Episode 7  // Season 6

לערנען זיך ייִדיש׃ אַן אינטערװיו מיט יאַנקל קראַקאָװסקין

We’re back!!! I had a great time chatting with Jake (Yankl) Krakovsky for this interview. We discuss how Jake learned Yiddish and got into translation. This is an excerpt from a longer interview - I hope to release a little more in a few weeks as a bonus episode.

Transcript

There isn’t a full transcript for this episode yet but you can see a little here: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS6E7. If you are able to help with transcribing interviews please get in touch.

If you find the transcript too hard to understand,you can paste it into this wonderful tool from Refoyl Finkel and it will provide you with clickable definitions.

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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).

after a long unexpected break we're back! thanks for sticking with us!

Episode 6  // Season 6

שרײַבן נײַע לידער׃ יאָסל לאַנדאַ & קנידעקל

New songwriting in minority languages. In this episode we hear from Yosl Landau about the process he used to write new songs in Yiddish for his band Yosl and the Yingels. And I discuss the film Kneecap, about a hiphop group from Belfast who write songs in Irish.

Transcript

Reading along with the transcript is a great way to improve your comprehension and learn new vocab. Check it out here https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS6E6  

If you find the transcript too hard to understand,you can paste it into this wonderful tool from Refoyl Finkel and it will provide you with clickable definitions.

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 5  // Season 6

אַן אינטערװיו מיט אַניע קױפֿמענטשען

I had a great time talking to Annie Kaufman all about her new translation of Ben Gold’s book Avreml Broide.  Annie speaks clearly and slowly so although this is an interview episode it’s not as hard as some of them - give it a go and remember you can slow it down if needed. 

Buy the English translation Your Comrade, Avreml Broide here!  Links to the Yiddish version and reviews are in the transcript.

Transcript

So far the transcript for this episode only covers the introduction and outro : https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS6E5 

If you’d like to help with transcribing the rest, please get in touch!

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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 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 here and 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).

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 here and 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. 

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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 

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 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).

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:

Transcript

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

Send us a recording!

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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

Send us a recording!

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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).