
Nadia Valman
@londoncurious
Reading, walking East London
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14-05-2010 08:08:48
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We loved talking to Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 about his family’s use of Yiddish, probably-Yiddish and maybe-Yiddish words in Episode 4 of The Cockney Yiddish Podcast michaelrosen.co.uk/portfolio/rose…

Objects from the Cockney Jewish past are currently on display Jewish Museum London pop up in Hampstead to coincide with the #CockneyYiddishPodcast including this bilingual English/Yiddish publication from the Workers’ Circle friendly society. JewishHeritageEurope


Israel Zangwill, bestselling Victorian novelist, self-styled ‘Cockney Jew’, also unusual in his time for lamenting loss of mothertongue in 2nd generation immigrants. #CockneyYiddishPodcast explores how he & other London writers grappled with the decline of Yiddish Prof Bryan Cheyette 💙💛


In #CockneyYiddishPodcast Nadia and Vivi go for a historical amble around the old Jewish East End, discussing words, songs, writers, streets. Listen from 17 Feb. More on our website cockneyyiddish.org Tower Hamlets Archives London Historians Queen Mary Centre for Public Engagement



We were absolutely thrilled to have Miriam Margolyes OBE as our guest reader bringing to life Yiddish stories of east London in English translation. Hear her remarkable vocal and emotional range on the #CockneyYiddishPodcast, launching tomorrow shows.acast.com/the-cockney-yi…




Discover a lttle-known world of Yiddish song and story in this new podcast exploring Yiddish popular culture in the East End of London. Hosted by Prof Nadia Valman and Dr Vivi Lachs. The Forward The YIVO Institute Parkes Institute cockneyyiddish.org

New podcast! What impact did Victorian Jewish migrants have on spoken English? Does the story of MLE help us understand? How was Yiddish inflected by Cockney culture? A Victorian Yiddish music hall song sparks discussion in Ep 1 BAAL: British Association for Applied Linguistics National Association for the Teaching of English cockneyyiddish.org

Episode 2, ‘Protest and Politics’ is out! Discover the ideas, writing and songs of Yiddish-speaking East Enders striving for a fairer world with Cockney comrades. Jewish Museum London Queen Mary Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Tower Hamlets Archives open.spotify.com/episode/5XiboJ…

It’s 1889 and Morris Winchevsky, East End Yiddish poet, imagines inspiring London workers with revolutionary fire. We discuss his protest anthems and poetry on The Cockney Yiddish Podcast ep.2 pod.fo/e/2b140b Jewish Socialist David Schneider


Episode 2 of our new podcast looks at political organising in the Yiddish-speaking immigrant community of early 20C London with historians Prof Ruth Livesey on protest poetry and Dr Sarah Glynn on the Workers’ Circle The Workers Circle The Forward shows.acast.com/the-cockney-yi…

In Episode 2 of this new podcast, Nadia and Vivi discuss women’s role in political protest among the Yiddish-speaking immigrant population of London’s East End with historians Ruth Livesey and Sarah Glynn Professor Amanda Vickery Sarah Wise Annie / חנה-בײלע open.spotify.com/episode/5XiboJ…


What is this haunting melody? Who is the Gramophone Man of Petticoat Lane? In episode 7 of the Cockney Yiddish Podcast we investigate. shows.acast.com/the-cockney-yi… Jewish Museum London Tower Hamlets Archives Queen Mary Centre for Public Engagement Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 Susannah Clapp RaphaelSamuelHistCen
