Auld Lang Schmooze

"Fightback" is the incredible life story of Gary Jacobs, the greatest Jewish boxer of the last half century. David Ian Neville interviews Gary and co-author Colin Grant.

David Ian Neville, who has been curating Edinburgh's Jewish Festival Open Day for many years, interviews some of the Jewish performers appearing at this year's Edinburgh Fringe: Gili Malinsky, Nick Cassenbaum, Phil Alexander, Bennett Arron, Jess Robinson and Daniel Cainer. If you can't get to the Festival Open Day, this podcast gives you a taste of what their shows are about. Come and join us!

Ella Lambert in the UK and Hannah Handelman in the US make latkes simultaneously, sharing recipes and Chanukah memories as they go. If you would like a video version of this podcast, go to our YouTube channel to view the episode.

Jenni Daiches, author, interviewed by David Ian Neville on her book Somewhere Else at the New College Festival of Books and Belief at New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh on Thursday 7th November 2024. This event was co-sponsored by EJCC, Edinburgh Jewish Literary Society and Edinburgh Jewish Studies

Schmooze your way through Edinburgh with our quick guide to navigating student life from a Jewish perspective. Whether you’re after social and cultural events with other Jews, kosher eats, or Shabbat and High Holiday services, we’ve got you covered. Your one-stop episode for all things Jewish Edinburgh and stories from students who’ve made this city their home.Edinburgh University Jewish Society (Jsoc)LinkTree - with links to membership, dinner tickets, sports & socials https://linktr.ee/EdinburghJsocSynagoguesEdinburgh Hebrew Congregation https://www.ehcong.comSukkat Shalom http://www.eljc.orgChabad https://www.chabadofedinburgh.comEdinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre (EJCC - that’s us!) Website https://www.jcc.scotInstagram https://www.instagram.com/ejccscot/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/1ayX9AVHwNcNwNzn/?mibextid=LQQJ4dKosher EatsMark’s Deli info@marksdeli.co.uk or 0141 638 8947Kosher Info from EHC https://www.ehcong.com/visiting-edinburgh/kosher-edinburgh/

Musing and schmoozing with Jewish performers at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, showcased at our annual Festival Open Day, including a review of Revenge: After The Levoyah, which won a Fringe First Award.

Rabbits is Hugo Rifkind’s explosive new novel and in this podcast he talks about the inspiration for the novel and much more!Hugo Rifkind is a columnist, critic and leader writer for The Times and a presenter on Times Radio. He’s written for the Spectator, GQ and the Herald. He is a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4’s comedy show The News Quiz, and an occasional guest on television shows that aren’t supposed to be funny at all. Rabbits by Hugo RifkindTommo has just moved to a prestigious boarding school. A product of the middle class, and with new-found independence thrust upon him, he finds himself invited into fading crumbling country houses. It’s the early nineties and the elite he is now surrounded by is struggling for relevance. Alienated from the mainstream, and running low on inherited wealth, his peers have retreated into snobbery and fatalism. In this world, half remembered traditions mix with decadence and an awful lot of small dead animals. And sometimes, not just animals.Rabbits by Hugo Rifkind is published by Polygon

HIV/AIDs Research Pioneer Dr. Mardge Cohen Receives the 2024 Gertrude Herzfeld Prize for Health Presented by the Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre and the Royal College of Surgeons of EdinburghOn 3 March 2024 at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Dr. Mardge Cohen, a prominent figure in HIV advocacy and women's health for over 45 years who serves as the Medical Director of Women Equity in AIDS Care and Treatment Rwanda (WE-ACT×) and practises at Boston Health Care for the Homeless, received the Third Biennial Herzfeld Prize. The award was presented by the official representative of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Kirsty Mozolowski; the Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Professor David Argyle; Chair of EJCC, Janet Mundy; the Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh, the Right Honourable Robert Aldridge, and his Consort, Dr. Colin Cunningham; and Chair of the Herzfeld Prize 2024, Hannah Handelman.The Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre and The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh proudly honour the memory and achievements of the pioneering surgeon who was the second female fellow and the first female practising fellow of the College, Dr. Gertrude Herzfeld (1890-1981). Dr. Herzfeld was one of the first female surgeons to work in Scotland and was a pioneering Jewish female paediatric surgeon in Edinburgh.The Herzfeld Prize Committee is most grateful to all of the supporters whose generosity has enabled us to honour an outstanding Jewish woman in health care:Dr David Argyle, Balmoral Hotel, Dr David Connan, Jan Cutting, Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Professor Joe Goldblatt, Kate Goodwin, Dr David Grant, Hannah Handelman, Sarah Hutton, Dr Hynda Kleinman, Dr David Kluth, Adam and Keyeong Leven, Mike Leven, Harriet Lyall, Stephanie Mitchell, N. Dann Moss, Mariette Naud-Betteridge, Pace Print Edinburgh Ltd, Leon Pomerance, Hendersons Restaurant, Rachel Pomerance Berl, Mitch Pomerance, Jewish Renaissance Magazine, The Jewish Telegraph, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Hannah Schlesinger Brodie, Dr Arindam Sinha, Dr Eric Straka and Ten Hill Place Hotel