1.06 Ancient Magic 8 Ball (w/ Jonathan Greenblatt, Melissa Merwin-Malina, & Russell Shaw)
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5.0 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Rabbi Shira and Joshua welcome ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt to the show, to discuss antisemitism in general, and Whoopi Goldberg’s comments on the Holocaust in particular. Also, we talk about what we’re wearing, who we’re wearing, and why we’re wearing. And…our hosts welcome their spouses to the show!
Episode Timecodes:
(05:40) Melissa Merwin (Joshua’s wife & costumer) Interview on the performative nature of wearing clothing
(29:41) Jonathan Greenblatt Interview
(45:57) Russell Shaw (Shira’s husband) defines the Hebrew & Yiddish terms used in the episode
(48:40) Rabbi’s Shira’s Guided Meditation
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| 0:31.6 | Lacko, I'm going to times. We have a great episode today. Yes, one might say a very special episode of Blossom. |
| 0:57.8 | We have to get her on the podcast at some point. |
| 1:00.6 | Oh yes, indeed. |
| 1:02.5 | But for today, we have not one, but two guests. |
| 1:07.3 | Two esteemed guests, one of whom I'm quite intimate with and the other is my wife. |
| 1:13.8 | But seriously, folks, my dear wife, Melissa Merwin-Milina, will be joining us and Jonathan Greenblatt, |
| 1:19.2 | CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, will also be joining us. |
| 1:23.4 | Yeah, there are two different kinds of conversations, but I actually think there's a way that they go well together. One is more about the head and one is more about the heart and the soul. And, you know, whatever, those things together. That's the fullness of Judaism. Rhesas. It's a spiritual rhesus. Peanut butter and chocolate. I remember I was a child of the 80s too. |
| 1:44.4 | Hey! Oh, you got your chocolate in my peanut butter! |
| 1:46.5 | He's a peanut butter on my chocolate. What? |
| 1:49.3 | I was a child of the 70s. |
| 1:50.9 | I want to ask you a question, which sounds a little dirty, but it's really not. |
| 1:55.2 | It's about today's Torah portion. What are you wearing? |
| 1:58.7 | I'm sorry, but Rabbi, in Hollywood we say, who are you wearing? Oh, excuse me. Sorry, who are you wearing? I'm sorry, but, Rabbi, in Hollywood, we say, who are you wearing? |
| 2:02.5 | Oh, excuse me. Sorry. Who are you wearing? I'm wearing Cotton Bureau's finest t-shirt. |
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