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PopTorah

PopTorah · en · 168 episodes

Welcome to PopTorah with Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky. Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a conversation about what’s going on in pop culture from a Jewish perspective and about Judaism through the lens of pop culture.

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PopTorah
In ‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines’, Which Side is Torah On?
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jul 8, 2021·45m
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Getting Down with ‘In the Heights’
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jun 24, 2021·48m
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‘Oslo’ and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jun 10, 2021·59m
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God, the Good and the Bad Batch
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
May 27, 2021·38m
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Torah Kombat
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
May 13, 2021·45m
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The Falcon and the Winter Solider and the Rabbis
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Apr 29, 2021·38m
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Don’t Ignore ‘Superstore’
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Apr 15, 2021·42m
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The Torah of the Snyder Cut
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Apr 1, 2021·56m
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Nomadland and Life in the Wilderness
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Mar 18, 2021·43m
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Racial Justice, and Revolution
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Mar 4, 2021·1h
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#FreeBritney and Judaism
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Feb 18, 2021·45m
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Grief and Assimilation, Now in ‘WandaVision’
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Feb 4, 2021·58m
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‘Soul’, the Meaning of Life, and the Great Beyond
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jan 21, 2021·45m
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Wonder Woman 1984 and Streaming Wars Redux
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jan 7, 2021·58m
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Should We Be Happy About ‘Happiest Season’?
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Dec 24, 2020·41m
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It’s Alright — The Rabbis are Saved by the Bell!
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Dec 10, 2020·39m
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Judaism and The Climate Crisis, and ‘I am Greta’
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Nov 26, 2020·44m
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Cultural Learnings From Borat For Make Benefit Glorious JCast Network Podcast PopTorah
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Nov 13, 2020·53m
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The Torah Of Sorkin
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Oct 29, 2020·55m
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Does Torah Have ‘The Right Stuff’?
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Oct 15, 2020·58m
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Remembering the Notorious (and Righteous) RBG
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Oct 1, 2020·1h
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‘The Boys’ are Back in Town
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Sep 17, 2020·1h
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Remembering Chadwick Bozeman (z”l)
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Sep 3, 2020·46m
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An American Pickle: The Jewish Encino Man
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Aug 13, 2020·46m
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The Rabbis Taste the Nation
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jul 30, 2020·50m
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The Torah of ‘Hamilton’
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jul 16, 2020·46m
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Pop-pourri
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jul 2, 2020·42m
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Black Lives Matter
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jun 18, 2020·45m
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‘The Last Dance’ and the Challenge of Greatness
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jun 4, 2020·48m
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‘Westworld’ And Questions About the Nature of Our Reality
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
May 21, 2020·39m
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Live! — Star Wars Day Special
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
May 7, 2020·54m
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Escape from New York
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Apr 23, 2020·42m
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PopTorah Live! — ‘The Plot Against America’
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Apr 9, 2020·1h 6m
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Hunting for the Ethics of Memory and Revenge on ‘Hunters’
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Mar 26, 2020·57m
PopTorah
The Rabbis are Cray-Cray for Tay-Tay
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Mar 12, 2020·57m
PopTorah
‘Parasite’ and the Perils of Inequality
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Feb 27, 2020·50m
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Finding God in ‘The Good Place’
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Feb 13, 2020·52m
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Two Rabbis Talk ‘The Two Popes’
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jan 30, 2020·58m
PopTorah
Seek Peace and Pursue Peace — ‘1917’
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jan 16, 2020·52m
PopTorah
The Torah of Star Wars
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Jan 2, 2020·56m
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The Frozen Chosen
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Dec 19, 2019·50m
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We’ve Got Disney+. What About Judaism+?
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Dec 5, 2019
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Special Episode — PopTorah at the Border
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Nov 21, 2019·1h 2m
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We’re Watching the Watchmen
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Nov 7, 2019·51m
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Joker’s Wild
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Oct 24, 2019·49m
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Are You Righteous? Or a Gemstone?
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Oct 10, 2019·52m
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ICE Is The New Black
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Sep 26, 2019·38m
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Let’s Hear It For The Boys
Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a…
Sep 12, 2019·45m