Beginning in the 1920s and ‘30s, Yiddish radio connected Jews worldwide. In New York City, the Jewish Daily Forverts’ station WEVD — known as “the station that speaks your language” — hosted a wide variety of immensely popular Yiddish programs with news and cultural highlights.
Today, we have fewer opportunities to hear spoken Yiddish, but it’s an essential need for people who want to learn or polish their Yiddish language skills.
That was the impetus for Rukhl Schaechter’s new podcast, Yiddish with Rukhl, a podcast for people who love spoken Yiddish, brought to you by the Forverts. In a 15-20 minute podcast, Rukhl shares engaging Forverts articles written in conversational Yiddish. Each episode focuses on a single topic. Before and after the Yiddish reading, she explains how listeners can benefit from the experience of hearing Yiddish, even if their knowledge of the language is at the intermediate level.
The limited series Yiddish with Rukhl will drop new episodes Sunday mornings for five weeks.
We’d love your feedback! Email us at schaechter@forward.com. A dank!
ABOUT THE HOST
Rukhl Schaechter is the editor of the Forverts, the Yiddish section of the Forward, the award-winning American Jewish media outlet. She oversees the Forverts’ Yiddish language content and events, including cooking shows, events, the Yiddish Wordle and the “Yiddish Word of the Day.” She is a highly-regarded leader in the Yiddish world and one of the foremost stewards of Yiddish language and culture for the next generation.
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