The Big Schmear Podcast

Exploring Jewish Food, Culture and History

The Big Schmear Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 76 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts The Big Schmear Podcast, a arts show with 76 episodes published.

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  Kantika

  Feb 20, 2025—S0

  <p> <p>Thanks for looking in on The Big Schmear. Our episode this month is with award-winning author, Elizabeth Graver. We will be talking about her most recent book, entitled Kantika. And, although we do spend some time talking about the story of Kantika – which I found incredibly engaging for a number of reasons: I loved the time and place of the story, I fell in love with the main character and along the way I learned about the life of a Jewish family from Turkey and her life’s journey that brought her to the US. It was not a si...

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  Recovered Voices

  Jan 26, 202544 minS0

  <p> <p>I’m so glad to have you along for this episode of The Big Schmear. My guest today, Jeanne Golan, is not only a special friend but also a wonderful pianist. And it’s because of her playing that I have invited her to be my guest. This episode is in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and I knew that Jeanne’s project, Recovered Voices, would be exactly the right focus. We talk quite a bit about her project; how it came to be, where it’s taken her musically, and how she has been able to bring th...

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  Jewish Flavours of Italy

  Dec 23, 202436 minS0

  <p> <p>Happy Chanukah, Everyone! I’m happy to have you join me for this December’s episode. You’ll be meeting my guest, recent cookbook author, Silvia Nacamulli. Silvia begins our conversation by providing us with a window into the Jewish Culinary history of Italy. She also shares a good deal about her own family history while pointing out some of her favorite Italian Jewish foods, complete with mouthwatering descriptions. And if you write to me at beth@thebigschmear.com I’ll send you a copy of her Chanukah recipe called Precipizi-Struffoli that she talks about during our conversation.<br /> An...

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  The Inside Story: Judaica at the MFA, Boston

  Nov 13, 202432 minS0

  <p> <p>It’s still fall! New England is in that in-between time; beautiful sunny days with temps going back and forth between unseasonably warm and yikes, it really will be winter soon.<br />It’s on the ‘gonna get colder’ days that I think about my recent times at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and how this is the perfect time to share with you my conversation with their curator, Simona Di Nepi. She will be talking about her unique position at the MFA and the new Judaica gallery.<br />As you’ll soon find out, she is an extr...

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  Loaves of Torah: Exploring the Jewish Year through Challah

  Oct 25, 202438 minS0

  <p> <p>Happy New Year!</p> <p>I hope your New Year celebration was meaningful and joyous. </p> <p>I’m looking forward to all the audio adventures we will be on together in 5785. I already have great guests on-board with stories to share that I know you’ll enjoy. This brings me to our first episode of this New Year. We’ll be talking about the road to the rabbinate for my guest, Rabbi Vanessa M. Harper, who found that her love of baking challah and studying Torah could bring new insight into her own Jewish experiences as a studen...

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