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My Yiddisher Mother Tongue

4 Extra Debut. Writer and comedian David Schneider takes a personal journey through the culture of the Yiddish language. With Michael Grade.

Writer and comedian David Schneider goes on a personal journey through Yiddish culture and language.

Schneider, who first came to fame on The Day Today and I'm Alan Partridge, is the grandson of a Yiddish playwright and a Yiddish actress. He returns to Whitechapel and Vienna where his grandparents performed and considers the rich thousand-year history of the language.

Contributors include Yiddish enthusiasts including Michael Grade and General Colin Powell, who picked up the language in his teens when he worked in a Jewish toy store in New York.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 5 Sep 2018 01:30

Broadcasts

  • Thu 15 Oct 2009 11:30
  • Sat 15 Feb 2014 07:30
  • Tue 4 Sep 2018 06:30
  • Tue 4 Sep 2018 13:30
  • Tue 4 Sep 2018 20:30
  • Wed 5 Sep 2018 01:30