エピソード

  • Right, Wrong, and ‘Agatha All Along’

    Right, Wrong, and ‘Agatha All Along’
    2024/11/07
    In this episode, we explore the spellbinding new Marvel TV series “Agatha All Along” (streaming on Disney+), where the lines between power, control, and deception blur in thrilling ways. Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky dive deep into the show’s themes, unpacking its clever take on leadership, hidden motives, change and the lengths people go to maintain […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    41 分
  • Who Wants ‘Nobody Wants This’?

    Who Wants ‘Nobody Wants This’?
    2024/10/15
    In this episode, we dive into the thought-provoking Netflix series “Nobody Wants This,” exploring its funny and sometimes cringey take on identity, community, and the challenges of belonging. Joined by special guest Rabbi Talia Kaplan of Congregation Beth Shalom in Overland Park, Kansas (whose hot take on the show recently went viral), Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky discuss […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    55 分
  • Grieving and Loving ‘Between the Temples’

    Grieving and Loving ‘Between the Temples’
    2024/10/01
    In this episode, we dive into ‘Between the Temples‘, a quirky new indie comedy about a cantor grappling with a crisis of faith. Starring Jason Schwartzman as Ben, a grief-stricken cantor whose life takes an unexpected turn when his former grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) re-enters his life as an unlikely Bat Mitzvah student, […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    40 分
  • How We Spent Our PopTorah Summer Vacation

    How We Spent Our PopTorah Summer Vacation
    2024/09/19
    The rabbis are back from break and ready to talk Torah! The summer of 2024 delivered epic superhero showdowns, headline-grabbing streaming series, and some family-friendly fare. As the summer heat fades, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky dive into the season’s biggest pop culture moments, exploring their deeper meanings and connecting the dots to Jewish values and […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    36 分
  • We’re All In on ‘Inside Out 2’

    We’re All In on ‘Inside Out 2’
    2024/07/11
    ‘Inside Out 2’ is the sequel to the critically acclaimed and widely beloved 2015 Disney/Pixar animated film ‘Inside Out,” and is proving to be just as successful. By depicting the inner life of an adolescent girl, these films explore how our emotions shape us, for good and for ill. The sequel adds to this by […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    41 分
  • Dune: Part 2: More Power Dynamics, Less Platform Disruption

    Dune: Part 2: More Power Dynamics, Less Platform Disruption
    2024/06/20
    Dune: Part 2, now streaming on Max, continues the sprawling epic adapted from Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi series. Featuring an all-powerful psychotropic mineral, a race of space witches, personal force fields, giant sandworms, Dune explores themes such as power, greed, the nature of heroism, and intersectional liberation — topics about which Judaism also has a […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    56 分
  • X-Mensches

    X-Mensches
    2024/05/30
    Marvel Animation’s X-Men ’97, now streaming on Disney+, is a reboot/sequel to the X-Men animated series that was beloved by older Millennials who grew up in the ‘90s. The sequel is smoother and shinier, but still possesses the same spirit that made the original series so popular: mutant melodrama and pulse-pounding action set-pieces, combined with thinly-veiled political commentary […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    44 分
  • Are the Rabbis STILL Cray-Cray for Tay-Tay?

    Are the Rabbis STILL Cray-Cray for Tay-Tay?
    2024/05/16
    The third installment in PopTorah’s ongoing conversation about Taylor Swift, our resident rabbinic Swifties discuss her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” Spoiler alert: the reviews were decidedly mixed, and prompted some spirited conversation. We suspect many of you have strong feelings as well. Was it poetry? Or was it torture? (Don’t say we didn’t, […]
    続きを読む 一部表示
    41 分