Yiddish Tales (יידיש מעשה)

Yiddish Tales (יידיש מעשה)

LibriVox · Audiobook · 49 episodes

A collection of 48 wonderful English language stories from Sholem Alechem, I. L. Perez, Shalom Asch, and others. Tales of humour and drama, tragedy and pathos set mostly in the Jewish communities of 19th-century eastern Europe, Russia, and the Ukraine. Translated from Yiddish by Helena Frank. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis) Proof-listening by Ans Wink, K. Fowler, & Aron Horovitz

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Episodes

Preface and Acknowledgements by Helena Frank

Episode 1 · 7:26
The Misfortune by Reuben Asher Braudes

Episode 2 · 30:52
Earth of Palestine by Jehalel

Episode 3 · 49:57
A Woman's Wrath by I. L. Peretz

Episode 4 · 16:30
A Treasure by I. L. Peretz

Episode 5 · 11:53
It Is Well by I. L. Peretz

Episode 6 · 13:09
Whence a Proverb by I. L. Peretz

Episode 7 · 13:31
An Original Strike by Mordechai Spektor

Episode 8 · 14:55
A Gloomy Wedding by Mordechai Spektor

Episode 9 · 32:38
Poverty by Mordechai Spektor

Episode 10 · 10:59
The Clock by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem

Episode 11 · 21:48
Fishel the Teacher by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem

Episode 12 · 36:46
An Easy Fast by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem

Episode 13 · 21:28
The Passover Guest by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem

Episode 14 · 17:42
Gymnasiye by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem

Episode 15 · 40:16
Sabbath by Eliezer David Rosenthal

Episode 16 · 11:52
Yom Kippur by Eliezer David Rosenthal

Episode 17 · 43:45
Bertzi Wasserfuhrer by Isaiah Lerner

Episode 18 · 18:16
Ezrielk the Scribe by Isaiah Lerner

Episode 19 · 34:45
Yitzchok Yossel Broitgerber by Isaiah Lerner

Episode 20 · 24:07
A Livelihood by Judah Steinberg

Episode 21 · 15:29
At the Matzos by Judah Steinberg

Episode 22 · 13:53
Three Who Ate by David Frischmann

Episode 23 · 19:40
Military Service by מיכה יוסף ברדיצ'בסקי Micha Josef Berdyczewski

Episode 24 · 20:52
Forlorn and Forsaken by Isaiah Berschadski

Episode 25 · 26:17
The Hole in a Beigel by Tashrak

Episode 26 · 6:51
As the Years Roll On by Tashrak

Episode 27 · 10:21
Reb Shoimeh by David Pinski

Episode 28 · 1:10:40
A Picnic by S. Libin

Episode 29 · 18:01
Manasseh by S. Libin

Episode 30 · 9:33
Yohrzeit for Mother by S. Libin

Episode 31 · 12:02
Slack Times They Sleep by S. Libin

Episode 32 · 10:19
Shut In by Abraham Reisen

Episode 33 · 9:40
The Charitable Loan by Abraham Reisen

Episode 34 · 16:02
The Two Brothers by Abraham Reisen

Episode 35 · 15:44
Lost His Voice by Abraham Reisen

Episode 36 · 19:00
Late by Abraham Reisen

Episode 37 · 10:45
The Kaddish by Abraham Reisen

Episode 38 · 11:52
Avrahom the Orchard Keeper by Abraham Reisen

Episode 39 · 12:15
The Rav & the Rav's Son by Hirsh David Naumberg

Episode 40 · 26:34
Women by Meyer Blinkin

Episode 41 · 59:26
If It Was a Dream by Löb Schapiro

Episode 42 · 21:37
A Simple Story by Shalom Asch

Episode 43 · 26:15
A Jewish Child by Shalom Asch

Episode 44 · 16:57
A Scholar's Mother by Shalom Asch

Episode 45 · 31:50
The Sinner by Shalom Asch

Episode 46 · 24:34
Country Folk by Isaac Dov Berkowitz

Episode 47 · 45:28
The Last of Them by Isaac Dov Berkowitz

Episode 48 · 25:41
The Clever Rabbi by Anonymous

Episode 49 · 14:52