Pintele

Noah Diamond

A seven-part series exploring Jewish identity, written and performed by Noah Diamond. Complete mishegoss at noahdiamond.com/pintele.

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  1. Part 1: Straight Outta Anatevka

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    Part 1: Straight Outta Anatevka

    We begin with the story of how I found my identity in great American musicals. Then we return to the Pale of Settlement, follow my great grandmother across the ocean, and begin to explore the relationship between Judaism and Jewishness, as represented by her two daughters. For episode notes and resources, and a comments thread where you can express your opinion about this episode, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele. The Pintele Haggadah is now available at noahdiamond.com/pintele. I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition, or using it to start one. Special thanks to Eleanor Reissa for permission to include her recording of “Yankee Doodle Boy / Lebn Zol Columbus” in this episode. The recording appears on Ms. Reissa’s 1992 album Going Home: Gems of Yiddish Song. For more information, visit eleanorreissa.com. Other music heard in this episode includes “Palesteena” by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band; “Broken Life” by the Russian Novelty Orchestra; “Mein Shtetele Belz” by The Berries and by Sammy Wardell and his Para-Muse Recorders; “Mazel Tov” by Emil Stern; “Lebn Zol Columbus” by Abraham Rosenstein; “Internationale” by the Kunstler Orchestra; “Kaddish” by Cantor Alberto Meir Pinkas; and “Golden Wedding” by Rita Marlowe with Sid Phillips and His Orchestra. Also: “The Presidents’ March” by Greg Wardson, “Broadway Bigwig” by Art and Robin Munson, “Klezmer Moon” by Cynthia Anastasia La Fata, “Broadway in Blue” by Eamonn Watt, “Mitzva River” by Paul Gelsomine, “Lament for Jerusalem” by David Hollandsworth, “Making it On Broadway” by Benjamin Orth, “Shalom Aleichem Rhapsodies” by David-Ezra Okonsar; “Hava Nagila Sly Violin” by Musical Production; and “Brookline Chair Lift” and “Hava Nagila” by Steve Rice, licensed from the Pond5 media collection. noahdiamond.com/pintele/part1-straight-outta-anatevka Pintele © 2026 Noah Lerner Diamond and Amanda Lee Sisk. All rights reserved.

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  2. Part 2: God and Other Gods

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    Part 2: God and Other Gods

    In the second chapter, we ask big questions: Is there a god? How can we discuss Jewish identity if nobody knows what it is? And what if Jesus had been a Borscht Belt comedian? Also, Red confronts Sarah about religion, and I recall being the only Jewish kid in school. For episode notes and resources, and a comments thread where you can express your opinion about this episode, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele. The Pintele Haggadah is now available at noahdiamond.com/pintele. I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition, or using it to start one. Music heard in this episode includes “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” by the Joe Green Orchestra, “Longing For Home” by the International Concert Orchestra, “Mazel Tov” by Emil Stern, “On Sabbath Eve” by Efim Schachmeister and his Künstler Orchestra, and “Gypsy” by the Russian Novelty Orchestra. Also: “Broadway Stroll” by Jeremy Hugh Sherman, “Jazz Comedy” by Stan Nau, “Cabaret Jazz” by Aleksander Shvarev, “Shalom Aleichem Rhapsodies” by David-Ezra Okonsar; “Christmas in C Major” by Graham McRae, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” recorded by Mike Fielding, “Hava Nagila Sly Violin” by Musical Production, “Hava Nagila” by Steve Rice, and other selections licensed from the Pond5 media collection. noahdiamond.com/pintele/part2-god-and-other-gods Pintele © 2026 Noah Lerner Diamond and Amanda Lee Sisk. All rights reserved.

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  3. Part 4: You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet

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    Part 4: You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet

    What follows the family to America at the end of Fiddler on the Roof? In this discussion of tradition, precariousness, and the mystical concept of the pintele yid, we consult such sacred texts as The Jazz Singer, Abie’s Irish Rose, and the work of the Marx Brothers. For episode notes and resources, and a comments thread where you can express your opinion about this episode, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele. The Pintele Haggadah is now available at noahdiamond.com/pintele. I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition, or using it to start one. Music heard in this episode includes “Dos Pintele Yid” by Jacob Fuchs and the Jewish Theatre choir, “Blue Skies” by Sam Lanin’s Orchestra, “Mir fohren kein America” by Hymie Jacobson and Fanny Lubritsky, “Dos Pintele Yid” by Pepi Litman, “On the Road to Calais” by Al Jolson, “My Mother’s Eyes” by George Jessel, “Manhattan” by Harry Reser and the Night Club Orchestra and by Ruth Tester and Allan Gould, “My New York” by Dave Kaplan and His Happiness Orchestra, and “The Monkey Doodle Doo” by Busse’s Buzzards. Also: “Jewish Comedians” by Alon Marcus, “Sholom Aleichem Rhapsodies” by David-Ezra Okonsar, “Brookline Chair Lift” and “Hava Nagila” by Steve Rice, and other selections licensed from the Pond5 media collection. noahdiamond.com/pintele/part4-you-aint-heard-nothin-yet

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  4. Part 6: Tyrants Disappearing

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    Part 6: Tyrants Disappearing

    We open with a joke in Jerusalem, then face the subject of Israel and Palestine. Next, to lighten things up, we ask what it means to be a Jewish American when fascists occupy the U.S. government. And finally, we close with a song in Bloomfield and a dance in East Berlin. For episode notes and resources, and a comments thread where you can express your opinion about this episode, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele. The Pintele Haggadah is now available at noahdiamond.com/pintele! I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition, or using it to start one. Music heard in this episode includes “Yiddishe Charleston” by Nathan Glatz and His Orchestra and “Charleston” by the Golden Gate Orchestra. You also heard versions of “Rock of Ages” or “Ma’oz Tzur” by Josef Keller and Alon Marcus; as well as “Jewish Sorrow” by Danielyan Ashot Makichevich; “Lament for Jerusalem” by David Hollandsworth; “Forward Thinking” by Tim Brown; “Dark Ages” by Bjorn Lynne; “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” recorded by Mike Fielding; "Hava Nagila Sly Violin" by Musical Production, “Sholom Aleichem Rhapsodies” and “The Edge of Hearing” by David Ezra Okonsar; and “City at Night” by Matthew James Heathcote; licensed from the Pond5 media collection. noahdiamond.com/pintele/part6-tyrants-disappearing PINTELE © 2026 Noah Lerner Diamond and Amanda Lee Sisk. All rights reserved.

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  5. Part 7: Next Year in Manhattan

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    Part 7: Next Year in Manhattan

    The series concludes with a look backward and forward. Still seeking answers, we consult Jewish sages like Maimonides and Aunt Sarah. We scratch out a pleasant, simple tune. We recall the genesis of this series, and we begin to understand who we are as Pintele Jews. For episode notes and resources, and a comments thread where you can express your opinion about this episode, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele. The Pintele Haggadah is now available at noahdiamond.com/pintele! I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition, or using it to start one. Music heard in this episode includes “On Sabbath Eve” recorded by Efim Schachmeister and his Künstler Orchestra; “Hello I Must Be Going” by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, performed by Groucho Marx in the film Animal Crackers; “Mazel Tov” and “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen” recorded by Emil Stern; “Hava Nagila” performed by Rika Zarai; and “I’m Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica” by Tom Lehrer. You also heard “Broadway in Blue” by Eamonn Watt, “Klezmer Moon” by Cynthia Anastasia La Fata, “Broadway Stroll” by Jeremy Hugh Sherman, “Brookline Chair Lift” by Steve Rice, and versions of “Hava Nagila” by Steve Rice and Musical Production, licensed from the Pond5 media collection. Special thanks to the Mamales (Maya Jacobson, Raquel Nobile, and Jodi Snyder) for permission to include their spectacular 2022 recording of "Abi Gezunt" in this episode. Follow them on Instagram @themamales. noahdiamond.com/pintele/part7-next-year-in-manhattan PINTELE © 2026 Noah Lerner Diamond and Amanda Lee Sisk. All rights reserved.

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A seven-part series exploring Jewish identity, written and performed by Noah Diamond. Complete mishegoss at noahdiamond.com/pintele.

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