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S2 E8 Clip 2 Shabbat as an environmental move

WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 5d

As #Shabbat comes in, we hold onto stories of resilience and belonging.
This week @michaellomotey.bsky.social shares his journey — Jewish, Ghanaian, Black, Yorkshire, British — carried together in faith, family and hope.

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Shabbat Shalom

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S2 E8 Clip 2 Shabbat as an environmental move

WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 6d

After a painful week for British Jews, it feels hard to share new work.
But as #Shabbat approaches so soon after the tears of Yom Kippor, @michaellomotey.bsky.social reminds us:
‘Shabbat is ... the greatest environmental move you could do.’
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“Shabbat is not just tradition — it’s rest, wellbeing, and the greatest environmental move you could make. Michael Lomotey shares how weekly ritual grounds his Jewish life. Watch the full…

S2 E6 Clip 2 Samantha Ellis

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 6d

Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester

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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 14d

The wonderful @samanthaellis.bsky.social reflects on the role of food in holding mixed or complex Jewish identities during her formative years.

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Endangered, Not Erased - Samantha Ellis | Who Jew Think You Are

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 16d

Shana tova, peeps.

May it be a year of health, of safety, and of collective liberation. ❤️‍

'Shana Tova! Happy New Year! May it be a year of health, community, solidarity, inspiration, fortitude, vision, connection, growth, wisdom, mutual care, learning, unlearning, integrity, mobilizing for justice, and, yes: unmitigated joy.

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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 18d

As #Shabbat ends, Jews around the world prepare for Rosh Hashanah, there is a LOT we are all hoping for in the year ahead. Above all, Peace.

Join @samanthaellis.bsky.social reflecting on a community that survived an existential threat, and on preserving culture.

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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 20d

Excited to say that, ahead of #RoshHashanah, our new episode is with author @samanthaellis.bsky.social - talking about Judeo Arabic and Amba

Check your podcatcher to listen now, or subscribe to join us in our exploration of the Jewniverse.

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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 24d

@eylanezekiel.bsky.social explains why he started the pod, in Episode 1 of Season 1!

Subscribe now - to hear our conversations - with diverse guests - exploring the Jewniverse.

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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · Aug 15

Jewish History isn't one thing.
It's plural, interconnected, and far more Global than most think.
This podcast explores Jewish Histories!!
Listen to our podcast (links in bio) to learn more
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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · Aug 12

We can’t stop protesting or demanding change in #Israel.
And there’s more we must do at home - to do the work of #AntiRacism

If we won’t face injustice within, how can we ask for justice from others?

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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · Aug 11

A clip - about Racism within the Jewish community - from the Reclaiming Identity Podcast.

Discussed in more detail on our Substack. Subscribe and share your experiences (safely) there. Link in Bio

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Racism by Jews: The Silence That Keeps It Alive

WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · Aug 8

New Post by @eylanezekiel.bsky.social

Racism by Jews: The Silence That Keeps It Alive

"Racism isn’t just something that happens to Jews - it’s also something Jews inflict on others, including on other Jews."

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Modern Judaism has a problem with race – specifically, racism by Jews.

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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · Aug 8

British, Black, Jewish. A Maghrebi Igbo Jew in London
Kenneth Awele Okafor brings his powerful story of identity & heritage in S1Ep8 🎙️ #jewsky Listen Now! whojewthinkyouare.substack.com/p/british-bl...

WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · Aug 5

"Are we loser Jews?"
Nina’s candid reflections on Tunisian Jewish identity, and the discrimination of Mizrachi Jews in France is a powerful testimony. Listen now in Ep3 of S1 #jewsky

WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · Aug 4

“Pretty much everything needs to change.”
Daniel Jonas doesn’t hold back in Ep4 of S2.
From Jewish education to rabbinic authority, from cultural dominance to how we imagine tradition — this is a conversation about the systems that exclude, and the need to rewire them.
🎧 Listen now
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Halfway through Season 2 — Emerging Themes

WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · Jul 30

Halfway through Season 2, one thing’s clear:
Jewish identity isn’t just European.
Never was.

India, Iran, the Ottoman Empire, the Americas, Africa: these aren’t side stories. They’re the centre.

5 episodes. 5 erased histories.
Catch up now.
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We’re halfway through Season 2 of Who Jew Think You Are?, and already, a few big themes have emerged — not because I planned them, but because they kept showing up.

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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · Jul 25

Looking forward to working together with these researchers to create a forum for coordinating and sharing this field of study - and inspiring more work this area.

WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · Jul 25

Menashe Anzi - Researching the Red Sea / Yemeni communities and their connections. @eylanezekiel.bsky.social and Menashe met today at St Anne's, Oxford - where they talked about this growing field of study and the links to wider conversations about belonging.
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two men in glasses take a selfie by a tree in a quad. one has a salt and pepper beard and hair and red rimmed glasses . the other is bald, clean shaven. both are smiling broadly!

WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · Jul 25

@ophiragamliel.bsky.social, previous guest on the podcast - and expert on the premodern Jews of Kerala
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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · Jul 25

A post inspired by reading @willdalrymple.bsky.social 's Golden Road - and all the research being done by historians exploring the Jewish communities that lived along the Monsoon routes of the Indian Ocean. Including...