Vaybertaytsh

By Sosye-Fraydl Fox

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Vaybertaytsh is a podcast for the Yiddish-speaking and Yiddish-curious.

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Vaybertaytsh episodes:

12.06.2021
Episode 61: Rivke Margolis | רבקה מאַרגאָליס
In this episode, our guest host Esther Singer talks to Rivke Margolis, a professor at Monash University in Melbourne. They talked about queer yiddishkayt, Yiddish pedagogy, and comparing Yiddish to other minority languages. Thanks to Esther for being our first...
11.22.2021
Episode 60: Etl Niborski | עטל ניבאָרסקי
I'm so pumped about this conversation with Etl Niborski, recorded in Tel Aviv this past summer. Etl is a 19-year-old left-wing activist and a native Yiddish speaker who recently completed her national service working in a school in Jaffa for...
10.13.2021
Episode 59: ?דער ייִדישער פּאָדקאַסט – װוּהין | The Yiddish Podcast Today
In this episode, Sosye and Meyer Dovid from the long-running Yiddish radio show Dos Yidishe Kol chat all things Yiddish, podcasting, and — you guessed it — Yiddish podcasting. It was a pleasure to get to know Meyer Dovid better,...
10.05.2021
Episode 58: Miriam Udel | מרים יודל
It was wonderful to get a chance to speak to Miriam Udel, sof-kol-sof! Miriam is associate professor of Yiddish language, literature, and culture at Emory University. She recently published Honey on the Page (NYU Press, October 2020 — happy 1st...
08.31.2021
Episode 57: Isabel Frey | איזאַבעל פֿרײַ
What a pleasure to get to know Isabel Frey! Isabel is a Vienna-based Yiddish musician with a wonderful new-ish album called Millennial Bundist. We talked about being Jewish in Vienna, her left-wing activism and her departure from the Zionism of...
08.17.2021
Episode 56: Paula Teitelbaum | פּערל טײטלבױם
You might know Perl as your former or current Yiddish teacher. You might know her as a person with the lovely singing voice at the zingeray. You might know her as your ESL teacher (okay, probably her ESL students aren’t...
08.03.2021
Episode 55: Cameron Bernstein | קאַמעראָן בערנשטיין
This week we have someone who might be a familiar face to you if you lurk on social media of any and all kinds: Cameron Bernstein of Yiddish TikTok fame! I had a blast hearing about Cameron’s Yiddish journey thus...
07.19.2021
Episode 54: Re: "Yiddish Women Writers" | ייִדישע שרײַבערינס
We’re back earlier than expected with a special episode. Last week, YIVO streamed a lecture as part of the Uriel Weinreich Yiddish Summer Program on the topic “Yiddish Women Writers.” The lecturer, Professor Avraham Noversthern, wanted to be controversial… and,...
07.13.2021
Episode 53: Reyze Turner | רײזע טורנער
…and we’re back! Sorry for the very long delay, everyone. I don’t know I’ve said this in any recent episodes, but I’m writing a book right now, and oof, has it taken a lot of time/energy out of me. But...
02.11.2021
Episode 52: Sharon Mashihi's "Appearances"| A Jewish Currents Collaboration
In collaboration with Jewish Currents, Vaybertaytsh is pleased to present a special English episode with audio artist Sharon Mashihi (one of Sosye’s main inspirations for creating a podcast in the first place!). Sharon Mashihi’s new audio series, Appearances, is decidedly not...
11.17.2020
Episode 51: Sore Chiritescu | שרה קיריטעסקו
A dank Sore! For more on Sore, check out what she’s doing over at our friends In geveb.
11.03.2020
Episode 50: KlezKanada, Live! [Yiddish Edition]
Thanks so much to Adah Hetko for making this happen, and to the whole team at KlezKanada for inviting me to be a part of the all-digital festival. Thanks of course to Sasha Lurje, Sarah Gordon, and Joanne Borts! If...
10.20.2020
Episode 49: Corona Q+A | קאראנע - פראגעס און ענטפערס אױף אידיש
Goldy Landau, an EMT and Johns Hopkins University nursing student born and raised in KJ, and Dr. Sholem Berger MD/PhD take your questions about the Coronavirus, and shed light on what could happen going forward in the Hasidic communities currently...
10.06.2020
Episode 48: Alice Che | אַליסע טשע
Go check out Alice’s AMAZING youtube videos in Yiddish here. You can also follow Alice on Instagram @yiddish_balagan. The songs in this episode were from the awesome band Kiki Malinki. Check them out here on Bandcamp! We’re so happy to be back!...
05.14.2020
Episode 47: רעדנדיק פֿון מוטערשאַפֿט | A (Belated) Mother's Day
A conversation with three new moms about pregnancy, birth, miscarriages, breast-pumping, and so much more.
04.20.2020
Episode 46: Sasha Berenstein | סאַשע בערענשטיין
What a pleasure to talk to Sasha Berenstein, a musician and Yiddishist who recently led a communal effort of to create a list of words and phrases that have to do with transkayt and queerkayt! The list can be...
04.17.2020
אַ קװאַראַנטין־מתנה | Yiddish "Harry Potter," Chapter One
A reading of the first chapter of Yiddish "Harry Potter" by its translator, Arele Viswanath.
02.12.2020
Episode 45: Jessica Kirzane | עשקע קירזײן
This week on the show we're hearing an episode with Jessica Kirzane, the editor-in-chief of In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies. We talked about her translation of Miriam Karpilove's Diary of a Lonely Girl, or The Battle against Free Love (buy...
12.18.2019
Episode 44: Irena Klepfisz | אירינע קלעפּפֿיש (English/Yiddish)
In this special Yiddish-English mixed episode, Sandra Chiritescu sits down with Irena Klepfisz to discuss her life journey, ranging from her relationship to Yiddish, to her poetry, scholarship, and her activism vis-a-vis the Middle East. Irena has translated Yiddish authors...
10.30.2019
Episode 43: Sarah Bialis | שׂרה ביאַלאַס
A conversation with Sarah Bialis. Born in Poland, Sarah survived the Holocaust, moved to the nascent Jewish state, and then returned to Europe, living in Berlin for most of her adult life. She told her story of survival, immigration, and...
09.03.2019
Episode 42: רײזל זילבערמאַן | Reyzl Zylberman
Sosye had a great time talking to her new Aussie khaverte Reyzl Zylberman! Our attempts to record in person were thwarted twice by sound problems, but we finally got to talk “on the record” on the phone a few weeks...
08.08.2019
Episode 41: די סקיפֿיסטן | The Teenage Yiddishists of Melbourne
Sosye had a great time chatting about SKIF, what teenagers care about these days, social justice, and Australian football with three Skifistn from Melbourne, Australia: Sore (also referred to in the episode as Mia), Khayim, and Yoni. ...
07.17.2019
Episode 40: דירעקט פֿון מעלבורן | Live in Melbourne!
A live episode from Melbourne! Slideshow link in the episode notes! Please note we had some audio difficulties, and this might be better to listen to on speakers than in ears. Sorry folks!
07.04.2019
Episode 39: פֿרײדי ביגעלאײַזן | Fraidy Biegeleisen, Instagram Influencer
A conversation with Fraidy Biegeleisen about social media, education, and life in between the Chasidish and secular worlds. You can see her face art and more on Instagram @fraidybiegeleisen. A dank Fraidy!
06.18.2019
A Kitzur: We’re Back!
It's happening! Listen to learn more about our new season and our new team. We can't wait to engage with you all summer and fall!
12.19.2018
Episode 38: מינע-ליפֿשע ווישוואַנאַט | Meena-Lifshe Viswanath
A conversation with Meena-Lifshe Viswanath about being an engineer, garbage and recycling worldwide, raising a kid in Yiddish and more! It was a great conversation - thank you Meena! A fraylikhn 2019 everyone!
12.05.2018
Episode 37: גיטל שעכטער־ווישוואַנאַט און שרה־רחל שעכטער | The Schaechter Sisters, Rukhl and Gitl
A conversation with Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath and Sore-Rukhl Schaechter about their Yiddish childhoods, Barnard in the 1970s, Camp Hemshekh, and much more.
10.30.2018
Episode 36: Zohar Weiman-Kelman | לעסביִאַנקעס, שדים, און ייִדישע פּאָעזיִע [Vaybertaytsh Halloween!]
Today’s episode is with Zohar Weiman-Kelman, a scholar of Yiddish literature and an all around badass. We talked about the erotics of Yiddish, fetish, ghosts, and poetry. Zohar also reads for us a spooky Yiddish poem, the text of which...
10.22.2018
A Kitzur: משקה, אַרױס פֿון דער שאַפֿע | "Mashke," Out of the Closet
A special Vaybertaytsh Short to tide you over til next week! This episode includes a new, queerified version of Mikhl Gordon’s song “Mashke,” written and performed by Noam Lerman and Leana Jelen. You can find the lyrics below, both for...
10.04.2018
Episode 35: Shterna Goldbloom, "Feygele" Photographer (in English) | שטערנאַ גאָלדבלום
It’s our once-in-a-blue-moon English episode (horrah!) and we’ve got a great one: a conversation with the amazing photographer Shterna Goldbloom. Check out her work as we discuss it on the show at www.shternagoldbloom.com, and see the evolution of her newest...
09.12.2018
Episode 34: ליאַנאַ יעלען, שטום־לשון איבערזעצערקע | Leana Jelen
A conversation with Leana Jelen about her work as a sign language interpreter, the deaf community, growing up with Yiddish, and on being a "freak.” A transcript is coming in a week or so! In fact, we're starting to make transcripts...
08.23.2018
Episode 33: דירעקט אין שװעדן | Live in Sweden!
An episode recorded in front of a live audience in Stockholm, Sweden! We talked about Yiddish in Sweden and played two truths and a lie (af Yiddish, avade)!
07.31.2018
Episode 32: די עראָטישע פּאָעזיִע פֿון טרױם קאַץ הענדלער | The Erotic Poetry of Troim Katz Handler
An episode featuring the erotic and romantic poetry of Troim Katz Handler, and a conversation between two women, Shoshke-Rayzl and Pearl, who are working on a book of her poetry.
07.10.2018
Episode 31: מלכּי און מלכּי | Malky and Malky Talk Hasidim on TV and Women in Yiddish Theater
A conversation with Malky Weisz and Malky Goldman on their production company, Malky Squared Productions, and their work on a new adaptation of Naomi Ragen's play "The Women's Minyan," called "Di Froyen." Check out their websites: www.melissaweisz.com and www.malkygoldman.com. Find more...
06.05.2018
Episode 30: עטי אױש | Etty Ausch from "One of Us"
A chat with Etty Ausch, one of the three Hasidim/former Hasidim in various stages of leaving their community in the Netflix documentary "One of Us." We talked her life since the movie, her feelings about the movie, discovering feminism, biking,...
05.16.2018
Episode 29: יהודית װאַלעצקי | A Fierce Red Lip
I spoke to my good friend Yudis about something we never discussed before: her work in the beauty industry as an industrial designer. We talked self-care, branding, feminism, and sexism at work. Thanks Yudis!
04.18.2018
Episode 28: בעלאַ בריקס־קלײַן | Beit HaBund in Tel Aviv with Bella Bryks-Klein
A morning in Beit HaBund talking with Yiddish activist and all around amazing woman, Bella Bryks-Klein. We had some audio problems with the first bit of interview, but please stay strong through some of the popping noises of the beginning. The...
03.27.2018
Episode 27: {redn mit di toyte} Ruth Rubin | רות רובין
Sosye "speaks" with her hero Ruth Rubin, with help from singers, scholars, and archives. Thank you so much to our participants, David Roskies, Talia Martz-Oberlander, Michael Yashinsky, Adah Hetko, and Eleonore Biezunski. Thanks to the Yiddish Book Center for allowing...
03.13.2018
Episode 26: סאַטאָקאָ רבקה קאַמאָשידאַ | Satoko Kamoshida
A conversation with sociolinguist Satoko Kamoshida about her work, Yiddish in Japan, feminism, and more.
01.29.2018
Episode 25: “מינדל כּהן פֿון „אין געװעב | Mindl Cohen
A conversation about life, gender issues in academia, and being the shef-redaktorshe of In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies with Mindl Cohen.
01.08.2018
Episode 24: שרה גאָרדאָן און דניל קאהן | Sarah Gordon & Daniel Kahn
A conversation with klezmorim Sarah Gordon and Daniel Kahn on music, yerushe, politics, plus two live versions of songs just for Vaybertaytsh!
12.24.2017
Episode 23: ישו | Jesus, etc.
A Very Vaybertaytsh Nitl. Rukhl Slutsky and Mindl Cohen talk Jesus and the Jews.
12.06.2017
Episode 22: לײַװ“ מיט ישין„ | Live with Yishai Stein
Sosye went live from her couch with Yishai Stein, a new member of the Vaybertaytsh production team, about working and living on a Lakota reservation in South Dakota, being on the Dorot program in Israel, and her upcoming episodes of...
11.14.2017
Episode 21: ליבע | Love
On Yiddish in our love lives. Sosye on Yiddish romance in In geveb 2 years ago! https://ingeveb.org/blog/smitten-in-yiddish-taytsh-and-your-love-life Thanks to the Forward for including Sosye in the Forward 50! http://forward.com/series/forward-50/2017/sandra-fox/
10.04.2017
Episode 20: "רובי פֿון „שונד | Ruby Elliot Zuckerman on Her New Radio Show "Shund"
An interview with Ruby Elliot Zuckerman about her new radio show "Shund" on WMCN radio! You can listen to shund at wmcn.fm from 11PM-12AM CST on Mondays. Want to get Sosye a birthday present, but don't know what she'd like? She'd...
09.29.2017
A Kitzur: Tsibele's Album Dropped!
Check out the album and support the band by purchasing a copy of your own: tsibele.bandcamp.com
09.13.2017
Episode 19: Raising Yiddish Kids | די עלטערן
A conversation between parents raising their kids in Yiddish. Please remember to take our listener survey! Find it here: https://goo.gl/e883eh
08.23.2017
Episode 18: Vaybertaytsh LIVE! | װײַבערטײַטש דירעקט פֿון דער ייִדיש־װאָך
A show recorded live at the Yiddish Vokh! We talk about our generation(s), share stories, and play games based on the radio show "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" - only better, because it's all in Yiddish.
08.23.2017
Vaybertaytsh LIVE! | װײַבערטײַטש דירעקט פֿון דער ייִדיש־װאָך
A show recorded live at the Yiddish Vokh!
08.14.2017
Episode 17: {farvos} ייִדיש און איך | Yiddish in the Making of Me
In our last Farvos episode, we have a conversation about Yiddish and identity. How does Yiddish influence who you are, and why?

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Vaybertaytsh episodes:

Episode 61: Rivke Margolis | רבקה מאַרגאָליס

Episode 60: Etl Niborski | עטל ניבאָרסקי

Episode 59: ?דער ייִדישער פּאָדקאַסט – װוּהין | The Yiddish Podcast Today

Episode 58: Miriam Udel | מרים יודל

Episode 57: Isabel Frey | איזאַבעל פֿרײַ

Episode 56: Paula Teitelbaum | פּערל טײטלבױם

Episode 55: Cameron Bernstein | קאַמעראָן בערנשטיין

Episode 54: Re: "Yiddish Women Writers" | ייִדישע שרײַבערינס

Episode 53: Reyze Turner | רײזע טורנער

Episode 52: Sharon Mashihi's "Appearances"| A Jewish Currents Collaboration

Episode 51: Sore Chiritescu | שרה קיריטעסקו

Episode 50: KlezKanada, Live! [Yiddish Edition]

Episode 49: Corona Q+A | קאראנע - פראגעס און ענטפערס אױף אידיש

Episode 48: Alice Che | אַליסע טשע

Episode 47: רעדנדיק פֿון מוטערשאַפֿט | A (Belated) Mother's Day

Episode 46: Sasha Berenstein | סאַשע בערענשטיין

אַ קװאַראַנטין־מתנה | Yiddish "Harry Potter," Chapter One

Episode 45: Jessica Kirzane | עשקע קירזײן

Episode 44: Irena Klepfisz | אירינע קלעפּפֿיש (English/Yiddish)

Episode 43: Sarah Bialis | שׂרה ביאַלאַס

Episode 42: רײזל זילבערמאַן | Reyzl Zylberman

Episode 41: די סקיפֿיסטן | The Teenage Yiddishists of Melbourne

Episode 40: דירעקט פֿון מעלבורן | Live in Melbourne!

Episode 39: פֿרײדי ביגעלאײַזן | Fraidy Biegeleisen, Instagram Influencer

A Kitzur: We’re Back!

Episode 38: מינע-ליפֿשע ווישוואַנאַט | Meena-Lifshe Viswanath

Episode 37: גיטל שעכטער־ווישוואַנאַט און שרה־רחל שעכטער | The Schaechter Sisters, Rukhl and Gitl

Episode 36: Zohar Weiman-Kelman | לעסביִאַנקעס, שדים, און ייִדישע פּאָעזיִע [Vaybertaytsh Halloween!]

A Kitzur: משקה, אַרױס פֿון דער שאַפֿע | "Mashke," Out of the Closet

Episode 35: Shterna Goldbloom, "Feygele" Photographer (in English) | שטערנאַ גאָלדבלום

Episode 34: ליאַנאַ יעלען, שטום־לשון איבערזעצערקע | Leana Jelen

Episode 33: דירעקט אין שװעדן | Live in Sweden!

Episode 32: די עראָטישע פּאָעזיִע פֿון טרױם קאַץ הענדלער | The Erotic Poetry of Troim Katz Handler

Episode 31: מלכּי און מלכּי | Malky and Malky Talk Hasidim on TV and Women in Yiddish Theater

Episode 30: עטי אױש | Etty Ausch from "One of Us"

Episode 29: יהודית װאַלעצקי | A Fierce Red Lip

Episode 28: בעלאַ בריקס־קלײַן | Beit HaBund in Tel Aviv with Bella Bryks-Klein

Episode 27: {redn mit di toyte} Ruth Rubin | רות רובין

Episode 26: סאַטאָקאָ רבקה קאַמאָשידאַ | Satoko Kamoshida

Episode 25: “מינדל כּהן פֿון „אין געװעב | Mindl Cohen

Episode 24: שרה גאָרדאָן און דניל קאהן | Sarah Gordon & Daniel Kahn

Episode 23: ישו | Jesus, etc.

Episode 22: לײַװ“ מיט ישין„ | Live with Yishai Stein

Episode 21: ליבע | Love

Episode 20: "רובי פֿון „שונד | Ruby Elliot Zuckerman on Her New Radio Show "Shund"

A Kitzur: Tsibele's Album Dropped!

Episode 19: Raising Yiddish Kids | די עלטערן

Episode 18: Vaybertaytsh LIVE! | װײַבערטײַטש דירעקט פֿון דער ייִדיש־װאָך

Vaybertaytsh LIVE! | װײַבערטײַטש דירעקט פֿון דער ייִדיש־װאָך

Episode 17: {farvos} ייִדיש און איך | Yiddish in the Making of Me