Jew Talkin' To Me?

Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week’s guests are Holocaust survivor/TikTok phenomenon Gidon Lev, and his partner author and editor Julie Gray

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Twitter: @GidonLev

Tiktok: @thetrueadventures

Instagram: @thetrueadventures

Website: www.thetrueadventures.com

Gidon Lev and his life partner Julie Gray are a Tiktok phenomenon, sharing a combination of Holocaust education, opinion on contemporary issues and performing all of the trends! Julie has co-written Gidon’s memoir “The True Adventures of Gidon Lev. Rascal. Holocaust Survivor. Optimist” and they have a fantastic podcast too which brings the book to life with additional material, music and sound. Visit their website https://www.thetrueadventures.com/ for more information.

Gidon, (formerly Peter Wolfgang Löw) was born in Czechoslovakia in 1935. In 1941, Gidon and his mother and father were taken to the Theresienstadt (or Terezin) concentration camp, which was located about 50 kilometers north of Prague. ​Of the 15,000 children in Theresienstadt, fewer than 92 survived. Gidon Lev is one of those children. He wound up in Canada, where he became involved with the Zionist youth organization HaShomer HaTzair and in 1959, Gidon came to Israel to fulfill his dream. Gidon is now 86 years old and delivers flowers, as well as sharing on Tiktok daily!

Julie Gray was born in 1964 in the San Joaquin Valley in California. A longtime Huffington Post contributor, Julie has been published in the Sanskrit Literary Journal, Moment Magazine, The Times of Israel, MovieMaker Magazine, Script Magazine, and Hip Mama. Her essay "The Freaking Autumn of My Life" was included in the anthology "Aging: An Apprenticeship." A veteran essayist and editor, Julie moved to Israel in 2012 and is working on her memoir "They Do Things Differently Here."

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Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week’s guests are American stand up comics Judy Gold and Avi Liberman. Follow them on social media, follow US on social media and don't forget to let us know what you think about the show.

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Website: www.judygold.com

Twitter: @jewdygold

Instagram: @jewdygold

Judy Gold is a writer, actor, podcaster and comic, and has had stand-up specials on HBO, Comedy Central and LOGO. She is the author of "Yes I Can Say That: When They Come For The Comedians, We Are All In Trouble", a critically acclaimed book about free speech and cancel culture. It debuted as the #1 comedy release on Amazon and was featured in the NYT Book Review. Judy is host of the hit podcast, Kill Me Now with Judy Gold. One of the main subjects in Hulu documentary “Hysterical”, she also featured in the film “Making Trouble”, a tribute to female Jewish comedians produced by the JWA. She's appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show, and was host of HBO’s At the Multiplex with Judy Gold. She won two Emmy awards for writing and producing The Rosie O’Donnell Show and has written and starred in two Off-Broadway hit shows: The Judy Show – My Life as a Sitcom (Outer Critics Circle Nomination), and 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother (GLAAD Media Award – Outstanding NY Theater, Drama Desk Nomination – Actor). Judy has made numerous appearances on The View, The Food Network, The Today Show, The Drew Barrymore Show and The Wendy Williams Show. Her albums, Conduct Unbecoming, Kill Me Now and Judith’s Roommate Had a Baby are available wherever you get your music.

Website: www.aviliberman.com

Twitter: @AviLiberman

Instagram: @avilibermancomedy

Born in Israel, raised in Texas, studying in New York and now living in LA, Avi Liberman's quirky style has made him a favourite in comedy clubs. He delivers a winning combination of life experiences and topical issues told through a blend of characters and voices. Avi has performed stand-up on CBS's "Late Late Show", Comedy Central's "Premium Blend", "Make Me Laugh" as well as NBC's "Friday Night!", and he appeared at the prestigious Montreal Just for Laughs Festival. His acting credits include "Dave's World" CBS, "Boston Common" NBC and "Andytown U.S.A." Comedy Central. Avi can be seen regularly on E! on their very popular countdown series and guest starred on "Movies At Our House," as well as having shot a pilot titled "Through the Keyhole" on AMC and guested on radio stations across the country. Since 2001 Avi has arranged comedy tours in Israel to help boost morale. The "Comedy For Koby" tour is now a bi-annual event with all proceeds benefitting the Koby Mandell Foundation. His book “Traveling During The Pandemic: How Two Weeks Turned Into 7 Months, 8 Countries, and the Adventure of a Lifetime” is available on Amazon.

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Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week’s guest is West End superstar, Kim Ismay! Follow her on social media, follow US on social media and don't forget to let us know what you think about the show.

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Kim Ismay

Website: https://www.kimismay.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimismay

Twitter: http://twitter.com/kimismay

Before we share her CV, here’s a glossary of some of the Yiddish terms that came up in our chat with Kim!

Tzuris - troubles, trials and tribulations

Schmy - aimlessly wandering and checking things out with no purpose

Schlep - walk a long way or carry something heavy!

Tantz - dance or waltz

Oy va voy - an exclamation of despair

Oy vay is mir - woe is me

Oya broch - what a curse!

Ken ayin hora - an expression for good luck to ward off the “evil eye”

Fress - eat

Nosh - eat snacks

Gescheft - business

Star of stage and screen, Kim spent a record 7 years starring as Tanya in Mamma Mia! in London's West End. Other West End/London credits include Deb in Elf The Musical, Madame Morrible in Wicked, Sunset Boulevard, Cabaret, Stop The World, Hamlet, Torch Song Trilogy, and for the RSC at the Barbican, Stratford and internationally, Kiss Me, Kate, The Wizard Of Oz and A Comedy Of Errors. Tours and regional credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Silver Gym, Noises Off, Stepping Out, Acorn Antiques, Saturday Night Fever, The Rocky Horror Show, Singin' In The Rain, Crazy For You, Whistle Down The Wind, Dames At Sea and the European Premiere of Sondheim's Follies.

Her TV credits include Not Going Out, Eastenders, The Bill, The Sound Of Musicals, Bob Martin, Strange But True, London's Burning, Just A Gigolo and Never The Twain. Her cabaret appearances and Masterclasses have taken her all over the world, she has recorded over a dozen cast albums; her solo albums, Torch & Debauch and About Bill are available at Dress Circle & on iTunes. Her most recent role was Frances Stevenson in the National Theatre of Scotland's sell-out new production of "Kidnapped".

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Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week’s guests are chef Denise Philips and CEO of JW3 Raymond Simonson.

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Twitter: @jewishcookery

Instagram: @denises_kitchen

Website: www.jewishcookery.com

Prue Leith trained Denise Phillips is the UK’s leading Jewish chef and cookery writer. she offers a wide range of cookery classes and an array of mouth-watering modern stylish recipes through her website, her famous classes, her books and in the media. Denise is well known for her Date On A Plate format for Jewish singles, which is now available on Zoom as well as in person. The next Date on a plate event is online for ages 50-60 on Bank Holiday Monday 2 May, 7.30-8.30 pm check out her website for more info.

Denise’s quest has always been to create Jewish cooking with style, taste and a rich visual look and has showcased her modern approach to kosher cookery on a range of radio and TV shows including appearances on BBC1, ITV and DKW Channel. She also writes a weekly food column in the Jewish Weekly and is a regular contributor for the Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News, Jewish Recorder and Jewish Vegetarian Society magazine.

Twitter: @FatSideburns

Instagram: @raymondsimonson

Website: www.jw3.org.uk

Raymond is CEO of JW3, London’s Jewish Community Centre and leading cultural venue. Find out more about JW3's new Spring/Summer season of arts, culture, classes, courses, music, comedy, film and more at www.jw3.org.uk!

Raymond Simonson is a qualified Community and Youth Worker, holds a BA in Jewish History, an MA in Applied Anthropology and Community & Youth Work, and an alumnus of the Cambridge University Senior Faith Leadership Programme. He was the first full time Executive Director of Limmud, and prior to that was the UJIA/Jewish Agency Director of Informal Jewish Education. In a lay capacity, he sits on the Limmud FSU International Steering Committee, and the advisory boards of Mitzvah Day, the London Jewish Forum, and Amal, a new project of the Said Foundation ‘that uses Muslim arts and culture to increase understanding of Britain’s Muslim communities among people of other faiths and none.

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Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week’s guests are writer Francesca Segal and poet and Joshua Seigal.

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Twitter: @JoshuaSeigal

Instagram: @JoshuaSeigal

Website: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk

Joshua is a highly acclaimed, award-winning professional poet, performer and educator who uses poetry to develop literacy skills and inspire confidence and ​creativity in communication. He has worked in hundreds of schools, libraries, theatres and festivals around the world, had books published by Bloomsbury and other major publishers, and has written and performed for BBC television.

"Very imaginative and wonderful"

The Sunday Times

"Your session was brilliant. Thank you so much"

Mary Myatt - Ofsted Lead Inspector

"Magic"

Michael Rosen

"A witty genius"

Scholastic

Twitter: @FrancescaSegal

Instagram: @FrancescaSegal

Website: www.francescasegal.com

Francesca Segal is an award-winning writer and journalist. Her first novel, The Innocents, won the Costa First Novel Award, the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction, the Sami Rohr Prize, and a Betty Trask Award, and was long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize).

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