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- Religion in Pop Culture: Songs in the Key of Kohelet: Lesson 5
Class description
A Time for Everything: “Turn! Turn! Turn!”
We’re Like Dust: “Dust in the Wind”
The Sun Stays the Same: “Time”
Have Fun, But There’s a Price to Pay: “Somewhere Along the Line”
The Bottom Line is to Fear God: “Meaningless”
Everything is Fleeting: “Leaves That Are Green”
Appreciate the Time You Have With Your Loved Ones: “Do You Realize??”
1 hr 3 min - Religion in Pop Culture: Galut in Pop Culture: The Pre-Film Versions of Bambi, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Little Mermaid: Lesson 4
Class description
What’s Worse Than Being in Galut? Getting Used to It
Antisemitism and Bambi the Book
Intermarriage and Fiddler on the Roof
Assimilation is Like Being a Fish Out of Water
Assimilation and The Little Mermaid Giving Up Her Voice
The Four Children and Four Generations in America
1 hr 3 min - Religion in Pop Culture: The Yetzer HaRa in Pop Culture: Star Trek, Willy Wonka, and The Screwtape Letters: Lesson 3
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The Yetzer is Necessary: A Star Trek Episode
A Special Drug Can Amplify the Yetzer: Dr. Jekyll and Captain America
The Yetzer Hara is on the Side of Good: Willy Wonka and the Zohar
The Psychology of the Yetzer Hara: The Screwtape Letters
Appendix:
What Does Charlie Do to Deserve Winning the Chocolate Factory?1 hr 2 min - Religion in Pop Culture: What If God Was One of Us? Bruce Almighty, Joan of Arcadia, and Oh God!: Lesson 2
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What If Mashiach Were Right Here?
God’s Multiple Images
A Voice Customized to You
Anthropomorphism is Necessary
Visual Representation of God, Though, Is Never Allowed
We Can Still Learn Much From Portrayals of God:
TzimtzumLa-Shem Ha’aretz Umloa’ahTzaddik Ve-Ra LoEin Tzayar K’ElokeinuGrappling With How to Portray God
A Form Customized to You
Bruce Almighty
Oh, God!
1 hr 1 min - Religion in Pop Culture: Teshuvah in Pop Culture: Darth Vader, A Christmas Carol, and Groundhog Day: Lesson 1
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Darth Vader: The Greatest Villain Ever to Do Teshuvah
Nineveh = The Empire
Ebenezer Scrooge: The Most Famous Jerk-to-Nice-Guy
Phil Connors: Stuck in Groundhog Day Until He Changes
1 hr 2 min - The Best of Both Worlds: The Greatness of (Charlie Brown and) Peanuts: Lesson 8
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The Middah of Sticking to It
Schulz’s Monumental Achievement
The Football Joke and the Middah of Naivete
Unrequited Love
It’s Dark and Bleak
Survival: Jewish Strategies
Survival: Peanuts Strategies
Charlie Brown
Snoopy
The Cartoonist and the Rabbi
1 hr 3 min - The Best of Both Worlds: The Mixed Messages of Barbie: Lesson 6
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A Torah Approach to Female Beauty
Barbie’s Materialism
The Body Image Problem
Is Barbie Part of The Problem? Yes
Why Does Barbie Look Like That, Anyway?
Is Barbie Part of The Problem? No
This Doll Was Innovative: A Woman, Not a Baby
A Woman’s Independence According to Halakhah
A Woman’s Independence According to Handler
1 hr 2 min - The Best of Both Worlds: Harry Potter and the Acceptance of Death: Lesson 5
Class description
Some Good Middot and Lessons in the Series
Acceptance of DeathAlchemyChristianityShould We Be Worried About Kishuf?1 hr 6 min - The Best of Both Worlds: The Matrix and Mashiach: Lesson 4
Class description
Is There Judaism in “The Matrix”?
What’s Real? Thinking About It in Pop Culture
And How Do You *Know* What’s Real and True?
Wake Up!
Insights Into Geulah and Mashiach
1 hr 6 min - The Best of Both Worlds: Masks and Secret Identities: Lesson 3
Class description
Masks on Purim
Masks Can Be Liberating
Two Types of Secret Identities
Deciding Who You Are
Batman Vs. Bruce Wayne
Why Superman’s Secret Identity is Safe
He’s Really Superman
He’s Really Clark Kent
Both Identities Are Essential
We All Wear Masks
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