Free Yiddish videos online: music, shiurim, podcasts and kids' programs in one place

Yiddish is alive and growing. In Williamsburg, Boro Park, Kiryas Joel, Monsey, Lakewood, Antwerp, London and Bnei Brak, it is the first language of hundreds of thousands of people — and more and more Yiddish content is being made for them on video. The hard part is finding it in one clean place. People search for Yiddish videos and land on a mix of old sites, scattered channels and open video platforms.

This guide covers the main kinds of Yiddish video available today and where to watch them without the noise.

The four big kinds of Yiddish video

1. Yiddish music

Chassidish music is often sung in Yiddish, and the last few years have brought a wave of new Yiddish songs and music videos. Singers like Lipa Schmeltzer, Shmueli Ungar, Beri Weber, Motty Ilowitz, Michoel Schnitzler, Shloime Kaufman and Yoely Weiss have recorded Yiddish songs that are sung at every chasuna and kumzitz, and choirs and wedding bands post live Yiddish performances constantly.

2. Yiddish shiurim and Daf Yomi

Learning in Yiddish is the norm in much of the chassidish world. There are full Daf Yomi shiurim in Yiddish, Yiddish shiurim on parsha and halacha, and talks by maggidim. On Kall Video the Torah section includes Daf Yomi Yad Yosef in Yiddish and Rabbi Manis Friedman's talks in Yiddish, alongside the English shiurim.

3. Yiddish podcasts

A genuinely new category. Yiddish interview and talk podcasts — recorded on video — have taken off. Kall Video's Podcasts section includes several of them: Teef Teef with Shloime Zionce, ShmueliCast with Shmueli Ungar, Pushet Pshat from London, #WhatAPod, Latest Talks, and Reb Yoely Lebovits.

4. Yiddish for kids

Yiddish stories, songs and programs for children are one of the most searched kinds of Yiddish video, and one of the hardest to find in a safe setting. Parents in Yiddish-speaking homes want programs in the language their children speak at home, without an open video site around them.

The problem with "just searching"

Search for Yiddish videos on an open platform and you get the content you wanted mixed with things you did not: unrelated recommendations, comment sections, ads, and videos that only look Yiddish from the thumbnail. A filter that blocks the whole platform solves that, but blocks the good Yiddish content too.

Kall Video: Yiddish content, nothing else around it

Kall Video is a free kosher video player that plays only from a hand-picked list of Jewish channels — including a large amount of Yiddish music, Yiddish shiurim, Yiddish podcasts and kids' programs. What makes it different:

• Only approved channels. Nothing plays from outside the list.
• No comments, no recommendations from the wider platform, no links out.
• Search stays inside the library.
• Hebrew and Yiddish names display properly, so you can recognise singers and shows by their Yiddish names.
• Free, with nothing to install. Open it in a browser and add it to your home screen.

New uploads from approved channels appear automatically, so the newest Yiddish songs and podcast episodes show up without anyone having to search for them.

How to find Yiddish content on Kall Video

1. Open video.kallin1.com.
2. For music, tap the Chassidish category, or open an artist page — many artist names are shown in both English and Yiddish.
3. For learning, open the Torah section and look for the Yiddish Daf Yomi and Yiddish shiurim.
4. For talk shows, open Podcasts — the Yiddish ones are marked.
5. For children, tap Kids.

A note on old Yiddish films and theatre

Some people searching for Yiddish videos are looking for old Yiddish films and theatre from before the war. That is a different world — secular entertainment, often with mixed casts — and it is not what Kall Video carries. Kall Video is focused on heimish Yiddish content: music, Torah, frum talk shows and kids' programs.

Frequently asked questions

Is it free? Yes, completely.

Does it work on a kosher phone? It works in any modern browser. If your phone or home has a filter, ask the provider to allow video.kallin1.com.

Can I suggest a Yiddish channel? Yes — suggestions are reviewed and added if they fit the standards.

In short

There is more good Yiddish video today than ever before. Kall Video gathers the heimish part of it — music, shiurim, podcasts and kids' programs — into one clean, free place.