In this special Passover bonus episode, Penny Rabiger and Eylan Ezekiel share their Pesach traditions and the meaning of this festival, often referred to as 'Jewish Christmas'. If you are Jew-curious, you'll learn a little more about why this festival means so much to Jews, of all flavours - and ... if you are Jewish, it's a chance to reflect on the way we make meaning from the Exodus story. Thanks to The Maccabeats for their quality singing to cover up Penny and Eylan's The Seder...

In this final episode of Season 1, Penny Rabiger and Eylan Ezekiel review the guests and the learning from their travels through the Jewniverse (so far!). They also consider the impact of October 7th on the question this podcast poses - and how it has informed the guests and plans for Season 2. We'd love to hear from you if you think your have a Jewish identity that struggles to be heard - whether you are Sephardi, Mizrachi, from South America, - AND if you are non-Zionist, Secular, Liberal,...

British Black Jews - Kenneth Awele Okafor Our travels in the Jewniverse takes us to meet Kenneth Awele Okafor, a British Black Jew, and architect. Kenneth and Eylan talk about discovering faith, lost Jewish histories and hope for the future.  You can read more about Kenneth in an article for The Voice: https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/features-news/2022/06/03/black-jews/ Black Hebrew Israelites Thieboudienne Banana Challah (Yum!) Tzedakah (Charity) Tikkun_olam (Repair the...

In this episode of Who Jew Think You Are? , Philip Arditti - actor and writer - was in conversation with Penny Rabiger and Eylan Ezekiel. They explored Philip's Turkish Jewish heritage and how that translates into his Artivism. Find out more about Philip Arditti: https://philiparditti.com/ Philip’s creative projects: https://www.menaarts.uk/ https://www.arcolatheatre.com/ History of (Jews in) Turkey Tax on non-Muslims Gezi Park protests Armenian Genocide  Börekas Orbörekitas Other creative...

Dr Ophira Gamliel talks to Eylan Ezekiel about her Yememi heritage, the role of Jewish identities in culture, and the historical and modern place of Asian Jews. A transcript of the conversation is here Dr Ophira Gamliel at the University of Glasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/ophiragamliel/ Ophira on Twitter https://twitter.com/OphiraGamliel Food: Jachnun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jachnun Food: Kugel  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugel Jewish renewal group: Baal...

“Other within the Other” - with Carol Isaacs The Surreal McCoy - AKA Carol Isaacs https://www.thesurrealmccoy.com/ The Wolf of Baghdad - Book/Graphic Novel https://myriadeditions.com/books/the-wolf-of-baghdad/ Educator Guide for Wolf of Baghdad https://www.mattreingold.ca/_files/ugd/b5e5dd_008584d7a470469a840e17c8c961137d.pdf Growing up Mizrahi - Short Documentary https://ukjewishfilm.org/film/growing-up-mizrahi/ Carol on Socials - Twitter Insta YouTube History of the Jews of...

Dr Yohai Hakak talked to Eylan Ezekiel about growing up Mizrahi and secular in Israel. This episode was recorded in May 23. Yohai Hakak Brunel profile  “How Does the Social Work?”podcast Iraqi Jewish histories Mizrahi Jews in Israel Sabich recipe  Hamin   - more food! Cholent  - even more food!! Orientalism  More about Eylan Ezekiel here and More about Penny Rabiger here The podcast is on Bluesky, Facebook, and even X/ Twitter too; where we are sharing interesting articles and posts on...

Penny Rabiger and Eylan Ezekiel explore the definitions, histories, and experiences of Jews of Mizrahi heritage. A transcript is available here. Wikipedia article about Mizrahi Jews Orientalism - Edward Said The Wandering Jew Dhimmi Malawach  Israeli Black Panthers Does Israel still discriminate against Mizrahi Jews? - Jerusalam Post article Hen Mazzig - activist and author of The Wrong Kind of Jew: A Mizrahi Manifesto Jowan Safadi - To be an Arab - YouTube video - Challenging, funny, catchy....

An interview with Nina, about her Tunisian Jewish heritage.  A full transcript of this episode is available here Some of the things we talked about: French movie mentioned at the start - “La vérité si je mens” / “Would I lie to you?”  Mizz Raqi - club night View of the Mizz Raqi night Pkeïla (beef stew)  Brik / or “brick à l’oeuf” (egg brick)  Labour camps in Tunisia   French Documentary “May God Be with You”/Que Dieu te protège  Article, “When young French Jews return to the Maghreb of their...

Penny Rabiger was speaking to Eylan Ezekiel about his heritage and identities: as a mixed Ashkenazi and Bene Israel Jew. More about Eylan Ezekiel here More about Penny Rabiger here If you’d like to be involved in our projects, such as being a guest on the podcast, please contact us here  Incredible artwork and design by Emily Theodore - Thanks so much Emily!!!! More about the history of the Ezekiel Rajpurker name More about the pogroms at the start of the 20th Century in Poland More about the...

Where Eylan and Penny begin their adventures into the Jewniverse: introducing themselves and the Big Three Jewish groups - Ashkenazi, Mizrachi, and Sephardi Jews. A full transcript of this episode is available here More about Eylan Ezekiel here More about Penny Rabiger here The podcast is on Twitter too, where we are sharing interesting articles and posts on related topics.  If you’d like to be involved in our projects, such as being a guest on the podcast, please contact us here  Incredible...

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