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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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18 NOV 2024 · Debra Caplan is an associate professor of theatre at the Graduate Center and Baruch College, City University of New York. She's the author of Yiddish Empire: The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy, and co-editor of The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the World.
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Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
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The Dybbuk Century
https://press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-Dybbuk-Century3
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Yiddish Empire
https://press.umich.edu/Books/Y/Yiddish-Empire2
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Debra’s professor page
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/debra-caplan
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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11 NOV 2024 · Sam Firstenberg is an independent film director best known for his work with Cannon films, including Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo and the American Ninja series.
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Sam’s website
https://samfirstenberg.tripod.com/
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Sam’s YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJpfRkG6T_kUII7sCRO5uAw
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Sam’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278735/
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American Ninja trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xrzqPLwOio
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Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YaNKBmRNvY
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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4 NOV 2024 · Joel Silverstein is an artist, curator, teacher, critic, and a founding member of the Jewish Art Salon. His new book is The Brighton Beach Bible, an autobiographical painted narrative based around the Exodus story.
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Joel’s website
https://joelsilversteinart.com/mu.html
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The Brighton Beach Bible
https://www.amazon.com/Brighton-Beach-Bible-Joel-Silverstein/dp/B0CHV3TX25
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Jewish Art Salon
https://jewishartsalon.org/
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
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https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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28 OCT 2024 · Peter Benjaminson is a former reporter for The LA Times, Detroit Free Press, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He’s the author of several books, including The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard; Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar; and most recently The Life and Times of Betty Boop: The 100-Year History of an Animated Icon.
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The Life and Times of Betty Boop
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781493064281/The-Life-and-Times-of-Betty-Boop-The-100-Year-History-of-an-Animated-Icon
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Peter’s website
https://www.peterbenjaminson.com/
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Minnie the Moocher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhMuFEtIh4
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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21 OCT 2024 · Stan Mack is a cartoonist best known for Real Life Funnies, which ran in The Village Voice for over two decades. His new book, Stan Mack’s Real-Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995, is published by Fantagraphics.
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Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies
https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/stan-macks-real-life-funnies?srsltid=AfmBOoo9DlUGftJJTCCD15LfqI3NsT9hFzmPoojWtTrX03L_tWa4WIJW
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Stan’s website
https://www.stanmack.com/
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The Story of the Jews
https://turnerpublishing.com/products/the-story-of-the-jews?srsltid=AfmBOoqjOzaWgWNVnMcFEETjLPyml2SfCLuGqv5fbYQ57eMqLwi3mmC6
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
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14 OCT 2024 · Margalit Fox is a journalist and author whose latest book is The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss. Her previous books include Conan Doyle for the Defense, The Riddle of the Labyrinth, Talking Hands, and The Confidence Men. As a senior writer in the Obituary News Department of The New York Times, she wrote sendoffs for some of the leading cultural figures of our age.
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Margalit’s website
https://margalitfox.com/
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The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677157/the-talented-mrs-mandelbaum-by-margalit-fox/
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Margalit’s New York Times page
https://www.nytimes.com/by/margalit-fox
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7 OCT 2024 · Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, based in Washington, D.C. He’s the author of more than 20 books, including the graphic novel Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust to America and his latest, Cartoonists Against Racism: The Secret Jewish War on Bigotry.
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Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Cartoonists Against Racism
https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3012-364/Cartoonists-Against-Racism-TPB
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Whistleblowers
https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3011-433/Whistleblowers-Four-Who-Fought-to-Expose-the-Holocaust-to-America-TPB
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The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies
http://new.wymaninstitute.org/
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https://www.jmaw.org/
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30 SEP 2024 · Avi Decter is managing partner of History Now and the author most recently of Exploring American Jewish History through 50 Historic Treasures. He has served as director of the Museum of American Jewish History and the Jewish Museum of Maryland, head of education at the H.F. DuPont Museum and Gardens, and special assistant to the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
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Exploring American Jewish History
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538115626/Exploring-American-Jewish-History-through-50-Historic-Treasures
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Avi’s Museum Expert page
https://www.museumexpert.org/team/avi-decter
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Avi on Jewish Museums
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jewish-museums/
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23 SEP 2024 · Phil Baron is a voice actor, singer, and songwriter best known as the voice of Teddy Ruxpin. He also voiced Piglet on the 1980s Disney Channel series Welcome to Pooh Corner.
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Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Phil’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056295/
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Phil’s Teddy Ruxpin Wiki
https://teddyruxpin.fandom.com/wiki/Phil_Baron
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Teddy Ruxpin Commercials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkr_4RICL9M
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https://www.jmaw.org/
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16 SEP 2024 · Nolan Gasser, a composer, pianist, and musicologist, is the architect of Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project. He’s also the author of Why You Like It: The Science & Culture of Musical Taste.
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Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Nolan’s website
https://www.nolangasser.com/
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Why You Like It (book page)
https://www.whyyoulikeit.com/
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Nolan’s TEDx Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3wzSjKKvf4
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Nolan’s NASA music (GLAST Prelude)
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov//10251
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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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