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 

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E5

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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

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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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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

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https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E3

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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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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).