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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

Find all the relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E3

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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.

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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 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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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 5 

תּמרה מיקנער איז צוריק! זי רעדט װעגן דעם ייִדישן טעאַטער אין לאָנדאָן און איך רעד װעגן די אַלע אַקטיװיטעטן אױף ייִדיש סוף־װאָך אױסטראַליע.

This week’s special guest is Tamara Micner who returns to talk about Yiddish theatre and some recent happenings in London. I’ve just returned from Yiddish Sof-Vokh Australia so we play a game where you can guess which activities I took part in. 

See more about Tamara and her teaching and theatre work here: https://www.tamaramicner.com/

If you would like to contribute a short report about Yiddish happenings in your town, or a project you are working on, get in touch!

Transcript

Find relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS5E1

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 9 // Season 4 

אַ באַזונדערער עפּיזאָד און אַ ביסל װעגן עספּעראַנטאָ.

It's kind of a special anniversary.. well not too big a deal. Indulge me as I talk a little about starting the podcast. And a section about Esperanto and it’s connection to Yiddish.

Transcript

Find relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E9

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 8 // Season 4 

פּסח איז אױס אָבער איך טראַכט נאָך אַלץ װעגן פּסח. אין דעם עפּיזאָד הערן מיר װעגן הגדות, סדרים און אליהו הנבֿיאן.

Pesach is over but I’m still thinking about Pesach! In this episode we hear about haggadahs, seders and a very important figure in Jewish culture, Elijah the prophet.

Transcript

Find relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E8

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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 7 // Season 4 

טאַמאַראַ גליסאָן־פֿרידבערג רעדט װעגן ייִדיש אין מעקסיקע און לײענט פֿאָר אַ ליד פֿון יענקב גלאַנצען. איך װעל אײַך געבן אַן ענטפֿער צו מיסטעריעזער מענטש.

Tamara Gleason Freidberg is our guest in this episode, with a great segment about Yiddish in Mexico. Tamara talks a bit about Yiddish culture in Mexico and reads a poem from Yankev Glants. 

And of course, there’s the answer to last week’s “Who am I?”

Transcript

Find relevant links, improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E7

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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 6 // Season 4 

אַ מעשׂה װעגן אַ הינטל פֿון זוני גאָנזאַלעז און מיר שפּילן אין מיסטעריעזער מענטש!

It’s our 36th episode (double chai!) and we have an adorable story about a dog called Maple from Maya “Zuni” González and learn about a Yiddish cultural figure in another round of Misteriezer Mentsh. 

Transcript

Improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E6

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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 4 

אַ פּורים עפּיזאָד - איך רעד װעגן די טראַדיציעס פֿון פּורים אין מײַן משפּחה און מיר הערן פֿון אַ אלישבע, אַ צוהערער װאָס רעד װעגן װאָס מען טראָגט אױפֿן קאָפּ!

A Purim episode! I speak a little about Purim traditions and the beloved Purim plays in my family. Plus we hear from returning guest Elisheva, a Yiddish student who tells us all about the variety of headcoverings in Jewish culture.

Transcript

Improve your reading, find links to other Yiddish Purim content and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E4

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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).