The Jews Killed Jesus
Chutzpod!
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🗓️ 28 February 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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A listener’s friend insists that the Jews killed Jesus. How should she respond? And why does this myth continue to hurt? Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk about weaponizing myths, conspiracies, and the always helpful “I” statements.
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| 1:03.1 | Hello and welcome to chutzpah, real life lived better, where each week we apply Jewish tradition and the passion of the Christ to answer a letter sent by you, the listener, about an issue that is |
| 1:09.8 | live in your life. I'm Rabbi Shira Stutman. |
| 1:13.1 | And I'm Hannah Rosen. And Shira, when have you once quoted the teachings of Jesus on this podcast? |
| 1:20.6 | I mean, Jesus, look, what did they say in Monty Python? He was a very, very nice boy. He had a lot of good |
| 1:25.7 | things to teach. But enough about me, Hannah. |
| 1:28.7 | I want to know about you. |
| 1:30.2 | I want to know what your relationship is with Jesus. |
| 1:38.1 | Obvi. |
| 1:38.7 | Well, do you want to hear a story, Shira? |
| 1:41.1 | So I covered, early in my reporting career, I covered evangelicals for the Washington Post. |
| 1:48.3 | So I spent a whole, whole lot of time with evangelical leaders. And they were hungry to convert me, |
| 1:56.7 | hungry to convert me because a Jew special prize. So I remember this one particular breakfast where |
| 2:03.2 | I was sitting in a waffle house with one of the most prominent evangelical leaders in America |
| 2:09.8 | and his spokesperson. And he was staring at me in a way which was making me extremely uncomfortable. |
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