{"podcast":{"title":"edJEWcation","slug":"edjewcation-6822090","podcast_index_feed_id":6822090,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f27d64e4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edjewcation","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/40583041/40583041-1762458599356-9437a6f6b1af9.jpg","author":"edJEWcation","episode_count":114,"summary":"Your weekly dose of Jewish wit and wisdom. Each week Rabbi Abba Perelmuter, Chayaleah Sufrin, and Jay Covitz explore Jewish history, culture, and writings. Whether you're a relapsed Jew or an old pro there is something for us all to learn.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T22:19:21.667788+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/edjewcation-6822090"},"episode":{"title":"Hanukkah: The Maccabees, the Greeks, and One Very Tall FBI Agent","slug":"hanukkah-the-maccabees-the-greeks-and-one-very-tall-fbi-agent","published_at":"2025-12-04T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/edjewcation-6822090/hanukkah-the-maccabees-the-greeks-and-one-very-tall-fbi-agent","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/edjewcation-6822090","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edjewcation/episodes/Hanukkah-The-Maccabees--the-Greeks--and-One-Very-Tall-FBI-Agent-e3bfl2e","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f27d64e4/podcast/play/111710734/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-25%2F413173004-44100-2-505a980ffc844.mp3","summary":"In this pre-pre-PRE-Hanukkah special (because we refuse to let Christmas music win), the crew breaks down the real Hanukkah story: the oil, the civil war, the Hellenists, the hammer, and the heroic home court advantage , while also inventing a brand-new Hanukkah tradition involving sword fights and presents hidden in a makeshift Temple. Along the way, we tackle assimilation, Jewish identity, why no one ever explained the whole “Greeks vs. Syrians” thing, and the surprising appearance of a tall FBI agent who would “take a bullet for the Jews.” Happy early Hanukkah… and don’t forget to pick up your free Chabad menorah.","meta_description":"In this pre-pre-PRE-Hanukkah special (because we refuse to let Christmas music win), the crew breaks down the real Hanukkah story: the oil, the civil war,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3374,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/edjewcation-6822090/episodes/hanukkah-the-maccabees-the-greeks-and-one-very-tall-fbi-agent/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/edjewcation-6822090/hanukkah-the-maccabees-the-greeks-and-one-very-tall-fbi-agent.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}