Pintele

About Pintele

A seven-part series exploring Jewish identity, written and performed by Noah Diamond. Complete mishegoss at noahdiamond.com/pintele (https://www.noahdiamond.com/pintele).

Publisher

Noah Diamond

Category

religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jan 2026

Latest episode

26 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

8 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Mar 2026

   Part 7: Next Year in Manhattan

   The series concludes with a look backward and forward. Still seeking answers, we consult Jewish sages like Maimonides and Aunt Sarah. We scratch out a pleasant, simple tune. We recall the genesis of this series, and we begin to understand who we are as Pintele Jews. For episode notes and resources, and a comments thread where you can express your opinion about this episode, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele). The Pintele Haggadah is now available at noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele)! I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition, or using it to start one. Music heard in this episode includes “On Sabbath Eve” recorded by Efim Schachmeister and his Künstler Orchestra; “Hello I Must Be Going” by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, performed by Groucho Marx in the film Animal Crackers; “Mazel Tov” and “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen” recorded by Emil Stern; “Hava Nagila” performed by Rika Zarai; and “I’m Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica” by Tom Lehrer. You also heard “Broadway in Blue” by Eamonn Watt, “Klezmer Moon” by Cynthia Anastasia La Fata, “Broadway Stroll” by Jeremy Hugh Sherman, “Brookline Chair Lift” by Steve Rice, and versions of “Hava Nagila” by Steve Rice and Musical Production, licensed from the Pond5 media collection. Special thanks to the Mamales (Maya Jacobson, Raquel Nobile, and Jodi Snyder) for permission to include their spectacular 2022 recording of "Abi Gezunt" in this episode. Follow them on Instagram @themamales. noahdiamond.com/pintele/part7-next-year-in-manhattan (https://www.noahdiamond.com/pintele/part7-next-year-in-manhattan) PINTELE © 2026 Noah Lerner Diamond and Amanda Lee Sisk. All rights reserved.

2. 

   19 Mar 2026

   Part 6: Tyrants Disappearing

   We open with a joke in Jerusalem, then face the subject of Israel and Palestine. Next, to lighten things up, we ask what it means to be a Jewish American when fascists occupy the U.S. government. And finally, we close with a song in Bloomfield and a dance in East Berlin. For episode notes and resources, and a comments thread where you can express your opinion about this episode, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele). The Pintele Haggadah is now available at noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele)! I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition, or using it to start one. Music heard in this episode includes “Yiddishe Charleston” by Nathan Glatz and His Orchestra and “Charleston” by the Golden Gate Orchestra. You also heard versions of “Rock of Ages” or “Ma’oz Tzur” by Josef Keller and Alon Marcus; as well as “Jewish Sorrow” by Danielyan Ashot Makichevich; “Lament for Jerusalem” by David Hollandsworth; “Forward Thinking” by Tim Brown; “Dark Ages” by Bjorn Lynne; “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” recorded by Mike Fielding; "Hava Nagila Sly Violin" by Musical Production, “Sholom Aleichem Rhapsodies” and “The Edge of Hearing” by David Ezra Okonsar; and “City at Night” by Matthew James Heathcote; licensed from the Pond5 media collection. noahdiamond.com/pintele/part6-tyrants-disappearing (https://www.noahdiamond.com/pintele/part6-tyrants-disappearing) PINTELE © 2026 Noah Lerner Diamond and Amanda Lee Sisk. All rights reserved.

3. 

   12 Mar 2026

   Part 5: The Old Jewish Man of Unity

   Transported to South Florida, I contend with racist bullies and kosher wine. A portal to an enchanted world opens, and I cavort through various promised lands with Mel Brooks and other 2,000-year-old men. We conclude with a drama entitled “Death in the Catskills.” For episode notes and resources, and a comments thread where you can express your opinion about this episode, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele). The Pintele Haggadah is now available at noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele). I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition, or using it to start one. Music heard in this episode includes “Hello, Schmendrik!” by Morris Goldstein, “Hava Nagila” and “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen” from Tikvah Records, “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen” by Emil Stern, “Florida, The Moon and You” by Carl Fenton’s Orchestra, and George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” performed by Jason Weinberger and the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony. Also: "Hava Nagila Sly Violin" by Musical Production, “Broadway Bigwig” by Art and Robin Munson, “Me and My Mullet” by Felipe Adorno Vassao, “Brookline Chair Lift” by Steve Rice, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” recorded by Mike Fielding, “Back to the Forties” by Andrea Damiano, and other selections licensed from the Pond5 Media Collection. noahdiamond.com/pintele/part5-the-old-jewish-man-of-unity (https://www.noahdiamond.com/pintele/part5-the-old-jewish-man-of-unity)

4. 

   5 Mar 2026

   Part 4: You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet

   What follows the family to America at the end of Fiddler on the Roof? In this discussion of tradition, precariousness, and the mystical concept of the pintele yid, we consult such sacred texts as The Jazz Singer, Abie’s Irish Rose, and the work of the Marx Brothers. For episode notes and resources, and a comments thread where you can express your opinion about this episode, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele). The Pintele Haggadah is now available at noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele). I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition, or using it to start one. Music heard in this episode includes “Dos Pintele Yid” by Jacob Fuchs and the Jewish Theatre choir, “Blue Skies” by Sam Lanin’s Orchestra, “Mir fohren kein America” by Hymie Jacobson and Fanny Lubritsky, “Dos Pintele Yid” by Pepi Litman, “On the Road to Calais” by Al Jolson, “My Mother’s Eyes” by George Jessel, “Manhattan” by Harry Reser and the Night Club Orchestra and by Ruth Tester and Allan Gould, “My New York” by Dave Kaplan and His Happiness Orchestra, and “The Monkey Doodle Doo” by Busse’s Buzzards. Also: “Jewish Comedians” by Alon Marcus, “Sholom Aleichem Rhapsodies” by David-Ezra Okonsar, “Brookline Chair Lift” and “Hava Nagila” by Steve Rice, and other selections licensed from the Pond5 media collection. noahdiamond.com/pintele/part4-you-aint-heard-nothin-yet (https://www.noahdiamond.com/pintele/part4-you-aint-heard-nothin-yet)

5. 

   26 Feb 2026

   Part 3: A Very Brody Passover

   Come with me to Bloomfield, Connecticut in 1980-something, to attend a Passover seder at the home of my great aunt and uncle, Sarah and Joe Brody. Then, stay for some after-dinner perspective on the Exodus story, and thoughts on the future. For episode notes and resources, and a comments thread where you can express your opinion about this episode, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele). The Pintele Haggadah is now available at noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele). I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition, or using it to start one. Music heard in this episode includes “Dayenu” by Cantor David Putterman, “Da-Ye-Nu” by the Burton Sisters, “Kiddush” by Cantor Edgar Mills and the Oheb Shalom Quartet, “Ma Nishtana” by the Orquesta de Camara and the Zimra Quartet, “Longing For Home” by the International Concert Orchestra, and “Mazel Tov” by Emil Stern. Also: “Brookline Chair Lift” by Steve Rice, “Jewish Comedians” by Alon Marcus, “Shalom Aleichem Rhapsodies” by David-Ezra Okonsar, “Lament for Jerusalem” by David Hollandsworth, “Go Down Moses” by the Andy Warner Band, “Hava Nagila Sly Violin” by Musical Production, and other selections licensed from the Pond5 media collection. noahdiamond.com/pintele/part3-a-very-brody-passover (https://www.noahdiamond.com/pintele/part3-a-very-brody-passover) Pintele © 2026 Noah Lerner Diamond and Amanda Lee Sisk. All rights reserved.

6. 

   19 Feb 2026

   Part 2: God and Other Gods

   In the second chapter, we ask big questions: Is there a god? How can we discuss Jewish identity if nobody knows what it is? And what if Jesus had been a Borscht Belt comedian? Also, Red confronts Sarah about religion, and I recall being the only Jewish kid in school. For episode notes and resources, and a comments thread where you can express your opinion about this episode, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele). The Pintele Haggadah is now available at noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele). I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition, or using it to start one. Music heard in this episode includes “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” by the Joe Green Orchestra, “Longing For Home” by the International Concert Orchestra, “Mazel Tov” by Emil Stern, “On Sabbath Eve” by Efim Schachmeister and his Künstler Orchestra, and “Gypsy” by the Russian Novelty Orchestra. Also: “Broadway Stroll” by Jeremy Hugh Sherman, “Jazz Comedy” by Stan Nau, “Cabaret Jazz” by Aleksander Shvarev, “Shalom Aleichem Rhapsodies” by David-Ezra Okonsar; “Christmas in C Major” by Graham McRae, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” recorded by Mike Fielding, “Hava Nagila Sly Violin” by Musical Production, “Hava Nagila” by Steve Rice, and other selections licensed from the Pond5 media collection. noahdiamond.com/pintele/part2-god-and-other-gods (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele/part2-god-and-other-gods) Pintele © 2026 Noah Lerner Diamond and Amanda Lee Sisk. All rights reserved.

7. 

   12 Feb 2026

   Part 1: Straight Outta Anatevka

   We begin with the story of how I found my identity in great American musicals. Then we return to the Pale of Settlement, follow my great grandmother across the ocean, and begin to explore the relationship between Judaism and Jewishness, as represented by her two daughters. For episode notes and resources, and a comments thread where you can express your opinion about this episode, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele. (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele/part1-straight-outta-anatevka) The Pintele Haggadah is now available at noahdiamond.com/pintele (http://noahdiamond.com/pintele). I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition, or using it to start one. Special thanks to Eleanor Reissa for permission to include her recording of “Yankee Doodle Boy / Lebn Zol Columbus” in this episode. The recording appears on Ms. Reissa’s 1992 album Going Home: Gems of Yiddish Song. For more information, visit eleanorreissa.com (http://eleanorreissa.com). Other music heard in this episode includes “Palesteena” by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band; “Broken Life” by the Russian Novelty Orchestra; “Mein Shtetele Belz” by The Berries and by Sammy Wardell and his Para-Muse Recorders; “Mazel Tov” by Emil Stern; “Lebn Zol Columbus” by Abraham Rosenstein; “Internationale” by the Kunstler Orchestra; “Kaddish” by Cantor Alberto Meir Pinkas; and “Golden Wedding” by Rita Marlowe with Sid Phillips and His Orchestra. Also: “The Presidents’ March” by Greg Wardson, “Broadway Bigwig” by Art and Robin Munson, “Klezmer Moon” by Cynthia Anastasia La Fata, “Broadway in Blue” by Eamonn Watt, “Mitzva River” by Paul Gelsomine, “Lament for Jerusalem” by David Hollandsworth, “Making it On Broadway” by Benjamin Orth, “Shalom Aleichem Rhapsodies” by David-Ezra Okonsar; “Hava Nagila Sly Violin” by Musical Production; and “Brookline Chair Lift” and “Hava Nagila” by Steve Rice, licensed from the Pond5 media collection. noahdiamond.com/pintele/part1-straight-outta-anatevka (https://www.noahdiamond.com/pintele/part1-straight-outta-anatevka) Pintele © 2026 Noah Lerner Diamond and Amanda Lee Sisk. All rights reserved.

8. 

   25 Jan 2026

   PINTELE Trailer

   This is the trailer for PINTELE, an audio series in seven chapters, written and performed by Noah Diamond. Part 1, "Straight Outta Anatevka," premieres February 12, 2026, with a new chapter every Thursday through the end of March. For more information, background, and updates, please visit noahdiamond.com/pintele (https://www.noahdiamond.com/pintele). Music heard in this trailer includes "Hava Nagila Sly Violin" (Musical Production), "Brookline Chair Lift" (Steve Rice), and "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (Sirus Music), licensed from the Pond5 Media Collection. PINTELE © 2026 Noah Diamond. All rights reserved.

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