An exciting and hilarious new original series on TJC!
We interviewed Jewish celebrities ranging from Matisyahu to Ed Koch, plus editors at New York Magazine, Huffington Post, Radar, Esquire, and Gawker Media — in addition to up-and-coming comedians, stars, and more!
Laugh out loud at the funny things they have to share about the High Holidays, from blowing shofar to confessing their sins.
Four half-hour episodes are airing on TJC, and here are some clips that provide a sample of what you’ll see.
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Episode 1: Rosh Hashana. Follow along as all of our guests try their best to blow the shofar in clip 1, and hear more than you expected about apples and honey in clip 2. |
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Episode 2: Sins & Forgiveness. Listen in as our guests dig deep into sin — suggesting new sins in clip 1, and thinking about just how many good deeds they’ve done this year in clip 2. |
Opening Theme
Rapper Y-Love and Diwon did a freestyle during their interview that became the opening theme for “Holy Dazed.” See it in this clip:
Episodes 01 & 02. A brand new TJC Original Series, just in time for the High Holidays. Jewish celebrities from Matisyahu to Mayor Ed Koch share their laugh-out-loud takes on the Jewish holidays, from blowing the shofar to atoning for their sins. The first two episodes, up now on TJC, tackle Rosh Hashana and Sins & Forgiveness
Forward Forum 04. Will the Jewish vote hold an unprecedented weight in the upcoming election? Award-winning Forward journalists explore this question in light of the candidates’ relationships with controversial Christian ministers, as well as new left-wing Israel lobbyist J Street’s challenge to AIPAC, the potential church-state violations of a new Hebrew charter school in Brooklyn, reforming the Kosher meat industry, and the success of Jewish summer camps.
Episode 04. The president of Caucus for America argues that America’s conservative presidents and Christian majority have benefited Jews, while the head of kosher supervision at the Orthodox Union defends his organization’s role in the Rubashkin’s kosher controversy, with Forward editorial director J.J. Goldberg.
Episode 05. Host Alana Newhouse explores America’s growing “Jew-Bu” trend of Jewish-Buddhists, gets to know a Catholic-turned-Orthodox Jew who’s made his fascinating life story into a comedy routine, and takes a serious look at the work of “Israel’s Walter Cronkite,” Chaim Yavin.
Episode 02. Do rabbis think the Bush administration has been good for Israel? Leading rabbis of different denominations and perspectives sit down together to discuss the the president’s impact on the American-Israel relationship and other provocative questions, including: is the kosher supervision industry in need of ethical reform, is there such a thing as the Jewish Values Vote, and should rabbis make political endorsements?
