'The most religiously intense street in the UK' – Sounds Jewish podcast
In this episode broadcaster and oral historian Alan Dein eavesdrops on a day in the life of Oldhill Street in Hackney, a remarkable corner of London
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Sounds Jewish: December 2010
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Jason Solomons is joined by Jonathan Freedland as he reviews the Jewish highs and lows of 2010
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