Not a Rabbi: Recent Episodes
Aaron Benedict
On the Internet (and in real life), someone can read a lot of information about Orthodox Jews that is not necessarily true or correct. The goal of this podcast is to have a nuanced conversation about what middle of the road Orthodox Jews believe.
Episode Notes news articles * 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/ * 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/
question time
is there any special relationship between Judaism and Halloween?
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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Episode Notes news items * 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
other things mentioned * Talmudology * 93Queen - PBS's Page * 93 Queen - Available for rental on Amazon
listener question
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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Episode Notes * 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.
The Upcoming Holiday Season * Several holidays coming up in the month of September
news * 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/
Other Things Mention * Alexender Hamilton by Ron Chernow * Jewish Pirates of the Carribean
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Episode Notes 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.
Question 1 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?
Question 2 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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Episode Notes In this episode we just kept it to the basics with some follow-up and news articles with my thoughts about them.
Follow-up * Major League Baseball on Shabbos * Gannett Apologizes * A Major League Problem
News * 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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Episode Notes News and Discussion: * New Jewish Superhero in DC Comics * Google Parts with Cloud VP * Kosher Supervision Company asked to drop Ben & Jerry's
Main Topic 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
Previous Court Decisions We Discussed * 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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Episode Notes 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.
News and links: * 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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Episode Notes News and Links * 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
Main Topic - Education Redux * My Son's Yeshiva is Breaking the law * Previous podcast episode about Education * Bag of Measles Cookies
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Episode Notes * 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?!
Rabbi Doctor Joshua Berman * Ani Maamin * Was there an Exodus? * Searching for the Historical Exodus
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Episode Notes Sorry about the lack of editing of this one. I wanted to keep to an every other week release schedule.
Links from the Show: * 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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Episode Notes * Gina Carano's statements regarding Nazis * Godwin's Law * Kosher Nation by Sue Fishkoff * Fraiser acting Jewish
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Episode Notes * String Around Manhattan * Walking the Line: Hilchot Eruvin from the Sources to the Streets * Basics of Eruv - Audio
New Segment! - the goyim know, shut it down * CA Wildfires started by Jewish space laser (Thanks to Dash Riprock for the link) * twitter nonsense
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Episode Notes 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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Episode Notes This is a republishing of Episode 1 which for some reason only ran for 4 minutes or so.
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Episode Notes * 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 * Don't forget to give the show a review!
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Episode Notes * Listener Joe Goerzen * Judges - Chapter 11 * Intro and Outro music by John Benedict * Podcast Art by Kelly Kirkman * Send feedback to notarabbipod@gmail.com * Don't forget to give the show a review!
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Episode Notes * 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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Episode Notes No notes for this episode. There should be some for Episode 1.
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