Not a Rabbi

Episode Notes

After an unexpected break for a few months due to moving and other things, we're back with a new episode and a new season.

In this episode, we talk about observant Jews in Baseball and the saddest day in the Jewish calendar the Ninth of Av.

News and links:

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple


• https://www.realmofhistory.com/2018/07/31/3d-animated-version-of-solomons-temple/


• https://nypost.com/2021/07/11/orthodox-jewish-pitcher-expected-to-be-picked-in-mlb-draft/


• https://jewinthecity.com/2021/07/jacob-steinmetz-makes-history-as-first-orthodox-jew-drafted-to-major-league-baseball/


• https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/07/13/nats-pick-makes-elie-kligman-second-orthodox-jew-drafted-to-major-league-baseball-in-two-days/

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Episode Notes
News and Links

• Here’s Why BuzzFeed News Is No Longer Hyphenating “Antisemitism”


• Longing for a shot at the majors, but sitting out the Sabbath: Elie Kligman can do anything on a baseball field, but his strict observance of the Jewish sabbath complicates his future


• Iceland Recognizes Judaism as a Religion


• Amazon Rules forcing many Orthodox sellers to leave the program

Main Topic - Education Redux

• My Son's Yeshiva is Breaking the law


• Previous podcast episode about Education


• Bag of Measles Cookies

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• Rabbi Shalom Garfinkel's (My brother in law) Podcast: Monday Motivation


• Miami Sun Sentinal NBA Player saying a slur?


• Amazon changing their logo because it looks like Hitler?!

Rabbi Doctor Joshua Berman

• Ani Maamin


• Was there an Exodus?


• Searching for the Historical Exodus

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Episode Notes

Sorry about the lack of editing of this one. I wanted to keep to an every other week release schedule.

Links from the Show:

• Nurses Episode gets pulled


• Jew in the City blog post


• Federal Employee


• London Mayor's Diversity Person


• Book of Esther by Dr. Erica Brown


• Here's a book I forgot to mention about Purim: Purim and the Persian Empire

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• Gina Carano's statements regarding Nazis


• Godwin's Law


• Kosher Nation by Sue Fishkoff


• Fraiser acting Jewish

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• String Around Manhattan


• Walking the Line: Hilchot Eruvin from the Sources to the Streets


• Basics of Eruv - Audio

New Segment! - the goyim know, shut it down

• CA Wildfires started by Jewish space laser (Thanks to Dash Riprock for the link)


• twitter nonsense

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Episode Notes

No excuses for the (very long) delay in episodes but we're back and hopefully more frequently!

Things mentioned in the show:

• Rabbi Efrem Goldberg


• Rabbi Jonathan Sacks


• Dov Zackheim's book about Nechemia


• Wikipedia on the Book of Nechemia


• "A Tale of Five Blinkens" by Ruth Wisse

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Episode Notes

This is a republishing of Episode 1 which for some reason only ran for 4 minutes or so.

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• The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Staples’ Back-to-School Commercial - YouTube


• Yaffed


• PEARLS


• New NYS Requirements


• Rabbi Lord Jonathon Sacks - The Teacher As Hero


• Judaism’s Encounter with Other Cultures: Rejection or Integration?


• Questions, comments, or topic ideas? Send me an email [email protected]


• Intro and Outro music by John Benedict


• Podcast Art by Kelly Kirkman


• Don't forget to give the show a review!

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Episode Notes

• Listener Joe Goerzen


• Judges - Chapter 11


• Intro and Outro music by John Benedict


• Podcast Art by Kelly Kirkman


• Send feedback to [email protected]


• Don't forget to give the show a review!

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