As always, thanks to Logan for the intro music

We have all read or heard about things in the bible if you do this thing, you’ll be put to death. How would that work in theory and practice? This episode will go into this topic and (hopefully) cover some of the following:

* Death Penalty

* Lesser Crimes

* Witness testimony being false

* Why is there no Jewish court these days?

Plus we have some listener feedback I forgot about:

I was thinking the other day about different words used in semi-formal contexts:

my grandfather "went to temple" (not to synagogue)

and I swear I never heard "shul" growing up

And a news article: Haredi parties mull bolting coalition as Ben Gvir pushes Jewish prayer on Temple Mount

News Links:

* Mussar HaTorah Podcast

* Judge dismisses case against Lakewood Rabbi

* Senior Charedi Rabbi Urges People to Improve Shabbos Observance After Terror Attack

* Sam Harris on Jew-Hatred, Radical Islam, and the West

* Sweedish Chef as the new theme music?

News Links

* https://www.jns.org/new-yu-rabbinical-mba-joins-growing-number-of-christian-leadership-programs/

* https://www.dansdeals.com/more/news/surfside-elections-heat-mayors-opponent-calls-closing-kosher-restaurants-harding/

* https://reason.com/volokh/2023/12/17/dont-put-too-much-stock-in-survey-finding-that-67-of-18-24-year-olds-say-jews-are-oppressors/

In this episode, we will discuss the Jewish Wedding. What’s happening at the ceremony and some various customs of different communities.

* Thanks to Logan for the new intro music!

* Monday Motivation with Rabbi Garfinkel

News Links:

* An Education in Double Standards

* Is Anti-Zionism Always Antisemitic? A Fraught Question for the Moment

* WATCH: Safety First on Campus. Except for Jews

* Jewish Life At MIT: An Orthodox Perspective

Is this anti-semitism (the return of everyone’s favorite game)?

* Far-right Polish lawmaker Grzegorz Braun douses menorah in parliament

* Why is “From the River to the Sea…” offensive?

Main Topic:

Links of (possible) interest

* Jewfaq

* My Jewish Learning

* Jewish Virtual Library

* Chabad

* New intro music by Logan!

Show Notes

News Articles:

* Does Pope Francis have a Jewish problem?

* ‘Awakening of unity’: Hamas attack, war spark outpouring of support for Israel in haredi communities

Feedback:

One

You basically dropped a "White Man's Burden is good actually" and left it at that. Separate but equal, especially at a tribal level, and when it's obvious that 'equal' is a lie does nothing but guarantee that strife will occur. Doubly so when we are talking about Faith based systems.

Two:

Maybe you could put choseness into perspective of Israel the State and the Zionism movement?

Random Links to things we discussed:

* Betteridge's law of headlines

* Father Guido Sarducci

* Jerry Seinfeld offended as a comedian

* The Yiddish Policeman’s Union

* The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

* New intro music by Logan!

In the first podcast in over two years, I get my sea legs back as we talk about the war in Israel (briefly). Mostly we talk about what it means that the Jews are the “chosen” people and what that looks like in a liberal (notice the small l) society.

Comment away in the comments (duh! Where else?)

• 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/


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  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://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-non-jews-playing-jews/

> 1. is there any special relationship between Judaism and Halloween?

> 2. I'm not quite sure what I mean by special but... is it ever frowned upon to participate?

• Rabbi Michael J. Broyde’s view


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• 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

• Talmudology


• 93Queen - PBS's Page


• 93 Queen - Available for rental on Amazon

> I just heard something and I have to confirm with you… is the water in new your not kosher? Someone just said there are tiny crustaceans there live in the pipes….

• https://newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/31/drink-up-nyc-meet-the-tiny-crustaceans-not-kosher-in-your-tap-water/


• https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/nyregion/the-waters-fine-but-is-it-kosher.html


• https://oukosher.org/blog/consumer-news/nyc-water/

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• 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.

• Several holidays coming up in the month of September

• 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-founding-father-alexander-hamilton-had-jewish-upbringing/

• Alexender Hamilton by Ron Chernow


• Jewish Pirates of the Carribean

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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.

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 ignorance about whether the leaven has been sold... since the Rabbi is your agent, and it might not have actually been sold?

What is the difference between Hasidic and the "ultra-orthodox" (Haredi?) groups? How does Chabad fit in with this? I ask because in the show one of the character's daughter moves away and marries someone who is a "Chabadnik" and the whole group is treated by this character with some derision.

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In this episode we just kept it to the basics with some follow-up and news articles with my thoughts about them.

• Major League Baseball on Shabbos


• Gannett Apologizes


• A Major League Problem

• 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

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• New Jewish Superhero in DC Comics


• Google Parts with Cloud VP


• Kosher Supervision Company asked to drop Ben & Jerry's

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

• Hardison


• Goldman


• EEOC v. Abercrombie


• New York Executive Law 296


• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins


• Employment Division v. Smith


• Church of Lukumi


• Fulton v. City of Philadelphia


• Bostock (Sexual Orientation case)


• U.S. v. Township of Jackson Complaint


• U.S. Township of Jackson Answer


• New Jersey v. Jackson Township Complaint


• Agudath Israel of America v. Township of Jackson Complaint


• Shatkin v. UTA Order Denying Summary Judgment (demonically possessed supervisor)


• Kurlansky v. 1530 Owners Corp (Co-op condo case) Complaint


• Kurlansky v. Owners Corp Motion for Preliminary Injunction


• Owner's Corp Memorandum in opposition to the motion for preliminary injunction


• Kurlansky v. 1530 Owners Corp Docket (Some available, some not)

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Feedback

If I were at your place on Friday night and when you kicked me out it was time for me to leave, would it be a real faux pas to pull my phone out to call a cab? or should I wait till I'm outside? out of your eruv? etc., and does the weather affect that?

would it be a fauxxier pas because I'm sort of Jewish?

and

Can you put it (a Mezuzah - ed) on the inside of the door?

Talumdic Discussion about Mezuzas

News Articles

* Unveiling Jerusalem’s priestly neighborhood from the Herodian era

* Machine learning confirms the unique status of some Talmudic tracts

* How October 7 Sparked a Huge Wave of Jewish Conversions in America

* Colt's rookie and their first name

Random Links Discussed

* Warehouse 13

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.

• 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-draft/


• https://jewinthecity.com/2021/07/jacob-steinmetz-makes-history-as-first-orthodox-jew-drafted-to-major-league-baseball/


• https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/07/13/nats-pick-makes-elie-kligman-second-orthodox-jew-drafted-to-major-league-baseball-in-two-days/

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• 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

• My Son's Yeshiva is Breaking the law


• Previous podcast episode about Education


• Bag of Measles Cookies

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• 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?!

• Ani Maamin


• Was there an Exodus?


• Searching for the Historical Exodus

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Sorry about the lack of editing of this one. I wanted to keep to an every other week release schedule.

• 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

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• Gina Carano's statements regarding Nazis


• Godwin's Law


• Kosher Nation by Sue Fishkoff


• Fraiser acting Jewish

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• String Around Manhattan


• Walking the Line: Hilchot Eruvin from the Sources to the Streets


• Basics of Eruv - Audio

• CA Wildfires started by Jewish space laser (Thanks to Dash Riprock for the link)


• twitter nonsense

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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

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This is a republishing of Episode 1 which for some reason only ran for 4 minutes or so.

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• 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 notarabbipod@gmail.com


• Intro and Outro music by John Benedict


• Podcast Art by Kelly Kirkman


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• Listener Joe Goerzen


• Judges - Chapter 11


• Intro and Outro music by John Benedict


• Podcast Art by Kelly Kirkman


• Send feedback to notarabbipod@gmail.com


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As always, a thank you to Logan for the intro music.

In this episode, we will discuss the topic of conversion and what it takes to convert and be an Orthodox Jew.

Links

* Ask A Jew Episode about conversion

* Tim Whatley Converting (link to YouTube)

* Blues Brothers Shrimp Cocktail Scene (Link to YouTube)

• 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

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No notes for this episode. There should be some for Episode 1.

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In this episode of the podcast, we deal with some feedback asking about Jewish identity and what that exactly means. We also talk about what Shabbos is like and what my favorite part of Shabbos is.

Links

* A Letter in the Scroll

* Get rid of the Mezuzah?

* Yeshiva flying the Israeli Flag

The podcast (and Museletter this coming Wednesday) returns with a discussion about “Passover Programs” and why people would go on one.

News Links

* Ancient Israel’s Tyrian Purple Factory

* Numbers 15:39

* How the first Orthodox Jew in an MLB organization is making it work

* Jacob Steinmetz’s Minor League Stats

Other Links

A Sample of Passover Programs

* https://www.totallyjewishtravel.com/passover_resorts/

* https://www.passoverlistings.com/

As always thanks to Logan for the intro music

A whole lot of talk about prayer and what prayer means to a Jew.

News Articles

What Jews Mean to America

This week we take a high-level look into Jewish Law and how looking at it explains the old saying “Two Jews, three opinions”.

* Intro music by Logan Eastman

News Articles

* https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/14/jewish-rabbi-files-lawsuit-against-county-officials-for-imposing-massive-fines-over-religious-gatherings/

* https://www.ou.org/kosher-mres-for-the-idf-made-with-texan-love/

Other Links

* Check out the poll!

This week our main topic is an old one but not one we have covered on the podcast. The question goes like this - If the Torah is moral why is slavery allowed?

Feedback

From the wife:

svardim (sic) come from Western Europe too - Italy,France, Spain, Portugal Ashkanasim are from Eastern Europe

News Links

* https://www.camera.org/article/new-york-times-erases-hostages-from-soccer-players-gesture-calls-it-a-war-message/

* https://forward.com/fast-forward/578155/providence-rhode-island-orthodox-jewish-50000-incentive/

* https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2024/01/the-oldest-known-portrayal-of-the-story-of-deborah-on-a-synagogue-floor/

Other Links

* https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/does-the-bible-condone-slavery/

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Feedback

What is the Jewish guidance on seeking forgiveness? You brought up remorse in the episode but never got back to it.

News Articles

* https://crownheights.info/chabad-news/848574/breaking-tunnel-found-burrowed-under-womens-section-of-770-possibly-destabilizing-the-building/

* https://nypost.com/2024/01/09/news/video-reveals-extent-of-bizarre-tunnel-under-brooklyn-synagogue/

* http://haemtza.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-tunnels-of-770.html

* https://forward.com/opinion/575722/chabad-tunnels-antisemitism-twitter/

For the heck of it, here is the front page from the New York Post