Not a Rabbi
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsOn the Internet (and in real life), someone can read a lot of information about Orthodox Jews that is not necessarily true or correct. The goal of this podcast is to have a nuanced conversation about what middle of the road Orthodox Jews believe.
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Episodes
S3E7 - Who Will Play Me in the Movie?
November 13, 2021 23:43 - 45 minutes - 42 MBEpisode Notes news articles https://www.timesofisrael.com/who-can-play-a-jew-celebs-claim-double-standard-over-onscreen-representation/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-actor-faces-relentless-abuse-for-playing-jewish-character-in-bbc-series/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/arts/television/mayim-bialik-jeopardy.html > Bialik(once) blogged about donating money to buy bulletproof vests for the Israel Defense Forces.” https://www.thewrap.com/when-actors-prey-elderly-58131/ https://w...
S3E6 - There is Something in the Water
September 30, 2021 17:56 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBEpisode Notes news items Archbishop and the High Hold Days Why centrist Orthodox living doesn’t make good TV 'My Unorthodox Life' spurred ultra-Orthodox Jewish women to talk publicly about their lives First Temple Cheating Weight Ancient Mikvah found in Mexico other things mentioned Talmudology 93Queen - PBS's Page 93 Queen - Available for rental on Amazon listener question > I just heard something and I have to confirm with you… is the water in new your not kosher? Someone just ...
S3E5 - Was A. Ham Kosher?
September 23, 2021 16:22 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBEpisode Notes I'm very late in getting this episode out, I'm sorry about that There was some static at some points during the recording of the episode. My apologies for that; I'll try to figure out what the issue was so it can be completely eliminated. The Upcoming Holiday Season Several holidays coming up in the month of September news https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-your-oven-stuck-on-350-degrees-its-not-broken-its-in-sabbath-mode-11629401988 https://www.jns.org/historian-claims-fou...
S3E4 - Questions, Questions
August 16, 2021 20:37 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBEpisode Notes It was a slow news week this week and so I took one new question and one old question and answered those for what is a slightly shorter show. Question 1 I listened to the Passover episode again, you talked at the end about selling the leaven using the rabbi as an agent and then leaving it in a locked cabinet. Do you buy it back at the end of Passover? Is there a non-Jew that the Rabbi then sells it to, knowing that this leaven is just temporarily theirs? Or are you just in i...
S3E3 - Follow-up and News Round-up
August 08, 2021 20:35 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBEpisode Notes In this episode we just kept it to the basics with some follow-up and news articles with my thoughts about them. Follow-up Major League Baseball on Shabbos Gannett Apologizes A Major League Problem News First Temple-era segment of Jerusalem's city wall uncovered Amber Adler Running for NYC City Council Adidas Choses Beatie Deutsch as face of ad campaign Superman and his Jewish creators Behing the Bima interview with Beatie Deutsch Support Not a Rabbi by contributing...
S3E2 - Is this a 1st Amendment Case?
July 28, 2021 21:27 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBEpisode Notes News and Discussion: New Jewish Superhero in DC Comics Google Parts with Cloud VP Kosher Supervision Company asked to drop Ben & Jerry's Main Topic Special Guest and Not a Rabbi Legal Correspondent - Bret Uhrich Partner at Walkerheye.com Kept From Keeping Shabbos Orthodox Women in Medicine Face Descrimination Town of Jackson. NJ Case Previous Court Decisions We Discussed Hardison Goldman EEOC v. Abercrombie New York Executive Law 296 Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins ...
S3E1 - The Saddest Day on the Calendar
July 18, 2021 21:24 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBEpisode Notes After an unexpected break for a few months due to moving and other things, we're back with a new episode and a new season. In this episode, we talk about observant Jews in Baseball and the saddest day in the Jewish calendar the Ninth of Av. News and links: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple https://www.realmofhistory.com/2018/07/31/3d-animated-version-of-solomons-temple/ https://nypost.com/2021/07/11/orthodox-jewish-pitcher-expected-to-be-picked-in-mlb-d...
S2E6 - Education 2 - Electric Boogaloo
April 13, 2021 13:31 - 50 minutes - 46 MBEpisode Notes News and Links Here’s Why BuzzFeed News Is No Longer Hyphenating “Antisemitism” Longing for a shot at the majors, but sitting out the Sabbath: Elie Kligman can do anything on a baseball field, but his strict observance of the Jewish sabbath complicates his future Iceland Recognizes Judaism as a Religion Amazon Rules forcing many Orthodox sellers to leave the program Main Topic - Education Redux My Son's Yeshiva is Breaking the law Previous podcast episode about Educatio...
S2E5 - Passover - The Holiday of Freedom
March 22, 2021 12:44 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBEpisode Notes Rabbi Shalom Garfinkel's (My brother in law) Podcast: Monday Motivation Miami Sun Sentinal NBA Player saying a slur? Amazon changing their logo because it looks like Hitler?! Rabbi Doctor Joshua Berman Ani Maamin Was there an Exodus? Searching for the Historical Exodus Support Not a Rabbi by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/not-a-rabbi This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
S2E4 - The Ultimate "they tried to kill us we survived let's eat" Holiday
March 08, 2021 00:36 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBEpisode Notes Sorry about the lack of editing of this one. I wanted to keep to an every other week release schedule. Links from the Show: Nurses Episode gets pulled Jew in the City blog post Federal Employee London Mayor's Diversity Person Book of Esther by Dr. Erica Brown Here's a book I forgot to mention about Purim: Purim and the Persian Empire Support Not a Rabbi by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/not-a-rabbi This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
S2E3 - Keeping it Kosher
February 21, 2021 22:32 - 40 minutes - 37 MBEpisode Notes Gina Carano's statements regarding Nazis Godwin's Law Kosher Nation by Sue Fishkoff Fraiser acting Jewish Support Not a Rabbi by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/not-a-rabbi This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
S2E2 - How to carry on Shabbos and not get stoned
February 07, 2021 03:16 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBEpisode Notes String Around Manhattan Walking the Line: Hilchot Eruvin from the Sources to the Streets Basics of Eruv - Audio New Segment! - the goyim know, shut it down CA Wildfires started by Jewish space laser (Thanks to Dash Riprock for the link) twitter nonsense Support Not a Rabbi by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/not-a-rabbi This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
S2E1 - Politics and Jews
January 24, 2021 02:24 - 33 minutes - 27.5 MBEpisode Notes No excuses for the (very long) delay in episodes but we're back and hopefully more frequently! Things mentioned in the show: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Dov Zackheim's book about Nechemia Wikipedia on the Book of Nechemia "A Tale of Five Blinkens" by Ruth Wisse Support Not a Rabbi by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/not-a-rabbi This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
S1E4 - Episode 1 (republished)
August 02, 2020 18:16 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBEpisode Notes This is a republishing of Episode 1 which for some reason only ran for 4 minutes or so. Support Not a Rabbi by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/not-a-rabbi This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode 3 - We don’t need no Education?
August 26, 2019 23:49 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBEpisode Notes The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Staples’ Back-to-School Commercial - YouTube Yaffed PEARLS New NYS Requirements Rabbi Lord Jonathon Sacks - The Teacher As Hero Judaism’s Encounter with Other Cultures: Rejection or Integration? Questions, comments, or topic ideas? Send me an email [email protected] Intro and Outro music by John Benedict Podcast Art by Kelly Kirkman Don't forget to give the show a review! Support Not a Rabbi by donating to their Tip Jar: htt...
S1E3 - Episode 3 - We don’t need no Education?
August 26, 2019 23:49 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBEpisode Notes The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Staples’ Back-to-School Commercial - YouTube Yaffed PEARLS New NYS Requirements Rabbi Lord Jonathon Sacks - The Teacher As Hero Judaism’s Encounter with Other Cultures: Rejection or Integration? Questions, comments, or topic ideas? Send me an email [email protected] Intro and Outro music by John Benedict Podcast Art by Kelly Kirkman Don't forget to give the show a review! Support Not a Rabbi by contributing to their tip jar:...
S1E2 - Episode 2 - Judging the Judges
August 01, 2019 18:03 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBEpisode Notes Listener Joe Goerzen Judges - Chapter 11 Intro and Outro music by John Benedict Podcast Art by Kelly Kirkman Send feedback to [email protected] Don't forget to give the show a review! Support Not a Rabbi by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/not-a-rabbi This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode 2 - Judging the Judges
August 01, 2019 18:03 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBEpisode Notes Listener Joe Goerzen Judges - Chapter 11 Intro and Outro music by John Benedict Podcast Art by Kelly Kirkman Send feedback to [email protected] Don't forget to give the show a review! Support Not a Rabbi by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/not-a-rabbi This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode 1 - Bag of Measles Cookies
July 17, 2019 23:44 - 4 minutes - 3 MBEpisode Notes Fifth Column Podcast - Episode 141 An Outbreak Spreads Fear: Of Measles, of Ultra-Orthodox Jews, of Anti-Semitism New York Declares Measles Emergency, Requiring Vaccinations in Parts of Brooklyn [Deuteronomy 4:15] (https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.4.15?vhe=Tanach_with_Ta%27amei_Hamikra&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en) Intro and Outro music by John Benedict Podcast Art by Kelly Kirkman Support Not a Rabbi by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/not-a-rabb...
S1E1 - Episode 1 - Bag of Measles Cookies
July 17, 2019 23:44 - 4 minutes - 3 MBEpisode Notes Fifth Column Podcast - Episode 141 An Outbreak Spreads Fear: Of Measles, of Ultra-Orthodox Jews, of Anti-Semitism New York Declares Measles Emergency, Requiring Vaccinations in Parts of Brooklyn [Deuteronomy 4:15] (https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.4.15?vhe=Tanach_with_Ta%27amei_Hamikra&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en) Intro and Outro music by John Benedict Podcast Art by Kelly Kirkman Support Not a Rabbi by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/not-a-...
Episode 0 - The beginning
July 07, 2019 18:21 - 4 minutes - 3.05 MBEpisode Notes No notes for this episode. There should be some for Episode 1. Support Not a Rabbi by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/not-a-rabbi This podcast is powered by Pinecast.