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...
by swinterroth | Oct 21, 2022 | Podcast, Posts
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:27 — 36.1MB)Because this is the “Genesis” episode of the year….Now that COVID hits our podcast, we ask why there is a “Land of Confusion” among some Jews regarding modern medicine. Asher tells us that if we...
by John Geiringer | Oct 14, 2022 | Podcast, Posts
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:41 — 29.0MB)So many holidays, so little time. As we move through Sukkot, while avoiding skunks, we squeeze in Hoshana Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah (and its importance to the Top Secret! movie),...
by John Geiringer | Oct 7, 2022 | Podcast, Posts
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:47 — 36.4MB)Warning: this episode is spicier than most. We start by discussing why we read about sexual ethics on Yom Kippur, and how even the traditional Jewish view on homosexuality is more nuanced...
by John Geiringer | Oct 3, 2022 | Podcast, Posts
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:21 — 29.6MB)Does 5783 mean that we walked around with dinosaurs? John’s trip to Philly prompts a discussion of the Liberty Bell and the Jewish view on Jewish slavery. We then discuss Asher’s White...
