Book Review & Bashevis Singer: Simple Yiddish Listening Practice

This episode we hear from a listener with a review of Sascha Lamb's 2022 book When the Angels Left the Old Country and there's also a little about one of the most controversial Yiddish authors - Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Learn Yiddish with simple audio for learners and everyone who wants to hear a little Yiddish.
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[@jehan3546]

These episodes are OUTSTANDING. Just amazing work you’re doing, a dank

[@ProsteYiddish]

Thank you so much - that's lovely to hear and thank you for watching!

[@evarockman]

An episode about the writer Chava Rosenfarb would be nice. She was a friend of my mother's

[@ProsteYiddish]

That's a great idea Eva!

[@vstone4628]

Enjoyed the latest episode. Bashevis Singer is a favorite. Hope to read him in Yiddish as my Yiddish is improving. A shinae danke!!!

[@ProsteYiddish]

@@vstone4628 a groysn dank dir! glad to hear it you enjoyed it. With Bashevis I recommend starting out with one of his short stories. There's a new bilingual edition of Gimpel Tam which is great.