The Yiddish Voice דאָס ייִדישע קול

12/01/2025

On Zoom | Monday, December 1 at 1:00pm ET

11/24/2025

New podcast episode! 🎙️ Mikhl Yashinsky talks in about Adventures of Max Spitzkopf, the Yiddish Sherlock Holmes, his translation of Jonas Kreppel’s early 20th-c. detective tales, recently published by Yiddish Book Center's .

https://podcast.yv.org/episodes/mikhl-yashinsky-translator-of-max-spitzkopf-the-yiddish-sherlock-holmes

‫ערשט אַרױס! 🎙️ #פּאָדקאַסט: מיכל יאַשינסקי דערצײלט װעגן זײַן איבערזעצונג פֿון „מאַקס שפּיצקאָפּף, דער ייִדישער שערלאָק האָלמס“, אַרױסגעגעבן פֿון Yiddish Book Centerס White Goat Press.

‫הערט זיך צו און האָט הנאה!

11/14/2025

ערשט אַרױס! 🎙️ #פּאָדקאַסט: דער ייִדיש-אַקטיװיסט זכריה גאָלדן דערצײלט װעגן דעם טאָג פֿון #ייִדיש אין לאָס-אַנדזשעלעס (https://layiddish.org), דעם "דער ניסתּר"-קולטור-צענטער (https://www.facebook.com/dernisterlosangeles) און נאָך!

הערט זיך צו און האָט הנאה!

https://podcast.yv.org/episodes/zach-golden-yiddish-activist-in-los-angeles

‪New podcast episode! 🎙️ Hear Rabbi Zach Golden, in , talk about LA Yiddish Day 2025 (http://layiddish.org), Der Nister Downtown Jewish Center (https://www.facebook.com/dernisterlosangeles/) and all things Yiddish in Los Angeles.

https://podcast.yv.org/episodes/zach-golden-yiddish-activist-in-los-angeles

11/12/2025

Tonight, Nov 12 - in : hear Rabbi Zach Golden discuss Der Nister (https://www.facebook.com/dernisterlosangeles/) and the upcoming LA Yiddish Day 2025 he's organizing (https://layiddish.org/).

Radio/stream: 7:30 PM EST

WUNR 1600/AM Boston
yv.org

Podcast to follow: podcast.yv.org

10/22/2025

כרטיסים אחרונים!
קברט המגילה - הקלאסיקה היהודית האהובה של איציק מאנגער מתעוררת לחיים בעיבוד חדש, קצבי וסוחף!
בכיכובם של יענקל'ה בודו ושחקני יידישפיל 💫
רכישות כרטיסים בלינק - https://yiddishpiel.smarticket.co.il/show/150
או בטלפון: 03-5254660

10/21/2025

Email from California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language A WINNING TRADITION OF BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENT - Reserve Your Seat Now! "Amazing theater, intelligent and thought-provoking" -- Yiddish

10/01/2025

09/29/2025

‏‏ערשט אַרױס! 🎙️⁧‫ #פּאָדקאַסט‬⁩:
Podcast out now‏!

‏Remembering Aron Bell (Bielski), Natan Gipsman, Judy Altmann, Zoli Langer

‏אין אָנדענק פֿון אהרון בעל (ביעלסקי), נוסן גיפּסמאַן, דזשודי אַלטמאַן, זאָלי לאַנגער

Web: https://podcast.yv.org/episodes/remembering-aron-bell-bielski-natan-gipsman-judy-altmann-zoli-langer

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5j88ANYdejnMTaGFi6h5cM?si=v4AaABcOSra04BEpLNOPyQ

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-yiddish-voice-podcast/id915622071?i=1000728624160

YouTube: https://youtu.be/EQGytdj7lc0?si=moYQ3yAY19Q1zcGU

09/29/2025

מיר טרױערן אױפֿן פֿאַרלוסט פֿון בען לעסער און זענען דאַנקבאַר װאָס מיר האָבן געקענט פּרעזענטירן אַן אינטערװיו מיט אים אין אַפּריל 2023

https://podcast.yv.org/episodes/ben-lesser-holocaust-survivor-and-educator-for-yom-hashoah

כּבֿוד זײַן אָנדענק!

We are sharing, with great sadness that our Founder, Ben Lesser passed away peacefully at nearly 97-years old on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, the first day of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. In Jewish tradition, a person who dies on this special holiday is considered a tzaddik, or a person of great righteousness.

Ben lived a life with meaning and purpose. Known around the world for his courageous testimony, tireless advocacy and unwavering commitment to education and remembrance.

Born in Krakow, Poland in 1928 to Shari Segal and Lazar Leser. Ben was the second youngest of five children, Moshe Leser, Lola Lieber-Schwartz, Goldie Leser and baby brother Naftali Leser. At age ten his life as a boy was forever changed. He endured four concentration camps, a seven-week death march, and two death trains, one of which was the notorious ill-fated death train from Buchenwald to Dachau where of the 6,000 inmates that walked on, only 18 walked off. Ben was the last living survivor from that train.

Of the family of seven, only two survived the Holocaust - Lola and Ben.

Ben immigrated to America making his way to Los Angeles, where he married his beloved wife, Jean Singer in 1950. They were married for 72 years before her passing in 2022. He retired from UPS of 25 years to co-found with his wife Jean - Ben Lesser and Associates Realty in 1973 and later co-founded The ZACHOR Holocaust Remembrance Foundation in 2009 with daughter, Gail Lesser-Ge**er dedicating his life to Holocaust education.

Ben’s life was a living testament to resilience and hope. His story of survival and his message to choose love continues to inspire thousands. Through his story, the world was reminded that even after unthinkable suffering, dignity, compassion can prevail. His devotion to build light through his foundation is a legacy that will never fade.

He is survived by his daughters, Sherry (Larry) Kramer and Gail Lesser-Ge**er, four grandchildren, Robyn (Chad) Weber, Jenica (Jason) Visenberg, Adam (Abby-Lane) Ge**er & Cynthia Kramer and blessed with seven great-grandchildren, Joshua, Ethan, Zoe, Andrew, Hannah, Jaxson and Lily.

May his memory be a blessing, etched in eternity.

“ZACHOR”

He will be laid to rest in Jewish tradition surrounded by family and friends in Los Angeles on October 5, 2025, followed by a memorial in Las Vegas in mid-October around the time of his 97th birthday. Date and Time TBD.

Supporting his life’s work and mission is the best way to honor Ben and what he stood for. As such, In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Ben’s memory to ZACHOR Holocaust Remembrance Foundation.

For more information about his life, his legacy or honoring his memory by supporting the ongoing work of ZACHOR Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, please click here.
www.zachorfoundation.org

09/22/2025

Alex Weiser and Ben Kaplan's "The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language" tells the story of a battle to preserve a lost civilization.

09/22/2025

שתהיה פשוט שנה טובה .
❤️

09/18/2025

ערשט אַרױס! 🎙️ #פּאָדקאַסט: דער מאָלער און לעבן־געבליבענער פֿון חורבן שמואל באַק אין אַ שמועס מיט שלום בײנפֿעלד.

https://podcast.yv.org/episodes/shmuel-bak-painter-and-holocaust-survivor-from-vilna

‪New podcast episode! 🎙️ Hear the painter and Holocaust survivor Sam Bak in conversation, in , with Sholem Beinfeld.

https://podcast.yv.org/episodes/shmuel-bak-painter-and-holocaust-survivor-from-vilna