Jewish Culture Club

In our season one finale, Martine sits down with Rebecca Guber, Founding Director of The Neighborhood: An Urban Center for Jewish Life in Brooklyn. Rebecca shares how her work, from launching The Neighborhood to founding Asylum Arts, has built creative Jewish communities around the world. Martine and Rebecca talk about what makes Brooklyn such a dynamic Jewish city, how art can open space for...

Musician and anthropologist Dr. Galeet Dardashti joins Jewish Culture Club to talk about reclaiming a heritage that skipped a generation. The granddaughter of Yunes Dardashti, one of Iran’s most famous singers, and the daughter of a beloved cantor, Galeet grew up surrounded by Jewish music, but not by the Persian and Mizrahi sounds that shaped her family’s story. In this episode, she reflects on r...

This week on Jewish Culture Club , Martine talks with playwright and street performer Nick Cassenbaum, whose work shines a light on British Jewish life with humor, heart, and honesty. From his early days performing on the streets to acclaimed plays like Bubble Schmeises , Nick reflects on how art can preserve traditions while exploring working-class histories. Their conversation moves through the...

Author and cultural critic Jason Diamond, known for Kaplan’s Plot and Searching for John Hughes , joins Jewish Culture Club to talk about the working-class Jewish roots of Chicago, family survival stories, and why he proudly claims both his Jewish and Midwestern identities. He and Martine swap stories about Ferris Bueller, bagels, Mahjong, and Mel Brooks, finding humor, heart, and history in what...

Comedian Ariel Elias joins Jewish Culture Club for a fast, funny, and thoughtful conversation about all things Jewish and pop culture. She weighs in on summer camp (rated!), kugel (overrated!), and why cats might secretly be the most Jewish animal. Ariel and Martine talk Jewish reality TV icons, synagogue smells, and the quiet comfort of shared tradition, plus why Ariel wants to bring back The Red...

What happens when language, movement, and memory meet on the same stage, and in the same family? In this episode, multidisciplinary artists Stav Marin and Neta Weiner join Jewish Culture Club for a wide-ranging conversation about art, identity, and repair. Partners in life and performance, their work spans dance, theater, music, and activism, blending Hebrew, Arabic, and Yiddish into a living, bre...

Culinary historian and writer Michael W. Twitty joins us for a rich conversation about food, memory, and identity. We talk about Kosher laws as a creative framework, the diverse influences behind Southern cuisine, and his new book Recipes from the American South. Michael reflects on the importance of preserving family recipes as acts of justice and legacy, shares what he’d serve at his dream Shabb...

On the first episode of Jewish Culture Club, we talk to Susan Stainman - a visual artist we’ve commissioned to build a Sukkah - alongside her renowned spiritual interlocutor Rabbi Jill Hammer. You can visit Susan’s art installation during one of the ten public programs that make up Sukkot in The Neighborhood - a week-long festival of Jewish arts, culture, and spirituality in an art installation Su...

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