Amusing Jews

Michael Skloff is a composer best known for “I’ll Be There For You,” the theme song for Friends. His music is heard on many films and TV shows, as well as on the stage, in concert halls, and even in synagogues.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Michael’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804488/
 
“I’ll Be There For You”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2TyVQGoCYo
 
Friends Final Music Session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_AvlCW-sNg
 
Dream On – theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zls2YQDGIqY
 
Michael Skloff – Composer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRvXNpF9rHk
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Nancy Cohen is a “multi-un-disciplinary” filmmaker, artist, and activist. Her candid documentary, My Dinner with Abbie, was filmed with Abbie Hoffman at Sarge’s Deli in Manhattan in 1987. She is currently in post-production on a film about love, obsession, and John Lennon.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Nancy’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169642/?ref_=tt_cst_dr_1
 
My Dinner with Abbie – preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giQ_g__C8uw
 
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https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Mathew Klickstein is a prolific author, filmmaker, and pop culture historian, whose latest book is Lloyd Kaufman: Interviews, part of the Conversations with Filmmakers Series of the University Press of Mississippi.

Lloyd Kaufman has been making independent movies for over 50 years as cofounder and president of Troma Entertainment, and is responsible for the likes of such schlocky “midnight movie” fare as 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓, 𝑺𝒈𝒕. 𝑲𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒌𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑵.𝒀.𝑷.𝑫., 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙪𝙠𝙚 ’𝙀𝙢 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝, and 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐 & 𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒕.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Mathew’s website
https://www.mathewklickstein.com/
 
Lloyd Kaufman: Interviews
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/L/Lloyd-Kaufman
 
Troma
https://www.troma.com/
 
Troma Now
https://watch.troma.com/
 
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Jodi Kornfeld is rabbi of Beth Chaverim Humanistic Jewish Community in Deerfield, Illinois, and co-editor of a new book, Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices. 

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Contemporary Humanistic Judaism
https://jps.org/books/contemporary-humanistic-judaism/

Jodi's Bio
https://bethchaverim.net/about-beth-chaverim/our-rabbi

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Jewish Museum of the American West
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Mathew Klickstein is a prolific author, filmmaker, and pop culture historian. Rick Geary is a renowned artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. Their new graphic novel, Daisy Goes to the Moon, is published by Fantagraphics.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Mathew’s website
https://www.mathewklickstein.com/
 
Rick’s website
https://www.rickgeary.com/
 
Daisy Goes to the Moon
https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/daisy-goes-to-the-moon?srsltid=AfmBOooOxybL4be9PUZ-hRtCHCq1YoTWf6rb46ilN_3H7WtmpGEN2pab
 
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Marc Summers is a legendary television personality, best known for hosting Nickelodeon’s Double Dare and Unwrapped for the Food Network. He is the author of Everything in Its Place: My Trials and Triumphs with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the star of a one-man stage show, The Life & Slimes of Marc Summers.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Marc’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003162/
 
Double Dare Best Moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoYqzKOOUJ4
 
Top 10 Throwback Unwrapped Videos of All Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NCyfKDv65A&t=387s
 
Everything in Its Place: My Trials and Triumphs with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Its-Place-Obsessive-Compulsive/dp/1585420484
 
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

There’s an old debate about Yosemite Sam’s possible Jewish identity. Amusing Jews gets to the bottom of it!
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Donald Trump Mispronounces “Yosemite”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/04/trump-mispronounces-yosemite-white-house-event/3289122001/
 
Yosemite Sam is Actually Jewish
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8608037/After-Trumps-gaffe-emerges-Yosemite-Sam-Jewish-named-Samuel-Rosenbaum.html
 
How Jewish is Bugs Bunny?
https://forward.com/culture/449550/on-bugs-bunnys-80th-birthday-how-jewish-is-that-wascally-wabbit-anyway/
 
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Brothers Mark and Matthew Jacob are the co-authors of Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports. They previously co-authored What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field  

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook up the World of Sports
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538181454/Globetrotter-How-Abe-Saperstein-Shook-Up-the-World-of-Sports
 
What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/86026/what-the-great-ate-by-matthew-jacob-and-mark-jacob/

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https://www.jmaw.org/

Antonia Carlotta is a film historian and niece of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle. She explores her great uncle’s legacy on her YouTube channel and website, Antonia Carlotta Presents: Universally Me.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Antonia’s website
https://www.antoniacarlotta.com/
 
Antonia’s YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/AntoniaCarlotta
 
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Atheists United Studios
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Alex Shvartsman is an author, translator, and anthologist whose latest book is Dreidel of Dread: The Very Cthulhu Hanukkah Board Book. His other works include the fantasy novels Kakistocracy, The Middling Affliction, and Eridani’s Crown. His short stories have appeared in Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, and other publications.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Alex’s website
https://alexshvartsman.com/
Dreidel of Dread - book
https://www.amazon.com/Dreidel-Dread-Very-Cthulhu-Hanukkah/dp/1951064046
Dreidel of Dread – story
https://www.castofwonders.org/2017/12/cast-wonders-282-dreidel-dread-cthulhu-chanukah/
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios