by swinterroth | Dec 19, 2022 | Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:21 — 37.4MB)Wish us mazel tov in reaching our 18th episode without being cancelled, literally or figuratively! Speaking of getting “chai,” we get into the weeds about marijuana under both secular...
by John Geiringer | Dec 9, 2022 | Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:09 — 46.4MB)Former Second Lieutenant Asher Lopatin, U.S. Army, describes his quest for “shared society” in Israel. John’s college roommate, Brigadier General Mark Clingan, USMC, also discusses his “work trip”...
by John Geiringer | Nov 22, 2022 | Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:15 — 37.3MB)A recent shivah house visit prompts John to ask Asher about the mourning custom. Who is Othniel Ben Kenaz and what’s his connection to the recent disturbances in Hebron? We then analyze...
by John Geiringer | Nov 18, 2022 | Podcast, Posts
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:16 — 56.6MB)We ponder whether Roe-vember stopped the Red Wave, leading us to the halachic view of abortion, and why it differs from the fundamentalist Christian perspective. Doug Klein, our first guest(!),...
by swinterroth | Nov 11, 2022 | Podcast, Posts
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:36 — 42.0MB)(Rabbi) Asher (Lopatin) describes his adventures at the other General Assembly. We then unpack the latest Israeli election, and how American Jews should respond to the results. Asher explains...
by John Geiringer | Oct 26, 2022 | Podcast, Posts
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:26 — 37.9MB)As we celebrate our bar mitzvah episode, and wait for our fountain pens to arrive, Asher describes the halachic underpinnings of the popular ritual. Because it’s Rosh Chodesh Marcheshvan, and...