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An interview show celebrating Jewish contributors and contributions to American popular culture co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field.
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12 MAY 2025 · Michael Benson is the author of more than 60 nonfiction history and true crime books. His latest is Moguls: The Lives and Times of Film Pioneers Nicholas and Joseph Schenck, co-written with Craig Singer.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Moguls
https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780806543086/moguls/
Michael’s Books
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HCVE00?ccs_id=5e6cd248-fe92-413d-b0c2-58a9b6ae537b
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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5 MAY 2025 · Barry Horowitz’s professional wrestling career spanned nearly four decades, including memorable runs in both WWF and WCW. His new memoir is titled, Wrestling is My Gimmick: My Life on the Wrong Side of the Three-Count.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Wrestling is My Gimmick
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/wrestling-is-my-gimmick/?srsltid=AfmBOooLYziMK4_FDTKxdPzDyRNYfpRhEOG7JUpe6w511-Pu-gfOZw2I
Barry Horowitz’s Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Horowitz
Barry Horowitz defeats Skip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyt67OuO3jw
Barry Horowitz vs. Goldberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMsAqwgxSM8
Hakushi & Barry Horowitz vs. Skip & Rad Radford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipWVcR99Y5Q
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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28 APR 2025 · Ken Krimstein is a cartoonist and graphic novelist whose latest book is Einstein in Kafkaland. He previously authored The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt; When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiography of Six Yiddish Teenagers; and Kvetch as Kvetch Can, a collection of Jewish cartoons.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Ken’s website
https://www.kenkrimstein.com/
Einstein in Kafkaland
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/einstein-in-kafkaland-9781635579543/
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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21 APR 2025 · Rob Kutner is an award-winning author and television writer whose credits include The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, Teen Titans Go!, Ben10, and many more. His latest book is The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Mike Tomren
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting
https://posthillpress.com/book/the-jews-5000-years-and-counting
Rob’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1243193/
God’s Gang
https://godsgang.com/
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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14 APR 2025 · Melanie Chartoff voiced Didi Pickles and her mother Minka on Nickelodeon's long-running cartoon, Rugrats. She was also Principal Musso on Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, a cast member on Fridays, and a guest star on Seinfeld, among other credits. More recently, she authored a memoir, Odd Woman Out: Exposure in Essays and Stories.
A Rugrats Passover – commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAm0b16TMQ
Melanie’s website
https://melaniechartoff.com/
Odd Woman Out
https://www.amazon.com/Odd-Woman-Out-Exposure-Stories-ebook/dp/B08KFNH246
Thank You Very Much – trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD2aZIOwylo
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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7 APR 2025 · Koren Shadmi is a cartoonist, illustrator, and author of The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television. Among his other books are Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Dracula and A For Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World.
Koren’s website
https://www.korenshadmi.com/
The Twilight Man
https://www.humanoids.com/series/233
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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31 MAR 2025 · With recent news that the long-awaited reboot of The Toxic Avenger will finally be released in August 2025, we thought it would be a good time to revisit a question some have been asking since 1984: Is the Toxic Avenger Jewish?
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Toxic Avenger (1984; full movie)
https://tubitv.com/movies/655405/the-toxic-avenger?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed
Toxic Crusaders (first episode)
https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/200006906/s01-e01-the-making-of-toxie
Lloyd Kaufman: Interviews
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/L/Lloyd-Kaufman
Troma Now
https://watch.troma.com/
Lloyd Kaufman on Amusing Jews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2t5NuxujXo&t=2040s
Mathew Klickstein on Lloyd Kaufman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Z7UJmfCK8&t=1954s
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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24 MAR 2025 · Miriam Eve Mora is managing director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan and author of Carrying a Big Schtick: Jewish Acculturation and Masculinity in the Twentieth Century. She’s also co-creator of JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience, a comic book and pop culture convention celebrating diverse Jewish themes, characters, and narratives in sequential art.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Miriam’s website
https://www.miriamevemora.com/
Carrying a Big Schtick
https://wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814349625/
JewCE
https://jewce.org/
Amusing Jews Merch Store
https://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/
Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews
Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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17 MAR 2025 · Jaime Weinman is a cartoon historian and author of the book, Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite: The Unauthorized Biography of Looney Tunes.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-Engineer: Mike Tomren
Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite
https://utpdistribution.com/9781989555460/anvils-mallets-and-dynamite/
“The Walky Talky Philosophy of Foghorn Leghorn” - book excerpt
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/10/anvils-mallets-dynamite-the-walky-talky-philosophy-of-foghorn-leghorn/
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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10 MAR 2025 · Steve Stoliar is the author of the classic memoir, Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House. He also wrote for TV shows like Murder, She Wrote, Simon & Simon, and Sliders, and has written and produced documentaries including Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge. His latest book is Salamis & Swastikas: Letters Home from a G.I. Jew.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Steve’s website
http://stevestoliar.com/
Steve’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831485/
Amusing Jews Merch Store
https://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/
Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
An interview show celebrating Jewish contributors and contributions to American popular culture co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field.
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