Yiddish Names for Trees (1967)

This episode was originally broadcast on December 24, 1967. Luba Condell is joined in the studio by Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter, editor of Yidishe shprakh, YIVO’s journal devoted to the pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary of standard Yiddish. The focus on their conversation is Yiddish names of trees in Yiddish. 

From 1963-1976, YIVO had its own program on WEVD, the radio station established by the Socialist Party of America in 1927 (its call letters stand for the initials of American socialist leader Eugene V. Debs), which was purchased by the Jewish Daily Forward in 1932 and became a major venue from Yiddish programming. 

YIVO used its spot on WEVD for Yiddish-language interviews and discussions with leading New York Yiddish cultural figures, as well as for reporting on its own scholarly and cultural work.

A new podcast of this program in the order in which it was originally broadcast will be posted here every two weeks.

Series curated by Matt Temkin, YIVO Sound Archives.

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[This program is in Yiddish.]