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Adventures with Dead Jews

This companion podcast to Dara Horn’s new book People Love Dead Jews takes listeners beyond the book to some of the strangest corners of Jewish history, exploring how the popular mania for dead Jews w... Read more

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Ranked #1

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Introducing: Gatecrashers

Introducing: Gatecrashers

What topic is more controversial, sensational, and endlessly captivating than college admissions? It’s a billion-dollar ... Read more

19 Sep 2022

3mins

Ranked #2

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Bonus Jews

Bonus Jews

Dara gets us in the Halloween spirit with a reading of “The Dead Town” by Yiddish writer I.L. Peretz. (Translated by Hel... Read more

22 Oct 2021

13mins

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Agreeable Jews: Ep. 7

Agreeable Jews: Ep. 7

Holocaust education has proliferated in the United States, along with a nationwide emphasis on anti-bias education. But ... Read more

15 Oct 2021

55mins

Ranked #4

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Unsinkable Jews: Ep. 6

Unsinkable Jews: Ep. 6

The Jewish community of Charlotte, North Carolina has been embarrassed by their city’s monument honoring Judah Benjamin,... Read more

8 Oct 2021

55mins

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Time-Traveling Jews: Ep. 5

Time-Traveling Jews: Ep. 5

Our stories so far have explored relationships between Jews and non-Jewish societies that have ranged from awkward to, w... Read more

1 Oct 2021

53mins

Ranked #6

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Disposable Jews: Ep. 4

Disposable Jews: Ep. 4

In this episode, we explore the marvelous and terrifying life of the massively renowned Soviet Yiddish actor Solomon Mik... Read more

23 Sep 2021

55mins

Ranked #7

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Shooting Jews: Ep. 3

Shooting Jews: Ep. 3

In this episode, Dara Horn revisits Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster Holocaust movie Schindler’s List, along with Spielber... Read more

17 Sep 2021

47mins

Ranked #8

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Frozen Jews: Ep. 2

Frozen Jews: Ep. 2

In this episode, Dara Horn explores the bizarre afterlife of a chance encounter that later caused an entire empire to lo... Read more

10 Sep 2021

53mins

Ranked #9

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Why Do People Love Dead Jews?: Ep. 1

Why Do People Love Dead Jews?: Ep. 1

In the first episode of this new limited-release series, Dara Horn ponders a prickly question: Why are so many people so... Read more

2 Sep 2021

25mins

Ranked #10

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Tablet Studios and SoulShop present: Adventures with Dead Jews

Tablet Studios and SoulShop present: Adventures with Dead Jews

This companion podcast to Dara Horn’s new book People Love Dead Jews takes listeners beyond the book to some of the stra... Read more

20 Aug 2021

2mins

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