The 'Yiddish Voice' Podcast

Duolingo Yiddish Team - Viswanath, Polasaks, Yosi, Sholem; Lag Ba'omer with Miriam Libenson

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Interview with developers of the Yiddish course on the language-learning app Duolingo: Meena Viswanath, brothers Isac Polasak and Israel Polasak; Sholem; and Yosi (@MudnerParshoyn on Twitter). The interview was recorded on April 11, 2021, over Zoom and is entirely in Yiddish. Participating in the interview are historian Prof. Sholem Beinfeld, along with regular host Mark David. For more info, here are several links:

  • Home page of Duolingo
  • Duolingo's Yiddish course announcement
  • Forverts article in Yiddish: ייִדיש־„דואָלינגאָ‟ דיאַלעקטן־קשיא רופֿט אַרויס טיפֿן אינטערעס

  • Miriam Libenson z"l: a talk on the Holiday Lag Ba'Omer by our dear late collaborator, from our archive, originally recorded and aired on May 24, 2000.

  • Music:

    • Martele Friedman: Afn Pripetshik
  • Tova Ben-Zvi: Arum Dem Fayer
  • Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz
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