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March 23, 2025

Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 20

This week, Brad and Steven are back at it, talking about the ominous turn that the country is taking. They discuss Paul Weiss’ capitulation to Trump and debate what they would have done had they been forced to make a similar decision. They also talk about the risk of being stopped in an airport and the Democrats’ […]

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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

March 16, 2025

Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 19

Brad and Steven are back at it this week, talking about the steady creep toward authoritarianism, film A Real Pain, what’s happening at Columbia University, and Chicago deep dish pizza and the semantic debate over what is defined as pizza, Have a listen! You can listen to The Amen Corner in lots of ways. On […]

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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

March 13, 2025

‘You’re Cordially Invited’ … But Should You Go?

‘You’re Cordially Invited’ … But Should You Go?

Weddings are supposed to be joyous occasions—but what happens when everything goes off the rails? In this celebratory episode of PopTorah, we RSVP to You’re Cordially Invited, the new comedy that turns a dream destination wedding into a hilarious disaster. Join Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky as they unpack the film’s themes of love, family, and […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

February 27, 2025

The Poppys: PopTorah 2025 Oscars Special!

The Poppys: PopTorah 2025 Oscars Special!

The 97th Academy Awards are here, and Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky are here to talk about the Torah of this year’s nominees. In this special episode, we discuss Emilia Perez, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Wicked, Anora, The Apprentice, and more! Who will win, who should win, who stirred controversy, and who got the coveted “PopTorah Bump”? And, most importantly, which movie […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

February 26, 2025

Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 18

Brad and Steven are back at it this week after a week’s hiatus due to Covid. Thankfully, everyone is ok and happy to be podcasting again. The guys talk about Covid (obviously), the joys of air travel, more Nazi salutes, DOGE and justifying your job, and the German elections. There’s a lot to catch up, […]

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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

February 13, 2025

No ‘Pain’, No Gain

No ‘Pain’, No Gain

What do we owe the past — and each other? In this episode of PopTorah, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky unpack ‘A Real Pain’, the poignant new film that follows two cousins on a journey through Poland, confronting history, family, and their own complicated relationship. Through the lens of Jewish tradition, we explore how grief, memory, […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

February 9, 2025

Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 17

This week, Brad and Steven are back at, trying to wade through (and remember!) the week’s major developments. They talk about Trump’s proposal for the US to take control of Gaza and empty it of its inhabitants and the positive response that this received from many on the “pro-Israel” side of the equation. They also […]

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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

February 2, 2025

Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 16

Brad and Steven are back at it this week, talking about the looming trade war with Canada and Mexico, the unempathetic president, the death of DEI and what that may mean for Jewish Heritage Month. Have a listen! You can listen to The Amen Corner in lots of ways. On iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, […]

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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

January 30, 2025

Knowing the ‘Complete Unknown’

PopTorah

Who is Bob Dylan, really? In this episode of PopTorah, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky are joined by friend-of-the-pod Henry Bernstein to explore ‘A Complete Unknown’, the new biopic that takes us behind the enigmatic persona of one of music’s most influential figures. As we unpack Dylan’s journey of self-discovery and reinvention, we examine how his […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

January 27, 2025

Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 15

Brad and Steven are back, talking about the first week of the new Trump administration — it’s hard to believe that we’re only five days in and the guys have already forgotten the number of truly awful things that are happening, The guys also talk about their recent dinner in freezing New York City, the […]

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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

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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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