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March 5, 2023

The COVID Episode

After a prolonged hiatus, Brad and Steven are back with the news that nearly three years into the pandemic, Steven finally got Covid, leaving Brad as the last man standing. Steven dry coughs his way through his description of what happened to him before the guys turn their attention to discussing Dominion Voting Systems vs. […]

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

February 23, 2023

’The Last of Us’ and the Torah of the Zombie Apocalypse

’The Last of Us’ and the Torah of the Zombie Apocalypse

The new HBO series, ‘The Last of Us,’ based on the acclaimed video game of the same name, explores what life might look like 20 years after a pandemic decimates the world. The show features plenty of terrifying zombies (especially if you’re freaked out by fungus), but more importantly explores what remains — love and […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

February 12, 2023

A Little Bit Of Everything

It’s the Little Bit of Everything Episode this week; Brad and Steven talk about some of the feedback that they got from last week’s episode and then go back to their roots and talk about parenting, Van Halen, and this weekend’s Super Bowl. They even mention Popeye’s. On a serious note, they also talked about this […]

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

February 9, 2023

‘You People’ and Black-Jewish Relations

PopTorah

The new Netflix film ‘You People,’ starring Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill, is a romantic comedy in the mold of ‘Meet the Parents.’ The twist, however, is that this time, the parents are African American members of the Nation of Islam, and the prospective son-in-law is a white Jew from West LA. While the movie […]

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Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Rabbi Michael Knopf
Filed Under: PopTorah

February 8, 2023

Saying Goodbye to Daily Daf Differently

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay acknowledges with regret the end of one of the most important shows on the Network Daily Daf Differently. After explaining the ins and outs of the issues with keeping the show going, Darone thanks Jeremy Kalmanofsky and The Conservative Yeshiva for all of their help […]

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Darone Ruskay
Filed Under: Daily Daf Differently, The JCast Journey
Tagged With: Daily Daf Differently, Darone Ruskay, JCast network, Journal, Journey, Podcast, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky

February 7, 2023

Nazir, Daf 15: Negotiating Commitment

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 15. What do we do when the values between two of our commitments conflict? To view the text of Nazir, Daf 15 on Sefaria, please click here. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from […]

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Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz
Filed Under: Daily Daf Differently
Tagged With: Daf Yomi, Daily Daf, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Podcasts, Liberal, Nazir, PhD, Rabbi, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz, Talmud, Talmud Torah, Teacher

February 6, 2023

Nazir, Daf 14: Fulfilling Two Promises At Once

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 14. In today’s episode we ask how can a person fulfill two obligations at the same time? To view the text of Nazir, Daf 14 on Sefaria, please click here. The opening and closing music for this podcast […]

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Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz
Filed Under: Daily Daf Differently
Tagged With: Daf Yomi, Daily Daf, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Podcasts, Liberal, Nazir, PhD, Rabbi, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz, Talmud, Talmud Torah, Teacher

February 5, 2023

The Chemo Episode

In this week’s episode, Brad and Steven talk about how they spent time in the hospital this week, visiting Steven’s nephew who is undergoing chemotherapy. It’s a bit of a departure from their usual podcast content, but still with the same Amen Corner spirit. Have a listen! You can listen to The Amen Corner in […]

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

February 5, 2023

Nazir, Daf 13: The Bargaining Nazir

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 13. What is the obligation to fulfill a Nazir’s vow, if it was made in a moment of bargaining for the life or health of a child?” To view the text of Nazir, Daf 13 on Sefaria, please […]

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Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz
Filed Under: Daily Daf Differently
Tagged With: Daf Yomi, Daily Daf, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Podcasts, Liberal, Nazir, PhD, Rabbi, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz, Talmud, Talmud Torah, Teacher

February 4, 2023

Nazir, Daf 12

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 12. A meditation on the limits of language and knowledge when we depend on others. To view the text of Nazir, Daf 12 on Sefaria, please click here. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros […]

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Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz
Filed Under: Daily Daf Differently
Tagged With: Daf Yomi, Daily Daf, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Podcasts, Liberal, Nazir, PhD, Rabbi, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz, Talmud, Talmud Torah, Teacher

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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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