Nisht For Me

In this episode, we imagine our dream Friday night dinner, complete with fantasy guest list and the menu to end all Shabbos dinner menus. Here are a few links to some of the topics/people we discuss: We mention two articles by Taffy Brodesser-Akner articles. One about Operation Mincemeat:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/magazine/operation-mincemeat-obsession-broadway.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share...

Abigail and Arron sit down with Chutzpahdik Charedi activist and author Yehudis Fletcher to chat about her Jewish identity as an out and proud lesbian who chose to stay in the Manchester Charedi Community.

An interruption to regular programming for @nishtforme this week. We had planned to record an upbeat, fun episode today to go out on Monday but, if we are honest, we just didn’t feel up to it. It’s been a long week. It’s been a long month. It’s been a long 2.5 years. And today we both felt thoroughly exhausted. So we decided to do something different with our episode. We have always found it helpf...

Abigail and Arron are joined by Guardian sports writer Daniel Harris to talk about all things Jews and Sport!

Arron and Abigail talk to friend-of-the-pod Sophie about her unique perspective on Jewish identity.

Abigail and Arron are joined by podcasting queen Lennie Ware from Table Manners, to chat about her Manchester Jewish roots and incredible second career!

Arron and Abigail take us through their ghosts of Pesach Past, Present and Future.

Abigail and Arron are joined by writer and fellow Mancunian Jew, Josh Rose to talk about his Jewish identity and what it was like to move to Israel 5 days before a war broke out…

Abigail and Arron are joined by comedian and writer Max Olesker to talk about his brilliant new book 'Making the Cut', all about undertaking the Orthodox Jewish conversion process.

Abigail and Arron are back for Series 3 of Nisht For Me and they're chatting about some of the mad stuff they've learned from their kids.

For this final episode in Series 2, Abigail and Arron chat to singer, actor, impressionist and now published author of Life is Rosi - Grandma, me and our diaries at 23.

Abigail and Arron are joined by their old friend, broadcaster and journalist Emma Barnett to chat about Jewish identity and the time they were all in a kids' production of Fiddler on the Roof.

Abigail and Arron are joined by Darren Richman - writer, journalist and grandson of the late great Zigi Shipper to chat about Jewish identity and being 'third generation survivors'.

Arron and Abigail speak to Debbie Fine about her uber frum in-laws and how they navigate their differences.

In somewhat of a Heimishe Flex, Abigail and Arron chat to Rabbi Amir Elituv, the newly installed Chief Rabbi of the UK Sephardi community about his Jewish identity and who comes up trumps between Sephardim and Ashkenazim!

Abigail and Arron are joined by friend of the pod Ian Tussie with an own-brand Twixmas Quiz!

The chanukah cardigans are out which only means one thing…it’s NFM’s Chanukah special!!! Some disclaimers about this episode: Yes we know it’s out on technically the last day of Chanukah but, you know, indulge us. It is possibly our most x-rated recording to date, with both language and content that makes @abigailradnor wonder what Grandma Clair would make of it but then she is the grandma who dis...

Today we are airing our interview with Dr Dave Rich, leading antisemitism expert and CST’s director of policy. We originally recorded this episode back in September, before the horrific attack on Heaton Park in Manchester on Yom Kippur, which led to the tragic deaths of Adrian Daulby and Melvin Kravitz. It was due to go out the following week and we decided it wasn’t the right time to air that epi...

Abigail and Arron chat to award winning journalist and author Hadley Freeman all about her Jewish identity, heimishe flexes and nisht for mes.

In the first episode of Season 2 of  ⁨@NishtForMe⁩  Arron and Abigail update us on where they've been finding Jewish joy since the end of Season 1.

Arron and Abi delve into 10 of the choicest lessons they learned from their respective grandparents.

Abi and Arron delve into the world of Jewish Dating and look back at their own experiences in that heady space!

We sit down with wedding singer extraordinaire JJ Hodari, to talk about all things Jewish weddings.

In light of the horrific events of yesterday in Manchester, we won't be putting out our regular podcast on Monday, but we wanted to say something on the matter, and this is it.

We chat to best-selling author and Guardian journalist Jonathan Freedland about his brand new book and his Jewish identity.