Kol Hasaftot

Shela Mizrahi is the Turkish grandma you didn’t know you needed. She is passionate about her Turkish ladino roots and loves to keep tradition alive in her kitchen. Her grandkids love to eat her leek meat patties and she is a pro at making cheese filled Turkish borekas. Tune into this week’s episode to hear all about her life in Turkey and Israel, and why Shela thinks it’s so important for women to work.

Ruti David is the Iraqi grandmother you didn’t know you needed. She’s a true lady, gracious and glamorous, and also a woman who has worked hard for her marriage, her family, and herself throughout the years. Together with her late husband Uri, they were involved in philanthropic work and advocacy for Israel and specifically played a pivotal role in preserving Iraqi Jewish history in the museum of Babylonian Jewry in Or Yehuda. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and enjoy this episode.

Tzippi Yaakobovitch knows counts her blessings everyday. Born to holocaust survivor parents, she has known from a very young age that happiness and sadness go hand in hand and that the secret to living life is to be happy when you can and to always be grateful for all there is. Listen to this episode to hear about how to make typical chicken paprikash and shpetzleh.

Linda Olmert is not your typical Safta. Born to holocaust survivors in Canada, she knew from a very early age that she wanted to make Aliya and realise her parents Zionist dream. As a strong Jewish role model to her kids and grandkids she focuses on how her ancestry has shaped her identity, but also prides herself on giving her kids the childhood she didn’t have. Tune in to hear all about Linda and her famous TapuShnitz recipe.

Yudit Weil is a Safta Extraordinaire. She carried her Jerusalemite childhood and memories with her to London where she met and married her husband. They raised their daughters with a focus on educating and nurturing, each taking their own path. Yudit's love for education brought her back to the classroom as a teacher. Yudit now resides in Herzliya with her husband and loves spending time with her grandchildren both in Israel and in London.

Marie Jacoby is an Iranian savta and also an incredible chef. Born in India, raised in Hamburg and London, Marie married her childhood sweatheart Ami, and moved to Israel in the 80's. Since then, she discovered a great love for the kitchen and has a huge repertoire of fingerlickingly good recipes. She is a real foodie and believes that food is the way to everyone's heart. Listen to this episode while you sit down for lunch because it will make you hungry!

Nelly Blanga is a guest like no other, She is the beloved Nonna of host Sabrina Shance. Nelly was born in Sidon, Southern Lebanon, and in 1948, she moved to Beirut where she met David who she later married. Together they immigrated to Israel, and then to Milan, and then to London, and then back to Israel. Over the years, they picked up friends, family, and recipes. In this episode she shares her life story, marriage advice, her love for cooking and the kitchen, and how family is the most important thing for her. Tune in to this episode to laugh, feel good, and learn how to make Nonna's famous Sayadiyeh.

Michelle Herschfeld is an extrordinary woman. She raised 4 boys all while working hard as a lawyer in the UK and is now a loving grandma who loves spending quality time with each of her grandchildren. Michelle has such fond memories of the food her mother and grandmother made for her and still makes her mother's famous sponge cake. In typical Jewish fashion, Michelle can tell you about her ancestors and their journey from Eastern Europe to the UK in great detail and as a proud Jew, she has always taken an active role in community life, spending many years volunteering for Jewish humanitarian causes.

Marna Binun, an Israeli-South African Olah, shares everything about her upbringing, how she evolved in her Judaism and the culture shock of moving from South Africa to Raanana in the 80's. Her positive outlook on marriage, family, and life, is not to be missed. Marna shares her hearty soup recipe as well as quick dinner ideas.

This episode is in Hebrew. Ruchama Kraus shares her life story, from growing up in Bnei Berak, to spending many years living in Iran with her husband, and then returning to Israel to have her kids. Ruchama was a businesswoman, a dance teacher and so much more. She shares her advice, unique outlook on life, and her famous Hungarian goulash recipe. Don't miss out.  

Welcome to the first episode of Kol Hasaftot. Host Sabrina Shance chats with American Savta Lori Lasday about her childhood, Yiddish food, having young kids, and being a grandma to 3 gorgeous grandkids. She shares her famous recipe for Hamentaschen. Enjoy!