Starting on November 2nd, during the Yiddish Program on Radio Station 3ZZZ FM in Melbourne which is heard every 2nd week on Sundays between 11.30 and 12, a new series called the "Yiddish Radio Project" will be aired.

The Yiddish Radio Project is a series of 11, 10 to 15 minute segments documenting the Golden Age of Yiddish Radio.

The programs were first aired on the US National Public Radio program "All Things Considered".

The programs are all narrated in English and is hosted by NPR's Scott Simon and features the voices of Carl Reiner, Eli Wallach, Jerry Stiller and more.

The series documents the golden age of Yiddish Radio from the 1930's to the 1950's in the United States.

The segments will be aired during the Yiddish half hour on 3ZZZ each fortnight as follows;

Episode 1 : The Yiddish Radio Dial. Did you know that over 100 radio stations broadcast Yiddish during the Golden Age?

Episode 2 : Rabbi Rubins Court of the Air. A sort of Beth Din of the air waves.

Episode 3 : Commercials on Yiddish Radio. Imagine Campbells Soup ads in Yiddish.

Episode 4 : Yiddish Melodies in Swing. Did you know that the origin of Swing was Yiddish.

Episode 5 : Reunion with Siegbert Freiberg. On air reunions of holocaust survivors.

Episode 6 : The Dramas of Nahum Stutchkoff. Yiddish radio soapies.

Episode 7 : Round the Family Table. An example of Stutchkoffs radio dramas

Episode 8 : Levine and his flying Machine. And you thought Lindberg was first.

Episode 9 : The Jewish Philosopher. Before there was Oprah there was the Jewish Philosopher.

Episode 10: Victor Packer the One Man Radio Empire. Imagine going on air every day with 20 15 minute segments in Yiddish all of which had to be different.

Episode 11: Seymour Rechtzeit, The Yiddish Crooner.

The Yiddish Radio Project was a winner of the 2002 Peabody Award for broadcasting in the United States.

Entertainment Weekly described the series as "Matzo ball soup for the Soul".

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported "Remarkable... like recovering a few blocks from the pyramids."

The New York Times review stated "An extraordinary trove of
audio-archaeology- remarkably intimate and unselfconscious".

You can get more information about the Yiddish Radio Project from the website : www.yiddishradioproject.org

So don't forget to tune in starting Sunday November 2nd at 11.30am on 3ZZZ 92.3FM.

All of the segments are narrated in English so invite all of your English speaking friends to tune in also.

If you would like further information or would like further information about Yiddish broadcasting at 3ZZZ 92.3FM then please contact us.

You can also listen to the broadcasts if you are unable to tune in on November 2nd by going to www.3zzz.com.au and select the Sunday Jewish program to listen over the internet. The programs are stored for one week on the web site after the broadcast. So, you can choose a comfortable time to listen in.