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	Date	Titre	Durée
	12 Sep 2019	Let’s Hear It For The Boys	00:45:53
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. In their first-ever episode, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky discuss […]
	26 Sep 2019	ICE Is The New Black	00:38:19
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. Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky discuss the seventh and final […]
	10 Oct 2019	Are You Righteous? Or a Gemstone?	00:52:40
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. Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky discuss the new HBO series, […]
	24 Oct 2019	Joker’s Wild	00:49:39
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. In this episode, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky discuss the […]
	07 Nov 2019	We’re Watching the Watchmen	00:51:57
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. Description: The new HBO series “Watchmen,” from the people […]
	21 Nov 2019	Special Episode — PopTorah at the Border	01:02:53
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. In this very special episode, Rabbi Olitzky and Rabbi […]
	05 Dec 2019	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 conversation about what’s going on in pop culture from a Jewish perspective and about Judaism through the lens of pop culture. With the launch of Disney+, the new streaming service […]
	19 Dec 2019	The Frozen Chosen	00:50:24
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. Venture “Into the Unknown” with Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky […]
	02 Jan 2020	The Torah of Star Wars	00:56:17
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. It’s the “Return of the Rabbis!” Call it their […]
	16 Jan 2020	Seek Peace and Pursue Peace — ‘1917’	00:52:09
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. Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky break down Sam Mendes’ groundbreaking […]
	30 Jan 2020	Two Rabbis Talk ‘The Two Popes’	00:58:48
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. Join Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky as they discuss the […]
	13 Feb 2020	Finding God in ‘The Good Place’	00:52:40
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. Join Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky for a conversation about […]
	27 Feb 2020	‘Parasite’ and the Perils of Inequality	00:50:38
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. The Korean film ‘Parasite’ stunned the world by winning […]
	12 Mar 2020	The Rabbis are Cray-Cray for Tay-Tay	00:57:35
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. Join the world’s newest Swifties Rabbis Knopf & Olitzky […]
	26 Mar 2020	Hunting for the Ethics of Memory and Revenge on ‘Hunters’	00:57:58
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. Amazon Prime’s new series ‘Hunters’ premiered to decidedly mixed […]
	09 Apr 2020	PopTorah Live! — ‘The Plot Against America’	01:06:43
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. In the special live episode, recorded in the midst […]
	23 Apr 2020	Escape from New York	00:42:02
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. The new Netflix miniseries “Unorthodox,” based on the 2012 […]
	07 May 2020	Live! — Star Wars Day Special	00:54:34
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. In honor of Star Wars Day, Rabbis Knopf and […]
	21 May 2020	‘Westworld’ And Questions About the Nature of Our Reality	00:39:34
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. What’s Jewish about robots becoming sentient and plotting to […]
	04 Jun 2020	‘The Last Dance’ and the Challenge of Greatness	00:48:51
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. The 90’s era Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, […]
	18 Jun 2020	Black Lives Matter	00:45:09
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. The the homicide of George Floyd at the hands […]
	02 Jul 2020	Pop-pourri	00:42:31
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. Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky catch up on and discuss […]
	16 Jul 2020	The Torah of ‘Hamilton’	00:46:41
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. The groundbreaking Broadway phenomenon Hamilton is now a feature […]
	30 Jul 2020	The Rabbis Taste the Nation	00:50:36
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. The new Hulu series Taste the Nation, starring Top […]
	13 Aug 2020	An American Pickle: The Jewish Encino Man	00:46:51
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. The new film from Seth Rogen, ‘An American Pickle,’ […]
	03 Sep 2020	Remembering Chadwick Bozeman (z”l)	00:46:49
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. On August 28, 2020, the world was shocked and saddened […]
	17 Sep 2020	‘The Boys’ are Back in Town	01:00:40
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. In their very first episode of PopTorah, Rabbis Knopf […]
	01 Oct 2020	Remembering the Notorious (and Righteous) RBG	01:00:27
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. On Erev Rosh Hashanah, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader […]
	15 Oct 2020	Does Torah Have ‘The Right Stuff’?	00:58:26
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. The new Disney+ / National Geographic series The Right […]
	29 Oct 2020	The Torah Of Sorkin	00:55:04
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. In the span of just two weeks, we were […]
	13 Nov 2020	Cultural Learnings From Borat For Make Benefit Glorious JCast Network Podcast PopTorah	00:53:10
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. Borat is back, and he’s…still outrageous. But while provocateur […]
	26 Nov 2020	Judaism and The Climate Crisis, and ‘I am Greta’	00:44:39
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. At the age of 15, Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg […]
	10 Dec 2020	It’s Alright — The Rabbis are Saved by the Bell!	00:39:13
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. Time out! Put on your favorite neon tank top, […]
	24 Dec 2020	Should We Be Happy About ‘Happiest Season’?	00:41:28
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. The rabbis are talking Christmas! Seriously. The new Hulu […]
	07 Jan 2021	Wonder Woman 1984 and Streaming Wars Redux	00:58:19
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. Almost exactly one year ago, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky […]
	21 Jan 2021	‘Soul’, the Meaning of Life, and the Great Beyond	00:45:14
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. What is the meaning and purpose of our lives, […]
	04 Feb 2021	Grief and Assimilation, Now in ‘WandaVision’	00:58:23
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. How do we grieve for and heal from loss? […]
	18 Feb 2021	#FreeBritney and Judaism	00:45:00
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. The documentary Framing Britney Spears, now on Hulu, is […]
	04 Mar 2021	Racial Justice, and Revolution	01:00:24
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. Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky welcome special guest Rev. Dr. […]
	18 Mar 2021	Nomadland and Life in the Wilderness	00:43:09
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. The new film Nomadland from writer-director Chloé Zhao, based […]
	01 Apr 2021	The Torah of the Snyder Cut	00:56:45
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. Ever since the superhero team-up film Justice League, released […]
	15 Apr 2021	Don’t Ignore ‘Superstore’	00:42:31
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. he NBC sitcom Superstore just ended its six-season run, spinning hijinks and […]
	29 Apr 2021	The Falcon and the Winter Solider and the Rabbis	00:38:18
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. The new series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is the […]
	13 May 2021	Torah Kombat	00:45:03
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. Is the reboot of Mortal Kombat, out now in […]
	27 May 2021	God, the Good and the Bad Batch	00:38:34
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. The Bad Batch, now streaming on Disney+, is the […]
	10 Jun 2021	‘Oslo’ and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	00:59:48
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. How does one talk about, let alone resolve, the […]
	24 Jun 2021	Getting Down with ‘In the Heights’	00:48:37
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. The new film ‘In the Heights’, based on Lin […]
	08 Jul 2021	In ‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines’, Which Side is Torah On?	00:45:03
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. The new film The Mitchells vs. the Machines, now […]
	22 Jul 2021	‘Loki’, Free Will, and Glorious Purpose	00:45:58
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. The new Marvel Cinematic Universe television series ‘Loki,’ currently […]
	05 Aug 2021	Learning From and Dunking on ’Space Jam: A New Legacy’	00:31:03
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. The new film ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy,’ currently […]
	19 Aug 2021	Greater Than the Sum of our ‘Parts’	00:48:14
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. The new British TV series ‘We Are Lady Parts,’ […]
	02 Sep 2021	Checking Into ’The White Lotus’	00:34:41
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. The new series The White Lotus, currently streaming on […]
	23 Sep 2021	Settling into ’The Chair’	00:38:21
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. The new Netflix series The Chair is about the […]
	07 Oct 2021	We Believe in ‘Ted Lasso’	00:44:15
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. Jason Sudeikis’ AppleTV+ comedy series ‘Ted Lasso,’ about a […]
	21 Oct 2021	‘Maid’ in America	00:55:02
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. The new Netflix limited series ‘https://www.netflix.com/title/81166770,’ inspired by Stephanie […]
	04 Nov 2021	More Than ‘Only Murders in the Building’	00:37:45
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. The new series ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ starring […]
	18 Nov 2021	Dune, Power Dynamics, and Platform Disruption	00:45:26
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. Dune, now in theaters and streaming on HBOMax, is […]
	02 Dec 2021	Hanukkah Pop-pourri!	00:45:04
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. The winter holiday season always heralds an abundance of […]
	16 Dec 2021	The Beatles: Inspiration, Transformation, and the Cost of Success	00:52:43
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. ’The Beatles: Get Back’ is a new three-part docuseries […]
	30 Dec 2021	Hawkeye and Heroism	00:50:39
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. Hawkeye, the MCU hero everyone loves to hate (or […]
	13 Jan 2022	’The Matrix Resurrections’, the Meaning of Freedom, and the Nature of Reality	00:44:57
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. When it originally came out, The Matrix trilogy was a pop […]
	27 Jan 2022	Taking a Look at ‘Don’t Look Up’	00:46:54
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. The new Netflix film ‘Don’t Look Up,’ starring a […]
	10 Feb 2022	Enchanted by ‘Encanto’	00:43:10
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. The new Disney animated feature ‘Encanto’, now streaming on […]
	24 Feb 2022	Back to School at ‘Abbott Elementary’	00:47:56
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. The new ABC mockumentary series Abbott Elementary does more than fill […]
	10 Mar 2022	‘Inventing Anna’ and the Cost of Fame	00:39:59
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. The new Netflix limited series ‘Inventing Anna’ is a […]
	25 Mar 2022	PopTorah 2022 Oscars Special!	01:04:05
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. The 94th Academy Awards are fast approaching, and Rabbis […]
	07 Apr 2022	‘The Batman’: Justice, Vengeance, and the Darkness Within	00:47:47
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. ‘The Batman’, starring Robert Pattinson, is a newer, darker […]
	21 Apr 2022	‘Turning Red’ and Coming of Age	00:46:32
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. What does it mean to grow up? How do […]
	05 May 2022	The Price of ‘Winning Time’	00:39:05
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. The new HBOMax series ‘Winning Time: The Rise of […]
	19 May 2022	Does ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ Understand Its Subject?	00:49:11
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. The new Hulu series ‘Under the Banner of Heaven,’ […]
	02 Jun 2022	‘Severance,’ Working to Live, and Living to Work	00:48:56
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. Do you seek better work-life balance? Tired of taking […]
	16 Jun 2022	Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s PopTorah	00:50:02
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. The new FX/Hulu miniseries Pistol tells the true story of The […]
	30 Jun 2022	‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’, Considering the Past and Confronting Failure	00:54:26
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. Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the most important characters […]
	14 Jul 2022	Heroes, Monsters, and ’Stranger Things’	00:43:42
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. Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky just finished binging the fourth […]
	08 Sep 2022	Pop-pourri: Recapping Summer 2022	00:59:27
Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky are back from summer vacation and eager to catch up on everything Jewish about our favorite pop culture offerings of the summer. Join us as we discuss the blockbuster film Thor: Love and Thunder, the provocative Netflix docuseries Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99, the Apple TV+ gem For All Mankind, and the latest Disney+ MCU series Ms. […]
	22 Sep 2022	Recapping the 2022 Emmy Awards	00:49:00
So much great TV, so little time! Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky recap everything Jewish about the 2022 Emmy awards. Who won, who was robbed, who wore what best, and who got that coveted PopTorah bump? Plus we discuss what the night’s biggest winners and losers tell us about the state of pop culture today, and what it […]
	06 Oct 2022	’She-Hulk’, Combatting the Patriarchy, and Pursuing Justice	00:36:48
The new Marvel TV series ‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’ is currently streaming on Disney+, “hulking out” on subjects ranging from toxic masculinity to celebrity culture to embracing one’s power and taking responsibility for others. As always, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky have thoughts. What does this series say about the state of the MCU, and what […]
	20 Oct 2022	On the Couch with ‘The Patient’	00:31:04
The new FX/Hulu series The Patient is a psychological thriller about a therapist, played by Steve Carell, who is kidnapped by and forced to treat his patient, a serial killer, played by Domnhall Gleeson. The show touches on many powerful Jewish themes appropriate for the High Holy Day season, as well as the complicated dynamics of families […]
	10 Nov 2022	One Ring to Rule Them All	00:42:29
The new Prime Video series ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,’ is based on one of the most popular book and film series ever, and is the most expensive TV show ever produced. Does it rule them all? Has the king returned? And just how Jewish are harfoots and hobbits, anyway? Rabbis […]
	23 Nov 2022	Wakanda Forever!	01:00:29
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ is the eagerly-awaited sequel to one of the most critically and commercially successful films of all time. The original ‘Black Panther’ was not only a mega-hit, but a watershed in pop culture, particularly for many in the African-American community. Adding to the significance of ‘Wakanda Forever’ is the fact that the […]
	15 Dec 2022	‘Fleishman’ and the ‘Trouble’ of Love, Loss, and Longing	00:42:12
The new Hulu series ‘Fleishman is in Trouble’, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Claire Danes, is a show about how love can become hate, marriage can devolve into divorce, midlife can spiral into a crisis, comfort can turn into boring routine, and the blessing of kids can turn into the thankless burden of parenting. In other […]
	29 Dec 2022	Sex, Lies, and Power in ‘The White Lotus: Sicily’	00:39:43
The follow-up to the smash HBO limited series ‘The White Lotus’ explores issues of sex and relationships, trust and power, class and privilege, beauty and treachery in a new luxurious setting. Also, can you believe that <SPOILER> died?! And also <SPOILER>, <SPOILER>, and <SPOILER>?! Intrigued? Enticed? Enjoy a romantic, exotic, and dangerous getaway with Rabbis […]
	12 Jan 2023	Peeling Back the Layers of ‘Glass Onion’	00:49:09
The new film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is Rian Johnson’s follow-up to his critical and commercial 2019 hit Knives Out. Once again starring Daniel Craig as “world’s greatest detective” Benoit Blanc and an all-star cast (including some incredible cameos), Glass Onion finds Blanc attempting to solve a mysterious murder that has taken place against the backdrop […]
	26 Jan 2023	Oui, oui, ‘Emily in Paris’!	00:54:02
The first three seasons of Darren Starr’s guilty pleasure series ‘Emily in Paris’ are now streaming on Netflix. Most viewers agree that the show is the pop culture equivalent of junk food: delightful, but mostly empty calories. But what would happen if we took the show (too) seriously? Thankfully, that is Rabbi Knopf and Rabbi […]
	09 Feb 2023	‘You People’ and Black-Jewish Relations	00:57:00
The new Netflix film ‘You People,’ starring Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill, is a romantic comedy in the mold of ‘Meet the Parents.’ The twist, however, is that this time, the parents are African American members of the Nation of Islam, and the prospective son-in-law is a white Jew from West LA. While the movie […]
	23 Feb 2023	’The Last of Us’ and the Torah of the Zombie Apocalypse	00:52:06
The new HBO series, ‘The Last of Us,’ based on the acclaimed video game of the same name, explores what life might look like 20 years after a pandemic decimates the world. The show features plenty of terrifying zombies (especially if you’re freaked out by fungus), but more importantly explores what remains — love and […]
	09 Mar 2023	The Poppys: PopTorah 2023 Oscars Special!	00:38:28
The 95th Academy Awards are fast approaching, and Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky are here to talk about the Torah of this year’s Best Picture nominees. In this special episode, we discuss Avatar, Elvis, Top Gun, The Fabelmans, and more! Who should walk away with this year’s top prize? Who will win? And, most importantly, which movie […]
	23 Mar 2023	The Best Episode in ‘The History of the World: Part II’	00:40:34
It finally happened! The sequel to Mel Brooks’ 1981 classic ‘History of the World: Part I’ that nearly every Jew of a certain age has been waiting for is here at last. Was it worth the wait? Is it the greatest sequel in ‘The History of the World: Part II’? Or is it more of […]
	10 Apr 2023	Trying ’Shrinking’ On For Size	00:39:11
‘Shrinking,’ the new series streaming on AppleTV+ boasts some big names (have you heard of this guy Harrison Ford? We think he’s got a promising future in showbiz…) and a big premise: what would happen if therapists got more involved in their patients’ lives, and let their patients get more involved in their own lives? […]
	27 Apr 2023	How ‘Super’ is the ‘Mario Bros.’ Movie?	00:56:50
Mario, Luigi, Toadstool, Princess Peach, and Bowser are back — this time in the cleverly-titled blockbuster animated comedy ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie.’ Is it super? Or is it the film equivalent of hitting a banana peel on Rainbow Road? What does it say about the state of entertainment and society? And what does it […]
	11 May 2023	Is ’The Mandalorian’ The Way?	00:36:20
‘The Mandalorian,’ whose third season is now streaming on Disney+, is one of the most critically and commercially successful offerings of Disney-era Star Wars. Noted Star Wars nerds Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky discuss the show’s very Jewish themes, its relationship to Torah and Midrash, and the relative value of complex mythology in modern pop culture. […]
	25 May 2023	Guarding the Galaxy and Perfecting the World	00:44:31
The MCU has been in a bit of a rough patch lately, but ‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3’ gets things back on track. The final chapter of James Gunn’s trilogy about this wisecracking gang of galactic misfits has jokes, action, and lots of heart. In this episode, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky argue that the […]
	08 Jun 2023	’Succession’ and the Meaning of Success	00:42:11
The hit HBO series Succession, currently in its final season, is deceptively complex. On the surface, it’s about members of a wealthy family vying for control of their father’s media empire. But while most similar shows would either glorify or revile wealth and power, Succession deals in shades of grey that are truer to life and closer to […]
	22 Jun 2023	The Rabbis Enter ‘the Spider-Verse’	00:43:06
‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse’ is the sequel to the hit 2018 animated adventure ‘Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse,’ and the second part of a planned trilogy following Miles Morales as the titular wall-crawler, along with hundreds of other spider-people. Our friendly neighborhood web-heads, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky, want to talk about the high-flying, wise-cracking, multiverse spanning […]
	06 Jul 2023	Should We Cancel ’The Flash’? Or did ’The Flash’ Cancel Itself?	00:52:18
‘The Flash’ was supposed to be an exciting reset for the beleaguered DCEU, even heralded by some Hollywood luminaries as one of the greatest superhero films of all time. Instead, it was at least as much of a mess as many of its predecessors, and doubly burdened with instability at Warner Bros. (the parent company […]
	20 Jul 2023	‘Indiana Jones’ and Longing to Live in the Past	00:48:33
Indiana Jones is back! The dashing, swashbuckling, fedora-wearing, bullwhip-cracking, Nazi-punching archaeologist is literally racing against time in his fifth and, by all accounts, last, crusade. But did Disney choose wisely with this one, or does this iconic franchise belong in a museum? Join Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky to hear “just what the Hebrews thought” about […]
	03 Aug 2023	Grin and ‘Bear’ It	00:45:15
The Bear, whose first two seasons are currently streaming on Hulu, follows Carmy Berzatto, a rising superstar in the culinary world, as he seeks to revitalize his brother Mikey’s Chicago dive following Mikey’s suicide. The show masterfully explores very Jewish themes, like honoring difficult parents, carrying on a legacy, dealing with grief and guilt, the ethics […]
	24 Aug 2023	The Summer of Barbenheimer	01:07:14
It’s official — ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ are this summer’s unlikely “it” couple! This summer, we’re all obsessed with the World’s Most Famous doll taking on the patriarchy and wrestling with mortality, and the Father of the Atomic Bomb struggling with his conscience and (maybe) starting a chain reaction that will destroy the world. It all […]
	14 Sep 2023	Inviting God and Tradition to ‘My Bat Mitzvah’	00:43:40
Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky seem like they would be the target audience for Adam Sandler’s new Netflix movie, You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah. But while the film covers some explicitly Jewish subject matter, the rabbis had mixed feelings about it — as an Adam Sandler comedy, and as a piece of Jewish art. […]
	19 Oct 2023	Tradition and Change is ‘Elemental’	00:46:38
Disney and Pixar’s latest animated feature, Elemental, became a sleeper hit at the box office this summer. Using the interaction of various elements as an extended metaphor for the immigrant experience and striking the balance between honoring one’s past while charting their own future, the movie has a lot of resonance with Jewish history and tradition. […]

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