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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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Tzedakah Entrepreneur 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (44.7MB)We discuss Asher’s connection to the Goldberg-Polin family, with the tragedy of Hersh and the strength of his mom.  “The king is in the field” during the month of Elul, but are we lobbying Him or is He campaigning for our...

Our Favorite (Former Neo-) Nazi

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 49:07 — 45.0MB)Asher describes the various restrictions during The Three Weeks, our collective period of mourning, but more importantly, explains what they are meant to elicit. Speaking of which, we are joined by...

Latke vs. Hamantash (vs. Draykops)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:25 — 35.1MB)Asher describes his ongoing Israel advocacy efforts, including his recent trip to the Holy Land, which included visiting hospitals, picking lettuce, and reveling in his strange love of driving...

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 28 – No Tachanun

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:03 — 37.6MB)Asher describes his meaningful interfaith trip down South to explore African-American history.  Was Shimon Bar Yochai the inspiration for MTG’s Jewish space lasers?  We discuss how the...