Amusing Jews

Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-Greenfield are the co-editors of a new book, This Is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity. Oren is assistant director of the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice and assistant professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco. Ariella is associate director of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History and special advisor on antisemitism at Temple University.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

This Is Your Song Too
https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09525-7.html
 
Oren Kroll-Zeldin
https://www.usfca.edu/faculty/oren-kroll-zeldin

Ariella Werden-Greenfield
https://liberalarts.temple.edu/academics/faculty/werden-greenfield-ariella

Phish play ‘Avinu Maklenu’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az1dEW2LTIw
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/

Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Josh Tuininga is an author, illustrator, and musician whose debut graphic novel, We Are Not Strangers, follows his grandfather’s efforts to help his Japanese American neighbors who were incarcerated during World War II. Josh is also the founder and creative director of the design firm, The Medium, has two children’s books, Why Blue? and Dream On, and makes music with his wife in the duo, To the River.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Josh’s website
https://www.joshtuininga.com/

We Are Not Strangers
https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/we-are-not-strangers_9781419759949/

To the River
https://open.spotify.com/artist/017t7byPTeNujUFzmHEa0V?nd=1&si=GVcZL004QcGigl0on7ymdA

The Medium
https://www.the-medium.net/

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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/

Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/

Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Ari Ashkenazi was a professor of art at Cal State Los Angeles from 1972 to 1991. He took a disability leave due to the onset of blindness, earned a certificate in rehabilitation teaching for the blind, received ordination as a Zen Buddhist monk, and worked with AIDS patients who experienced blindness as a result of their illness. He is the author three memoirs: The Skeptic: Jews, Zen, and Blindness; About My Dog: Guide Dog Training at The Seeing Eye; and Mitzvah: A Memoir about Zen, Judaism, Pain, and Recovery.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

The Skeptic: Jews, Zen, and Blindness
https://www.amazon.com/Skeptic-Jews-Zen-Blindness/dp/B0BBY5DFXP/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=B0BmJ&content-id=amzn1.sym.cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_p=cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_r=142-9158865-9035219&pd_rd_wg=BK6V8&pd_rd_r=b5229d66-8e96-4e73-b11a-b925ca8c6ff2&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk

About My Dog: Guide Dog Training at the Seeing Eye
https://www.amazon.com/About-My-Dog-Training-Seeing/dp/B0CLRP4WCD?ref_=ast_author_dp

Mitzvah: A Memoir about Zen, Judaism, Pain, and Recovery
https://www.amazon.com/Mitzvah-Memoir-about-Judaism-Recovery/dp/1979927332?ref_=ast_author_dp

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https://www.coolshul.org/

Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Wendy Heimann is co-founder and managing partner of Nolan Heimann, an intellectual property and strategic planning law firm for creative thinkers and business makers. She specializes in the location-based, experiential, and immersive entertainment industry.

Host: Jonathan Friedmann

Producer-Engineer: Mike Tomren

Nolan Heimann
https://www.nolanheimann.com/

Themed Entertainment Association
https://www.teaconnect.org/

Crinoline
https://crinolinetheband.com/home

Klingon Tamburlaine
https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/6010

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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/

Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Howard Teman is a world-renowned tattooist and poster artist who has a series of lithographs depicting pop culture icons from film, television, music, comedy, sports, and more. He designed t-shirts for bands like Bon Jovi, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Cypress Hill, and can be heard playing piano and percussion on the Guns N’ Roses albums Lies and Use Your Illusion II.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Howard’s website
https://howardteman.com/

Meet Howard Teman
https://voyagela.com/interview/meet-howard-teman-t-man-tattoo-studio/

Tattoo Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdkVeTSt8Io

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https://www.coolshul.org/

Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Jennifer Laderman and Jed Laderman are the daughter and son of television and film writer and producer Fred Laderman, known professionally as Fred Ladd, who was responsible for introducing anime to the Americas. Ladd adapted Astro Boy, Gigantor, Kimba the White Lion, Sailor Moon, and other Japanese animated series for English-language television.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Fred Ladd’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0480456/

Interview with Fred Ladd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA60xlW-oyk&t=1133s

Astro Boy and Anime Come to the Americas
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/astro-boy-and-anime-come-to-the-americas/

Cartoon Research – remembrance
https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/fred-ladd-the-godfather-of-astro-boy-1927-2021/

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https://www.coolshul.org/

Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Dustin Ellis is an animation writer and producer whose career began at Warner Bros. Animation, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, and Universal Cartoons. He’s best known for the holiday special Babak & Friends: A First Norooz and the PBS series Mixed Nutz.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Dustin’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254813/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Babak & Friends – A First Norooz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed4VeXx7_tU

Mixed Nutz – playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19MzyB012R8&list=PLWMfGPrOv5mc1gZWfmQiaGTXg7z3k6mXk

Curiosity Ink Enlists Dustin Ellis for Animated Originals https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/03/curiosity-ink-enlists-dustin-ellis-for-animated-originals/

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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Gary Lassin is the founder and curator of the Stoogeum in Ambler, Pennsylvania—the only Three Stooges museum in the United States. Gary has been president of the Three Stooges Fan Club since 1986, and is the author of a new book, A Tour de Farce: The Complete History of the Three Stooges on the Road.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

A Tour de Farce
https://stoogeum.com/book/

The Stoogeum
https://stoogeum.com/

The Three Stooges Fan Club
https://stoogeum.com/fan-club/

Slap Happy: An Inside Look at the Stoogeum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vewUowWKPqM

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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/

Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

EC Comics, Censorship, and The Unwanted – with historian Robert L. Reiner
Robert L. Reiner writes about, curates, and exhibits original comic and fantasy illustration art with a focus on popular culture, censorship, and social change. His new book, The Unwanted, is an illustrated adaptation of a previously unpublished Otto Binder story, written in 1953.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

The Unwanted
https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/robert-l-reiner/products/otto-binders-the-unwanted

What, Me Panic? Celebrating Angelo Torres
https://societyillustrators.org/shop/books-media/si-publications/signed-what-me-panic-celebrating-angelo-torres-exhibition-catalog/

The Eve of Judgment Day
https://www.brandeis.edu/peacebuilding-arts/publications/newsletter/2023/the-eve-ofjudgement-day.html

Collectors' Talk: The Art of EC Comics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHt8QYw2laM

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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Artist Katie Herzog is a ranch owner and descendent of German Jewish cattle traders who established a ranch in California’s Salinas Valley over 150 years ago that is still in production today. Her artwork is found in numerous collections, including The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut, and the Tom of Finland Foundation. She’s been written about in publications such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, The Advocate, and TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Currents Exhibit – Monterey Museum of Art
https://www.montereyart.org/exhibition/currents-katie-herzog/

Katie’s Website
https://www.katieherzog.net/

Impact Profile – California FarmLink
https://www.californiafarmlink.org/story/impact-profile-katie-herzog

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https://www.coolshul.org/

Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios