful new social media helper we are on instagram, X and facebook. Check out the links here https://linktr.ee/prosteyiddish

Transcript

Reading while you listen is a wonderful technique for language learning that helps build the associations between words and their sounds and improve your vocabulary acquisition! Access the transcript and a vocabulary list here:

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E1

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 10// Season 2 

אין דעם עפּיזאָד רעד איך װעגן דאָס ייִדישע עסן - װאָס קען דאָס זײַן?  און אין "װאָס לײענט מען?" רעדט איך װעגן קאַדיאַ מאָלאָדאָװסקיס ראָמאַן, "פֿון לובלין ביז ניו־יאָרק." 

In this episode I attempt to answer a listener request for something about “Yiddish food” and in our segment “Vos Leyent Men?” I discuss Kadia Molodowsky’s novel Fun Lublin Biz Nyu York, which is written in the style of a diary. 

Est Gezunterheyt! on Youtube here

Download Fun Lublin Biz Nyu Yorkhere.

This is the last episode for Season 2, I’ll be back with Season 3 in a few weeks. If you’d like to contribute or be a guest on the show, please get in touch!

Note

I recently released a special music episode using the voice memos you all sent in. Unfortunately due to copyright you can only listen to it on spotify, so check it out there.

Transcript

Reading while you listen is a wonderful technique for language learning that helps build the associations between words and their sounds and improve your vocabulary acquisition! Access the transcript here:

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS2E10

And you can⁠use this form⁠ to leave us feedback or get in touch.

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 9// Season 2 

אין דעם עפּיזאָד הערט מען פֿון אבֿי פֿריד און איך רעד װעגן אַ װיזיט אין באַלאַראַט.

In this week’s episode we have a little game from Avi Fried and a story about a visit to the city of Ballarat.

Note

Last week’s episode is a special music episode, using the voice memos you all sent in. Unfortunately due to copyright you can only listen to it on spotify, so check it out there.

Transcript

Reading while you listen is a wonderful technique for language learning that helps build the associations between words and their sounds and improve your vocabulary acquisition! Access the transcript here:

⁠⁠⁠www.tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS2E9

And you can⁠use this form⁠ to leave us feedback or get in touch.

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie). Always Was Always Will Be Aboriginal Land.

Episode 8// Season 2 

דער 18טן עפּיזאָד פֿון פּראָסטע ייִדיש! איך רעד װעגן אַ קלײנע רײַזע װאָס איך האָב געמאַכט און אַן אינדזל. און אױך אַ ביסל װעגן דעם ציפֿער אַכטצן (18).

It’s the 18th episode of Proste Yiddish! I talk a little about a recent trip to a special island and also about the significance of the number 18.

Transcript

Reading while you listen is a wonderful technique for language learning that helps build the associations between words and their sounds and improve your vocabulary acquisition! Check out the transcript here:

⁠⁠⁠www.tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS2E8

And you can⁠use this form⁠ to leave us feedback or get in touch.

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 7 // Season 2 

אונדזער גאַסט איז קאַראָ װעגנער און זי רעדט װעגן דעם פּאַריזער־יידיש צענטער. איך רעד אַ ביסל װעגן סוכּות און מיר הערן אַן אָנזאָג פֿון אַ צוהערער!

Our guest is Karo Wegner who talks a little about the Paris Yiddish Center - Medem Library. I talk a little about the yontif Sukkes and the custom of building a Suke. And we hear…. a voice memo from a listener!

More about Karo Wegner here (@karowegner) 

and more about the Paris Yiddish Center here. 

Transcript

Reading while you listen is a wonderful technique for language listening! Check out the transcript here:

⁠⁠⁠www.tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS2E7

And you can⁠use this form⁠ to leave us feedback or get in touch.

Send in a voice memo!

Absolute last chance to send me a short recording (in Yiddish) about your favourite Yiddish music. I might use it in an upcoming episode!

Of course if you want to send in a longer contribution, there’s a⁠⁠script template to help you get started here..

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

If you find this show useful or fun, the best thing you can do is tell other people about it or tell me! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 6 // Season 2 

אַ קורצעער עפּיזאָד װײַל ס'איז יום־טובֿ. איך רעד װעגן דעם פֿרילינג און מיר הערן אַ נײַע עפּיזאָד־טײל׃ װאָס לײענט מען?

Wow is it 5784 already?  A bit of a shorter episode this week because of yontif (the holidays). I talk a little about springtime, and introduce a new segment about books for Yiddish students - What are you reading?

You can see the Shloyml Boyml books here.

Transcript

Did you know there are pictures, links and a vocabulary list in the transcript?

⁠⁠⁠www.tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS2E6

And you can⁠use this form⁠ to leave us feedback or get in touch.

Send in a voice memo!

Last chance to send me a short recording (in Yiddish) about your favourite Yiddish music. I might use it in an upcoming episode!

Of course if you want to send in a longer contribution, there’s a⁠⁠script template to help you get started here..

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 5 // Season 2 

אַבֿי פֿריד רעדט װעגן ראש־השנה און די מאַמע (רענאַטאַ) רעדט װעגן אירע קינדער־יאָרן אין פּױלן

Friend of the show, Avi Fried returns to talk about Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year and Esther’s mum, Renata, talks about her childhood in Poland.

There are some tricky words in this episode, lots of loshn-koydesh - so don't forget there's a vocab list in the transcript. And a special bonus - if you want to see some great pictures of Renata as a child in Poland, check out the transcript.

Leshone Toyve - a gut yor!

Transcript

A full transcript with vocabulary list is available here: ⁠⁠⁠www.tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS2E5

And you can⁠use this form⁠ to leave us feedback or get in touch.

Send in a voice memo!

Use the link below to send me a short recording (in Yiddish) about your favourite Yiddish music. I might use it in an upcoming episode!

If you want to send in a longer contribution, there’s a⁠⁠script template to help you write a contribution⁠⁠.

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by Tres Tristes Tangos, ⁠ ⁠Crowander, ⁠⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 4 // Season 2 

משהלע דערצײלט װעגן זײַן רײַזע קײן פּױלן און איך דערצײל אַ װיץ װעגן אַ שנײַדער.

Our correspondent Moishele reports on his trip to Poland and I tell a joke about a tailor.

Transcript

A full transcript with vocabulary list is available here https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS2E4

And you can⁠use this form⁠ to leave us feedback or get in touch.

Send in a voice memo!

Use the link below to send me a short recording (in Yiddish) about your favourite Yiddish music. I might use it in an upcoming episode!

If you want to send in a longer contribution, there’s a⁠⁠script template to help you write a contribution⁠⁠.

Music

All the music in our show is from the Free Music Archive. The tunes are by⁠ ⁠Crowander,⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠.

Support the Show

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 3 // Season 2  מיר הערן װעגן פֿױגלען און אַ סבֿיבֿה באַריכט װעגן ייִדישער מוזיק אין מעלבורן.

This episode we hear a contribution from a Yiddish student all about birds, and a scene report on Yiddish music in Melbourne. Transcript This episode’s transcript has links to all the bands that are mentioned. ⁠⁠⁠www.tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS2E3⁠ There is also a link there to our feedback form if you'd like to get in touch. Send in a voice memo! Thanks to everyone who has sent something in. Keep them coming, I still want to hear from more of you! Use the link below to send me a short recording (in Yiddish) about your favourite Yiddish music. I might use it in an upcoming episode! If you want to send in a longer contribution, there’s a ⁠⁠script template here to help you write a contribution⁠⁠.

Music The tunes are by⁠ ⁠Crowander,⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠. Support the Show Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק! Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 2 // Season 2  איך רעד װעגן ייִדישע מוזיק און דער ענטפֿער צו מיסטעריעזער מענטש Let's talk a little about Yiddish music! I also reveal the answer to last episode’s Mysteriezer Mentsh.

And check out theepic Yiddish Music playlist that i made to accompany this episode. Transcript This episode’s transcript has links to all the bands that are mentioned and extra info about the writer discussed in Mysteriezer Mentsh. 

You can find the full transcript and vocab here ⁠⁠⁠www.tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS2E2 ⁠And you can ⁠use this form⁠ to leave us feedback or get in touch. Send in a voice memo! Use the link below to send me a short recording (in Yiddish) about your favourite Yiddish music. I might use it in an upcoming episode! Music Yes we have new show music! The tunes are by⁠ ⁠Crowander,⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠. Support the Show Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק! Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 1 // Season 2  מיר הערן אַ ביסל װעגן מײַנע שװעסטער און מיר שפּילן אין מיסטעריעזער מענטש. Welcome back to Proste Yiddish, the podcast for Yiddish learners, now new and improved in Season 2. In this episode we play Mysteriezer Mentsh - see if you can guess who it is. And I talk a little about my sisters. Transcript As always you can find vocabulary notes and a full transcript at ⁠⁠⁠www.tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS2E1 And you will find a link there to send us feedback and get in touch. Contribute? Perhaps you'd like to be a guest? You can send in recordings, it doesn't have to be complicated. And I made a new ⁠script template to help you write a contribution⁠. Music Yes we have new music! The tunes are by⁠ ⁠Crowander,⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Danny Bale⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠The Underscore Orkestra⁠⁠. Full details ⁠⁠in the transcript⁠⁠. Support the Show Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! You can also leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to the show. אַ דאַנק! Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).

Episode 10

מיר האָבן אַ שפּיל פֿון אַבֿי פֿרידען - קענט איר טרעפֿן, װעלכער איז דער ליגן?

און איך רעד װעגן מײַן פּאַרטנער.

In this episode we have a little game from Yiddish teacher Avi Fried - can you guess, which is the lie?

And I talk a little about my partner.

Transcript

As always you can find vocabulary notes and a full transcript at tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscript10⁠

There's also a link there to leave us feedback or get in touch.

Contribute?

Perhaps you'd like to be a guest? I made a new script template to help you write a contribution here.

Break

And an announcement - this episode is the last one in Season 1. There will be a short break between seasons while I learn how to better use editing and sound mixing software. We'll be back soon with Season 2!

Thanks for listening and as always, if you like the show, please share it in your Yiddish circles! אַ דאַנק!

Episode 8

אונדזער גאַסט איז עשקע קירזײן - אַ דאַנק עשקע!

דער ענטפֿער צו עפּיזאָד 7ס מיסטעריעזער מענטש

און אַ ביסל װעגן װען איך בין געװען אַ פֿאַרמער

Our guest is Jessica Kirzane - thank you Jessica! In this episode we also have the answer to Episode 7s Mysterious Mentsh and a little bit about when I used to be a farmer.

As always you can find vocabulary notes and a full transcript at www.tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscript8

There's also a link there to leave us feedback or get in touch. Perhaps you'd like to be a guest?

And tell your Yiddish loving friends, classmates or colleagues about Proste Yiddish! אַ דאַנק!

Episode 7

אונדזער גאַסט איז יהושע רובען

און מיר שפּילן אין מיסטעריעזער מענטש

Our guest is Yoyshua (Joshua) Ruben and we're playing Mysterious Person again. Can you guess who it is?

A bit of tricky vocab and historical details in this episode so there are lots of links in the transcript. Check it out here:

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscript7. That's also where to go if you want to leave us feedback or get in touch!

And I'm on vacation so there'll be a bit of a break between episodes. Thanks as always for listening, and see you on the other side!

Episode 6

קאַמעראָן בערנשטיין

אַ װאַקאַציע

Our guest this episode is Cameron Bernstein:

Access the transcript and vocabulary notes here: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscript6

You can also find a link to the feedback form there!

A reminder that you can slow down the episode in your podcast player.

And if you enjoy the show, please share it with your friends!

Episode 3 of Proste Yiddish: in this episode you'll hear an introduction from a student, a little about Shavues and an old joke.

שבֿועות, אַ סטודענט און אַ װיץ. You can see a full transcript and vocabulary notes at https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscript3.. Thanks for listening!

TRAILER

Welcome to Proste Yiddish, the only Yiddish podcast especially for Yiddish students.

Each episode features simple texts to help you improve your Yiddish listening skills. Listen in and learn Yiddish!

Prost פּראָסט = simple, ordinary, of the masses! You can find a transcript and vocab notes for this trailer here.

Episode 2 of Proste Yiddish - the only Yiddish podcast especially for Yiddish students and anyone wanting to learn a bisl Yiddish. Apologies that the audio quality is a bit uneven - equipment upgrade coming soon! In this episode:

You can access a full ⁠transcript and vocab list here.

Episode 1

A new podcast for anyone learning Yiddish. Simple texts each episode to help with your listening skills. Follow along in the transcript.

עפּיזאָד 1 //אַרײַנפֿיר// Introduction // // װעגן זיך // About me // מאַי // Calendar talk - May // You can access afull transcript and vocab here

Music by Crowander, Danny Bale & The Underscore Orkestra. Full details in the transcript.

Let us know what you think about the podcast, or what you'd like to see in future episodes here!

Proste Yiddish is entirely volunteer-made, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrong People in Naarm (so-called melbourne, oystralie).