Josh and Chase head to the land of milk, honey, and anti-Semitism to dig up Moses' pinky toe and investigate recent COVID-19 related riots in the Orthodox city of Bnei Brak. Later on, Chase forces Josh to watch "Mayor" (David Osit, 2020), leading Josh to declare Israel treif and all nationalisms passé.

Haaretz article:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-covid-sacrifice-new-jewish-martyrs-are-dying-to-defend-haredi-autonomy-1.9472069

Jerusalem Post article:

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/haredi-autonomy-is-killing-israel-with-covid-19-656279

Times of Israel article:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/fresh-clashes-in-bnei-brak-as-haredi-leaders-blame-police-for-violence/

Boyarin brothers' essay on Kiryas Joel:

https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/ylj/vol106/iss5/3/

Videos from Bnei Break:

https://twitter.com/hasidic_1/status/1353362112274341890

https://twitter.com/ishaycoen/status/1352489235937452033

https://twitter.com/haim_goldberg/status/1353478459473997824

https://twitter.com/haim_goldberg/status/1353316833575768064

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