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Season 7 //  Episode 3 A beautiful environment and a mysterious person.. אַ שײנע סבֿיבֿה און אַ מיסטעריעזער מענטש Di Sheynste Svive is a story written by a Yiddish student about a camping trip in a beautiful place. And after that we play Mysteriezer Mentsh - can you guess who this person from Yiddish history is? My hope is that this episode is accessible to learners - let me know how you found the level? Transcript There is a full transcript for this episode here with a vocabulary list: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS7E3  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. For Season 7 I’m particularly looking for stories about the people that are dear to us - it could be a friend or family member that you want to remember, or someone else that’s special in your life. Get in touch if you’re interested in contributing more, 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 There’s a little snippet from Brivele in this episode! All the other 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 Djiringanj people of the Yuin Nation (in so-called oystralie).

Season 7 //  Episode 2 Jacob goes to Warsaw and Barcelona יעקב פֿאָרט קײן װאַרשע און באַרצעלאָנע Jacob is a comedian, teacher, Yiddish student and a Proste Yiddish fan - in fact he’s the one who kept kvetching until I made more episodes! But today he has really delivered the goods with a report from not one, but two Yiddish summer programs - in Warsaw and Barcelona!  You can find more about Jacob here: JacobSacher.com Some of the interviewees speak quite fast so remember you can slow the podcast down and use the transcript to help with any parts you don't understand.  Transcript There is a full transcript for this episode here with a vocabulary list: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS7E2  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. For Season 7 I’m particularly looking for stories about the people that are dear to us - it could be a friend or family member that you want to remember, or someone else that’s special in your life. Get in touch if you’re interested in contributing more, 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 Music in the 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 Djiringanj people of the Yuin Nation (in so-called oystralie).

Episode 1  // Season 7 סטעפֿאַניע Note - this is a new upload with better audio quality! After an much longer than planned for break we are back! In this beginner friendly episode Stefanie Brendler talks about her two קאַפּעליעס (music groups) and her very musical family. You can find out more about Stefanie, Brivele and Shpilkis here: brivele.com // brivele.bandcamp.com shpilkisseattle.com // shpilkis.bandcamp.com Transcript There is a full transcript for this episode here with a vocabulary list: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS7E1.  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. For Season 7 I’m particularly looking for stories about the people that are dear to us - it could be a friend or family member that you want to remember, or someone else that’s special in your life. Get in touch if you’re interested in contributing more, 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 There’s a little snippet from Brivele in this episode! All the other 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 Djiringanj people of the Yuin Nation (in so-called oystralie).

Note: This episode was recorded and released 12th December before the horrors at Bondi. We are grieving, shocked and angry - there is far too much violence in this world. May we all work together towards a world where everyone can live in safety and dignity. Episode 10  // Season 6 חנוכּה How has it taken this long for us to have a Khanike/Chanukah/Hannukah episode?? Well here it is and just in time. I talk a little about where some of the customs of Chanukah might have come from, the story and how we celebrate it in my family.   You can listen to Sholem Aleichem’s story Channukah Gelt here (and read along too). Transcript There is a full transcript for this episode here with a vocabulary list: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS6E10.  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.  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 Djiringanj people of the Yuin Nation (in so-called oystralie).

Episode 9  // Season 6 קלעז־קאַנאַדאַ און אַ ביסל נײַעס In this episode we have a lovely little report from KlezKanada. Thanks to Miri Villerius and Jessica "Eshke" Kirzane for putting this together. And after a long break from talking about myself I'm back with a little life update about my move to the coast. --- If you’re interested in attending KlezKanada's 2026 Summer Retreat, it will take place from Monday, August 17 to Sunday, August 23 in Québec and the yearly disciplinary focus will be the Yiddish language. Learn more at https://klezkanada.org/ Transcript There is a full transcript for this episode here with a vocabulary list: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS6E9. 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.  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 Djiringanj people of the Yuin Nation (in so-called oystralie).

Episode 8  // Season 6 ייִדן און ייִדיש אין בראַזיל מיט גוסטאַװאָ־גרשום עמאָס און קלאַראַ רחל גרײף In this episode we hear from Yiddish teachers Gustavo-Gershon Emos and Clara Rokhl Greif with a special report from Brazil. They discuss the history of Jews and Yiddish in the country as well as the contemporary Yiddish scene.  Transcript There is a full transcript for this episode here with links to some of the places discussed in the episode: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS6E8. 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.  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 Djiringanj people of the Yuin Nation (in so-called oystralie).

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. 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).

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.  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 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! 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).

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.  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 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 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 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: https://circleboston.org/yiddishkayt/. Transcript A full transcript for this episode is now available: https://tinyurl.com/ProsteTranscriptS61  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 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 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.  Be social 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).