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On today’s show we are very pleased to have Noah Zimmerman, founder and operator of the Instagram page Old Jewish Men (@oldjewishmen). If you’re wondering why this page exists and more importantly, how it became so f*****g funny, you’re about to find out. Zimmerman’s content, which ranges from borderline barbaric to beautifully bizarre, spans a wide continuum, casting the spotlight on older Jewish...

Dr. Efraim Zuroff is a Holocaust historian, scholar and Nazi hunter who currently serves as the Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem where he works as the chief coordinator overseeing a global research effort to prosecute Nazi war crimes. Dr. Zuroff is the author of numerous books on the Holocaust and is the author of the Center’s annual “Status Report” which details the global inv...

We're back with another holiday special. And on this day, the holiest holidays of all: Yom Kippur. Join us as we break down Isaac's questions and attempt to enter Yom Kippur with the proper mindset - for "we are like angels". On deck: Yom Kippur During Times of the Temples Why / How Is Yom Kippur Amongst the Happiest Days of the Year? On "Being Like Angels" Reframing Teshuva Check out all of our o...

The Two Tall Jews and On This Day in Jewish History have begun our first book club! Check out our discussion of part 3 featuring the book's editor, Jake Zebede who shared some BTS in the making of the biography - particularly many of the thought processes, experience with the author, and why the unique structure of the book that isn't linear (as most biographies are). In this discussion, we went o...

Margot Touitou is probably everything you are not. She’s a Jewish-American-Israeli comedian, writer, and digital director based out of Tel Aviv where she currently works at a tech startup. You probably know her by her Instagram and TikTok handle: @margot2e2 where she has a combined number of well over 10K followers w/ pretty funny (& meaningful) content too.  She lives in Tel Aviv, Israel...

The Two Tall Jews and On This Day in Jewish History have begun our first book club!    First on our list the latest biography on Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe of blessed and righteous memory. Every other week, we aim to share clips of our recaps of each part as we read this incredible and meaningful book together.   At the same time, we have a small group o...

On today’s show, we are pleased to have Rabbi Shlomo Litvin is the director of Chabad of the Bluegrass At the University of Kentucky and the, “Clubhouse Rabbi”. Rabbi Litvin serves both the Jewish community of Lexington as well as the University of Kentucky. He began serving as its director in May 2015 and became the Senior Rabbi of the Jewish Study Center at the University of Kentucky in August 2...

Dr. Marwell spent 9 years with the US Justice Department and served as the Chief of Investigative Research, presiding over the prosecution of Nazi war criminals in the United States. From 1988-1994 he served as the Director of the Berlin Document Center, an archive consisting of captured personnel-related files pertaining to the Nazi Party and its related organizations. He was instrumental in the...

On this week's episode we sit with Ilana Wolstein (@ilanawols), Jewish activist, content creator and digital media aficionado who currently works in branding and digital marketing. In her spare time, Ilana also spends her time finding homes for some of the cutest foster dogs. Online, or on the street, Ilana is a fierce supporter of the Jewish people and a strong combatant of antisemitism in all of...

This episode features Adar Weinreb, t he host and force behind the YouTube sensation, “Sulha” which is the umbrella brand for “The Great Debate” and the “Standing Up the Podcast” amongst other amazing projects. Adar’s “Sulha” is primarily a YouTube channel with nearly 8K subscribers as of this release that puts forth impassioned debate with a diversity of opinions on a wide array of issues. Adar’s...

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 OF THE TWO TALL JEWS SHOW.  Brooke is a lawyer, author and human rights activist. In this episode, we break down the recent spate of violence both in Israel and on Jews around the world while trying to understand where it's coming from and what we can do to properly act on moving forward. Born and raised in Toronto, Brooke received her undergraduate degree from McGill and...

DEVELOPING SITUATION: As everyone knows Israel is currently under attack from Hamas / Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Arab-Jewish cities are in disarray and social media has been flaming the firestorm of misinformation that is only worsening the situation. As of this release, most Israelis regardless of their background are in bomb shelters and under threat of being killed by extremists in Ga...

Today is an incredibly special special: The Lag Ba’Omer Special featuring Avidan and Elio, aka the Two Chassids from Two Chassids in a Pod, live from Tzfat, Israel. Aside from being a minor yet important and fun Jewish holiday, Lag Baomer has ane extra extra special special significance for the Two Tall Jews Show as Lag Ba’Omer marks the anniversary of our project: On This Day in Jewish History fr...

Neal Karlen, longtime journalist and author whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Minneapolis Star Tribune.  He is the author of such books as Take My Life, Please, Babes in Toyland, Slouching Towards Fargo and Augies Secrets. Neal has also written two books about Judaism, Shanda: The Making and Breaking of a Self Loathing Jew and The Story of Yiddish: How a Mi...

{DISCLAIMER} As of the recording and release of this episode, Natan had to unfortunately back out of his UFC debut vs Austin Hubbard. Throughout the conversation, we speak with certainty that the fight was happening, but for the sake of Natan's overall career, he decided not to fight on April 17th. On this week's episode we host the only (current) Israeli UFC fighter. Out of Herzliyah, Israel - Na...

On the 5781 Pesach Special we are humbled to be joined by Rabbi Daniel Bortz aka @millennialrabbi. He is the host of the “Beneath the Surface” podcast (also the title of his book you can find on Amazon), founder of Jteen of San Diego, an organization dedicated to educating and empowering teenagers, and then created SOUL X, an organization offering experiential events for adults to foster deep soul...

On the 21st Episode (not including our holiday specials), we are psyched to host Debbie Lechtman aka Roots Metals - everyone's favorite Instagram Jewish educator and jeweler. On this episode we speak about Debbie’s story from Jewish Educator to Jeweler Back to Jewish Educator (and Jeweler), the dangers of antisemitism from the Left & the Right, what is “internalized antisemitism”, how anti-Zio...

As the old joke goes, one can sum up most Jewish holidays into: "They tried to kill us, we survived, let's eat" and in the case of Purim, that's exactly what happened. Check out our Purim Special to hear Meyer give over the Purim story, some follow-up questions Isaac has, and a bit on customs / commandments (mitzvot) that all Jews have on Purim. Purim Sameach and an easy fast to those fasting for...

Our first recurring guest is the one and only Ben Freeman, Holocaust Educator and Jewish Rights Activist. This past Monday, Ben released his first book titled, "Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People" and in this episode we took a deep dive into the contents of the book. What does it mean to have Jewish Pride? What inspired Ben to write the book? Why did he write it the way he did? We answered all of t...

Understand the Jewish perspective on Jewish history.   An On This Day in Jewish History production - Isaac and Meyer are here to dive deeper into the aspects, dates, concepts, people, places, and opinions about Judaism and Jewish History that we can't full cover in our daily posts, on a bi-weekly basis. . See all of our relevant links here: https://linktr.ee/otdjewishistory   P...

Today we are pumped to be hosting Alice Bronstein from the Beautiful People Podcast to chat about her experience with silent meditation retreats, each of our individual spiritual connections and the overall journeys that we are always on. Certainly a different type of conversation and one that we absolutely enjoyed. Check out Alice on all podcast platforms and Instagram (@beautifulpeople_podcast)...

On today’s episode, we are very excited to be with Arielle Kaplan. Arielle is the host of the “Balls Deep” podcast, with her friend Rachel Wainz where they explore topics of sex, dating, relationships while answering "all of your most embarrassing Google searches"  Arielle also works for heyalma as the host of “And God Was Like”, a weekly Torah portion educational series "for the Hebrew schoo...

And on the 7th Night, the Two Tall Jews released their much awaited Channukah Special. Tune in to get a historical summary of the Channukah events, Meyer and Isaac's personal approaches to having a spiritual experience during the 8 Days, and a special conversation on whether or not antizionist Jews can truly celebrate a holiday that is inherently Zionist. 

Today, we welcome on Taylor Amrani, @lifebytaylor. Taylor is a Mindset Coach whose primary goal is to “help you stop wasting your time and energy on things that don’t matter and start living the life you deserve”. In a past life, Taylor was known for going viral on Facebook with videos about Israel - here we speak about why she stopped. Taylor shares her insight with the world online on her websit...

On the 15th (!) episode of The Two Tall Jews Show, we sat down with Adela Cojab,  Adela is a recent NYU graduate, published author, and Israel activist.  As a student, she was president of “Realize Israel”, a Senator on the NYU Student Government, Vice President of her sorority, AEPhi, and served as the official representative of Jewish Students at the UN. Adela's work has been recognize...