Aug 27, 2021
High Holy Days prep meets pop culture as Esther and Erin become your content sommeliers, sharing their TV and movie recommendations with ties to the themes of the season. From Kvetching to Kibbitzing, this episode is both Marvelous and Magnificent, and contains Maisels and Meyersons and Meyerowitzes, oh my... Plus, some...
Aug 20, 2021
A celebration of young Jewish actors Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein becomes a conversation about the power dynamics of the Clinton scandal, plus appreciating Monica Lewinsky and her anti-bullying activism. After four new episodes of Grace & Frankie, Erin and Esther talk about its Jewy moments including mohels...
Aug 13, 2021
What if everything was different? Inspired by Marvel's new animated show "What If...", Erin and Esther explore pop culture moments that could have been, especially if shows like Friends and Seinfeld had leaned into their Jewishness, or away from the typical Hollywood ending. From the midrash of Marvel to the...
Aug 6, 2021
Scarlett Johansson's lawsuit against Disney is also about how creatives are paid for their work, but is it also about the Torah? How does the not-Jewish Ted Lasso's midwestern optimism fit into a Jewish context? The Bagels also hope for mother-daughter drama around a Sex and the City bat mitzvah and wonder whether SATC...