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Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell episodes
- Rolling to Jerusalem
This week Jack takes over the show to share his presentation "Rolling to Jerusalem" on Jewish customs and beliefs surrounding death.
You can catch the slides here.Send a text
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- Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tzadik records
1 hr 37 min - Magic Swords of Jewish Legend
Not every Jewish legend involves outsmarting opponents, sometimes a hero just has to pick up a sword and start swinging it about until all the demons leave you alone! Let's talk about magic swords, swords that become magic, and the swords of giants!
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- Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tzadik records
1 hr 8 min - Jewish Wise Women: Opshprekherkes
A special treat this week as Jack interviews the descendant of a Jewish wise woman and healer. We talk about the traditions of Jewish healing and more specifically, women's place in the rich tapestry of Jewish mysticism and sacred practice.
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- Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tzadik records
56 min - Ashmandai - King of Demons
This week John and Jack discuss the king of Sheydim, Ashmandai. John has written books about this figure and the two basicly nerd-boy/fangirl out for the handsome (literal) devil.
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- Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tzadik records
54 min - Ghosts!
This week Jack and John peer into the misty here-after to discuss the afterlife and those that want no part of it, ghosts! Hot topics include:
- Cool Ghosts
- Less Cool Ghosts
- Ghosts vs Dybbukim
- How to handle hauntings
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- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website
- Find John on Twitter or his Website or his Patreon
- GET OUR READING LIST!
- GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT!
- Shop Aggadah Try It Books
- Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tzadik records
57 min - Jewish Letter Magic and the Sefer Yetzirah
This week Jack and John dive into actual Jewish ritual magic and touch on meditation, golems, spells and commanding angels to do supernatural tasks.
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- GET OUR READING LIST!
- GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT!
- Shop Aggadah Try It Books
- Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tzadik records
54 min - Leviathan: God's Kaiju
This week we dive into our the giant beasts that make up the Torah Cinematic Kaiju Universe. We argue about what is and isn't a kaiju, we wax romantic about what we would like to see, and most importantly, we discuss how we would eat these big lovable beasts!
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- GET OUR READING LIST!
- GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT!
- Shop Aggadah Try It Books
- Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tzadik records
1 hr 2 min - Blood Sucking Vampires
This week the boys get into it over Vampires. Of course, the term vampire could mean a lot of different things, we delve into what sort of blood drinking fun we can get into in a religion that is very strictly anti-drinking blood.
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- Shop Aggadah Try It Books
- Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tzadik records
1 hr 6 min - Sheydim Part 1
This week we discuss Sheydim! The first chapter in what will likely be a million-part saga. Jack and John discuss the legends surrounding the creation of Sheydim, some of the most popular creatures like Lillith and Na'ama, and of course stories as to why humans are afraid of them!
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- GET OUR READING LIST!
- GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT!
- Shop Aggadah Try It Books
- Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tzadik records
1 hr - Monster Hunting Kits
Welcome to our first episode! Jack and John discuss monster hunting kits. Not just what they might contain but the sorts of people who might carry them about! We discuss Baal Shems, Ibburim, Dybbukim, Black Weddings, Sheydim and so, so much more!
This episode's book recommendations:- Jewish Magic and Superstition -A Study in Folk Religion by Joshua Trachtenberg
- Women's Divination in Biblical Literature by Esther J. Hamori
- Magic of the Ordinary: Recovering the Shamanic in Judaism ny Gershon Winkler
- and the website, Pulling at Threads
We also mentioned two Jewish fiction book up for preorder:
- Charwood by Josh Schlossberg
- No Guilt of Bloodshed by John Baltisberger
Send a text
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- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website
- Find John on Twitter or his Website or his Patreon
- GET OUR READING LIST!
- GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT!
- Shop Aggadah Try It Books
- Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tzadik records
1 hr 21 min
About Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell
From the publisher's feed
According to Jewish tradition, the world around us is filled with demons, ghosts, giants and angels, and creatures of all types. But Judaism today tends to downplay and rationalize them away, to…
the point where they’re just forgotten dusty metaphors. But for millenia, Jews have lived with these creatures and have had practical means for coping with them.
Join Jack Zaientz a scholar of all things Jewish folklore and mythology and John Baltisberger, the award-winning author of Jewish horror and fantasy as they explore the topics of mythic Judaism and discuss it's survival and use in modern day culture both pop and otherwise.
Join Jack Zaientz a scholar of all things Jewish folklore and mythology and John Baltisberger, the award-winning author of Jewish horror and fantasy as they explore the topics of mythic Judaism and discuss it's survival and use in modern day culture both pop and otherwise.