Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat's So Funny About Antisemitism? With Raanan Hershberg
Season 4 Episode 39
America has enjoyed a golden age of Jewish comedy: Mel Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld, and Amy Schumer are just some of the luminaries that have graced our s…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Is the Zabar's Story A Jewish Story? With David Zabar
Season 4 Episode 38
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The story of Zabar's--a NYC foodie fixture--i…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Is the Future Non-Denominational? With Rabbi Avi Killip
Season 4 Episode 37
Do the words that once categorized Jews--reform, conservative, orthodox--still matter today? And if they don't... then what's next? To answer these q…
5 months ago
Is Reform Judaism About Modernity Or Tradition? With Rabbi Rick Jacobs
Season 4 Episode 36
Will Reform Judaism be defined by the past, or the future? Does it emphasize the Jewish community, or the community at large? Does it feature persona…
5 months, 1 week ago
Will Conservative Judaism Survive? With Rabbi Nicole Guzik and Rabbi Erez Sherman
Season 4 Episode 35
What is Conservative Judaism? Why is its share of American Jews shrinking? Can you take a Waymo to Shabbat services? Here to explore these questions …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Does Judaism Have Denominations? With Zev Eleff
Season 4 Episode 35
Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist... where do these religious practices come from? What do they even mean? Zev Eleff, the president o…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Straight Outta Egypt with Michael Rapaport
Season 4 Episode 33
For this special Passover episode, Mijal and Noam open their door to actor and comedian Michael Rapaport (Friends, Only Murders In The Building, The …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
The Greatest Rabbi Of All Time? With Jenna Weissman Joselit
Season 4 Episode 32
In this episode, Noam and Mijal begin their multi-part exploration of Jewish denominations in America with one of the most influential rabbis in hist…
6 months ago
What The Headlines Mean For American Jews with Bret Stephens
Season 4 Episode 31
An anti-semitic attack in Michigan. War with Iran. The news cycle is spinning so rapidly that it’s hard to make sense of it all. This week, Noam and …
6 months, 1 week ago
The Truth About Antizionism with Adam Louis-Klein
Season 4 Episode 30
Perhaps the only thing more contentious than the definition of antisemitism is the definition of antizionism; when is criticism of Israel legitimate,…
6 months, 2 weeks ago