Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a conversation about what’s going on in pop culture from a Jewish perspective and about Judaism through the lens of pop culture.

In the span of just two weeks, we were gifted with two new(ish) Aaron Sorkin gems — a West Wing reunion special on HBOMax, and the film The Trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix. West Wing and Chicago 7 both address the ways change does and doesn’t happen in America, which make them perfect for thinking and talking about the upcoming presidential election and the state of American democracy today. Join Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky as the welcome special guest Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster (Deputy Director of T’ruah) for an important and timely conversation about human rights, protest, voting, and bending the arc of the moral universe toward justice.

How do you listen to PopTorah? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!