Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: A Kosher Jewish Stand-up Comedian in Wales

Jewish, Welsh and a stand-up comedian, Bennett Arron says he 'has a dragon on one shoulder and a Rabbi on the other'. This is Bennett's personal journey and mission to discover what happened to the Jews who once lived in great numbers in Wales. 

Originally from Port Talbot and the last Jew to attend Port Talbot's Glan Afan comprehensive, Bennett's back in his home town to perform his critically-acclaimed 'Jewelsh' comedy show. The journey takes Bennett through South Wales, revealing both a strong Jewish-Welsh heritage and examples of Welsh anti-semitism.

In this two-part video, Arron visits his homeland to research his roots from the days when his grandfather, Benjamin Aronovitch, came to Wales from Kovno, Lithuania in 1913 to find a better way of life in the booming steel town of Port Talbot.

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