The Bagel Report Esther D. Kustanowitz and Erin Ben-Moche

This week, the Bagels are joined in the virtual studio by Emmy-winning comedian Rob Kutner. He shares his experiences writing on Conan and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as well as how he ghostwrote Marvel's meta-novel, Look Out for the Little Guy. Kutner also updates Erin and Esther on his latest project, God's Gang, a multicultural kid's series about superheroes, unity and peace.
 
Check out these links:
God's Gang: Full Episode
God's Gang Website 
Look Out for the Little Guy Trailer 
More on Rob Kutner!

What a week: Curb Your Enthusiasm ended, Alex Edelman's Just For Us dropped on Max, and We Were The Lucky Ones, Dinner with the Parents, and tons of other shows are keeping TV Jewy. This week Esther and Erin tackle the big questions: who's worse, Larry David or the Seinfeld Four? Why do LD's friends tolerate him? And why wasn't there more of a tribute to Richard Lewis? And to top it all off, Passover's coming...and we've got playlists and parodies and haggadahs, oh my!
Check out these Links!
Curb's Last Day on Set
Dinner with The Parents Trailer 
Lena Dunham Learns She's Jewish 
Can You Feel the Dayen-ergy? Esther's Kenough Passover
Kveller's Passover Parody Contest
Passover Playlist from Mike Boberg of The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati 
And his Purim playlist
Raymond Simonson's Playlist to an Exodus
 

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend audio haggadah
playlist
episode that explains the playlist

 
More Passover pop culture from Esther:
Heroes Haggadah
Schitt's Creek Haggadah

This week, the Bagels were joined by Rabbi Sharon Brous, the founder of IKAR in Los Angeles. Esther and Erin asked questions about Brous' new book, "The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World." The bagels and Brous touched on the value of community in the darkest of times while also finding moments of joy. The Bagels also recapped the Oscars and Rabbi Brous joined in on a pop-culture speed round. 
You can find The Amen Effect at a bookstore --virtual or in-person-- near you.
Check out these links:
Erin's Oscar Coverage
Rabbi Sharon Brous' Ted Talk 
 
 

This week Erin shares her journey to the 96th Academy Awards and tries to explain all 2 hours and 46 minutes of Dune: Part 2 to Esther. Later, Esther and Erin remember comedian Richard Lewis who passed away last week at the age of 76. Esther recalls his recent Curb Your Enthusiasm cameos and other famous roles as well as his impact on comedy. 
Check out these links:

Follow Erin's Oscar coverage here (kfiam640.iheart.com)
‘Dune 2’ is set thousands of years in the future — so why does it feel like a parable about Gaza?
Is ‘Dune’ a Retelling of the Passover Story?
Murtaza Hussain & Yair Rosenberg on The Daily Show


The Ally 
 
    

Perhaps in honor of January's Holocaust Remembrance Day, or perhaps in anticipation of March's Oscars and May's Yom Hashoah — it's never the wrong time to #NeverForget. This week the Bagels talk about the influx of Holocaust-themed movies and TV shows like The New Look, A Small Light, Transatlantic and the upcoming One Life, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and We Were the Lucky Ones.  Erin saw The Zone of Interest during an L.A. flood warning and Esther took a virtual tour of Auschwitz. The two discuss what the trend in Holocaust content means and how it affects antisemitism and Jewish representation.  Plus, Schindler's List is 30; a delayed news brief about the Shabbat on Broadway event that seemed to come out of nowhere; and Susie and Jeff have a Curb Your Enthusiasm podcast.
Check out these links: Six Million Voices 
Difficult People 

The New Look Coco Chanel's Nazi History 

Schindler's List Oral History -- The Hollywood Reporter 
Seinfeld Schindler's List Scene

Shabbat on Broadway 

Curb Your Enthusiasm Podcast 
Hadassah Magazine The Wolf Hunt 
 

 

Get it? Cause we're bagels...Grab a cup of spite and a dry scone because this week the bagels are talking about the final season of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm. This episode has everything: guest stars, fan contributions, the Holocaust and Elmo.  Let us know what you think of the 12th season of the series, which is now available on HBO and MAX.
 
Check out these links!
A Real Pain
The Floaters
ElmoGate
Larry David Defends ElmoGate on Seth Meyers
Larry Latte Pop-Up