Latest Yiddish language Podcast Episodes

Part 2: 2020 and beyond

Yiddish in Sydney - October 22, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes
In our second and final part, we meet Sydney’s last remaining formalised Yiddish group – the Sunday group – who meet once a month for a schmooze and bagel. Numbering around 30, these babyboomer women (and a small number of men) are passionate about the language’s survival. For them, Yiddish evok...

Part 1: the post-war period to today

Yiddish in Sydney - October 12, 2020 02:00 - 29 minutes
In Part 1, we meet three women (Carla, Rosa and Rosita) who grew up in vibrant post-war Jewish Sydney, among a community of Yiddish speakers, Bundists and performers. The women recall a time when the Folk Centre, a small club house for Yiddish speakers located in Bondi Junction, bustled with new...