Amusing Jews

Joel Dinerstein is a professor of English and Sizeler Professor of Jewish Studies at Tulane University, a jazz scholar, cultural historian, and author of The Last of the Ellis Island Jews: A Brooklyn Memoir.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
The Last of the Ellis Island Jews
https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Last-of-the-Ellis-Island-Jews
 
Joel’s website
https://www.joeldinerstein.com/
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Michael Elias is a screenwriter-turned-novelist whose screen credits include The Jerk, The Frisco Kid, and Head of the Class. His latest novel is Bender’s L.A.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Bender’s L.A.
https://stickingplacebooks.com/books/benders-la
 
Michael’s website
https://www.michaeleliaswriter.co/
 
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Mark Cohen is an author and journalist whose books include Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-Engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Overweight Sensation
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/O/bo43634385.html
 
Mark’s website
https://www.markcohenbooks.com/
 
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Josh Kleinberg is a heavy metal afficionado whose article, “Spreading the Disease: Heavy Metal Jews and the Secular Sacred,” was published in the Spring 2026 issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Humanistic Judaism Magazine
https://shj.org/meaning-learning/humanistic-judaism-magazine/
 
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Yale Strom is one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music, history, and culture. His latest novel is The Autobiography of The Offenbacher.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
The Autobiography of The Offenbacher
https://olympiapublishersusa.com/books/the-autobiography-of-the-offenbacher
 
Yale’s website
https://www.yalestrom.com/
 
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Ari Ashkenazi is a retired professor of anthropology of art and arts education whose latest memoir is Retracing My Steps: A Queer Memoir.
 
Retracing My Steps
https://www.amazon.com/Retracing-My-Steps-Queer-Memoir/dp/B0HG87VNXY/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor is a professor of history at Smith College and author of the new book, Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Something We Said
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Something-We-Said/Elizabeth-Stordeur-Pryor/9781982154509
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Jacques Berlinerblau is the Rabbi Harold White Professor of Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University and author of The Philip Roth We Don’t Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
The Philip Roth We Don’t Know
https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5393/
 
Jacques’ website
https://www.jberlinerblau.com/
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Joe D’Esposito is a comic book artist and painter whose latest graphic novel, The Outsider, is published by Fantagraphics.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
The Outsider
https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/the-outsider
 
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Michael Isaac Shokrian is publisher of the Thieving Magpie literary quarterly and author of the new novel, American Playground.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-Engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Michael’s website
https://www.mishokrian.com/
 
the Thieving Magpie
https://thievingmagpie.org/about/
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios