Sounds Jewish

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  • 4.3 (3)
  • SOCIETY & CULTURE
Sounds Jewish Podcast

Our podcast telling the stories of Jewish life, produced in association with JW3

  1. 05/10/2016

    '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

    34 min

  2. 12/01/2014

    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

    31 min

  3. 07/08/2014

    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.

    34 min

  4. 03/07/2014

    Sounds Jewish podcast: encounters

    From steam baths to barmitzvah memories, Alan Dein digs out four remarkable stories on the theme of encounters

    40 min

  5. 12/03/2013

    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

    42 min

  6. 10/04/2013

    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

    36 min

  7. 06/05/2013

    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

    42 min

  8. 03/01/2013

    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

    40 min
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About

Our podcast telling the stories of Jewish life, produced in association with JW3

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  • Creator
    The Guardian
  • Years Active
    2012 - 2016
  • Episodes
    54
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Sounds Jewish

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