Podcasts by Vaybertaytsh

Episode 44: Irena Klepfisz | אירינע קלעפּפֿיש (English/Yiddish) from 2019-12-18T05:37:41

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, scho...

Episode 43: Sarah Bialis | שׂרה ביאַלאַס from 2019-10-30T10:34

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 li...

Episode 42: רײזל זילבערמאַן | Reyzl Zylberman from 2019-09-03T19:00

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 rec...

Episode 41: די סקיפֿיסטן | The Teenage Yiddishists of Melbourne from 2019-08-08T10:00

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 refer...

Episode 40: דירעקט פֿון מעלבורן | Live in Melbourne! from 2019-07-17T08:49:01

A live episode from Melbourne!

Follow along with the slideshow here.

Please note we had some audio difficulties, and th...

Episode 39: פֿרײדי ביגעלאײַזן | Fraidy Biegeleisen, Instagram Influencer from 2019-07-04T11:00

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 Listen

A Kitzur: We’re Back! from 2019-06-18T08:45:06

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!

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On Hiatus! New Episodes Starting in June 2019 from 2019-01-23T15:08:01

Episode 38: מינע-ליפֿשע ווישוואַנאַט | Meena-Lifshe Viswanath from 2018-12-19T14:41:53

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...

Episode 37: גיטל שעכטער־ווישוואַנאַט און שרה־רחל שעכטער | The Schaechter Sisters, Rukhl and Gitl from 2018-12-05T14:21:20

A conversation with Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath and Sore-Rukhl Schaechter about their Yiddish childhoods, Barnard in the 1970s, Camp Hemshekh, and more.

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Episode 36: Zohar Weiman-Kelman | לעסביִאַנקעס, שדים, און ייִדישע פּאָעזיִע [Vaybertaytsh Halloween!] from 2018-10-30T09:33:37

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 Kitzur: משקה, אַרױס פֿון דער שאַפֿע | "Mashke," Out of the Closet from 2018-10-22T09:01:54

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 Jeale...

Episode 35: Shterna Goldbloom, "Feygele" Photographer (in English) | שטערנאַ גאָלדבלום from 2018-10-04T09:46

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 ...

Episode 34: ליאַנאַ יעלען, שטום־לשון איבערזעצערקע | Leana Jelen from 2018-09-12T12:28:48

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,...

Episode 33: דירעקט אין שװעדן | Live in Sweden! from 2018-08-23T11:00

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)!

The words Sosye talks about in ...

Episode 32: די עראָטישע פּאָעזיִע פֿון טרױם קאַץ הענדלער | The Erotic Poetry of Troim Katz Handler from 2018-07-31T06:12:31

Thanks so much to Shoshke-Rayzl Yuni and Pearl Lipsky Krupit for their work on this episode, and of course to Troim Katz Handler for allowing us to play her amazing poetry and spread the word. Listen

Episode 31: מלכּי און מלכּי | Malky and Malky Talk Hasidim on TV and Women in Yiddish Theater from 2018-07-10T05:58:55

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 "D...

Episode 30: עטי אױש | Etty Ausch from "One of Us" from 2018-06-05T11:00:09

You can find "One of Us" on Netflix (trailer here). Read Etty's piece on discovering her sexuality Listen

Episode 29: יהודית װאַלעצקי | A Fierce Red Lip from 2018-05-16T12:50

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. Th...

Episode 28: בעלאַ בריקס־קלײַן | Beit HaBund in Tel Aviv with Bella Bryks-Klein from 2018-04-18T11:38:15

Thanks Bella for talking with us, and Jessye Stein for her help with the episode! Thanks also to our sponsor, the Forverts. Check them out! Listen

Episode 27: {redn mit di toyte} Ruth Rubin | רות רובין from 2018-03-27T10:00

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 us to use an a...

Episode 26: סאַטאָקאָ רבקה קאַמאָשידאַ | Satoko Kamoshida from 2018-03-13T07:52:42

A conversation with sociolinguist Satoko Kamoshida about her work, Yiddish in Japan, feminism, and more.

Episode 25: “מינדל כּהן פֿון „אין געװעב | Mindl Cohen from 2018-01-29T08:31:27

Thanks Mindl for doing this interview right after a super intense AJS conference! 

Check out In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies Listen

Episode 24: שרה גאָרדאָן און דניל קאהן | Sarah Gordon&Daniel Kahn from 2018-01-08T12:12

A conversation with klezmorim Sarah Gordon and Daniel Kahn on music, yerushe, politics, plus two live versions of songs just for Vaybertaytsh!

If you're brain needs a little break mid-epis...

Episode 23: ישו | Jesus, etc. from 2017-12-24T14:08:57

A Very Vaybertaytsh Nitl. Rukhl Slutsky and Mindl Cohen talk Jesus and the Jews.

Episode 22: לײַװ“ מיט ישין„ | Live with Yishai Stein from 2017-12-06T16:39:05

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 I...

Episode 21: ליבע | Love from 2017-11-14T09:19

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 ...

Episode 20: "רובי פֿון „שונד | Ruby Elliot Zuckerman on Her New Radio Show "Shund" from 2017-10-04T06:14:33

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...

Episode 19: Raising Yiddish Kids | די עלטערן from 2017-09-13T06:08:31

A conversation between parents raising their kids in Yiddish. Please remember to take our listener survey! Find it here: https://goo.gl/e883eh

Episode 18: Vaybertaytsh LIVE! | װײַבערטײַטש דירעקט פֿון דער ייִדיש־װאָך from 2017-08-23T03:14

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.

Episode 17: {farvos} ייִדיש און איך | Yiddish in the Making of Me from 2017-08-14T14:31:33

In our last Farvos episode, we have a conversation about Yiddish and identity. How does Yiddish influence who you are, and why?

Episode 16: {farvos} ?מאַמע-לשון אין דער אַקאַדעמיע | Mamaloshn Academy? from 2017-08-02T04:51:31

Does "mamaloshn" exist in academia? Is the line between the personal and the professional too blurry when it comes to Yiddish? Are academics part of the future of spoken Yiddish, or a different sto...

Episode 15: {farvos} קװירקײַט | Queer in Yiddish from 2017-07-18T08:21:25

What does Yiddish have to do with queerness? What is it like to be trans or queer in Yiddish? Why Yiddish? Help Vaybertaytsh get a field recorder, so we can make better quality episodes with more ...

Episode 14: Tsibele | ציבעלע (in English) from 2017-06-27T15:03:05

A special once-a-season English episode of Vaybertaytsh with the incredible klezmer band Tsibele. They talk women in the music industry, repertoire, Yiddish, and what Klezmer means to them. And the...

A Kitzur: Sing Me Yiddish Techno | פֿון „די שניטקעס“ אין רוסלאַנד from 2017-06-20T11:16:21

A submission from Alice Che in Kaliningrad, Russia about her new Yiddish techno band "The Shnitkes," with a sneak peak of their music!

Episode 13: Renata Singer | „עלטער און דרײסטער“ from 2017-06-08T13:59:48

A conversation with writer Renata Singer about life after sixty, surrounding her book "Older and Bolder."

Episode 12: Eve Jochnowitz | איוו יאָכנאָװיץ from 2017-05-23T12:07:42

A conversation with scholar and writer of food and Jews about New York, Yiddish, and food... food... food.

Episode 11: Abby Stein | אַבי שטײַן [Season II Premiere] from 2017-04-30T13:21:22

A conversation with Abby Stein, a transgender activist and former Satmar hasid. Abby talks about her upbringing, leaving her community, and her life ever since.

Episode 10: אין בערלין מיט ילדהן | Jalda Rebling on Song, Spirit, and Being Jewish in Germany (Season 1 Finale) from 2017-02-21T07:06:07

A conversation with Jalda Rebling, a Renewal chazzan and Yiddish singer who grew up in East Germany. Her mother, Lin Jaldati, was a well-known Yiddish performer in Europe, and Jalda followed in her...

Episode 9: מאַרשירן אַרום דער װעלט | The Women's March on Everywhere from 2017-01-30T10:50:47

A special collaborative episode of Vaybertaytsh with listener's reactions and recordings from Women's Marches around the world! Special thanks to our contributors: Shifra Whiteman, Leah Whiteman, B...

Episode 8: פֿון דער בינע ביזן קאַמפּוס | Reyna Schaechter from 2017-01-17T07:13:55

Reyna Schaechter discusses the way her upbringing has guided her interests both scholastically and artistically.

Episode 7: עטישע מאָדע | The Yiddishists of Fair Trade Fashion from 2017-01-03T12:00

An interview with Shifra Whiteman of the fair trade fashion line, Pintl+Keyt! We talked about the fair trade process, and the female leadership of the company from India to Chicago! Check out www.p...

Episode 6: “לידער און „גלאָריע | Anna and Tova on "Yiddish Glory" from 2016-12-22T16:53:41

An episode of Vaybertaytsh on "Yiddish Glory: the lost songs of World War II in the Soviet Union."

Episode 5: אונדזערע מאַמעס | aka "The Club" from 2016-12-06T12:00

A co-produced Vaybertaytsh episode in which three young women reflect upon their mothers, who they all lost early in life.

A Kitzur: Einat on Naomi from 2016-12-06T12:00

A supplementary episode of Vaybertaytsh recorded in English with Einat Kadar, speaking about her mother, Naomi Prawer.

Episode 4: רוף די הײבאַם | Call the Midwife from 2016-11-20T09:15:32

An interview and Q+A with Yiddish-speaking midwife, Jessica Tsipe Angelson. Find the transcript here: http://goo.gl/r80BPr

Jews for Standing Rock | אַ קיצור: ייִדן פֿאַר סטאַנדינג ראָק from 2016-11-08T07:30

A Vaybertaytsh short on the situation at Standing Rock, North Dakota, and how we can get involved in the peaceful protests from our hometowns. One can find more information on facebook: https://www...

Episode 3: מיט נחמהן אין ירושלים | On African Refugees in Israel from 2016-11-01T07:31:02

Sosye interviews Nechame Hecker, an English teacher for refugees from Africa in Jerusalem. Nechame explains the situation of refugees in Israel, and Israeli public perception. If you'd like to help...

Episode 2: חסידקע, פֿעמיניסטקע | Chassid, Feminist from 2016-10-13T06:45:46

Sosye Fox talks to Tsilie Shtok, a ba'al tshuva Hasidic friend, about becoming frum, Hasidic Yiddish v. Klal Shprakh, and Feminism.

Episode 1: אַרײַנפֿיר | Introduction from 2016-09-25T09:55:03

The first episode is a short introduction to Vaybertaytsh, a new feminist podcast in Yiddish. Sosye Fox will take you through the evolution of the idea for the show, and describe how everyone can g...