SERIES PREMIERE
FEBRUARY 12, 2026

aN AUDIO SERIES
IN SEVEN CHAPTERS

RECENT UPDATES

1/25/26: Release calendar
1/13/26: Why is this project…
12/31/25: It’s “Finished”
11/12/25: Oil burned for five days
10/29/25: Not Impossible!
9/26/25: Here’s the trailer!
9/7/25: Pintele’s Progress
7/13/25: Nothin’ Yet
7/5/25: Challenges Schmallenges
6/2/25: Pintele Update 8
4/20/25: Pintele Update 7
3/13/25: Four Great Grandparents

Pintele is created and produced entirely by humans, without the use of generative AI.

WHAT IS

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Pintele is an exploration of Jewish identity, and the question of what it means to be Jewish. It includes family and personal history as well as religion, culture, philosophy, and politics. It’s an audio series in seven chapters, filled with comedy, tragedy, and music.

I’ve realized, in the course of working on Pintele, how personal this subject is. I’ve also realized that just seeing it as personal — rather than, say, handed down in stone — is already a personal take, and a challenge to tradition.

So what I meant to say is that Pintele is an exploration of my Jewish identity, and what it means to me. Or, in the old Yiddish folk saying: Every man has his own mishegoss.

EPISODE

DESCRIPTIONS

1 Straight Outta Anatevka

Premieres February 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.

2 GOD AND OTHER GODS

Premieres February 19, 2026 | In the second chapter, I recall being the only Jewish kid in school, and ask many deep and spiritual questions: Is there a god? What’s the point of religion? How can we discuss Jewish identity if nobody knows what it is? And what if Jesus had been a Borscht Belt comedian?

3 A VERY BRODY PASSOVER

Premieres February 26, 2026 | Come with me to Bloomfield, Connecticut in nineteen-eighty-something, where we’ll attend a Passover seder at the home of my great aunt and uncle, Sarah and Joe Brody. Then stick around for some perspective on the Exodus story, and thoughts on the future.

4 you ain’t heard nothin’ yet

Premieres March 5, 2026 | What follows the family to America at the end of Fiddler on the Roof? In this discussion of tradition, precariousness, and the mystical concept of the pintele yid, we consult such sacred texts as The Jazz Singer, Abie’s Irish Rose, and the work of the Marx Brothers.

5 THE OLD JEWISH MAN OF UNITY

Premieres March 12, 2026 | My history continues in Florida, where I contend with racist bullies and kosher wine. A portal to an enchanted world opens, and I cavort through various promised lands with Mel Brooks and other 2,000-year-old men. We conclude with a drama entitled Death in the Catskills.

6 TYRANTS DISAPPEARING

Premieres March 19, 2026 | In the penultimate chapter, we face the challenging subject of Israel and Palestine. Then, to lighten things up, we address the current rise of neo-Nazism and religious autocracy, and ask what it means to be a Jewish American when fascists occupy the White House.

7 NEXT YEAR IN MANHATTAN

Premieres March 26, 2026 | The Pintele series concludes with a look backward and forward. Still seeking answers, we consult Jewish sages like Maimonides and Aunt Sarah. We scratch out a pleasant, simple tune. We recall the genesis of this series, and we begin to understand who we are as Pintele Jews.

A Jewish celebration of liberation

The Pintele Haggadah offers a humanistic approach to Passover, reminding us that the seder is an antifascist festival, celebrating humanity’s ongoing exodus from persecution and tyranny; as well as a chance to gather with the people we love; to talk, laugh, sing, and play with our food. The Pintele Haggadah will be available for purchase when Pintele 3 is released. I hope you’ll consider buying a copy and incorporating it into your Passover tradition — or using it to start one.

The Pintele Haggadah • Written and illustrated by Noah Diamond • Available in February, maybe March, 2026

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Pintele release calendar!

Presenting, for the first time ever, a release calendar for all seven chapters of Pintele!

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Why is this project different from all other projects?

Here in the home stretch, an update on ‍The Pintele Haggadah.

Noah Diamond 12/31/25 Noah Diamond 12/31/25

Pintele Update: It’s “Finished”

It’s the final Pintele update of 2025, and guess what: It’s “finished!” Now it’s just a matter of removing those quotation marks…

Noah Diamond 11/12/25 Noah Diamond 11/12/25

The oil burned for five days

A report on my five-day Pintele sabbatical.

Noah Diamond 10/29/25 Noah Diamond 10/29/25

Update: Not Impossible!

Here’s an update on recent progress, and an entirely possible plan for completing this project in 2025.

Noah Diamond 9/26/25 Noah Diamond 9/26/25

Update: Here’s the trailer!

A progress report at the end of September — and here’s the trailer!

Noah Diamond 9/7/25 Noah Diamond 9/7/25

Update 11: Pintele’s Progress

Riding a burst of momentum, the project suddenly seems to be coming together, with approximately half of the material now fully produced, and a clear path toward… well, let’s not get hysterical.

Noah Diamond 7/13/25 Noah Diamond 7/13/25

Pintele Update 10: You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet

A little distance from One and Two, and a lot of work on Three and Four, are the high notes in this latest aria about my progress on Pintele.

Noah Diamond 7/5/25 Noah Diamond 7/5/25

Pintele Update 9: Challenges Schmallenges

This update includes a bold statement about Parts One and Two, a discussion of the specific challenges of Part Three, and other tidbits guaranteed to make you hope I finish this project soon and stop posting updates about it!

Noah Diamond 6/2/25 Noah Diamond 6/2/25

Pintele Update 8

The view from early June, as work on the Pintele series continues, and the project gets closer and closer to your ears.

Noah Diamond 4/20/25 Noah Diamond 4/20/25

Pintele Update 7

A progress report, a side project, a slight delay, and other mishegoss.

Noah Diamond 3/13/25 Noah Diamond 3/13/25

Four Great Grandparents

Here are four great grandparents, my grandmothers' mothers and fathers, all of whom crossed an ocean before the age of thirty to flee oppression and likely annihilation and start life all over again in a strange new place.