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Keep scrolling down to listen to the first series of “Reboot Presents: The Jewish Bizarre, ” the inaugural podcast of the new Reboot Presents Podcast Network. Dig into bloody murders, rioting mothers, anarchist parties and pseudoscience – everything you never learned in Hebrew school and that your Rabbi still doesn’t want you to know! Dr. Eddy Portnoy, academic advisor for the Max Weinreich Center and exhibition curator at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Dr. Tony Michels, professor of Jewish American History at UW Madison, and Jessica Chaffin, writer, comedian and host of the popular podcast Ask Ronna join up on the Jewish Bizarre Podcast to discuss the strangest corners of Jewish history.
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Dr. Eddy Portnoy and Dr. Tony Michels dive into the Tonsil Riots of 1906 - an uprising led by Jewish mothers in New York City after their kids were operated on without their knowledge- the Kosher Meat Boycott of 1902, and other Jewish protests that are absent from the cultural lexicon. Plus the largest funeral to ever occur in New York City, inventive uses for raw meat and a riot story from Dr. Tony Michels’ own life.
The Jewish Bizarre is produced by Reboot, an arts and culture non-profit that reimagines and reinforces Jewish thought and traditions. As a premier research and development platform for the Jewish world, Reboot catalyzes its network of preeminent creators, artists, entrepreneurs and activists to produce experiences and products that evolve the Jewish conversation and transform society. This podcast is supported by a generous grant from the Covenant Foundation.
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