August 12, 2026

Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy Jews

Episode 113 - As Jew Wish …With Special Guest Joel Swedlove

If you’re not feeling well, you should curl up to this nice podcast (in my day, they were called books)! We adventure into the topic of gemilut chasadim, which are acts of loving kindness. Whether you visit the sick to read them a story or fetch a pitcher for them, these acts can really show someone that you love them. And when you find that love, twue wuv, that’s something worth fighting for! So, if you ask us to do an act of kindness for you? Of course. As you wish.

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July 29, 2026

Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy Jews

Episode 112 - But That's How We've Always Played ...With Guest Host Lexi Kohanski

Judaism's history and laws have been passed down through the generations. In the earliest days, this was passed down by word of mouth until it was written down. How do we know which rules and laws we should follow or change? Should we? Our guest host, Lexi Kohanski, joins us as we realize that it's exactly that kind of thinking that gets us things like Monopoly's "free parking jackpot" of the more recent "usage dice" in Dungeons & Dragons. Did we make these rules up? And if we did, is that really so bad?

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Lexi Kohanski - lexi@thetorahstudio.org
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kohanski/worlds-to-come

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July 15, 2026

Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy Jews

Episode 111 - Feeling TORn

Ethan was saddened by news that was shared recently that hit close to home for him and it got us thinking about how we react when things that we love change. When temples change homes, when programs alter and they are not what we remember, when we fear our childhood memories won’t be shared by the next generation. And, yeah of course, we talk about some nerdy stuff too. Nerd stuff changes all the time, and that’s also a bummer.

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