Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy Jews
Where our lives of Jewish learning collide with our love of Nerd Culture. Join us as we explore Jewish texts, history, and values and the apparent and invisible connections to your favorite movies, characters, and hobbies. www.torahsmash.com
Episodes
71 episodes
Episode 70 - Torah Smash Jr.
December 18, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 70 - Torah Smash Jr.There are some stories in Jewish tradition and history that put the children at the center of it all. Jacob and Esau as well as Joseph teach ...
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Episode 69 - Die Hard Is A Chanukah Movie ...With Special Guest Arnon Shorr
December 4, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 69 - Die Hard is a Chanukah Movie …With Special Guest Arnon ShorrChanukah falls on Christmas Day this year, so what better way to celebrate this overlap than deba...
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Episode 68 - Super Mitzvot Bros. ...With Special Guest Sparkle Peters
November 20, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 68 - Super Mitzvot Bros. …with Special Guest Sparkle PetersThe Nintendo video game company has been filling our homes with fun and excitement for many years. Som...
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Episode 67 - Grief, Loss, and Lifesabers
November 6, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 67 - Grief, Loss, and LifesabersEthan opens his heart to all of us once again as we look back on a year of grief together with returning guest, Dr. Betsy Stone. W...
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Episode 66 - Good Ideas Gone Wrong
October 23, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 66 - Good Ideas Gone WrongWe recorded this episode in September of 2024, which means that we had to visit the future historical event of the time: the Bell Riots ...
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Episode 65 - Sabra: The Hero Not The Hummus ...With Special Guest Sasha Kaplan
October 9, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 62 - Sabra: The Hero not the Hummus …with Special Guest Sasha KaplanThe upcoming Captain America movie will include the first live action portrayal of the Israeli ...
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Episode 64 - The Good, The Bad, and The Antisemitic ...With Special Guest Dr. Linda Maizels
September 25, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 64 - The Good, The Bad, and The Antisemitic …With Special Guest Dr. Linda MaizelsIt’s been almost a year since the attack on Israel on October 7. Since that tim...
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Episode 63 - The Rav and The Acolyte
September 11, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 63 - The Rav and The AcolyteIn today’s episode, we learn from each other as we discuss the newest Star Wars show, The Acolyte. We discuss the best and worst tea...
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Episode 62 - Deadpool and Lamed Vavnikim
August 28, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 62 - Deadpool and Lamed VavnikimThere are so many people in our world who are making the world a better place. Judaism calls them lamed vavnikim
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Episode 61 - Inside Mussar 2
August 14, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 61 - Inside Mussar 2Emotions can sometimes be difficult to handle and we find that they’re also often pretty Jewish. Join us as we explore the two joyfully sad mov...
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Episode 60 - All Nerds Think About Is Sects ...With Special Guest Melissa Raub
July 31, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 60 - All Nerds Think About Is Sects …with Special Guest Melissa RaubJudaism is divided into sects or branches, but they all share a few core beliefs. We agree that t...
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Episode 59 - The Messiah Element
July 17, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 59 - The Messiah ElementNot the first element, hydrogen. Not the second, the third, or even the fourth element. No, this episode is about the Fifth Element, and it’s...
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Episode 58 - X-Men Again Again ...with Guest Host Joel Swedlove
July 3, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 58 - X-Men Again Again …with Guest Host Joel SwedloveIn this episode, our guest host, Joel Swedlove, leads our team through a quote quote from a rabbi with a funny na...
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Episode 57 - To Everything There Is A Bluey ...With Special Guest Cantor Emily Simkin
June 19, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 57 - To Everything There Is A Bluey…with Special Guest Cantor Emily SimkinThis week’s episode of Bluey is called… Torah Smash! Sometimes special episodes come into o...
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2nd Anniversary Special: Paraders of the Blessed Ark - Part Two
June 5, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 56 - 2nd Anniversary Special - Paraders of the Blessed Ark - Part TwoThe second part of this year’s epic adventure to celebrate our podcast’s two years of being Jewis...
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2nd Anniversary Special: Paraders of the Blessed Ark - Part One
May 22, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 55 - 2nd Anniversary Special - Paraders of the Blessed Ark - Part 1To celebrate two years of being Jewish and Nerdy, we invited some of our previous guests from the p...
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Episode 54 - Very Special Episodes ...With Guest Host Rabbi Alan Cook
May 8, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 54 - Very Special Episodes …with Guest Host Rabbi Alan CookThis week’s episode will talk about something very special. Since we want it to be extra memorable, we’ll br...
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Episode 53 - Destiny Report
April 24, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 53 - Destiny ReportYou’re going to listen to this episode. How do I know? Because it’s destined to happen. The fact that you’re reading this now already tells me th...
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Episode 52 - Moses and the Justice League
April 10, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 52 - Moses and the Justice LeaguePassover is around the corner, so of course, we will look at the hero who, to avoid the destruction of his people, was sent by his ...
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Episode 51 - You Are So Not Invited To My Borg Mitzvah
March 27, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 51 - You Are So Not Invited To My Borg MitzvahStar Date: April 5, 2063. Earth has finally made contact with other intelligent life in the universe, so we better ask...
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Episode 50 - Funny, You Don't Look Jewish ...With Special Guest Fabrice Sapolsky
March 13, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 50 - Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish …with Special Guest Fabrice SapolskyPurim is around the corner (some may say it’s around three corners) and throughout the holiday...
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Episode 49 - Hogwarts School of Judaism and Wizardry ...With Special Guest Rabbi Emma Gottlieb
February 28, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 49 - Hogwarts School of Judaism and Wizardry…With Special Guest Rabbi Emma GottliebFilled with decades of knowledge, halls filled with history, and helping to te...
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Episode 48 - What If Creation Wasn't The Beginning? ...With Special Guest Roy Schwartz
February 14, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 48 - What If Creation Wasn’t The Beginning?…With Special Guest Roy SchwartzJudaism encourages us to ask questions. In this episode, we try to answer Marvel’s big...
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