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"Jewish Mother Me" is a brutally honest but (nearly) always humorous look at the world of the Jewish mother. And why, despite her unashamed need to mother, or even smother, everyone she meets, she can also be a source of wisdom and cause for celebration.

Lynne Dover, Angela Epstein, Noemie Lopian


    • May 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 30m AVG DURATION
    • 51 EPISODES


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    Series 4: Episode 7 - 'It's Enough'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 22:10


    When Daniella Lerner gave birth to quintuplets, only one, her daughter, Jodie, survived. In a deeply moving interview Daniella speaks candidly about her experiences of motherhood and how she learnt to adopt the philosophy of 'it's enough' in order to move on from bad times and look to the future.

    Series 4: Episode 5 - Caprice, Love And Faith: A recipe for the model life.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 26:15


    Model, film producer and entrepreneur, Caprice Bourret opens up about her Jewish faith, her 'miraculous' babies  and why a nice Jewish girl is now making Christmas movies!  All life is wrapped up in Cap`s warm, witty and wise views. Prepare to be comforted and uplifted.. And watch out for Caprice`s next film,  'A Scottish Christmas Secret'

    Series 4 - Episode 6 - Finding One To Make Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 41:58


    Bobby Seagull is a teacher, writer and broadcaster. Yet, for this maths genius, what is yet to add up is finding THE ONE. A former star of the Netflix series 'Indian Matchmaking' , Bobby talks to us about turning to Jewish mothers for romantic advice.

    Series 4: Episode 4 - Don't Judge, Just Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 33:33


    Writer, broadcaster, Holocaust educator and television personality Rob 'Judge' Rinder MBE reflects on the love, guidance and influence he has enjoyed from the Jewish women in his family - not least his extraordinary mum, Angela Cohen.

    Bonus Episode - Holocaust Memorial Special - Personal Loss And The Responsibility Of Holocaust Remembrance.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 34:43


    When our colleague Noemie lost her beloved 'Mama', a Holocaust survivor, her grief was compounded by the knowledge that the world had also lost another witness to the horrors of the Nazis. In a deeply moving interview Noemie shares how she balances personal bereavement with the responsibility of ensuring the world never forgets the suffering of her mother and the dangers of antisemitic hatred.

    Series 4 - BONUS Episode - Do We Know It's Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 21:59


    Our podcasters talk about being Jewish during the festive season, why they still love Christmas and what it means to celebrate Chanuka at the same time

    Series 4 - Episode 3: Living Life To The (Time) Limit

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 37:22


    When Mandy Barash was diagnosed with incurable ovarian cancer she, and her husband Russell, vowed to keep the illness a secret and make every moment count. Following the untimely passing of this extraordinary woma, Russ has had to experience family milestones without her including the marriage of their only daughter and becoming a first time grandparent . So is he now both mother and father? With great candour Russ reflects on love, loss and hope for the future.

    Series 4 Bonus Episode:- Rosh Hashana - The Sweet Taste Of Forgiveness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 23:00


    We podcasters reflect on the Jewish New Year - its honey drenched tastes, timeless traditions and the chance to forgive and be forgiven.

    Series 4 - Episode 2: The Joy Of Mixed Blessings

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 28:27


    Journalist and Christian priest Giles Fraser has a Jewish wife, and their children are being raised in both traditions. Giles shares with us the blessings of this blended life

    Series 4 - Episode 1: Oy Vey, Old Age!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 21:22


    It's people not wrinkles who can make us feel older. Some Jewish Mother Me tips on how to avoid this!

    Series 3: Episode 8 - “No is not an option”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 28:00


    Irene Estry is the UK's oldest fitness instructor. Still stretching and bending at 82 , Irene has refused to fold in the face of tough personal challenges and shows no sign of slowing down.

    Series 3 - BONUS EPISODE - Oh Crumbs! It's Passover (Just Like Our Mothers Used To Make...)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 23:06


    We discuss the marathon preparation for the festival of Pesach (Passover) - the food, the cleaning, the exhaustion and, eventually, the exhilaration!

    Series 3: Episode 7 - What's To hate?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 19:52


    At a time of turmoil, prejudice and intolerance, we wonder why there`s so much hate when it`s so much easier to love?

    Season 3: Episode 6. #Jewface - Do You Have To Be Jewish?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2024 18:49


    Do actors need to be Jewish to play a Jewish mother? Tamsin Greig, from TV's Friday Night Dinner, thinks so. We discuss…

    Season 3: Episode 5. Jewish Mother? Not Me !

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 43:01


    Warm - hearted chat with Paul Morgan-Bentley, Head of investigations at 'The Times',  who reflects on his modern orthodox Jewish background, his path to parenthood with husband Robin and the  forming of new traditions as they raise their little boy together.

    Season 3: Episode 4. You Don't Have To Be Jewish

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2023 34:29


    Author, broadcaster and editor-at-large of the New European, Matthew d'Ancona, who isn't Jewish, reflects on his connection with Judaism, not least through his deep friendship with the late Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

    Season 3: Episode 3. The Inside Outsider

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2023 31:49


    We chat to award-winning British journalist, novelist and Editor of The Jewish Chronicle, Jake Wallis Simons, about his fascinating career and journey through Judaism

    Series 3. Episode 2. To life! Why celebration is needed more than ever.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 21:17


    With so many lives brutalised, after Hamas attacked Israel, and with so much suffering in the world, as Jewish mothers we look for ways to find light in the darkness.

    Series 3 - Episode 1 Remembrance And Renewal

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 50:50


    We talk to the inspirational Devorah Kay whose son, Eli, was murdered by a Hamas terrorist

    Season 2 - BONUS EPISODE - 'Thank you but...'

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 31:57


    Why do some women find it so hard to take a compliment? Our podcasters wonder, in the case of Jewish women, if it's down to the imposter syndrome experienced by generations of Jewish mothers.

    Season 2 Episode 12 - A Taste Of Mummy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 24:58


    For a taste of home comfort join us as we feast on memories of the foods our beloved Jewish mothers used to make.

    Season 2 Episode 11 - 'Netflix, Netflix, Make Me A Match'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 24:50


    We talk to the charismatic Aleeza Ben Shalom, star of hit TV show 'Jewish Matchmaking', who is bringing love, light - and matches - to the world

    Season 2 Episode 10 - My Husband's Blessing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 42:52


    When Michelle Ciffer's husband, Adrian, was dying of cancer he insisted that his one time teenage bride must find love again. In an extraordinary story, that crosses the Atlantic, Michelle shares her journey through grief, loss and renewal.

    Season 2 Episode 9 - 'It's In The DNA'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 28:22


    Journalist, author and former Channel 4 and Newsnight Economics Editor, Paul Mason touchingly reflects on the influence of his late mother and her wider Jewish family.

    BONUS EPISODE By Non- Royal Assent - A Message For Harry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023 22:37


    We pass on wisdom we've learned from Jewish matriarchs we've known in a bid to help the troubled Prince . (Even if he didn't ask for it!)

    Season 2 Episode 8 - No Regrets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 40:39


    Writer, broadcaster and former politician, Edwina Currie, talks about her formidable Jewish mother, her career and - oy! - marrying out.

    Season 2 - Episode 7 'Spirit And Survival'

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2022 49:27


    Auschwitz survivor Ike Alterman was 13 years old when his beloved mother, Chawa, was marched away by the Nazis, along with his brother and sister. In this deeply moving interview, Ike reflects on their traumatic separation, how his mother was 'always with me' throughout his own horrendous Holocaust experience, and why, at the age of 94, he finally travelled to the Treblinka death camp, in Poland, where she was murdered, so that he could say Kaddish (the Jewish memorial prayer) for his fallen family.

    Season 2 Episode 6 'For Your Love'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 34:16


    We talk to award-winning singer/songwriter and founder member of 10cc, Graham Gouldman, about his beloved mother and her influence on his illustrious career

    Season 2 - Episode 5 Mother's Boy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 45:18


    Manchester born award-winning author Howard Jacobson is on home turf as he talks to we fellow Mancunians about work, life and, of course, his own Jewish mother.

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Royal, Regal, Real - Reflections On The Loss Of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 19:58


    Reflections On The Loss Of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Dealing with the pre-emptive nest

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 25:47


    In this soulful episode we talk about emotional planning for the things ahead we know we can't change

    Series 2 Episode 2 "Lawyer/doctor/accountant? You don't have to listen to your parents"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 22:40


    Prince William look alike Dan Tannenbaum talks about steering away from 'traditional careers'

    Series 2 - Episode 1 - To Drama With Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 35:32


    Enjoy the wit, warmth and wisdom of two formidable Jewish mothers as we chat to multi-award-winning producer, Nicola Shindler OBE and her legendary school teacher mum, Gaye.

    Episode 17 - Only But Not Lonely

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 37:04


    The mum of an only child explains how she and her husband made peace with their unsuccessful struggle to have more children

    Episode 16 - Home And Away

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 35:53


    Phil Salter reflects on the impact of being sent away to boarding school at 9 years old

    Episode 15 - Mates Rates

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 24:32


    Friendship can be both exhilarating and exhausting. But Jewish maternal wisdom is there to guide us in the art of being a good pal.

    Episode 14 - Open House, Open Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 39:20


    We talk to mum of nine, Leah Cohen, about why her door is always open…

    Episode 13 - Loss, Love And Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 43:31


    Photographer Tanya Duman talks openly about her still born daughter and how she found the strength, after loss, to 'look to the light'3

    Episode 12 - Trauma And Triumph

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 27:14


    Former government minister, Ivan Lewis, reflects on the trauma and triumph of his mother's life and how it's impacted on his own

    Episode 11 - What A Chutzpah!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 30:13


    When charm becomes cheek...

    Episode 10 - Do answer back!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2021 42:13


    What today's daughters think of their Jewish mothers...

    Episode 9 - The 'Uplifting' Jewish Mother

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 25:28


    Aliza Reger talks to us about running the legendary lingerie business founded by her late mother, Janet Reger. And, every pun intended, being a 'bala-bust-a'

    Episode 8 - Reflections - An interview with Lord Daniel Finklestein

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2021 31:28


    interview with Lord Daniel Finklestein on his extraordinary Jewish mother, Mirjam, a survivor of the Holocaust

    Episode 7 - Uncovering The Cover Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 21:26


    Interview with Sheitl (wig) maker Avi Miller - and why modesty is power!

    Episode 6 The Jewish mum: pushing or pulling?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 28:49


    Jewish mothers are said to be hugely ambitious for those they love. But is pushing the best way to get children, partners and friends to aim high? Or in reality, are Jewish mothers more subtle than that and do they, in fact, pull away?

    Episode 5 - Guilt

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 28:06


    Are you a guilt tripper – or do you often get made to feel guilty? Jewish mothers have a long standing relationship with guilt. But is there something we can learn from Jewish mothers about how to deal with guilt? This is the podcast episode which promises not to make you feel bad…

    Episode 1 - Who Is The Jewish Mother?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 27:19


    Who is the Jewish mother? The butt of age old jokes (Q: How many Jewish mothers does it take to change a light bulb? A : Forget it, I`ll just sit in the dark). But what is it about the innate character of the Jewish mother? Are the clichés and jokes deserved – from the paranoia and over feeding to the unstoppable desire to mother (and smother) in order to make the world a happier place?. As three women who have been nurtured by Jewish mothers (and are now Jewish mothers ourselves) we celebrate the good bits – and cringe a little at the other bits.

    Episode 4 - 'Broygus'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2021 32:50


    Episode Four 'Broygus' - the Yiddish word for that simmering feud which can burn your heart and eat into your soul. Adopting the wisdom of our Jewish mothers we look at why these resentments happen and how we can try to go about resolving them.

    Episode 3 - Friday Night Dinner

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2021 29:40


    Friday Night Dinner Not the Channel 4 comedy show. Rather, the Sabbath meal which forms the cornerstone of the Jewish mother's week. Our trio of Jewish mothers have cooked (and eaten) gallons of chicken soup. Yet there's so much more to this special end of the week event. In this podcast our hosts wonder whether every home should have a Friday night dinner – wherever and however you live.

    Episode 2 - Matchmaker (it doesn't have to be a match)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2021 29:35


    Jewish mothers love to 'match make'. But in a world where loneliness is a very real epidemic, match making can simply mean bringing together potential partners – whether it's just for a little companionship or life long commitment. The question is how do you do it? What's it like to match and, aargh! be matched…?

    Jewish Mother Me (Trailer)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 0:58


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