[irrelig]This time around, we’ve got Abby to talk about growing up Jewish, a little Jewish history, the four current flavors of Judaism, her bat mizvah, and basically all things Jewish. It’s a typical wide-ranging discussion about the Mother of All Monotheisms, with a little Leighton thrown in for good measure.
29 Responses to “85: Abby & the Judaic Nation”
First! Looked on itunes but haven’t seen a new episode yet, and thus I am confused!
It’s showing up on mine. Give it some time to filter through the interwebs.
Anti-Semites. I have not listened to this podcast, nor do I intend to, and I think that qualifies me to call you guys out.
Is “a little Leighton” a reference to Leighton’s package? Is he breaking out the tweezers to wank off during the podcast again?
I found it after hacking away (with a machete) at the virtual jungle that is the interwebs. The journey was long and arduous, with many a good man lost, but I’ve arrived at the prophesied One True Podcast!
Btw, it might just be easier to make one every day, that way we listeners don’t have to anxiously wait a week for the next steaming hour of intellectual debauchery~ consider it please
Very brave of you to endure the verbal fondling Leighton likes to dish out, Abby.
And you guys didn’t even hit on the worst/best part of judaism! THE BRIS!
Moggie, I have increased blood flow to my naughty bits just anticipating your sharp witted comments regarding this episode.
In regards to the comment on having a non-jew doing something for a jew on shabbat – a non jew is only bound by the 7 laws of noah, whereas a jew is supposed to comply with the 613 mitzvot. Therefore, a non jew is not breaking a rule when doing an activity prohibited to a jew.
Something’s wrong with the RSS feed. iTunes says the URL is invalid. Firefox doesn’t list the episodes. I ran it through the W3C validator (validator.w3.org/feed/) and it’s complaining about the ampersand in the title for this episode. The ampersand is a special character in XML, and you need to encode it as a character entity to include it as text in an element. Try replacing the “&” with “&”. 🙂
Doh! The ampersand encoding was decoded as HTML. That second “&” should be “&-amp-;”, but without the dashes. 🙂
Changed to “and” — give it some time to filter again and let me know if it still doesn’t work.
It’s Wednesday so I can write this feedback, I think. Otherwise, if it was Saturday, could I use a speech to text programme? Maybe, but only if I hadn’t recently washed my hands before dinner. WTF?
FAbbyulous epsiode again guys and gal. Irreligiosochicks rule.
I especially like the idea of the Brammukah / Yammukbra. Nice and heterosexually tactful as usual, C&L.
Anyway, it’s been 12 days since my period finished and Mr Magfeline will be home soon, so I’d better sign off as I predict that I will be quite, well, fuckin’ busy for the next few days.
Hope you’re “happy”, Pinguino 🙂
Apols if this posts twice: new netbook and then husby walked in an……….
🙂 Oh well, now that I have let her out of the kitchen I should put her to good use for the next two (or twenty) days or so.
I can pull down my pants and convince anyone I am Jewish. My parents were conned into circumcising me. I always wonder what I am missing out on.
I, too, have been maimed by the vast Jewish conspiracy.
They came first for the cinemas,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a cinematographer.
Then they came for the banks,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a banker.
Then they came for the jewelry stores,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a jeweler.
Then they came for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up for my dingus.
… That made me feel dirty.
Hey Abby, there is an atheist community of austin…they meet every sunday (it’s kind of fun). They used to meet at Threadgills…you should check it out!
Pretty good. She has a great sense of humor.
any chance you guys will be going back to the depths of hell again and looking at the rest of Kent Hovind’s (PhD.)? Jst wondering if the the three remaining chapters are as edifying as the first.
Oh God. I’m not sure I’ve sufficiently recovered from the first chapter.
That’s like suggesting we read Twilight and have a serious discussion of its ramifications. Lorraine, you are truly a sadomasochist. Because of that, we may just have to.
Hello, name is Kent Hovind, and you have three more chapters to read! lol
I forgot the “my” ! Got all excited at the thought of you two critiquing the rest of that “dissertation”! That has to be the funniest episode, I would love to hear a continuation….
Twilight episodes are an absolute must from you guys.
Reasons:
a) They would be HILARIOUS. I doubt I’d survive from laughing so hard. Especially your take on the fourth book. =D
b) Most people who bash on Twilight can’t discern the distinctly Mormon tinge that pervades the series. Your exegesis would be most educational.
Maybe two months alternating between chapters of Kent Hovind’s dissertation and books in the Twilight series? That would make this podcast go from awesome to legendary!
more podcast please
I think Abby was mistaken about an observant Jewish woman having to abstain from sex 12 days before and 12 days after her period.
I believe she must abstain for 14 days after her period starts. On the 15th day, she is supposed to ritually bathe in a mikvah to cleanse herself. Not only is the woman unclean during her menstrual flow, but everything she comes in contact with is likewise befouled. These practices are referred to as the “Niddah ordinances.” Islam, built upon the bones of Judaism, has similar beliefs and practices surrounding menstruation.
In this day of impeccable hygiene and modern sanitary products for women, it is risible for modern people to follow ridiculous ancient superstitions regarding a perfectly natural physical occurrence.
As I ate my ham sandwich while listening to this podcast, I was once again overjoyed that I am neither a Jew nor a Muslim.
Awesome. I always love hearing how it is growing up in other religions.
It was an entertaining listen, but I am sorry it didn’t get to the really OCD practices, like observing the law “Thou shall not boil the kid in its mother’s milk, nor derive any benefit ffrom it” means observant households have two sets of cutlery, two sets of post and some even have two dishwashers. Then again, kosher laws can be a podcast all to themselves.
@Chloe: Good suggestion re: the Atheist Community of Austin. They also produce a weekly show on public TV (“The Atheist Experience”) and a monthly podcast on ITunes (“The Non Prophets”).
I got excited that you mentioned the Great Brain books. I have never heard of anybody else who read them but I totally loved them growing up. It was my first introduction to the word “gentile” which I thought had something to do with “gentle”. I inferred that Mormons (or “Morons” which I thought was an alternate pronunciation since my parents didn’t bother to explain that it was a joke) were a warlike people.
Thanks for the interview! I’m honored that I was chosen out of all the other atheist Jews clamoring for a spot on this podcast.