All Else is Commentary is a podcast of Jewish ideas, hosted by Rabbi Elliott Karstadt. Elliott is part of the rabbinic team at Alyth Synagogue in London. In this podcast, he is joined by other rabbis, writers and academics to delve into texts as diverse as the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud, to contemporary Jewish novels. All Else is Commentary takes deep dives into Jewish texts, considering how they responded to the times in which they were written, as well as what they might say to us today about what it means to live in the world. This is the ideal podcast for anyone who wants to explore Jewish texts and Jewish ideas from a curious, progressive and critical perspective.
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The History of Jewish-Muslim Relations - with Marc David Bear
This week, Elliott has a fascinating conversation with Prof. Marc David Baer (LSE) about his new book on Jewish-Muslim relations.
You can find out more about Marc's book here: https://profilebooks.com/work/children-of-abraham/
As always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk (mailto:allelseis@alyth.org.uk) – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the conversation on our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568470624200)page, and we're also on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/allelseis.bsky.social), so please head over there to give us a follow as well.
If there are people in your life who you think would be interested, please tell them about All Else Is Commentary.
Please visit our website: https://www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult-learning/all-else-is-commentary/
We are incredibly grateful to be supported by the Shoresh Charitable Trust.
All Else Is Commentary is brought to you by Alyth.
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5 Oct 2026
Jews in the Welsh Imagination - with Nathan Abrams
This week Elliott speaks to historian Nathan Abrams about the figure of the Jew in the Welsh Imagination
You can find out more about Nathan's book here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-21621-2
An interesting article on Nathan in the Jewish Chronicle: https://www.thejc.com/life/books/the-writer-revealing-the-untold-stories-of-the-jews-in-wales-b38ry75u
As always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk (mailto:allelseis@alyth.org.uk) – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the conversation on our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568470624200)page, and we're also on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/allelseis.bsky.social), so please head over there to give us a follow as well.
If there are people in your life who you think would be interested, please tell them about All Else Is Commentary.
Please visit our website: https://www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult-learning/all-else-is-commentary/
We are incredibly grateful to be supported by the Shoresh Charitable Trust.
All Else Is Commentary is brought to you by Alyth.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
28 Sept 2026
The Jewish Community of Turkey - with Simon Waldman
This week Elliott speaks to historian Simon Waldman about the Jewish community of Turkey.
You can find out more about Simon's book here: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Simon-Waldman/269925606
As always, if you have any comments or questions, please be in touch with us at allelseis@alyth.org.uk (mailto:allelseis@alyth.org.uk) – we would love to hear from you. You can also join the conversation on our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568470624200)page, and we're also on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/allelseis.bsky.social), so please head over there to give us a follow as well.
If there are people in your life who you think would be interested, please tell them about All Else Is Commentary.
Please visit our website: https://www.alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult-learning/all-else-is-commentary/
We are incredibly grateful to be supported by the Shoresh Charitable Trust.
All Else Is Commentary is brought to you by Alyth.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
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