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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 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,...

Ep 24 – Purimfest!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:14 — 36.8MB)Having survived the Day of Hate, we discuss our obligation to eradicate Amalek – but don’t try that at home.  Asher then pivots to the story and mitzvot of Purim, and John describes the...

Ep 23 – We’re Number 194!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:10 — 34.1MB)We give thanks to our listeners, who lifted us up to #194…among Jewish podcasts, and we ask them to help us beat the Chofetz Chaim at his own game.  Speaking of numbers, we unpack the 10 Utterances...

Ep 22 – Remix Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:55 — 42.5MB)We discuss whether Tu BiShvat is a tree hugger holiday or just a Jewish tax day — or both — as well as the delicious (except for the carob fruit) kabbalistic seder associated with the holiday....

Ep. 21 – Famous Jewish Sports Hero

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:43 — 49.4MB)Asher describes his MLK weekend church visits and John aspires to sing with a gospel choir.  Speaking of outreach, John eats bagels with a recovering neo-Nazi.  We then invite Jeremy Treister to...

Ep 20 – Bonne Année! 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:58 — 39.8MB)John shares some surprising Jewish twists from his European vacation, including an evangelical shofar, German stumbling stones, “Pappa Don’t Preach” at a kosher restaurant, L’As du Fallafel at Le...