'The most religiously intense street in the UK' – Sounds Jewish podcast
In this episode broadcaster and oral historian Alan Dein eavesdrops on a day in the life of Oldhill Street in Hackney, a remarkable corner of London
May 10, 2016•34 min
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Episodes
Laughter in Jewish culture - Sounds Jewish podcast
Alan Dein explores Jewish comedy through the stories of four Jews with a knack for making people laugh
Dec 01, 2014•31 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: Jewish hair special
Alan Dein explores the world of shampoo, shaving and the sheitl, finding remarkable stories with Jewish hair at their roots.
Jul 08, 2014•34 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: encounters
From steam baths to barmitzvah memories, Alan Dein digs out four remarkable stories on the theme of encounters
Mar 07, 2014•40 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: Chanukah – keeping the flame burning
Four stories of Jewish life on the age-old Chanukah theme of tenacity and persistence against the odds: from the Austrian-Jewish refugee who maintained a lifelong love of two sets of parents to the music enthusiast reviving the Latin flame that once burned in Jewish hearts
Dec 03, 2013•42 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: in the beginning
Four stories of Jewish life on the theme of beginnings, from the Hasidic woman breaking away to start a new life to the discovery of a dark family secret, from the start of a teenage night out at Edgware station to the tasting of the forbidden … a pork wonton
Oct 04, 2013•36 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: the Jewish revival in Poland
Writer Denise Grollmus goes on a personal journey of Jewish discovery in Poland, the country where 3 million Jews were murdered by the Nazis during the second world war
Jun 05, 2013•42 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: Jewish Book Week special
A B Yehoshua, Judith Butler and Sam Leith join Hephzibah Anderson at Kings Place to mark Jewish Book Week 2013
Mar 01, 2013•40 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: Israeli elections aftermath and the Gerald Scarfe cartoon
Naomi Alderman, Yossi Mekelberg and Alexander Bodin Saphir join Jason Solomons to discuss the Israeli elections, the Oscars and the Gerald Scarfe cartoon in the Sunday Times
Feb 11, 2013•35 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: why it's been a good year
Robert Popper, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Jacob Steinberg join Jason Solomons to discuss why Jewish culture was on-trend this year … and why Jews love Christmas lunch
Dec 21, 2012•23 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: the Israel-Gaza conflict
Ian Black and Mark Gardner join Jason Solomons to discuss the eight days of conflict between Israel and Hamas in and around Gaza
Nov 29, 2012•30 min
A new generation of Auschwitz tattoos – Sounds Jewish podcast
Naomi Gryn joins Jason Solomons to discuss the descendants of Holocaust survivors who are tattooing their grandparents' Auschwitz numbers on their own arms. Plus Mark Gettleson on the importance of the Jewish vote in the US presidential election
Oct 16, 2012•33 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: theatre director Julia Pascal
Joining Jason Solomons this month is theatre director and playwright Julia Pascal
Jul 06, 2012•30 min
Rafael Behr on ideas of Jewish identity in the UK
Rafael Behr, the political editor of the New Statesman, talks to Jason about the magazine's special edition on British Jewish identity; Laura Marks of the Board of Deputies of British Jews addresses sexism in the Jewish community and Francesca Segal discusses her debut novel, The Innocents, set in north-west London
Jun 01, 2012•31 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: memories of London's East End
From Petticoat Lane legend Mike Stern to 'bagel poet' Ben Mandelson, we pay tribute to the Jewish East End of London – recalling a lost community whose influence lives on, through its food, its personalities and its spirit
Apr 03, 2012•29 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: Jewish Book Week special
Joining Jonathan Freedland in a Jewish Book Week special are guests Shalom Auslander, Etgar Keret, Meg Rosoff and David Schneider
Feb 24, 2012•35 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: February 2012
A discussion about the growing row dividing Britain's Jews over how to relate to British Muslims; an exclusive interview with former war photographer Judah Passow, who's been documenting the faces of Anglo-Jewry; and an interview with Brooklyn-based indie band Girls in Trouble, who combine folk, underground rock – and stories from the Old Testament
Feb 03, 2012•30 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: Hanukah and end of year review 2011
In this special end-of-year edition of the show, we'll be reviewing the Jewish highs and lows of 2011 and celebrating Hanukah with sugar-laced, deep-fried doughnuts and live music in the studio from Erran Baron Cohen and Jules Brookes. With guests Jonathan Freedland and Rachel Lasserson
Dec 20, 2011•43 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: Israel's tent protesters
This month we look at the burning issues that fired up the tent protesters in Israel; allegations of misogyny amongst the ultra-orthodox; and political cartoons that have provoked a deluge of hate mail
Nov 25, 2011•36 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: Jewish new year
We take a journey of sound, music and speech to mark the 10 Days of Penitence, from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur
Sep 27, 2011•33 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: Food special
Jason is joined by doyenne of Jewish food Claudia Roden and leading food critic Giles Coren in this culinary special
Jul 15, 2011•33 min
Sounds Jewish podcast: June 2011
Jason discusses antisemitism in football with David Baddiel and Gerald Jacobs, and Jesse Eisenberg chats about his new film
Jun 01, 2011•32 min
Sounds Jewish: Passover special, April 2011
Comedian David Schneider is joined by Maureen Lipman, Amy Rosenthal and Rabbi Jeremy Gordon as they gather for an evening of theatre based on the seder's central theme: freedom
Apr 18, 2011•22 min
Sounds Jewish: Jewish Book Week
In a Jewish Book Week special Jason Solomons meets Maureen Lipman and Anne Frank's last living relative
Mar 03, 2011•42 min
Sounds Jewish: February 2011
Joining Jason Solomons are Hagai Segal, Middle East politics lecturer at New York University London, and playwright Ryan Craig, to discuss regional turmoil and Israel on stage and screen
Feb 15, 2011•30 min
Sounds Jewish: December 2010
Jason Solomons is joined by Jonathan Freedland as he reviews the Jewish highs and lows of 2010
Dec 15, 2010•30 min
Sounds Jewish: October 2010
This month, Jason is joined by Birds of a Feather writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran
Oct 25, 2010•31 min
Sounds Jewish: September 2010
In a bumper New Year edition of Sounds Jewish, Booker-shortlisted author Howard Jacobson reads from his latest novel, The Finkler Question
Sep 08, 2010•40 min
Sounds Jewish: July 2010
Is the pope wading into troubled waters in his relations with Jews? Plus, an important anniversary for female rabbis. Jason is joined in the studio by Peter Stanford and Miriam Berger
Jul 16, 2010•29 min
Sounds Jewish: May 2010
Free speech on campus, the meaning of Yiddish word broigus and a comic turn from motormouth yentas Ronna and Beverly
May 13, 2010•31 min
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