Nailing the Yiddish-flavored Accent

So thrilled to hear a great actor is narrating my Courtyard Kabbalist novel. The audio just got released today � timed with Chanukah? A number of actors tried out for the part and they were all impressive, but when I heard Sam Guncler�s perfect inflexion when he said, �milchigs and fleishigs� I sat up and thought: Who is this guy? He sounded like home. I checked his acting credits: The Good Wife, Law & Order, The Sopranos, nice, nice, nice, but then I saw listed �The Quarrel� -- and realized I�d seen Sam play the part of a former yeshiva student facing off against a Hassid in an intellectual/spiritual show down.