Proste Yiddish - Simple Yiddish

Episode 3 // Season 4 

אַן עפּיזאָד װעגן שלום־עליכמען! קאַטערינאַ קוזנעצאָוואַ רעדט װעגן דעם באַרימטן שרײַבער און איך רעד אַ ביסל װעגן לײענען זײַן װערק.

An episode all about Sholem Aleichem. Katerina Kuznetsova talks about the beloved Yiddish writer and why it’s so worthwhile to read his work. And I talk a little about some resources for reading Sholem Aleichem in Yiddish if you’re a Yiddish learner.

Transcript

Improve your reading, find links to all the videos and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E3

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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).

Episode 2 // Season 4 

אונדזער גאַסט הײַנט איז יואַל בלעכער. יואל רעדט װעגן לערנען זיך ייִדיש אין בערלין. און ער האָט געהאַט אַ פּאָר פֿראַגעס פֿאַר מיר - איז, איך רעד אַ ביסל װעגן ייִדיש אין מײַן משפּחה און װען איך האָב אָנגהױבן זיך צו לערנען ייִדיש.

Our guest today is Joel Blecher who has a beautiful story about learning Yiddish in Berlin and the historical resonances. Joel also had a few questions for me, so I speak a little about Yiddish in my family and starting to study Yiddish.

יואל בלעכר איז אַן אַסאָציאַצירטער פּראָפּעסאָר פון געשיכטע ביי דער דזשאָרדזש וואַשינגטאָן אוניווערסיטעט. ער איז אַן עקספערט אין יסלאַמישער געשיכטע און דענקען, מיט אַ ספּעציאַליזירונג אין ניצן אַרכיוון און עטנאָגראַפישע פֿעלד-פאָרשונג אין לענדער װי סיריע, יעמען, סאַודי אַראַביע, טוניסיע, טערקיי און אינדיע. יועל איז דער מחבר פון "סאַיד דער נביא פון גאָט: האַדיטה קאָמענטאַר איבער אַ טויזנט יאָר", וואָס איז איבערגעזעצט אין אַראַביש, און האָט מיטגעאַרבעט איבער די איבערזעצונג פֿון "Ibn Hajar's Merits of the Plague" פֿאַר Penguin Classics וואָס איז אַרױס אין מערץ 2023. הײַ יאָר איז יואל אויף פֿאָרשונג-לאָזן, דינענדיק ווי אַ יונגערמאַן אין די וויסנשאַפֿטסקאָלעדזש אין בערלין און אויך ווי דער ״Bayard Dodge״  באַזונדער באזוכן געלאָדענער פּראָפּעסאָר ביי דער אַמעריקאַנער אוניווערסיטעט אין קאַיר.

Transcript

Improve your reading, find links to all the videos and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: 

https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E2

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 instagram, X 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 1 // Season 4 

אין דעם עפּיזאָד אַ מעשׂה װעגן מײַן קאַץ פּרינץ - אײנע פֿון מײַנע באַליבסטע מעשׂות צו דערצײלן. און אַ קלײנער באַריכט װעגן דער געשיכטע פֿון ייִדיש און אירע דיאַלעקטן. 

We’re back with a fourth season of Yiddish listening practice on Proste Yiddish.  This episode: my favourite story to tell about my cat Prince, and a short report from a listener about the history of the Yiddish language and its dialects. If you find it a bit challenging remember you can adjust the playback speed in your player and follow the transcript to help with your comprehension.

Do you want easier or harder episodes? Any topic or vocab in particular you’d like to hear more of - let us know!

Transcript

Improve your reading, find links to all the videos and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS4E1

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 instagram, X 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 10 // Season 3 

אין דעם עפּיזאָד רעד איך װעגן ייִדיש אױף יו־טיוב און מיר הערן פֿון צװײ צוהערערס! אלישבע רעדט װעגן נײען און דוד רעדט װעגן זײַן יו־טיוב קאַנאַל.

In this episode we hear from a listener, Elisheva, about her interest in sewing and learning about Jewish clothing. And I share a bit about one of my interests: Yiddish on Youtube. All the links are in the transcripts but  you can also find most of the videos via the playlists on our Youtube channel.

Plus there’s a little message from David, another listener, about his new Youtube channel, Polyglot Reading. 

This is the last episode of Season 3 so there will be a little break and we’ll be back in a few weeks with Season 4.

Transcript

Improve your reading, find links to all the videos and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E10

Send us a recording!

Send us a little story about yourself, a review, something on a favourite topic... all contributions welcome! Get in touch, I’m happy to help you edit a script. 

Follow the Yiddish

We are on instagram, X 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 3 

איך רעד אַ ביסל װעגן מײַן ליבע - זומער! און מיר הערן אַ מעשׂה פֿון אַ צוהערער װעגן צװײ הינט.

In this episode I talk about my love of summertime and we hear a funny story from a listener about a misunderstanding and two dogs. 

I also talk a little bit about the contributions of our growing community of listeners including one listener’s project to make bilingual (English/Yiddish) transcripts for the show.

You can check out this project here and contribute by checking the English translations: https://bit.ly/ProsteBilingualTranscripts

TRANSCRIPT

Improve your reading and learn new vocab in the Yiddish transcript: http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E9

Send us a recording!

Send us a little story about yourself, a review, something on a favourite topic... all contributions welcome! Get in touch, I’m happy to help you edit a script. 

Follow the Yiddish

We are on instagram, X 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 8 // Season 3 

אַן אינטערװיו מיט דזשײק שנײַדערען װאָס פֿירט אָן מיט "שמועס און װײַן" אין בערלין.

Another interview!  I spoke with Jake Schneider about a shmues krayz that he organises in Berlin called “Shmues un Vayn”. This was recorded over zoom so apologies for the audio quality.

Check out the workshop Jake presented for Klezcalifornia about how to start your own successful shmues group here. 

Transcript

Follow along and check out the vocab list here:

http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E8

Send us a recording!

Send us a little story about yourself, a review, something on a favourite topic... all contributions welcome! Get in touch, I’m happy to help you edit a script.

Follow the Yiddish

Thanks to the wonderful Marni we are on instagram, X 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 7 // Season 3 

אין דעם עפּיזאָד רעד איך װעגן לײענען און זײער אַ װיכטיקע רעסורס - דער ייִדישער טעם־טעם. דער ייִדישער טעם־טעם איז אַ זשורנאַל פֿאַר ייִדיש לערנערס.

In this episode I talk a little about what kind of materials are most useful for language learners and a great resource for Yiddish learners - Der Yiddisher Tam-Tam. It’s a little magazine that was published for many years and is full of articles written just for Yiddish learners.

I read an excerpt from an article published in the 100th issue of Der Yiddisher Tam-tam. There’s a little bit of tricky vocab, and unlike Tam-Tam we don’t have footnotes, so be sure to check the transcript for vocab notes.

Transcript

Follow along and check out the vocab list here:

http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E7

Send us a recording!

Just like the editors of the Tam-Tam I’m always begging for contributions!  Send us a little story about yourself, a review, something on a favourite topic... all contributions welcome! Get in touch, I’m happy to help you edit a script.

Follow the Yiddish

We are on instagram, X 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 6 // Season 3 

אַן עפּיזאָד װעגן מוזיקאַלישע פּיעסעס - אַ רעצענזיע פֿון אַ צוהערער, און אַ ביסל װעגן מײַן באַציונג צו זײ

An episode all about musicals - a review of a recent Yiddish production from our listener, Beynish and a little bit about my relationship to musicals. 

You can see more about the show Tsvishn Falndike Vent here. 

Transcript

Follow along with the transcript and check the vocabulary list here:

http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E6

Send us a recording!

Be like Beynish and contribute to Proste Yiddish - you can submit a little story about yourself, a review, something on a favourite topic.. all contributions welcome! Get in touch, I’m happy to help you edit a script.

Follow the Yiddish

We are on instagram, X 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).

Bonus Episode // Season 3 

אַ צוגאָב עפּיזאָד פֿאַר אַדװאַנצירטע ייִדיש־לערנערס - דער גאַנצער אינטערװיו מיט חנה פּאָלאַקען, אַרכיװאַר בײַם פֿאָרװערץ 

This is a special episode - I had some requests for longer episodes for advanced students so this episode is the full interview that I conducted with Chana Pollack, archivist at The Forward (דער פֿאָרװערץ).

The language in this episode is a lot more complicated than our usual format, and of course it’s a lot longer. So if you’re not ready for this much Yiddish don’t worry, we’ll be back next week with a regular episode. 

The article Chana wrote about LGBTQ stories in the Forward archive is here.

Transcript

I haven’t transcribed the full interview but you can see a transcript of the introduction here:

http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3Bonus

Send us a recording!

Be a guest star on Proste Yiddish - you can submit a little story about yourself, a review, something on a favourite topic.. all contributions welcome! Get in touch, we can even help you edit a script.

Follow the Yiddish

We are on instagram, X 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 5// Season 3 

דער ענטפֿער צו מיסטעריעזער מענטש און איך רעד אַ ביסל װעגן װאָס איך האָב לעצטנס געטאָן.

In this episode we have the answer to last week’s Misteriezer Mentsh and I talk a little about what I’ve been up to lately. We’ve had a visit from some very special people….

Send us a recording!

Be a guest star on Proste Yiddish - you can submit a little story about yourself, a review, something on a favourite topic.. all contributions welcome! Get in touch, we can even help you edit a script.

Transcript

Reading while you listen is a wonderful technique for language learning that helps build the associations between words and their sounds and improve your vocabulary acquisition! Access the transcript and a vocabulary list here:

http://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS3E5

Learning Resources

A few listeners have gotten in touch to share resources they’ve made to accompany the show. If you have created anything, or want to share about how you use the podcast as a learning or teaching material get in touch, I’ll share some of these resources soon!

Social Media

Yes by popular request and with the help of a wonderful new social media helper we are on instagram, X 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).