Amusing Jews

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Amusing Jews

An interview show celebrating Jewish contributors and contributions to American popular culture co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Ep. 78: A Century of Dybbuks – with theatre professor Debra Caplan

    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.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   The Dybbuk Century https://press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-Dybbuk-Century3   Yiddish Empire https://press.umich.edu/Books/Y/Yiddish-Empire2   Debra’s professor page https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/debra-caplan   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

    28 min

  2. NOV 11

    Ep. 77: American Ninja, Breakin’ 2, and Cannon Films – with director Sam Firstenberg

    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.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   Sam’s website https://samfirstenberg.tripod.com/   Sam’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJpfRkG6T_kUII7sCRO5uAw   Sam’s IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278735/   American Ninja trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xrzqPLwOio   Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YaNKBmRNvY   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

    52 min

  3. NOV 4

    Ep. 76: Contemporary Jewish Visual Art – with artist Joel Silverstein

    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.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   Joel’s website https://joelsilversteinart.com/mu.html   The Brighton Beach Bible https://www.amazon.com/Brighton-Beach-Bible-Joel-Silverstein/dp/B0CHV3TX25   Jewish Art Salon https://jewishartsalon.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

    34 min

  4. OCT 28 · BONUS

    Betty Boop Halloween Special – with author Peter Benjaminson

    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.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   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   Peter’s website https://www.peterbenjaminson.com/   Minnie the Moocher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhMuFEtIh4   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

    19 min

  5. OCT 21

    Ep. 75: Real Life Funnies – with cartoonist Stan Mack

    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.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/stan-macks-real-life-funnies?srsltid=AfmBOoo9DlUGftJJTCCD15LfqI3NsT9hFzmPoojWtTrX03L_tWa4WIJW   Stan’s website https://www.stanmack.com/   The Story of the Jews https://turnerpublishing.com/products/the-story-of-the-jews?srsltid=AfmBOoqjOzaWgWNVnMcFEETjLPyml2SfCLuGqv5fbYQ57eMqLwi3mmC6   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

    28 min

  6. OCT 14

    Ep. 74: The Jewish Mother of Organized Crime – with author Margalit Fox

    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.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   Margalit’s website https://margalitfox.com/   The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677157/the-talented-mrs-mandelbaum-by-margalit-fox/   Margalit’s New York Times page https://www.nytimes.com/by/margalit-fox   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

    32 min

  7. OCT 7

    Ep. 73: Cartoonists Against Racism – with historian Rafael Medoff

    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.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   Cartoonists Against Racism https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3012-364/Cartoonists-Against-Racism-TPB   Whistleblowers https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3011-433/Whistleblowers-Four-Who-Fought-to-Expose-the-Holocaust-to-America-TPB   The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies http://new.wymaninstitute.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

    28 min

  8. SEPT 30

    Ep. 72: American Jewish Material Culture – with museum expert Avi Decter

    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.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   Exploring American Jewish History https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538115626/Exploring-American-Jewish-History-through-50-Historic-Treasures   Avi’s Museum Expert page https://www.museumexpert.org/team/avi-decter   Avi on Jewish Museums https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jewish-museums/   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

    40 min
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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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  • Creator
    Atheists United Studios
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    86
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