Podcasts by The Jew Function Podcast

TJF Talks Episode 47 I We need big ideas! from 2023-07-21T18:00

Novelist. Essayist. Author. News Analyst. Culture Critic. Talk Show Host. Renaissance Guy and an all-around idea man. Thane has spoken to countless celebrities and has single-handedly defined th...

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TJF Talks Episode 46 I Exit left from 2023-06-27T18:20

Few others can look at history through such a clear lens as to start seeing those patterns we've been discussing here. Fewer have been able to write so eloquently about these moments in hist...

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TJF Talks Episode 45 I How can we be victims of woke politics from 2023-06-26T18:00

One would think that woke politics, as terrible as they are, would have a warm spot for Jews, the ultimate minority group and 832-time winners of the gold medal for suffering. But even though Je...

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TJF Talks Episode 44 | Why is it so hard to talk about it? from 2023-05-30T18:00:20

With South African history behind her, a keen understanding of antisemitism,  and plenty of media experience, Rolene—who recently moved to Israel—is a tireless advocate for Israel but isn't ...

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TJF Talks Episode 43 | Lions and gazelles from 2023-05-26T18:02:33

We interviewed the host of one of the most popular conservative podcasts in the U.S. and asked him about growing up as a poor immigrant from the Middle East, about the country that embraced him,...

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TJF Talks Episode 42 | Do we need a NDE to wake up? from 2023-05-02T18:05:05

Why do we need to get scared half to death to make big life changes? More importantly, can we make changes not for fear of death but for love of others? Israel Bitton talks about the motivation ...

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TJF Talks Episode 41 | Can we do better from 2023-04-11T18:27:41

Do we believe things are getting better or is this a form of wishful thinking on our part? Did we really do everything in our power to solve antisemitism? Are we willing to admit that perhaps we...

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TJF Talks Episode 40 | Some hate cannot be explained from 2023-04-04T18:30:28

With more than 1 million followers on Instagram, over 500,000 on TikTok and an impressive array of media credits and modeling gigs to her name, Austin is perhaps the archetype of Gen Z celebrity...

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TJF Talks Episode 39 | Oh Lord why you made it so misunderstood? from 2023-03-21T13:16:38

He's often labeled as an anti-semite but we met a guy who is not satisfied with the literal interpretation of the Torah by both Jews and Christians. Frankly, we can't blame him. One of t...

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TJF Talks Episode 38 | connecting to our other side from 2023-03-08T12:27:46

Savvy Auntie, Melanie Notkin, opens her heart to us and it's all warm and fuzzy and why can't we have that feeling between us in spite of our born differences? We don't know if Jews listen to an...

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TJF Talks Episode 37 | Tapping into our inner power from 2023-03-07T14:56:43

Chanale Fellig-Harrel is an unstoppable force of nature. The ridiculously talented singer, songwriter, sat down with us to kvetch about the decline of the internality of Jewish religion, sing th...

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TJF Talks Episode 36 | A minority of one from 2023-02-06T15:26:36

They say we are products of our environment and the exception proves the rule. But what can we learn from one would-be Jihadist who decided to follow his heart and question everything that he wa...

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TJF Talks Episode 35 | Do we need to explain Israel? from 2023-01-24T14:37:14

Not many people wake up in the morning with an urge to explain Israel to the world. Fewer still actually take up English to do a better job at it. This guy is all heart and runs on what feels li...

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TJF Talks Episode 34 | Can we change our minds? from 2023-01-10T12:34:30

If, as a Jew, you're waiting for the world around you to change its mind about you and stop hating you cause you're just like everyone else, then this talk is not for you. If you want to take an...

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TJF Talks Episode 33 | The Holocaust is a game now from 2023-01-09T16:15:57

Seriously, it's a video game where you can play a Jewish person and experience first hand the looming horrors as they gradually close in on your family. Why would anyone create such a game? You'...

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TJF Talks - Episode 32 - Higher Ed. at a new low from 2023-01-03T12:30:10

Here's a person committed to bringing goodness, justice, and tough love to the whole world, often in the face of waves of antisemitism, a skewed administration, and indifferent students. And he'...

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TJF Talks - Episode 31 - Live from Kiyv from 2023-01-01T20:50:40

In between missile attacks, power outages, and near-paralyzing uncertainty, we had a rare opportunity to chat with a dear friend of ours, Vlad from Kiyv. What does it mean to be a Jew in Kiyv du...

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TJF Talks Episode 30 | Better call Shaul - part 2 from 2023-01-01T20:47:02

Part 2 picks up where part 1 left off. 

Wild ride. 

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TJF Talks - Episode 29 - Better call Shaul. Part 1 from 2022-11-17T13:55:15

The professor, no stranger to thejewfunction, gave us a run for our money. With his broad academic knowledge, his penetrating eloquence, and his big open heart he helped us go deeper than ever i...

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TJF Talks - Episode 28 - Bullysemitism from 2022-11-15T17:35:37

Double standards, fear, frustration. It's not easy being a Jew on campus these days. We talk to Rafaella Gunz on the experience that made her change her academic choices, her career choices, and...

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TJF Talks - Episode 27 - Why did you join camp Jew? with Nicole Levitt from 2022-11-15T12:56:10

Why would a rational, sensitive, lawyer choose to convert to Judaism then suddenly start to feel that antisemitism as a personal attack on her people. Where is that feeling coming from and what ...

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TJF Talks - Episode 26 - Josh Arbital is standing with us 2 from 2022-11-15T00:55:47

We're talking to a great guy. He came out of college wanting to bring what he got in his home community to Jewish students everywhere. He's Campus Regional Manager: Central Area for @StandWithUs...

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TJF Talks - Episode 25 - An-Jew-la, daughter of a White supremacist and a Jewish mom from 2022-11-15T00:54:26

We're talking to a woman who's all contradictions and all harmony. Our favorite expression of what it means to be Jewish. Angela Van DerPluym takes us through her struggle to reconcile growing w...

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TJF Talks - Episode 24 - One blunt black Jew from 2022-11-08T17:25:55

We hosted blunt black Jew Tyler Samuels to talk about the rifts in Jewish society, and how, as a polite historian he's dealing with racism and antisemitism with a big smile.

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TJF Talks - Episode 23 - The Seductress of Zion from 2022-11-08T11:30:06

We hosted Arielle Kaplan, aka The Seductress of Zion and talked about using sex positive to unite the Jews. Can it work? Only way to find out is to listen.

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Episode 22 - The Untold Holocaust (Mystery Book Revealed) from 2022-01-27T13:16:09

In this final episode of the 'mystery book series' we reveal the book and have its author, Chaim Ratz, join us for an uplifting conversation about the darkest time in our history. This episode a...

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Episode 23 - The Untold Holocaust (Mystery Book Revealed) from 2022-01-27T13:16:09

In this final episode of the 'mystery book series' we reveal the book and have its author, Chaim Ratz, join us for an uplifting conversation about the darkest time in our history. This episode a...

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Episode 21 - Architects of mass psychosis from 2021-12-25T13:23:30

Irony is one of the hallmarks of Jewish existence. After all, who could've thought that the same Jewish ideas that would help explain the psychology of the masses, and pave the way to modern PR ...

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Episode 20 - Unlikely buddies from 2021-09-10T02:59:05

What the hell freezes over? Why is there a swastika and a star of David on the same commemorative medal? Who would commemorate such an unholy alliance and for what reason? Was there a moment in ...

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Episode 19 - A cross section of our midsection from 2021-06-22T12:19:13

WWI was one of the most pointless wars in the history of mankind. But it did serve to prove one point, namely, that try as they may, society will always look at Jews as social pariahs. It didn't...

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Episode 18 - Party like it's 1930 from 2021-05-22T01:16:08

Tolstoy said that everyone thinks to change the world but nobody thinks to change themselves. But what if your life depended on it? would you change then? Can the most stubborn people on earth l...

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Episode 17 - A positive and a negative make light from 2021-04-22T13:09:44

This is part three on the birth of Zionism and the relationships between Jews in Europe at the turn of the 19th century. The world is not a nice place but if you have a desire for unity, then ma...

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Episode 16 - Everybody’s right, except we’re not right together from 2021-03-22T03:29:04

The moment the gates of the shtetl were thrown open by the Tzar, there was nothing keeping the Jews of Eastern Europe together. Why do some Jews feel compelled to keep to the religious tradition...

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Episode 15 - And what came before THAT?! from 2021-02-05T08:33:29

The state of Israel wouldn’t be born if not for the effects of the holocaust which in turn wouldn’t have happened if not, in part, due to the assimilation attempts of German Jews and the deep sc...

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Episode 14 - Conspiring to Love The World from 2021-01-10T17:49:47

They say history repeats itself. But it's not an exact rerun. There's always room for free choice to change the course we're on - but only if we have enough relevant information.  The human...

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Episode 13 - Inquire Within from 2021-01-01T19:58:21

What's a crypto Jew and why is the very idea freaking people out? Why were Jews expelled, banished and sent out from over 800 places in the last 2000 years? Can we prevent the next big expulsion...

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Episode 12 - The people of the paradox from 2020-10-31T04:32:22

“Why does he make us feel the questions if he’s not going to give us any answers?” asks Larry Gopnik in the Cohen brothers's A Serious Man.  It feels like it's the story of our people, the ...

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Episode 11 - The politics of LOVE from 2020-10-19T01:35:56

Some 2000 years ago, a gentile joined the budding Jewish nation to become the greatest teacher that ever lived. He had 24,000 students and he taught one rule: love your fellow man as you love yo...

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Episode 10 - Why can't we all just get along? from 2020-10-03T04:04:10

The bloody great revolt marked the end of the age of antiquity in the history of the Jews and the beginning of life in exile. But what actually took place inside the walls of Jerusalem in those ...

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Episode 9 - A gym and a theater on every street corner - what's wrong with that picture? from 2020-08-30T01:04:10

If Jews were not meant to be rulers, kings, and conquerors then what WERE they meant to be? Why was the victory of the Maccabees doomed from the start and, really, is there really a problem with...

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Episode 8 - Prisoners of our own narratives from 2020-08-13T19:55:44

What if the famous saying uttered during most Jewish holidays was actually "We tried to kill each other, then they tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!"? What if Hanukkah wasn't...

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Episode 7 - Will there be hand sanitizers and masks at the third temple love fest? from 2020-07-03T21:00

When people blame Jews for all their misfortunes, are they subconsciously wishing for all their fortunes to come through them as well? Of all the empires that dominated the ancient world, none c...

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Episode 6 - Can I marry a shiksa? Please, can I? from 2020-06-06T04:00

What is the real danger of intermingling? Is it about ethnic purity or ideological purity? Could it be that the horrors of the destruction of the temple we commemorate every year were brought on...

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Episode 5 - Are Jews aliens? from 2020-05-05T04:00

Jews built the pyramids! Some say aliens. Maybe we Jews are those aliens? Have we been sent by the universe to provide a universal example? If so of what? Is it possible that we are unconsciousl...

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BONUS EPISODE - Jews, plagues & the corona virus from 2020-04-15T19:18:51

Why is this, "blame the Jews for the plague", thing even an issue in 2020? Why do people feel compelled to include the Jews in every plight that humanity faces? Whats going on! In this podcast we w...

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Episode 4 - Love the world as I love myself? from 2020-03-30T14:06:11

What is this hippy s#!%t mumbo jumbo? We jews are a proud rational people. We pride ourselves on Noble Prizes, books, ethical reasoning and the invention of Waze. What do you mean that a sticky ...

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Episode 3 - A Babylon state of mind from 2020-03-21T05:42:50

Babylon, 3500 years ago. A great civilization plunges into chaos after attempting to build a really tall skyscraper. Or was nature trying to tell us something and Abraham was the only one who co...

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Episode 2 - A love letter from an anti-semite from 2020-03-15T13:43:51

"Street anti-semitism" is little more than bullying. But the great anti-semites of the past century, who have written extensively against the Jews chose to include surprisingly loving and tender...

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Episode 1 - On a bridge to a new reality from 2020-03-15T13:43:40

The recent wave of anti-semitism in 2019 had sent people to the Brooklyn bridge in protest. The Coronavirus outbreak will offer little or no respite from the onslaught and I’m willing to bet the...

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