Episode 15: {farvos} קװירקײַט | Queer in Yiddish
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What does Yiddish have to do with queerness? What is it like to be trans or queer in Yiddish? Why Yiddish? Help Vaybertaytsh get a field recorder, so we can make better quality episodes with more than two people!! A dank! 3 www.vaybertaytsh.com/donate Introducing our "Farvos" series, put together by the students of the Naomi Prawar Kadar International Yiddish Program in Tel Aviv. A dank Liel, Teddy, Refoel and Jessica for participating in this first of three episodes. Side note: Please check out our donation page to help Vaybertaytsh get a field recorder, so these episodes can sound and be so much better!
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