The Chai Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Chai Podcast
Welcome to the Chai Podcast, a space to honor the resilience of the Jewish people and preserve our stories. Our history dates back to ancient Judea, and in the face of expulsion, displacement, enslavement, forced assimilation, ethnic cleansing, occupation, and genocide, we have valiantly clung to and preserved our civilization. We have at every turn resisted the siren song of assimilation to remain a proud people born of our land. The stories we carry with us--both individual and collective--are powerful and profound. These are the missing stories...
On this week's episode of The Chai Podcast, Jake and Sarah talk with the brilliant David Benger, the son of Soviet Jewish Refugees. Throughout the episode we hear David's family story, some of the history of the Soviet Jewish community and culture, a bit about his current work, and a small peak into the Jewish Mafia... Tune in to bear witness to a truly insightful and meaningful testimony.
In this week's episode of The Chai Podcast Sarah and Jake speak with Yacob Rada of the Beta Israel Diaspora. They discuss the history of Ethiopian Jewery, delve into Beta Israel culture, hear Yacob's family story and talk about the ways in which the modern world politicises and lies about the Beta Israel community.
On this week's episode of The Chai Podcast, Sarah and Jake speak with Ciara Shalome about her Baghdadi-Indian Jewish community. Tune in to learn about the precious history and culture of this small Mizrahi community, the unmatched kindness of their diaspora home, India, and a little bit of Jewish magic..
For the first episode of The Chai Podcast, Jake and Sarah speak with Tola Mordechai, a Kurdish Jew born in Baghdad in 1978, about his life story and Jewish journey. After his father was assassinated by Saddam Hussein in 1987, Tola, his mother, and four siblings had to flee Baghdad. On the run and in hiding for 8.5 years, tune in to hear Tola share his family’s harrowing and inspiring story of resilience, survival, and Jewish pride.
Hello everyone! This is an introduction in preparation for our first episode release on Thursday 10th June! Hope you to see you there!