{"podcast":{"title":"Weird Being Jewish: Three Rabbis Walk Into a Podcast","slug":"weird-being-jewish-three-rabbis-walk-into-a-podcast-6928861","podcast_index_feed_id":6928861,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/531302/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/531302","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/1/8/f/918f565fca8d048cd959afa2a1bf1c87/Copy_of_Copy_of_WBJv4_large-3.png","author":"Joshua Rose","episode_count":29,"summary":"What happens when three friends who are also rabbis get together to discuss Jewish life, religious life, rabbinic life and life life? Rabbis Jeffrey Weill, Matt Reimer and Josh Rose don't know but aim to find out. In the process they'll share their thoughts about pressing issues we all face - in the Jewish community and beyond.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T06:19:06.205061+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-being-jewish-three-rabbis-walk-into-a-podcast-6928861"},"episode":{"title":"S2E19 Strings Attached: The Challenge of Jewish Life in This Moment","slug":"s2e19-strings-attached-the-challenge-of-jewish-life-in-this-moment","published_at":"2026-05-06T04:54:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-being-jewish-three-rabbis-walk-into-a-podcast-6928861/s2e19-strings-attached-the-challenge-of-jewish-life-in-this-moment","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-being-jewish-three-rabbis-walk-into-a-podcast-6928861","url":"https://df5eebd6-2163-47f8-8a68-f15e4849c290.libsyn.com/s3e19-strings-attached-the-challenge-of-jewish-life-in-this-moment","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/df5eebd6-2163-47f8-8a68-f15e4849c290/wbj_s2e19_final.mp3?dest-id=4571497","summary":"Three rabbis reunite after a hiatus with no agenda and plenty to say. They wade into the fraught waters of Israel, the war, Yom HaZikaron, and what it means to hold nuance in a community that often demands a party line — then somehow end up in a heated debate about strings in rock music, Charlie Daniels, and whether Phil Spector ruined \"The Long and Winding Road.\" Josh admits he's been hiding from Israel discourse behind his guitar, Jeff cops to being emotionally \"buffeted\" by the whole thing, and Matt drops the news that he's heading to the pulpit of a major New York synagogue this summer. It's the classic Weird Being Jewish formula: serious stuff, silly detours, and genuine friendship holding it all together.","meta_description":"Three rabbis reunite after a hiatus with no agenda and plenty to say. They wade into the fraught waters of Israel, the war, Yom HaZikaron, and what it mea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2035,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/weird-being-jewish-three-rabbis-walk-into-a-podcast-6928861/episodes/s2e19-strings-attached-the-challenge-of-jewish-life-in-this-moment/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-being-jewish-three-rabbis-walk-into-a-podcast-6928861/s2e19-strings-attached-the-challenge-of-jewish-life-in-this-moment.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}