11 episodes

Get a taste of our podcasts through the new Reboot Presents channel with our Replay special. Visit our favorite episodes of podcasts past. Every two weeks we will release a favorite episode from our podcast archives, each offering a humorous and insightful guide to Jewish ideas and culture. Previous podcasts include The Kibitz, Kasher v. Kasher, Closening, and In Quarantine with Steve Bodow. Subscribe now to catch them all and be the first to know about our upcoming series launches happening in 2023.

Keep scrolling down to listen to the first series of “Reboot Presents: The Jewish Bizarre, ” the inaugural podcast of the new Reboot Presents Podcast Network. Dig into bloody murders, rioting mothers, anarchist parties and pseudoscience – everything you never learned in Hebrew school and that your Rabbi still doesn’t want you to know! Dr. Eddy Portnoy, academic advisor for the Max Weinreich Center and exhibition curator at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Dr. Tony Michels, professor of Jewish American History at UW Madison, and Jessica Chaffin, writer, comedian and host of the popular podcast Ask Ronna join up on the Jewish Bizarre Podcast to discuss the strangest corners of Jewish history.

Reboot is an arts and culture non-profit that reimagines and reinforces Jewish thought and traditions. As a premier research and development platform for the Jewish world, Reboot catalyzes its Reboot Network of preeminent creators, artists, entrepreneurs and activists to produce experiences and products that evolve the Jewish conversation and transform society.
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    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 5.0 • 65 Ratings

Get a taste of our podcasts through the new Reboot Presents channel with our Replay special. Visit our favorite episodes of podcasts past. Every two weeks we will release a favorite episode from our podcast archives, each offering a humorous and insightful guide to Jewish ideas and culture. Previous podcasts include The Kibitz, Kasher v. Kasher, Closening, and In Quarantine with Steve Bodow. Subscribe now to catch them all and be the first to know about our upcoming series launches happening in 2023.

Keep scrolling down to listen to the first series of “Reboot Presents: The Jewish Bizarre, ” the inaugural podcast of the new Reboot Presents Podcast Network. Dig into bloody murders, rioting mothers, anarchist parties and pseudoscience – everything you never learned in Hebrew school and that your Rabbi still doesn’t want you to know! Dr. Eddy Portnoy, academic advisor for the Max Weinreich Center and exhibition curator at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Dr. Tony Michels, professor of Jewish American History at UW Madison, and Jessica Chaffin, writer, comedian and host of the popular podcast Ask Ronna join up on the Jewish Bizarre Podcast to discuss the strangest corners of Jewish history.

Reboot is an arts and culture non-profit that reimagines and reinforces Jewish thought and traditions. As a premier research and development platform for the Jewish world, Reboot catalyzes its Reboot Network of preeminent creators, artists, entrepreneurs and activists to produce experiences and products that evolve the Jewish conversation and transform society.
More from Reboot: https://rebooting.com/

    Introducing: The Kitchen Radio Podcast (Trailer)

    Introducing: The Kitchen Radio Podcast (Trailer)

    Premiering in April, the Kitchen Radio podcast brings listeners to the table of communities from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia for intergenerational stories of community life and ritual practices from guests who are part of a rising renaissance of creative food projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

    • 1 min
    Replay: The Kibitz - Unplug

    Replay: The Kibitz - Unplug

    in celebration of the upcoming Global Day of Unplugging on March 3-4, 2023, we are revisiting the Unplug episode of The Kibitz podcast from March 2016. Join host Dan Crane and guests: Dan Rollman, Rabbi David Kasher, Moshe Kasher, Janice “Nanna” Lubin (Dan’s 95 years young nanna), Gabriel Kahane and Mickey Rapkin.

    • 42 min
    Replay: In Quarantine with Steve Bodow - Cory Booker's Sure He's My Most Difficult Podcast Interview

    Replay: In Quarantine with Steve Bodow - Cory Booker's Sure He's My Most Difficult Podcast Interview

    New Jersey senator, Cory Booker, talks with Steve Bodow about Kamala Harris' ascent, the future of the racial justice movement, and his weekly torah study.

    • 45 min
    Replay: The Kibitz - Love

    Replay: The Kibitz - Love

    To celebrate Valentine’s Day, we are revisiting Season 1, Episode 3 of The Kibitz podcast from 2016. Host Dan Crane asks, what is love, anyway? Featuring guests: Mishy Harman (Israel Story), David Kasher, Moshe Kasher, Janice “Nanna” Lubin (Dan’s 95 years young nanna), Larry Smith, Joel Stein and Jeff Goldblum playing some Valentine’s Day Jazz.

    • 49 min
    Replay: In Quarantine with Steve Bodow - Ronny Chieng Would Try Parking Garage Standup At This Point

    Replay: In Quarantine with Steve Bodow - Ronny Chieng Would Try Parking Garage Standup At This Point

    Take a trip back to 2020 with a Replay of Steve Bodow's interview with Daily Show correspondent Ronny Chieng, who shares about returning to NYC, why Australia kicked our Corona response ass, and what Chinese New Year can teach Rosh Hashanah (It’s dragons. The answer is dragons.).

    • 39 min
    Replay: The Kibitz - Transitions

    Replay: The Kibitz - Transitions

    To ring in 2023, we are revisiting Season 1 Episode 2 of The Kibitz Podcast, originally aired in January of 2016. In this episode, host Dan Crane focuses on transitions, religious and gender fluidity and what being a Jew means at B-Mitzvah age and now.

    • 56 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
65 Ratings

65 Ratings

Amendr ,

Excuse me.

If Jessica is here, where else would i be? As an anthropologist and lover of history this show can’t be missed!

jsbates65 ,

Love it!

I will follow Jessica Chaffin anywhere. I have always loved the Jews and love these tidbits of history.

goldielox2020 ,

Fascinating topics with great hosts!

I truly love this podcast. It’s engaging, funny, and well-researched.

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