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.

Jason Sudeikis’ AppleTV+ comedy series ‘Ted Lasso,’ about a relentlessly positive American college football coach named Ted Lasso who is, in defiance of reason, hired to lead a British professional soccer team, originally aired at the height of the pandemic. Its kindness and optimism felt like a salve for weary souls, and it soon became a massive sensation. As the show’s second season nears its conclusion, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky discuss the Torah of ‘Ted Lasso.’ Join us!

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