A Few of My Favourite Jews https://thecjn.ca/series/my-favourite-jews/ Pinecast (https://pinecast.com) en-CAThe CJN Podcast Network The CJN Podcast Network mfraiman@thecjn.ca no A Few of My Favourite Jews https://thecjn.ca/series/my-favourite-jews/ https://storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/covers/0621178e-e988-425f-b24e-875aa18470e9/My_Favourite_Jewish_People-05.png episodic Copyright 2026 Yes E5 Bob Dylan, feat. Jordan Foisy https://pinecast.com/guid/f2fcfcfb-e091-4013-a65e-d9d6b3ea7652 Tue, 21 Dec 2021 17:14:32 -0000 01:28:58 Despite his vague statements, Christian lyrics and brief conversion to evangelicalism, Bob Dylan is considered a Jew by most Jews. He had a bar mitzvah; his parents were involved in B'nai Brith and Hadassah; he went to Camp Herzl. He's performed in Tel Aviv and at a Chabad telethon.

That's evidence enough for Jordan Foisy, a comedian and writer, whose favourite Jew is the Nobel-winning troubadour poet and singer born Robert Zimmerman.

Credits

This show is hosted and edited by Laura Leibow (@lauraleibow on Instagram and @tweibow on Twitter). Follow Jordan on Twitter @JordanFoisy. Follow The CJN on Instagram (@thecjn) and find more great Jewish podcasts at thecjn.ca.

]]> Bob Dylan, feat. Jordan Foisy no 2 5 E4 Lisa Kudrow, feat. Sam Sferrazza https://pinecast.com/guid/4c648ed1-c07d-4ca2-9006-0f7eccfeca02 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:33:31 -0000 01:35:45 Examining the life of Lisa Kudrow, before, during and after her career peaked on Friends. Comedian Sam Sferrazza (samislaughing.com) joins. Check out Sam's podcast, Prepare to Die.

Credits

This show is hosted and edited by Laura Leibow (@lauraleibow on Instagram and @tweibow on Twitter). Follow The CJN on Instagram (@thecjn) and find more great Jewish podcasts at thecjn.ca.

]]> Lisa Kudrow, feat. Sam Sferrazza no 2 4 E3 Fran Lebowitz, feat. Rachel Manson https://pinecast.com/guid/ea4698be-1928-4315-a57d-2537d171fbf6 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 19:45:37 -0000 01:18:29 From the moment Rachel Manson first saw Fran Lebowitz in The Wolf of Wall Street, she... didn't know who Lebowitz was. But after that—and after multiple personal crises during the pandemic, during which she watched Pretend It's a City and started reading her books—she became a fan.

See more of Rachel's work at rachelmanson.com.

Credits

This show is hosted and edited by Laura Leibow (@lauraleibow on Instagram and @tweibow on Twitter). Follow The CJN on Instagram (@thecjn) and find more great Jewish podcasts at thecjn.ca.

]]> Fran Lebowitz, feat. Rachel Manson no 2 3 E2 Jerry Seinfeld, feat. Leah Abrahams https://pinecast.com/guid/1756ffb6-690e-4115-910f-ded2cb341af7 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 12:50:16 -0000 01:35:15 "What's the deal with A Few of My Favourite Jews? Do people really have favourite Jews? You ever notice how nobody goes around saying, 'Gee, I really like this Jew.' If they did, I betcha I'd be on a lot of people's lists." – Jerry Seinfeld, probably

Credits

This show is hosted and edited by Laura Leibow (@lauraleibow on Instagram and @tweibow on Twitter). Follow The CJN on Instagram (@thecjn) and find more great Jewish podcasts at thecjn.ca.

]]> Jerry Seinfeld, feat. Leah Abrahams no 2 2 E1 The Coen brothers, feat. the Warry-Smith brothers https://pinecast.com/guid/d6754227-00ea-4745-98b8-d5d92bcf3e27 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:50:50 -0000 01:16:36 For Season 2 of AFOMFJ, we're changing our format. This is now Brothers on Brothers, a show exclusively interviewing two brothers you haven't heard of discuss two brothers you have heard of. So we invited Dan and Matt Warry-Smith join to discuss their favourite Jewish movie-makers, Joel and Ethan Coen.

Credits

This show is hosted and edited by Laura Leibow (@lauraleibow on Instagram and @tweibow on Twitter). Follow The CJN on Instagram (@thecjn) and find more great Jewish podcasts at thecjn.ca.

]]> The Coen brothers, feat. the Warry-Smith brothers no 2 1 E7 Sacha Baron Cohen, feat. Sophie Buddle https://pinecast.com/guid/4de09271-9ae4-4afe-b1cc-f29c5a548074 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:10:30 -0000 01:28:11 Sacha Baron Cohen has been nominated for three Oscars—but he's never won. Sophie Buddle, on the other hand, has actually won a Juno Award for her 2019 comedy album. Who would you rather hear interviewed on this podcast? (Just kidding; you don't have a choice.)

]]> Sacha Baron Cohen, feat. Sophie Buddle no 1 7 E6 Amy Winehouse, feat. Amanda Leibow https://pinecast.com/guid/fb847dda-a7a7-482e-a26a-88a256d5971a Thu, 27 May 2021 18:27:32 -0000 01:17:10 Not many people know Amy Jade Winehouse was Jewish. But the acclaimed singer-songwriter was in fact born to two Jewish parents in a small town in north London, where she attended Jewish Sunday school, though she was hesitant about the experience. She once told a reporter she only attended synagogue once a year "out of respect".

Nonetheless, she never forgot her roots. She once said being Jewish was "not about lighting candles and saying a bracha," and that she still felt the connection. Indeed, Judaism remained close to her heart—literally. A bronze statue of the late singer in Camden Town depicts her with a Magen David necklace she often wore while performing, engraving her spirituality in stone.

On today's episode, Laura's sister Amanda joins to discuss her favourite singer—and favourite Jew.

]]> Amy Winehouse, feat. Amanda Leibow no 1 6 E5 Drake, feat. Zoe Sky Jordan https://pinecast.com/guid/9f7d0ff5-520b-4392-8e29-9d4b89da43aa Fri, 07 May 2021 09:00:00 -0000 It's no surprise that Aubrey Drake Graham is someone's favourite Jew—no less a musician's favourite Jew. In this episode, Zoe Sky Jordan talks about her fellow Canadian Jewish singer/songwriter, and Laura dives into his career, style and Jewish upbringing in Toronto's Forest Hill neighbourhood.

]]> Drake, feat. Zoe Sky Jordan no 1 5 E4 Ben Feldman, feat. Salma Hindy https://pinecast.com/guid/9493ab72-5d7a-43ba-bec6-8eda78f9fc4f Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:00:56 -0000 01:22:37 Whose favourite Jew is Ben Feldman? The rising character actor isn't a household name, but after head-turning gigs on Mad Men, Superstore and Silicon Valley, comedian Salma Hindy went all in. Hear Salma chat with Laura about Feldman's career, as well as lighter subjects like the existence of God, mental illness and the correlation between trauma and poverty.

]]> Ben Feldman, feat. Salma Hindy no 1 4 E3 Adam Sandler, feat. Nick Nemeroff https://pinecast.com/guid/5a1e6bc3-f9f0-49b0-a539-b30281251da3 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 13:20:42 -0000 01:10:13 For Jewish kids who grew up in the '90s, Adam Sandler is a pop culture icon. Juno-nominated comic Nick Nemeroff comes on the show to talk about how Sandler's offbeat style inspired him during his formative millennial years.

]]> Adam Sandler, feat. Nick Nemeroff no 1 3 E2 Larry David, feat. Jhanelle Dennis https://pinecast.com/guid/ff73f536-70ff-4d7e-bb90-5afeaed1531e Tue, 16 Mar 2021 17:45:41 -0000 00:58:33 Comedian Jhanelle Dionne joins the show to talk about one of her comedy idols, the kvetch behind Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David.

]]> Larry David, feat. Jhanelle Dennis no 1 2 E1 Jack Black, feat. Juliana Rodrigues https://pinecast.com/guid/e76c69b0-f107-4ad7-84d5-e703eefe7620 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:00:00 -0000 00:47:58 Episode Notes

Welcome to These Are a Few of My Favourite Jews, a show where comics (and sometimes not comics) talk about their favourite Jewish person with another Jewish person: comedian Laura Leibow. In our debut episode, Laura brings on stand-up comedian, podcast host and close friend Juliana Rodrigues to dissect the life and work of Thomas Jacob Black, better known as Jack Black.

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]]> Jack Black, feat. Juliana Rodrigues no 1 1 Trailer: These Are a Few of My Favourite Jews https://pinecast.com/guid/5439c13a-ec21-4a63-b591-f1ea9b88a19d Mon, 08 Feb 2021 23:42:50 -0000 00:01:14 Episode Notes

Introducing These Are a Few of My Favourite Jews, a new podcast by comedian Laura Leibow and The Canadian Jewish News. Twice a month, Leibow will bring on a guest to chat about their favourite Jewish person. Hopefully, someone will learn something about somebody who's Jewish.

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