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 guests are Vagina Museum founder Florence Schechter and writer/journalist Tim Samuels.

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Twitter: @floschechter / @vagina_museum

Instagram: @florschech / @vagina_museum

Website: www.floschechter.com

Florence Schechter is a science communicator, comedian, and the founder and director of the world's first vagina museum. She has a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham and after building up a science YouTube channel with over a million views she interned at the hit BBC show QI and was the main researcher for their app "Qiktionary". In 2016, she enrolled in the Wellcome Trust funded "Talent Factory", a mentorship programme for emerging science talent in the UK. For the past few years, she has sat on the Trajectory, Ideas and Ambassadors Board of Cheltenham Science Festival which advises on programming and strategy. In 2017, she started the project to build the world's first bricks and mortar museum about the gynaecological anatomy and came Highly Commended in the Women of the Future Awards in the Arts and Culture category for her work with the Vagina Museum. Florence is an accomplished presenter on TV, radio and live on stage. She has been an expert contributor on TV documentary Engineering Catastrophes (Science Channel), a writer and presenter on the podcast Chemistry In Its Element (Royal Society of Chemistry) and voiced an explainer for the charity Eve Appeal.

Twitter: @TimSamuels

Website: www.tim-samuels.com

Tim is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, broadcaster, author and one of the most distinctive and acclaimed journalists in the business. He has won three Royal Television Society awards and best documentary at the World Television Festival. Tim’s documentaries are broadcast across BBC 1 and BBC 2 and he is a global correspondent on the National Geographic Channel's Explorer show. He is a regular presenter on BBC Radio 4 and the World Service; he created and hosted Men’s Hour on BBC 5 Live and hit wellness podcast All Hail Kale. His first book "Who Stole My Spear?" (published in the US as "Future Man") was serialised in The Sunday Times and hailed as a Vanity Fair must-read. He currently writes US politics analysis for the Evening Standard. Tim's films provocatively and entertainingly bring serious issues to light and he has been honoured for his TV and radio work by the New York Festivals, been Race in the Media journalist of the year, and given the prestigious ‘making a difference’ award at the Mind Media Awards for his work on mental health.

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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 guest is American comedian and author, Mark Schiff!

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Mark Schiff

Website: https://www.markschiff.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/markschiff

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comedianmarkschiff

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markschiff1/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/markschiff100

When Mark was six, his mother took him in to Manhattan every weekend for singing and ballet lessons. When he returned to school each Monday and showed his fellow Bronx classmates what he had learned, the class would gather around and beat him up. Mark’s mother smartened up and enrolled him in karate lessons, but those came to a halt when the karate teacher beat him up. When Mark was twelve, his parents took him to a nightclub. There, live on stage was Rodney Dangerfield doing his act. At that moment, he knew the path he had to follow. Mark has headlined in all the major casinos and clubs across the country and has appeared many times on both The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman. He has had both HBO and Showtime specials and has been the featured act at the Montreal Comedy Festival. He has written for and guest-starred on Mad About You, as well as appearing on Empty Nest and serving as a writer on The Roseanne Show. He joins us in the middle of touring with Seinfeld.

Books:

Why Not? Lessons on Comedy, Courage and Chutzpah - Available Here

I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics - Available Here

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