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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 35 – Live Long and Prosper

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:49 — 37.0MB)We discuss our respective Rosh Hashanas, including Asher’s geopolitical sermons and John’s unexpected rendition of Dem Bones for his congregation.  For Yom Kippur, Asher explains how we should...

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...

Ep 29 – Guard Your Tongue

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:54 — 49.5MB)Summer is finally here!  While normal people spend those nights having BBQs and visiting the beach, John is teaching Holocaust and the Law, and the lessons for today.  We discuss the recent...

Ep 27 – Count on Me

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:08 — 43.2MB)Jews are in a period of semi-mourning as we count the days of the Omer after Passover.  So it’s only appropriate that this episode is heavier than most, as we discuss the Holocaust,...