In this episode, originally broadcast on November 28, 1965, Dr. Marvin (Mikhl) Herzog interviews Dr. Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg on Western Yiddish. Recorded examples of native speakers of Western Yiddish are featured, with the discussion in English. Among Guggenheim-Grunberg’s publications are "Horse Dealers' Language of the Swiss Jews in Endingen and Lengnau" ...

Mikhl Herzog and Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg on Western Yiddish (1965)

From 1963-1976, YIVO had its own program on WEVD, the radio station established by the Socialist Party of America in 1927 (its call letters stand for the initials of American socialist leader Eugene V. Debs), which was purchased by the Jewish Daily Forward in 1932 and became a major venue from Yiddish programming.

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Mikhl Herzog and Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg on Western Yiddish (1965)

Mikhl Herzog and Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg on Western Yiddish (1965)