#32: Special Guest - Ben Brafman
Behind the Bima
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
4.8 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2020
⏱️ 64 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From Bokorotome, Florida, this is Behind the Bima. |
| 0:05.0 | On this episode, the rabbis are joined by world-renowned defense attorney Ben Brothman. |
| 0:10.0 | Ben discusses what it's like being a visibly Orthodox Jew defending high-profile clients, |
| 0:14.0 | how to humanize people accused of bad crimes, and his relationships within various segments of the Jewish world. |
| 0:20.0 | Plus, the rabbis discuss the secrets behind a good sermon. |
| 0:23.3 | And anti-Semitism is on the rise while a TV journalist offensively references the Holocaust. |
| 0:28.3 | All this and more behind the Bima. |
| 0:34.5 | Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It's Wednesday night. Welcome back, and I have to admit, I'm pretty excited about that. |
| 0:40.0 | That was pretty cool. |
| 0:41.1 | I am Rabbi Ephraim Goldberg, joined with my dear colleagues and friends, Rabbi Philip Moskowitz. |
| 0:45.2 | And you may not recognize him after this haircut, but the one and only Rabbi Joshua Brody. |
| 0:51.1 | Gentlemen, good evening, and welcome back. Season two, episode nine already. |
| 0:57.8 | Wow. |
| 0:58.2 | We're our way through season two so quickly. |
| 1:00.6 | It's great to be together yet again on a Wednesday night. |
| 1:03.8 | When season? |
| 1:04.8 | When does it happen? |
| 1:06.6 | I think we were turning over the seasons based on the Jewish calendar, right? |
| 1:11.5 | Isn't that how we decided to do it? |
| 1:13.8 | That's great. |
| 1:15.2 | Amazing. |
| 1:15.8 | I forgot my eye thought. |
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