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October 22, 2023

Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 4

This week, Brad and Steven talk about the spillover effects of Israel’s war in Gaza — from the frontlines to the academy to the streets of Paterson. Have a listen. You can listen to The Amen Corner in lots of ways. On iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, or your favorite RSS aggregator. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/amen/AmenS8E04.mp3Podcast: Download

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

October 19, 2023

Tradition and Change is ‘Elemental’

Tradition and Change is ‘Elemental’

Disney and Pixar’s latest animated feature, Elemental, became a sleeper hit at the box office this summer. Using the interaction of various elements as an extended metaphor for the immigrant experience and striking the balance between honoring one’s past while charting their own future, the movie has a lot of resonance with Jewish history and tradition. […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

October 15, 2023

Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 3

This week, Brad and Steven talk about the horrific Hamas terrorist attack against Israel. You can listen to The Amen Corner in lots of ways. On iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, or your favorite RSS aggregator. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/amen/AmenS8E03.mp3Podcast: Download

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

October 1, 2023

Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 2

This week, Brad and Steven talk about the flooding that hit New York, the normalizing of the abnormal and whether or not rabbis should talk about politics in their Yom Kippur services. Have a listen and enjoy! You can listen to The Amen Corner in lots of ways. On iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, or your […]

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

September 28, 2023

Judaism and The Hollywood Strikes

Judaism and The Hollywood Strikes

Back in May, film and television writers went on strike. Actors joined them on the picket lines in July, leading to the longest strike in Hollywood history (the WGA recently ended it’s strike when it struck a new deal with the studios, and it is expected that SAG-AFTRA will follow suit shortly). In this very […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

September 24, 2023

Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 1

 Brad and Steven are back with the first episode of Season Eight of the Corner. They’re back to their usual banter about the Jewish High Holidays, the best food for breaking the fast, Lauren Boebert, and the lack of accountability in our society. All in all, it’s like they’ve never been gone — have a listen […]

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

September 14, 2023

Inviting God and Tradition to ‘My Bat Mitzvah’

Inviting God and Tradition to ‘My Bat Mitzvah’

Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky seem like they would be the target audience for Adam Sandler’s new Netflix movie, You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah. But while the film covers some explicitly Jewish subject matter, the rabbis had mixed feelings about it — as an Adam Sandler comedy, and as a piece of Jewish art. […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

August 24, 2023

The Summer of Barbenheimer

The Summer of Barbenheimer

It’s official — ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ are this summer’s unlikely “it” couple! This summer, we’re all obsessed with the World’s Most Famous doll taking on the patriarchy and wrestling with mortality, and the Father of the Atomic Bomb struggling with his conscience and (maybe) starting a chain reaction that will destroy the world. It all […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

August 3, 2023

Grin and ‘Bear’ It

Grin and ‘Bear’ It

The Bear, whose first two seasons are currently streaming on Hulu, follows Carmy Berzatto, a rising superstar in the culinary world, as he seeks to revitalize his brother Mikey’s Chicago dive following Mikey’s suicide. The show masterfully explores very Jewish themes, like honoring difficult parents, carrying on a legacy, dealing with grief and guilt, the ethics […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

July 20, 2023

‘Indiana Jones’ and Longing to Live in the Past

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Indiana Jones is back! The dashing, swashbuckling, fedora-wearing, bullwhip-cracking, Nazi-punching archaeologist is literally racing against time in his fifth and, by all accounts, last, crusade. But did Disney choose wisely with this one, or does this iconic franchise belong in a museum? Join Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky to hear “just what the Hebrews thought” about […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

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Darone Ruskay
Darone has spent the past fifteen years working in the Jewish Education field, providing top-quality Jewish education to the North American community. he served as the Conference Coordinator for The Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) for many years. Since then he has worked at United Jewish Communities (UJC), as their Director of Young Leadership Cabinet Membership, at The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), in the Department of Institutional Advancement, and most recently as the Managing Director of The Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El. He brings his passion for Jewish Life and Education, as well as his personal interest and passion for media and technology to this new venture, and is perfectly suited to lead the JCast Network (which he might just have to call JCN as he is so used to working at institutions that use their initials.)
Latest posts by Darone Ruskay (see all)
  • Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 4 – October 22, 2023
  • Saying Goodbye to Daily Daf Differently – February 8, 2023
  • Daily Daf Differently On a Short Hiatus – April 2, 2022

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Amen Corner
Amen Corner
Behind The Ballot Box
Behind The Ballot Box
Daily Daf Differently
Daily Daf Differently
JCast Journey
JCast Journey
Kvetch
Kvetch
PopTorah
PopTorah
Sermons
Sermons
Shtender
Shtender
Smorgasbord
Smorgasbord
Taste Of Romemu
Taste Of Romemu
This Weeks Torah
This Weeks Torah
Tisch
Tisch
Two Minutes of Torah with Rabbi Danny
Two Minutes of Torah with Rabbi Danny

Retired Podcasts

Abba Camp
Abba Camp
Ask The Rabbi
Ask The Rabbi
Beyond Chelm
Beyond Chelm
Fallow Lab
Fallow Lab
From Dreams To Deeds
From Dreams To Deeds
Isabella Free Radio
Isabella Free Radio
Jewish Food For Thought
Jewish Food For Thought
Jewish Hour
Jewish Hour
Meet Me At The Tzomet
Meet Me At The Tzomet
NYC Jewish Tech Meetup
NYC Jewish Tech Meetup
Oy Vey! Isn’t A Strategy
Oy Vey! Isn’t A Strategy
Re-Arranged
Re-Arranged
Rega Shel Ivrit
Rega Shel Ivrit
Schmoozer
Schmoozer
Two Jews On Film
Two Jews On Film
Verse Per Verse
Verse Per Verse
WORD
WORD

Blogs

DiaTribe
DiaTribe
Eat Play Love
Eat Play Love
Fifth Child
Fifth Child
Honest To God
Honest To God
Ish Ben Partzi
Ish Ben Partzi
Kfar HaMorim
Kfar HaMorim
Parsha, Parsha, Parsha
Parsha, Parsha, Parsha
Torah Limericks
Torah Limericks

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