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September 22, 2025

Amen Corner Season 10, Episode 4

Brad and Steven are back at it this week, talking about Steven’s experience going to a Yankee game at Camden Yards in Baltimore. They also discuss the firing of Jimmy Kimmel, living at home with your parents after college, and the Charlie Kirk/Starbucks experience. Have a listen and Shannah Tovah to all who celebrate! You […]

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Brad Rothschild and Steven Cook
Filed Under: Season Ten, The Amen Corner
Tagged With: Brad Rothschild, Family, Friends, politics, Salon. Politics, Steven Cook, Van Halen, Yankees

September 14, 2025

Amen Corner Season 10, Episode 3

This week, Brad and Steven are back at it, talking about the murder of Charlie Kirk and the spillover effect that it has had on, of all things, the Yankees. Brad was at Yankee Stadium earlier this week, coincidentally on the same night that the president was in attendance. Things did not go as expected. […]

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Brad Rothschild and Steven Cook
Filed Under: Season Ten, The Amen Corner
Tagged With: Brad Rothschild, Family, Friends, politics, Salon. Politics, Steven Cook, Van Halen, Yankees

September 11, 2025

Holy Harmony in K-Pop Demon Hunters

Holy Harmony in K-Pop Demon Hunters

Netflix’s smash hit K-Pop Demon Hunters delivers more than catchy beats and dazzling visuals — it’s a story about guilt, redemption, and the courage to embrace who we really are. In this episode of PopTorah, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky unpack the film’s mythic lore, its banging music, its commentary on fan culture, and its deeper message: that […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

September 7, 2025

Amen Corner Season 10, Episode 2

Welcome back for the second episode of the latest season of the Amen Corner. This week, Brad and Steven are talking about the $1.8 billion Powerball drawing that took place this weekend. Spoiler alert: neither of the guys won it, but they did talk about what they would have done with the money had they been the big winner — Barney […]

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Brad Rothschild and Steven Cook
Filed Under: Season Ten, The Amen Corner
Tagged With: Brad Rothschild, Family, Friends, politics, Salon. Politics, Steven Cook, Van Halen, Yankees

September 1, 2025

Amen Corner Season 10, Episode 1

Happy Labor Day! Welcome to the tenth season of The Amen Corner! In the season premiere this week, Brad and Steven look back at the summer that was — federal troops in DC, the gutting of the federal government, the nightmare unfolding at the Department of Health and Human Services, and the higher cost of, […]

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Brad Rothschild and Steven Cook
Filed Under: Season Nine, The Amen Corner
Tagged With: Brad Rothschild, Family, Friends, politics, Salon. Politics, Steven Cook, Van Halen, Yankees

August 28, 2025

‘Fantastic Four’ the World… or Just Your Family?

‘Fantastic Four’ the World… or Just Your Family?

Before they’re the world’s greatest heroes, they’re a family — and family means hard choices. In Fantastic Four: First Steps, Marvel’s first family learns that the call to save the world can clash with the call to be there for the people we love most. In this episode of PopTorah, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky unpack the movie’s […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

August 7, 2025

Superman’ is a Super-Mensch

Superman’ is a Super-Mensch

What if the real superpower isn’t leaping tall buildings — but refusing to harden your heart? In this episode of PopTorah, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky unpack the new Superman film’s bold message: that kindness is a kind of strength, and vulnerability is a virtue. With nods to Jewish teachings on welcoming the stranger, protecting life, […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
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July 24, 2025

Sound and Fury, Sisters and ‘Sirens’

Sound and Fury, Sisters and ‘Sirens’

In Netflix’s Sirens, myth meets modernity as ancient sea spirits crash into a coastal town’s contemporary chaos — leaving behind a trail of mystery, memory, and moral reckoning. On this episode of PopTorah, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky dive deep into the show’s haunting exploration of identity, womanhood, trauma, and truth — and the fragile, often painful bonds […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

July 10, 2025

Mind Over ‘Mountainhead’

Mind Over ‘Mountainhead’

Mountainhead,’ the sharp new HBO film from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, stars Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, and Ramy Youssef as four tech billionaires on a poker retreat at a mountaintop villa — while the world unravels outside. Join Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky as we unpack the film’s biting satire, shocking twists, and […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

June 19, 2025

‘Seasons’ of Love

‘Seasons’ of Love

In this episode, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky dive into Netflix’s new dramedy The Four Seasons, a modern take on love, friendship, and the many seasons of life. Inspired by the eponymous 1981 film, the series invites us to reflect on aging, change, and the beauty and complexity of long-term relationships. Join us as we explore how […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

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Brad Rothschild and Steven Cook
Brad Rothschild is a documentary film director and producer. He produced Kinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald and directed African Exodus about Israel’s African refugees and Tree Man, about the people who come to New York City to sell Christmas trees every holiday season, all of which were feature length. He is currently directing a film about Tamar Manasseh, a community activist in Chicago. His short films cover subjects as: the wrongfully incarcerated, the women leading Montana’s Resistance movement and a group of Israelis and Palestinians who find mutual understanding in their grief. He was formerly a Speechwriter and Director of Communications for the Mission of Israel to the United Nations.

Steven A. Cook is an expert on Arab and Turkish politics as well as U.S.-Middle East policy. Cook is the author of False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East; The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, which won the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s gold medal in 2012; and Ruling But Not Governing: The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey. Cook is a columnist at Foreign Policy magazine. He has also published widely in international affairs journals, opinion magazines, and newspapers, and he is a frequent commentator on radio and television.

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