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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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Ep 34 – New Year, New You

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:06 — 20.2MB)The new year always brings the possibility of a fresh start, so Asher and John discuss the value of incremental improvement, both in jiu-jitsu and in life.  Asher explains what to expect when...

Ep 33 – The World’s Most Interesting Man

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:13 — 62.3MB)Law professor, author, and activist Amos Guiora joins the podcast to provide his unvarnished and sometimes controversial views on a variety of subjects, including the state of affairs in the State...

Ep 32 – Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:58 — 61.9MB)Romance blossoms as Asher and John discuss Tu B’Av, the Jewish day of love.  They get an assist from Asher’s wife, Rachel, a modern day matchmaker with a guaranteed spot in the afterlife.  Finally,...

Ep 31 – Happy Birthday?

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:42 — 48.2MB)We celebrate our first podcast birthday during the Nine Days, and Asher spills the secret for keeping sermons fresh after the first year.  John describes the tragic events that we commemorate on...

Ep 30 – There’s No Place Like Home

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 44:08 — 52.4MB)What’s the bracha over a tornado?  A Muslim, a Christian, and a rabbi (sounds like another podcast) visit the Holy Land, and, like David Draiman from Disturbed, Asher delivers a positive report...