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A Rabbi and a Lawyer

Walk into a bar Podcast

Relatively well informed and irreverent musings on religion, news, and society. Grab a seat and join old friends, Rabbi Asher Lopatin and his former synagogue president, John Geiringer. Imagine sharing a drink with two news junkies who keep an open mind, challenge the status quo, and love discussing the comedy, tragedy, absurdity, and reality of the Jewish experience. Throughout their discussions, John will ask Asher provocative questions that congregants wish they could ask their rabbis.

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Rising Lion

by | Aug 1, 2025 | Podcast

https://media.blubrry.com/rabbilawyerbar/api.substack.com/feed/podcast/169862413/22ecddc6d79d7b9e901e150f215a9298.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:51 — 26.0MB)We discuss the Torah and Persian sources for the name of Israel’s recent Iran...

Searching for Kurdish Swag

by | Jun 6, 2025 | Podcast

https://media.blubrry.com/rabbilawyerbar/api.substack.com/feed/podcast/165351014/5a85d065d6a55b046afa58e64df23e29.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 44:46 — 30.7MB)We haven’t spoken since John’s dog ate the afikoman, and we discuss his Omer...

Matir Asurim

by | Apr 10, 2025 | Posts

https://media.blubrry.com/rabbilawyerbar/api.substack.com/feed/podcast/161043555/4945590a850734c8c172b262f90b1d81.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:32 — 27.1MB)Did Asher visit Africa to avoid Pesach cleaning?  We discuss his recent trip to...

Ambassador Rabbi Lopatin

by | Mar 3, 2025 | Posts

https://media.blubrry.com/rabbilawyerbar/api.substack.com/feed/podcast/158317263/8c6127ac67612cfed751d56ad7eaf8ed.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:24 — 27.7MB)And now for something completely different. We discuss Asher’s unbelievable...

Jew in the House

by | Jan 24, 2025 | Posts

https://media.blubrry.com/rabbilawyerbar/api.substack.com/feed/podcast/155641228/11f792c77e99da7505f7b5fb15b25a52.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:07 — 28.9MB)What’s this Asarah B’Tevet fast all about?  We then swing on the pendulum...