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Yiddish with Rukhl — A Forverts Podcast

Yiddish with Rukhl — A Forverts Podcast

Written by: Rukhl Schaechter
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 Yiddish with Rukhl is a limited series podcast for people who love spoken Yiddish, brought to you by the Forward/Forverts. In a 15-20 minute podcast, Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter shares engaging articles written in conversational Yiddish. She explains how listeners can benefit from the experience of hearing Yiddish, even if their knowledge of the language is at the intermediate level. Foreign Language Audiobooks World
Episodes
  • Seeking Love

    Seeking Love
    Jan 18 2026

    In this episode of Yiddish with Rukhl — A Forverts Podcast, you'll hear two Yiddish articles about seeking love. The first one is an article called “What Jewish immigrants in America discovered about love.” The second is an essay, “A successful matchmaker introduces me to a psychiatrist.”

    For the printed version of the articles in this episode, you'll find “What Jewish immigrants in America discovered about love” here, and “A successful matchmaker introduces me to a psychiatrist” here.
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    23 mins
  • Coffee

    Coffee
    Jan 7 2026

    In this episode of Yiddish with Rukhl — A Forverts Podcast, you'll hear two Yiddish articles about coffee. The first one is an essay called “The coffee capital of the world." The second is a review of the book "A Rich Brew: How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture" by historian Shachar Pinsker.

    For the printed version of the articles read in this episode, you'll find "The coffee capital of the world" here and "The cafe as a refuge of Jewish culture" here.
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    20 mins
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