Amusing Jews

Barbara Laven is a retired trauma therapist and daughter of producer-director Arnold Laven – one-third of Levy-Gardner-Laven, the production company behind the classic TV Western series The Rifleman and The Big Valley.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Levy-Garnder-Laven
https://www.therifleman.net/about/
 
Arnold Laven’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491852/
 
Arnold Laven’s obituary
https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-arnold-laven20-2009sep20-story.html
 
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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

Liz Kleinrock is an antiracist and antibias educator and author of What Jewish Looks Like, a book for young readers co-authored with Caroline Kusin Prichard and illustrated by Iris Gottlieb. Her previous books include Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School; Eyes that Weave the World’s Wonders; and Come and Join Us! 18 Holidays Celebrated All Year Long.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
What Jewish Looks Like
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/what-jewish-looks-like-liz-kleinrockcaroline-kusin-pritchard?variant=41365154332706
 
Liz’s website
https://www.lizkleinrock.com/
 
Teach and Transform
https://www.teachandtransform.org/
 
Liz’s TED Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9-urSR19SI
 
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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

Glenn Kirschbaum is a documentary writer, producer, and director whose latest film is Remembering Gene Wilder. He also wrote episodes of Unsolved Mysteries, and has overseen hundreds of hours of programming on The History Channel, A & E, Discovery, National Geographic, The Travel Channel, The Food Network, HGTV, The Weather Channel, and more.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Glenn’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1014024/
 
Remembering Gene Wilder trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNCtLXOJgdg
 
Remembering Gene Wilder Q+A (Boston Jewish Film Festival)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-3C-rGZS6U
 
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Debra Caplan is an associate professor of theatre at the Graduate Center and Baruch College, City University of New York. She's the author of Yiddish Empire: The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy, and co-editor of The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the World.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
The Dybbuk Century
https://press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-Dybbuk-Century3
 
Yiddish Empire
https://press.umich.edu/Books/Y/Yiddish-Empire2
 
Debra’s professor page
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/debra-caplan
 
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Sam Firstenberg is an independent film director best known for his work with Cannon films, including Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo and the American Ninja series.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Sam’s website
https://samfirstenberg.tripod.com/
 
Sam’s YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJpfRkG6T_kUII7sCRO5uAw
 
Sam’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278735/
 
American Ninja trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xrzqPLwOio
 
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YaNKBmRNvY
 
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https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Joel Silverstein is an artist, curator, teacher, critic, and a founding member of the Jewish Art Salon. His new book is The Brighton Beach Bible, an autobiographical painted narrative based around the Exodus story.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Joel’s website
https://joelsilversteinart.com/mu.html
 
The Brighton Beach Bible
https://www.amazon.com/Brighton-Beach-Bible-Joel-Silverstein/dp/B0CHV3TX25
 
Jewish Art Salon
https://jewishartsalon.org/
 
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Peter Benjaminson is a former reporter for The LA Times, Detroit Free Press, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He’s the author of several books, including The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard; Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar; and most recently The Life and Times of Betty Boop: The 100-Year History of an Animated Icon.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
The Life and Times of Betty Boop
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781493064281/The-Life-and-Times-of-Betty-Boop-The-100-Year-History-of-an-Animated-Icon
 
Peter’s website
https://www.peterbenjaminson.com/
 
Minnie the Moocher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhMuFEtIh4
 
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https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Stan Mack is a cartoonist best known for Real Life Funnies, which ran in The Village Voice for over two decades. His new book, Stan Mack’s Real-Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995, is published by Fantagraphics.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies
https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/stan-macks-real-life-funnies?srsltid=AfmBOoo9DlUGftJJTCCD15LfqI3NsT9hFzmPoojWtTrX03L_tWa4WIJW
 
Stan’s website
https://www.stanmack.com/
 
The Story of the Jews
https://turnerpublishing.com/products/the-story-of-the-jews?srsltid=AfmBOoqjOzaWgWNVnMcFEETjLPyml2SfCLuGqv5fbYQ57eMqLwi3mmC6
 
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https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Margalit Fox is a journalist and author whose latest book is The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss. Her previous books include Conan Doyle for the Defense, The Riddle of the Labyrinth, Talking Hands, and The Confidence Men. As a senior writer in the Obituary News Department of The New York Times, she wrote sendoffs for some of the leading cultural figures of our age.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Margalit’s website
https://margalitfox.com/
 
The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677157/the-talented-mrs-mandelbaum-by-margalit-fox/
 
Margalit’s New York Times page
https://www.nytimes.com/by/margalit-fox
 
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Atheists United Studios
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Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, based in Washington, D.C. He’s the author of more than 20 books, including the graphic novel Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust to America and his latest, Cartoonists Against Racism: The Secret Jewish War on Bigotry.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Cartoonists Against Racism
https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3012-364/Cartoonists-Against-Racism-TPB
 
Whistleblowers
https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3011-433/Whistleblowers-Four-Who-Fought-to-Expose-the-Holocaust-to-America-TPB
 
The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies
http://new.wymaninstitute.org/
 
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https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios