WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast
@whojewthinkur.bsky.social
A new podcast about inclusive Jewish histories and identities - from Asia, Africa, and the Americas - and more! To find out more, subscribe at https://linktr.ee/eylanezekielwhojew
@boardofdeputies.bsky.social picked a giant pickle to represent British Jewish culture this summer. Cute. Also very Ashkenazi, very Eastern European, very much not the whole story. New post: why Jewish food can't be reduced to one jar of vinegar! open.substack.com/pub/whojewth...
What's on your plate? (Beyond the Pickle)
Imagine the scene.
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Why not get a taster of tomorrow's episode? Can you guess where we are off to? open.substack.com/pub/whojewth...
Inside the Bellybutton of the Moon! (Subscriber only sneak peak / listen!)
We’ve had a month of Mexico on television, via the World Cup. A country led by a Jewish Woman- Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. But, have you ever wondered what Jewish lives are like in “The Bellybutton of th...
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More highlights: @eylanezekiel.bsky.social (@whojewthinkur.bsky.social) in a roundtable on racism, diversity and British Jews; Maria Viets, curator of the Yiddishland Pavillion at Venice Biennale; Boaz Garfinkel & Shiri Vidan on housing policy and governmental naming in 1950s Israel #BIAJS2026
Wonderful day at the 2026 @biajs.bsky.social conference. Grateful to @hannahewence.bsky.social and @bengidley.bsky.social for inviting @eylanezekiel.bsky.social to speak about racism in Jewish life. Learned so much from all especially Daniella Shaw.
Facing up to Racism WITHIN the Jewish community in the UK - a roundtable with @bengidley.bsky.social @hannahewence.bsky.social and (me) @whojewthinkur.bsky.social Monday lunchtime. Thanks to @biajs.bsky.social for inviting me.
Ben Gidley@bengidley.bsky.social · last mo.The BIAJS conference at Birkbeck is shaping up well. Check out the current version of the programme here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca on a Bombay childhood surrounded by Muslims, Christians, Parsis, and Hindus. Her father was Nissim Ezekiel, one of India's most studied poets from the Jewish Bene Israel community. Her own life tells an equally rich story. New episode out now. Links in bio. #jewsky
Nissim Ezekiel is a major figure in Indian literature. His influence still reaches us today, carried forward by his daughter, Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca, a successful poet herself. On growing up Jewish in a Bombay of Hindus, Muslims, Christians & Parsis. New episode out now. linktr.ee/eylanezekiel...
Come along to a live exploration of The Jewniverse, next Thursday evening, in London. It's gonna be interactive, challenging (at times), and a rip roaring ride from The Americas to East Asia, taking in Jewish pirates, Warrior Queens and so much more. Tickets www.mynnls.org.uk/event/intoth...
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Thanks to @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk for this one. New episode: Baghdad to the Andes, live at Jewish Book Week with @samanthaellis.bsky.social & Jordan Salama on Arab Jewish lives & what we carry across generations. #Shavuot felt like the right moment. Out now. Links in Bio. #ShabbatShalom
Very excited that this episode is coming out this week, in time for Shavuot, on Friday. Subscribe to Listen, perhaps with cheesecake or,...maybe Kadeh, pastries filled with cheese; Kahee, buttered dough; or Sütlaç, rice pudding Thanks (again!) to @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk for their support
WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast@whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 5mo ago#Shabbat shalom. Last week I had the joy of chairing a session at @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk's Jewish Book Week - a rich conversation with Jordan Salama & @samanthaellis.bsky.social about family, language, identity and the wider Jewniverse. Read more here open.substack.com/pub/whojewth...
Thank you to the Jewish Greens @greenparty.org.uk for inviting @eylanezekiel.bsky.social to talk this evening: about Jewish diversity, the Podcast, Racism, and the power of pluralism. Special thanks to @ruthibrandt.bsky.social for hosting and to all those who came, to explore the Jewniverse!
After another painful week for so many, this #Shabbat, take a break from the news and meet Linda Dangoor, cook and Babylonian Jew - who serves up a wonderfully warm and flavoursome exploration of belonging. shows.acast.com/who-jew-thin... #jewsky #jewishdiversity
Plural and Partial - Linda Dangoor | Who Jew Think You Are
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Kenneth Owele Okafor shares his journey of embracing Jewish African heritage, blending Ethiopian roots with British Jewish life. Explore his Black British Jewish story and more about intersectional Jewish identities at https://buff.ly/3CyK7wJ #jewsky #blacksky
“Pretty much everything needs to change.” Daniel Jonas doesn’t hold back in Ep4 of S2. From Jewish education to rabbinic authority, from cultural dominance to how we imagine tradition — this is a conversation about the systems that exclude, and the need to rewire them. 🎧 Listen now #jewsky
Jews didn’t only come from Europe. Yaffa Judah’s family story—from Mumbai to Manchester—challenges the default narrative and reminds us how much we miss when we centre only one version of Jewish history. Link in Bio #jewsky #shabbatshalom #jewishdiversity #beneisrael
"Are we loser Jews?" Nina’s candid reflections on Tunisian Jewish identity, and the discrimination of Mizrachi Jews in France is a powerful testimony. Listen now in Ep3 of S1 #jewsky
Season 3 is now LIVE & it's a perfect time to return to the Jewniverse! #Pesach is built around telling stories and asking difficult questions - so we start with Daniel Jonas turning the mic back on @eylanezekiel.bsky.social "You've Got to Think for Yourselves" OUT NOW - Links in Bio
Podcast Subscribers are getting exciting news later today! If you haven't yet subscribed, either via Substack or your favoured podcatcher (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, etc) - now is the time! Links in Bio
#Shabbat shalom. Last week I had the joy of chairing a session at @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk's Jewish Book Week - a rich conversation with Jordan Salama & @samanthaellis.bsky.social about family, language, identity and the wider Jewniverse. Read more here open.substack.com/pub/whojewth...
A Podcaster Walks Into Jewish Book Week…
Who Jew Think You Are? Live
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New Episode OUT NOW! Ever been the only one like you in the room—even in Jewish spaces? 🎧 Meet Yaffa Judah: Bene Israeli, North Londoner, ex-JSoc President, inclusion warrior. Spiced curries, synagogue politics, & the beauty of being “a bilingual Jew.” Episode links in bio #jewsky #shabbatshalom
If “Jewish identity isn’t linear or bounded” says something true to you - if the label 'Jew' just isn't enough - don’t miss tomorrow’s Season 2 finale. Subscribe, so it drops in your feed, and please share the Linktree to help new listeners find us. 🎧 linktr.ee/eylanezekiel...
Super excited to be interviewing @samanthaellis.bsky.social and Jordan Salama in a few weeks at Jewish Book Week - and to find out that it has SOLD OUT!!!! Good news is that it'll also be a live recording for the podcast, so you can catch it later! jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/events/who-j...
Who Jew Think You Are?: Live - Jewish Literary Foundation
Join Eylan Ezekiel, host of the Who Jew Think You Are? podcast, in conversation with authors Jordan Salama and Samantha Ellis for JBW 2026
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“You cannot condemn racism out there while ignoring how it manifests at home.” The Board of Deputies’ own report on racism in the Jewish community was clear. We were handed a mirror. Then we looked away. buff.ly/s6bEdWP
Star of stage and screen, Philip Arditti shares what it means to be a Turkish Jew navigating multiple identities - and why he connects with other recent migrants into the UK, more than British Jews. Catch up with 'Turk Passing' - S1 E1! 🎙️ #jewsky whojewthinkyouare.substack.com/p/turk-passi...
"I’m scared - truth be told. Most days it feels like I’m failing in the promotional duties of a content creator. It’s really hard not to feel that I’ve got this the wrong way round. Shouldn’t I be posting every day? Saying … ‘things’.?" whojewthinkyouare.substack.com/p/the-medium...
Rebooting Jewish Diversity: a new post on our Substack, about the work of Reboot Studios @noamdromi.bsky.social , presented at the Limmud Festival. Subscribe and read - not least for the huge list of films that Noam shared. #ShabbatShalom #jewsky open.substack.com/pub/whojewth...
Rebooting Jewish Diversity
A #Limmud25 story
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I was a Limmud virgin. ~ I was nervous, but it was fantastic, and I'd like to do it again! Read more here open.substack.com/pub/whojewth... #jewsky
Had an amazing few days at #limmud25 , including livestreaming the podcast conversation with Renato Huarte Cuéllar, about Jewish life in Mexico, and chairing a joyous session with Jewish cookbook authors. Huge thanks to the guests and, especially the support of the tech team!
If “Jewish identity isn’t linear or bounded” says something true to you - if the label 'Jew' just isn't enough - don’t miss tomorrow’s Season 2 finale. Subscribe, so it drops in your feed, and please share the Linktree to help new listeners find us. 🎧 linktr.ee/eylanezekiel...
