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10/19/2026

Amusing Jews Ep. 168: Allan Sherman: Comedy Music Genius – with biographer Mark Cohen

Mark Cohen is an author and journalist whose books include Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman.

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Mark Cohen is an author and journalist whose books include Overweig...

10/12/2026

Amusing Jews Ep. 167: Heavy Metal Jews – with metalhead Josh Kleinberg

Josh Kleinberg is a heavy metal afficionado whose article, “Spreading the Disease: Heavy Metal Jews and the Secular Sacred,” was published in the Spring 2026 issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine.

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Josh Kleinberg is a heavy metal afficionado whose article, “Spreadi...

10/05/2026

Amusing Jews Ep. 166: If Violins Could Talk – with ethnographer-novelist Yale Strom

Yale Strom is one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music, history, and culture. His latest novel is The Autobiography of The Offenbacher.

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Yale Strom is one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of kl...

09/28/2026

Amusing Jews Ep. 165: Q***r Culture Memoir – with author Ari Ashkenazi

Ari Ashkenazi is a retired professor of anthropology of art and arts education whose latest memoir is Retracing My Steps: A Q***r Memoir.

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Ari Ashkenazi is a retired professor of anthropology of art and art...

09/22/2026

Amusing Jews Ep. 164: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me – with author Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor is a professor of history at Smith College and author of the new book, Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me.

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Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor is a professor of history at Smith College...

09/14/2026

Amusing Jews Ep. 163: The Real Philip Roth – with author Jacques Berlinerblau

Jacques Berlinerblau is the Rabbi Harold White Professor of Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University and author of The Philip Roth We Don’t Know: S*x, Race, and Autobiography.

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Jacques Berlinerblau is the Rabbi Harold White Professor of Jewish ...

09/07/2026

Amusing Jews Ep. 162: Bernie Krigstein, EC Comics & “Master Race” – with graphic novelist Joe D’Esposito

Joe D’Esposito is a comic book artist and painter whose latest graphic novel, The Outsider, is published by Fantagraphics.

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Joe D’Esposito is a comic book artist and painter whose latest grap...

08/31/2026

Amusing Jews Ep. 161: Immigration, Growing Pains, & the American Playground – w/ novelist Michael Isaac Shokrian

Michael Isaac Shokrian is publisher of the Thieving Magpie literary quarterly and author of the new novel, American Playground.

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Michael Isaac Shokrian is publisher of the Thieving Magpie literary...

08/24/2026

Amusing Jews Ep. 160: Jewish Art for Our Times – with fine artist Yona Verwer

Yona Verwer is a Dutch-born multidisciplinary visual artist based in New York City and founder of the Jewish Art Salon, a global network of contemporary Jewish visual artists and scholars.

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Yona Verwer is a Dutch-born multidisciplinary visual artist based i...

08/18/2026