Oct 28, 202649 minS6
Reyna Schaechter, a Yiddish performer and researcher, and Isaac Bleaman, a linguistics professor at UC Berkeley, discuss raising their children in a monolingual Yiddish household. Reyna details her multi-generational...
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Heritage Words
Hosted by HUC Jewish Language Project · religion · EN
About this Podcast:
Heritage Words features interviews about the words we've inherited and the meaning they bring to our lives. Heritage Words is produced by the HUC Jewish Language Project, which raises awareness about Jewish ancestral diversity through the lens of language, in partnership with HUC Connect. Sarah Bunin Benor is the host.
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What is Heritage Words about?
Heritage Words features interviews about the words we've inherited and the meaning they bring to our lives. Heritage Words is produced by the HUC Jewish Language Project, which raises awareness about Jewish ancestral diversity through the lens of language, in partnership with HUC Connect. Sarah Bunin Benor is the host.
Who hosts Heritage Words?
Heritage Words is hosted by HUC Jewish Language Project. The show has published 44 episodes to date.
What has Heritage Words covered recently?
Recent episodes include "The All-Yiddish Household in California: Generational Continuity with Reyna Schaechter and Isaac Bleaman" (28 October 2026, 49 minutes), "Lezbitzen, Queeruv, and Gaymara: Queer Jewish Language with Miryam Kabakov and Eden Moyal" (14 October 2026, 47 minutes), and "Curses and Code Switching: Dreaming in Yiddish with Sheldon Londner" (30 September 2026, 51 minutes).
How often does Heritage Words publish?
Heritage Words publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 47 minutes across 44 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Heritage Words?
Booking probability for Heritage Words is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Heritage Words requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Heritage Words's contact route on record: verified email.
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- Oct 14, 202647 minS6
Miryam Kabakov, executive director of Eshel, and Eden Moyal, a sociolinguist, discuss the intersection of queer identity, Jewish languages, and Orthodox spaces. Eden details the sociolinguistic mechanics of identity...
- Sep 30, 202651 minS6
Sheldon Londner, a secular Yiddishist raised in Los Angeles, shares the powerful legacy of his Polish survivor parents and his lifelong bond with the Yiddish language. Sheldon recounts his parents' miraculous survival...
- Sep 9, 202645 minS6
Rahel Musleah, an award-winning journalist and educator, discusses her roots as a Baghdadi-Indian Jew from Calcutta. Rahel details the history of her name, explaining how the Arabic pronunciation ‘Musleah’ contrasts...
- Sep 2, 202640 minS6
Sabrina Hakim, an Iranian Jewish real estate administrator in Los Angeles, discusses her upbringing in Tehran and her family’s roots in Kashan. Sabrina describes migrating to California in 1978 during political unrest...
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From Taylor Swift to Tehillim: Ashkenazi Identity and Modern Songwriting with Shep Rosenman
Aug 19, 202649 minS6Shep Rosenman, an entertainment lawyer and songwriter, discusses his roots as an Ashkenazi Jew from Far Rockaway, New York. Shep details the origins of his names, explaining how his grandmother feared his given name...
- Aug 5, 202654 minS6
Marek Jezowski and Dominika Zakrzewska-Olędzka, members of Warsaw's progressive Jewish community, discuss their experiences reclaiming their Jewish identity in today’s Poland. Marek recounts fighting the 1982 government...
- Jul 22, 202637 minS5
How do you talk about Shabbat? Do you say Hamotsi or Nöten? Kiddush or ‘Adus? Attend knis, kenisa, kal, or shul? This episode features American Jews from various backgrounds – including Syrian, Bukharian, Persian...
Episode #7
Mediterranean Recipes and Rhythms: with Ariel Lazarus, Nissimmi Naim-Naor, and Samuel Torjman-Thomas
Jul 8, 202658 minS5Ariel Lazarus, Nissimmi Naim-Naor, and Samuel Torjman-Thomas discuss their diverse Mediterranean Jewish roots spanning Morocco, Gibraltar, and Libya. The guests detail how family histories are preserved through heritage...
- Jun 24, 202649 minS5
Growing up in a polyglot household, Benny Ginsberg-Margo developed a deep fascination with the intersection of language and identity. With mixed Sephardi and Ashkenazi roots, he developed a connection to Ladino after...
- Jun 10, 202634 minS5
Hannelore Krug, a German-Jewish immigrant, and her son Ken, a genealogy enthusiast, discuss their family's roots in Hesse-Nassau, Germany. They detail the family's history as cattle dealers, noting a unique professional...
- May 27, 202641 minS5
Michèle Russel-Capriles and Phyllis Meit of the Jewish Cultural Historical Museum in Curaçao discuss their roots as Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews on the island. Michèle details her 15th-generation Sephardic heritage and...
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Dancing on the Same Page: Multilingual Calligraphy and Bridge-Building with Ruben Shimonov
May 13, 202643 minS5Ruben Shimonov, a multilingual educator and artist, discusses his roots as a Bukharian Jew from Uzbekistan. Ruben details the etymology of his names, explaining how the Russian suffix -ov was forced upon Bukharian...
- Apr 29, 202647 minS5
Memoirist Samantha Ellis discusses her background as the daughter of Iraqi Jewish refugees and her memoir about losing her ancestral tongue, Judeo-Iraqi Arabic. Samantha speaks about her family's migration from Baghdad...
- Apr 15, 202652 minS5
Sarah Bunin Benor interviews musician Yoni Avi Battat, who discusses his background studying classical violin and his journey to bringing Arab music into the American Jewish soundscape. Yoni discusses his mixed...
- Mar 30, 202651 minS4
Jenna Weissman Joselit discusses Restless Soul , her biography of Mordecai M. Kaplan. Jenna begins by exploring her own family’s linguistic history, including the myth of a “Marrano bullfighter” ancestor, before diving...
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Chicken-Footed Demons and Synagogue Shouting: Venezuelan Sephardic Life with Joseph Bendahan
Mar 18, 202638 minS4Meet Joseph Bendahan, a nuclear physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who grew up in Caracas, Venezuela. Joseph details his family’s Sephardic roots in the Moroccan cities of Tetouan and Ouezzane before...
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Bonus Episode: Ayuni: Foods of our Middle Eastern and North African Jewish Grandmothers
Mar 11, 202652 minS4Today we want to introduce you to another podcast that we think you’ll like, Ayuni: Voices of our Jewish Grandmothers. On Heritage Words we discuss Jewish culture that's passed down through the generations. Ayuni does...
- Mar 4, 202653 minS4
Sarah Bunin Benor interviews Nora Lacey, founder of the Assyrian Arts Institute, and Alan Niku, a filmmaker and scholar of Mizrahi culture. Together, they explore the connections between their endangered Neo-Aramaic...
- Feb 18, 202642 minS4
Sarah Bunin Benor interviews Sam Miller, a computational linguist of mixed Ashkenazi and Nash-Didan heritage. Sam details his maternal roots in the cosmopolitan city of Urmia, Iran, where his family navigated a...
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