It's one of the most sinister – and enduring – images of the Holocaust: the serial number tattoo branded on inmates of the death camp Auschwitz.
More than 70 years on, these survivors are dwindling in number – but their descendants are finding a shocking new way of keeping those fading memories alive: by giving themselves the same serial number tattoo as their grandparents. We speak to the director of a powerful new Israeli documentary that explores the phenomenon: Numbered.
Also in this podcast, with the US elections just weeks away and the race tighter than ever, we ask whether Jewish Americans will continue to remain a highly loyal Democratic voting bloc, second only to African Americans. What accounts for this extraordinary and long-running allegiance? And we'll hear some Yiddish-style curses to hurl at the minority of Jews considering a vote for Mitt Romney – performed for us by actor, writer and Yiddish-meister David Schneider.
What is a Jewish Mother? We brace ourselves for what could be a major cringe and appraise Channel 4's latest reality TV show: The Jewish Mum of The Year.
Adi Nes is one of Israeli's leading photographers, but he brings a unique outsider's perspective to his work: born of Iranian parents in Israel and openly gay. Now he focuses his lens on a fictitious village – peopled by actors, volunteers and others – in the Jezreel valley in northern Israel, in his new exhibition, "The Village" at the Jewish Museum in London's Camden Town.
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