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 Neville and Adrian Harris review the acts that performed at this year’s Festival Open Day. David also explores some of the other Jewish activities that took place during August, chatting to Hilary Rifkind and Matthew Shaps of Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation and Jonathan Adler who organised the Edinburgh Festivals kosher diner.

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