In Quarantine with Steve Bodow

Dig into bloody murders, rioting mothers, anarchist parties and pseudoscience - everything you never learned in Hebrew school and that your Rabbi still doesn’t want you to know. Dr. Eddy Portnoy, academic advisor for the Max Weinreich Center and exhibition curator at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Dr. Tony Michels, professor of Jewish American History at UW Madison, and Jessica Chaffin, writer, comedian and host of the popular podcast Ask Ronna join up on the Jewish Bizarre Podcast to discuss the strangest corners of Jewish history.

The Jewish Bizarre is produced by Reboot, an arts and culture non-profit that reimagines and reinforces Jewish thought and traditions. As a premier research and development platform for the Jewish world, Reboot catalyzes its network of preeminent creators, artists, entrepreneurs and activists to produce experiences and products that evolve the Jewish conversation and transform society. This podcast is supported by a generous grant from the Covenant Foundation.

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Dig into bloody murders, rioting mothers, anarchist parties and pseudoscience - everything you never learned in Hebrew school and that your Rabbi still doesn’t want you to know. Dr. Eddy Portnoy, academic advisor for the Max Weinreich Center and exhibition curator at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Dr. Tony Michels, professor of Jewish American History at UW Madison, and Jessica Chaffin, writer, comedian and host of the popular podcast Ask Ronna join up on the Jewish Bizarre Podcast to discuss the strangest corners of Jewish history.

The Jewish Bizarre is produced by Reboot, an arts and culture non-profit that reimagines and reinforces Jewish thought and traditions. As a premier research and development platform for the Jewish world, Reboot catalyzes its network of preeminent creators, artists, entrepreneurs and activists to produce experiences and products that evolve the Jewish conversation and transform society. This podcast is supported by a generous grant from the Covenant Foundation.

Learn more about Reboot and get involved:

▼Website: https://rebooting.com/

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The NY Times' "Media Equation" columnist weighs in on how cable news might blow Election Night, tech platforms' hopeless hunt for "fairness," and Trump's next move if he, y'know, loses.

The NY Times' "Media Equation" columnist weighs in on how cable news might blow Election Night, tech platforms' hopeless hunt for "fairness," and Trump's next move if he, y'know, loses.

After five months quarantined in Sydney, the Daily Show correspondent reports on returning to NYC, why Australia kicked our corona response ass, and what Chinese New Year can teach Rosh Hashana.

(It's dragons. The answer is dragons.)

After five months quarantined in Sydney, the Daily Show correspondent reports on returning to NYC, why Australia kicked our corona response ass, and what Chinese New Year can teach Rosh Hashana.

(It's dragons. The answer is dragons.)

How is the pandemic changingus? Institute for the Future exec director Marina Gorbis on how to tell short-term trends from long-term shifts, using stories to shape what's coming, and why you'll be spending much less time at the dermatologist's office.

How is the pandemic changingus? Institute for the Future exec director Marina Gorbis on how to tell short-term trends from long-term shifts, using stories to shape what's coming, and why you'll be spending much less time at the dermatologist's office.

The LA-based, nationally recognized rabbi talks about what to do when your society is havingfive crises at once, why the pulpit is for politics,and hot '90s kiddush seduction techniques.

The LA-based, nationally recognized rabbi talks about what to do when your society is havingfive crises at once, why the pulpit is for politics,and hot '90s kiddush seduction techniques.