On this episode of Shtetl we talk with actress/director Jennifer Podemski and filmmaker and writer Howard Adler. Both are First Nations (Ojibwe) and Jewish. This episode is part of Indigenous Shtetl: A Special Edition.
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Tagged Aniskabe, Canada, First Nations, Howard Adler, Jennifer Podemski, Mocassin Flats, Ojibway, Saulteaux, Take This Waltz
Today on Shtetl: Jess Dobkin talks about the Lactation Station Breast Milk Bar and why Montrealers should come out and quench their thirst the old fashioned way. Lotsa music: Leonard Cohen, Lakes of Canada, Gogol Bordello….
Poetry Jam on Shtetl. Israeli-born sign language poet Aneta Brodski meets Tahani a Palestinian-American slam poet in the doc Deaf Jam. Also, meet 2 wild Jewish poets:Jazz Talmudist Jake Marmer and professor, poet and media artist Adeena Karasick.
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Tagged Adeena Karasick, ASL poetry, Deaf Jam, Doc Pomus, Jake Marmer, Klez kanada, poetry, slam poetry, Toronto Jewish FIlm Festival
Self-hatred 101 today on Shtetl with Joseph Rosen, author of “In Defense of Self-Hatred”, and the young woman who wrote “Nice Jewish Boys” and “A Jewish Education” under the pseudonym Lick My Knish. Deconstructing a fav. Jewish pass time.
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Tagged Howard Stern, Joseph Rosen, Lick My Knish, Mile End Chavurah, self-hatred
This Friday on Shtetl’s Passover Epsiode: Journalist Marlee Wasser spends time with the men at a Jewish halfway house in Montreal. And, we speak with director Rhonda Moskowitz about her incredible work documenting the lives of Jews in the prison system.
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Tagged Le Mood, Maison Belfield, passover, Pesach, Prison, Rabbi Silberstein, Rhonda Moskowitz
Every year at the Passover Seder Jews are commanded to drink four glasses of wine. But what did they do in the 20’s when the sacred juice was forbidden? Bootleggers, kosher wine scandals and more on Shtetl.
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Tagged alcohol, bootlegging., Bronfman, history, Izzy Einstein, Jews and Booze, Marni Davis, Prohibition
Get a t-shirt drawn by Bon Iver and other indie rock stars and support great causes. Matt Stotland talks about the Yellow Bird Project. And, Biblical scholar A.J. Levine tells us why she thinks Jews should be reading the Big Book of Jesus.
Email info@shtetlmontreal.com to win a FREE “Indie Rock Colouring Book” with drawings by Bon Iver, Iron&Wine, Broken Social Scene and more from The Yellow Bird Project. (Subject line: Yellow Bird Project).
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How did Holly Gauthier-Frankel find her inner Miss Sugarpuss? Shtetl speaks with this Montreal burlesque bombshell and gets the inside scoop.
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Tagged burlesque, Holly Gauhtier-Frankel, Miss Sugarpuss, sexuality
Brooklyn-based punk-polka-rock gag band Schmekel weighs in on the ups and downs of crossing the gender divide. From dating,to being mispronoun-ed,to eating hamentashen off-season,band members Lucian, Ricky, Nogga and Simcha are 100% trans-parent.
