Episodes

  • PINTELE Trailer (Series Premiere February 12)
    Jan 25 2026

    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.

    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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    2 mins
  • Part 2: God and Other Gods
    Feb 19 2026

    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.

    The Pintele Haggadah is now available at 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

    Pintele © 2026 Noah Lerner Diamond and Amanda Lee Sisk. All rights reserved.

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    53 mins
  • Part 1: Straight Outta Anatevka
    Feb 12 2026

    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.

    The Pintele Haggadah is now available at 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.

    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

    Pintele © 2026 Noah Lerner Diamond and Amanda Lee Sisk. All rights reserved.

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    1 hr and 16 mins