Nisht For Me

Tonight marks Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year, so in honour of that, here is the latest episode of Nisht For Me to get you into the festive spirit. Glossary: Tishrei - the first month of the Jewish new year.  Challah - the nice plaited Jewish bread we’re kinda famous for Round challah - over Jewish new year we switch up the shape of the challah - we like to spice things up like that - and have roun...

In much of this episode we have explained a lot of the terms and traditions in the show itself ( it’s almost like we’ve got better at this!) But here a few bits that may need a little explanation: Kuchen - German and Yiddish for cake. Grandma Shirely baked a cinnamon version and a one with raisins that had to be served with a shmear of butter, both were equally legendary. Alte kaker - an elderly p...

See here for the brilliant Geordie influencer video documenting Purim in Gateshead - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6XTX3Dtwg0 Rishonim - a two week long Jewish summer camp organised by the Jewish, zionist, socialist youth movement Habonim Dror, the summer after you finish Year 9. So many memories. Too many hormones. Israel tour - the month long trip to Israel taken by post 16 year olds from all...

King Antiochus - the baddy in the Channukah story. The Syrian-Greek king who took a real dislike to Jews around 168 BCE. Definitely mean. King Pharoah - the baddy in the Passover story. King of Ancient Egypt who made Jews his slaves. Also pretty mean. Shabbat Ima - ‘Shabbat mother’ meaning you get to play the ‘mum’ role in this very Jewish game of mums and dads. Shabbat Abba - ‘Shabbat father’ mea...

As this episode is all about ‘kashrut’, the act of ‘keeping kosher’, let’s clear up what that actually means. Time to hand over to Little Miss Leviticus himself, Arron Ferster, to chat us through the rules: Okay, so, the laws of kashrut as laid out in the Torah are the dietary laws that Jews are instructed to live by. Jews of all different shapes and sizes implement these laws differently but the...

Welcome to Nisht for Me, the brand new podcast exploring the ins, outs and wonderfully batshit crazy of British Jewish culture. While some of our listeners may be well versed in British Jewish parlance, we want this podcast to be as inclusive as possible so below is a short glossary of terms that might be a little unfamiliar to some. If you have a little shmy (look) you’ll be able to yachni (chat)...