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Proste Yiddish - Simple Yiddish

Proste Yiddish - Simple Yiddish

Esther Diamond
Education

A show just for Yiddish learners. Short episodes with simple Yiddish to help you build your listening skills and vocabulary. Every episode comes with a transcript and vocab list. Prost = plain, common, simple , for the masses! We are also on Youtube ———— Produced in Naarm (so-called melbourne) on the lands of the Wurundjeri People. * Proste Yiddish is a fully volunteer project - expect some unprofessionalism ;) *

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    Bonus Episode  // Season 6

    דער גאַנצער אינטערװיו מיט אַקטיאָר און קולטור טוער חײם װאָלפֿען.

    This bonus episode is a full version of the interview from episode 4 with Hy Wolfe, Yiddish actor and hard working cultural activist.  In this extended version Hy talks more about his career as an actor, the history of the Yiddish theatre and a collection of Yiddish theatre script excerpts which he is editing.

    You can find out more about Hy on his website hereand about CYCO here. CYCO is also on Facebook.


    Transcript

    As this is a more advanced episode there’s no full transcript of the entire interview and the transcript for this episode only covers the introduction : https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS6Bonus 

    Check out Episode 4 for a shorter version of this episode with a complete transcript.


    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

    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).

    Fri, 15 Nov 2024 - 27min
  • 56 - An interview with Hy Wolfe

    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


    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

    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).

    Fri, 01 Nov 2024 - 11min
  • 55 - Sasha's ethnographic expedition and a little poem

    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 


    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

    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).

    Fri, 18 Oct 2024 - 08min
  • 54 - The Meat Riots & Mysterious Mentsh

    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 

    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

    We are on youtube, instagram and facebook and there are also bilingual transcripts available. 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).

    Fri, 11 Oct 2024 - 09min
  • 53 - Di Yiddish Vokh

    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 

    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

    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).

    Fri, 27 Sep 2024 - 09min
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