Watch this episode on YouTube. Get into the festive spirit with this special episode as we taste-test several boozy eggnogs and chat about all things Christmas! From holiday traditions to merry musings, we've got the perfect dose of cheer. Wishing all you Hammerheads a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a fantastic New Year! Tune in and celebrate with us!
Jews do not eat pig. This (not always true) observation has been made by both Jews and non-Jews for more than three thousand years and is rooted in biblical law. Though the Torah prohibits eating pig meat, it is not singled out more than other food prohibitions. Horses, rabbits, squirrels, and even vultures, while also not kosher, do not inspire the same level of revulsion for Jews as the pig. The pig has become an iconic symbol for people to signal their Jewishness, non-Jewishness, or rebellion from Judaism. There is nothing in the Bible that suggests Jews are meant to embrace this level of pig-phobia.
In Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig(NYU Press, 2024), Jordan D. Rosenblum historicizes the emergence of the pig as a key symbol of Jewish identity, from the Roman persecution of ancient rabbis, to the Spanish Inquisition, when so-called Marranos (“Pigs”) converted to Catholicism, to Shakespeare’s writings, to modern memoirs of those leaving Orthodox Judaism. The pig appears in debates about Jewish emancipation in eighteenth-century England and in vaccine conspiracies; in World War II rallying cries, when many American Jewish soldiers were “eating ham for Uncle Sam;” in conversations about pig sandwiches reportedly consumed by Karl Marx; and in recent deliberations about the kosher status of Impossible Pork.
All told, there is a rich and varied story about the associations of Jews and pigs over time, both emerging from within Judaism and imposed on Jews by others. Expansive yet accessible, Forbidden offers a captivating look into Jewish history and identity through the lens of the pig.
Interviewee: Jordan D. Rosenblum is the Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism and Director of the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Host: Schneur Zalman Newfield is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Jewish Studies at Hunter College, City University of New York, and the author of Degrees of Separation: Identity Formation While Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism (Temple University Press). Visit him online at ZalmanNewfield.com.
The United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, is one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the United States.
Their motto of “Duty, Honor, Country” is something for every cadet that attends the academy to aspire to.
However, things haven’t always been that way. There was a period when West Point was downright rowdy and rambunctious.
Learn more about the 1826 West Point Egg Nog riot and how the military academy completely went out of control one Christmas on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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In this episode, Rivers heads back to the Record Parlour in Hollywood, CA to dig through the Bargain Bin for weird LPs with comedians Kevin Anderson and Kaye. The albums we played and talked about are as follows: Doctored for Super Stereo - 'Sound Effects, Vol. 1' (1960) Oscar Brand - 'Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads, Vol. 4' (1957) Joe Ely - 'Musta Notta Gotta Lotta' (1981) Isis - 'Breaking Through' (1977) Roger Cook – Meanwhile Back at the World (1972) Deaf School - 'English Boys/Working Girls' (1978) Lakeside - 'Shot of Love' (1978) Kaptain Kool and the Kongs - 'Kaptain Kool and the Kongs' (1978) The Nighthawks - 'Hot Spot' (1984) Zephyr - 'Zephyr' (1969) Bruce Scott - 'They're All Raving About Bruce Scott' (1965) The Rave Ups - The Book of Your Regrets (1987) Santa Esmeralda - 'Beauty' (1978) Follow Kevin on everything @KBAndersonYo Follow Joe on everything @JoeCharlesKaye Subscribe on Patreon for the UNCUT video version of this episode as well as TONS of bonus content! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt here: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod
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#1. Netflix just gave itself the biggest Christmas gift of all… NFL football on Christmas Day. (5/17/2024)
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#3. The fastest-growing genre in books is “Romantasy”... Romantic Fantasies are driving book sales with pixie dust. (7/15/2024)
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In the '70s, gelatin was very much in vogue. Gatherings often featured a colorful, molded jello salad that contained surprising ingredients from cottage cheese to tuna. Those dishes have since fallen out of favor, but a new cookbook by Peter DiMario and Judith Choate declares that gelatin is back. Jiggle! includes modernized recipes for sweet, savory and layered dishes, such as Grandma's Ambrosia and Watermelon Margarita Bites. In today's episode, DiMario talks with Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes about the origins of gelatin, how to achieve the perfect suspension, and the fun of updating gelatin dishes with fresh ingredients and flavors.
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Notre Dame's longest serving organist Olivier Latry tells of the cathedral's transformed acoustics. After a horrific fire in 2019, craftspeople resurrected the cathedral in just five years. The organist says the thorough cleaning of the instrument and the structure's stone makes the cathedral even more reverberant. Sign up for State of the World+ to listen sponsor-free and support the work of NPR journalists. Visit plus.npr.org.
Think back to the first time someone told you about the game Tetris. Was it a friend? An older sibling or a parent? Maybe you saw someone playing it at an arcade.
How long did it take you to get what Tetris is — what you had to accomplish in the game and how to play it?
2024 boasts the 40th anniversary of the classic game of falling blocks, known as tetrominoes.
More than 520 million copies of Tetris have been sold since its worldwide release in the 1980s.
For our series "Game Mode", we're setting up to stack — looking at the game's history and why it became and has stayed popular.
