A Jewish movie podcast featuring Rabbi Dan Ain and Ben Chinn.

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Ben and Rabbi Dan discuss the 2010 Paulo Sorrentino film, This Must Be The Place, starring Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, and Judd Hirsch.Topics include: an Italian Catholic&#39;s take on T&#39;shuva, the disappearance of major motion pictures for grown-ups, and could this be one of the best Holocaust movies ever made?

Ep 8: This Must Be The Place

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Ben and Rabbi Dan discuss the 1989 Woody Allen film, Crimes and Misdemeanors, starring Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Angelica Houston and Alan Alda.Topics include: the ups and significant downs of Woody Allen&#39;s career, sight vs. hearing, and why rabbis have such a hard time getting healthcare professionals to focus on them.

Ep 7: Crimes and Misdemeanors

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We discuss the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film, Inglourious Basterds. Topics include: the meaning of Purim, the career of the late Sidney Poitier, and the movie genre of &#34;Jews vs. Nazis &#34;.

Ep 6: Inglourious Basterds

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Rabbi Dan Ain and Ben Chinn discuss the 2001 Steven Spielberg film, A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Can a robot love? Is there any reason why we should love it back? What&#39;s the difference between a dog, an alien an android and a toy cowboy? Was Stanley Kubrick brought down by a secretive globalist cabal? All this and more in this episode of the Jewish Frame.

Ep 5: A.I. Artificial Intelligence

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In this special Hannukah episode, we discuss the 1986 Don Bluth animated feature, An American Tail. Topics include: why a rat might pretend to be a mouse, Dan Ain&#39;s immigrant ancestors, and the Beatles documentary Get Back.

Ep. 4: An American Tail

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Rabbi Dan Ain and Ben Chinn discuss the 1991 David Mamet film, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102048/" rel="nofollow">Homicide</a>, starring Joe Mantegna and William H. Macy. Topics include Jewish self loathing, Ben&#39;s favorite Mamet film, and why we love the parts of Judaism that don&#39;t make any sense.Mentioned in this episode:<ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441785/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" rel="nofollow">Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants</a></li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096259/" rel="nofollow">Things Change</a></li><li><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/106786/the-wicked-son-by-david-mamet/" rel="nofollow">The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-Hatred, and the Jews</a></li><li><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/96408/five-cities-of-refuge-by-lawrence-kushner-and-david-mamet/9780805242201" rel="nofollow">Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P9SRNTE" rel="nofollow">The Book of Stone</a></li></ul>

Ep. 3: Homicide

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Hosts Rabbi Dan Ain and Ben Chinn discuss Alan Arkin&#39;s 1971 film, Little Murders.Topics include toxic masculinity, Rabbi Ain&#39;s identification with Donald Sutherland&#39;s First Existentialist minister Rev. Dupas, and a disagreement about Alan Arkin&#39;s portrayal of Lieutenant Practice. Come and get it! Also: who is the biggest Jewish movie star of all time? Opinions vary.

Ep. 2: Little Murders

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Rabbi Dan Ain and Ben Chinn discuss the 2000 Ed Norton movie, Keeping The Faith, starring Ed Norton, Ben Stiller, and Jenna Elfman.

Ep.1: Keeping The Faith

A Jewish movie podcast featuring Rabbi Dan Ain and Ben Chinn.