** Have you listened to Episode 3, yet? Download on iTunes or listen here ** In our last episode “Ignorant Americans, Blood Money and Grossed Out By Glee?”, we touched on the topic of negotiating our respective faiths in the context of modernity. When I was listening to the episode this morning, I realized...
Episode 3: Ignorant Americans, Blood Money and Grossed Out By Glee?
Overheard in this episode of Hey! That’s My Hummus! “And then Gleek the Monkey comes along… Gleek, The Congressional Monkey” “I walked out of the room and got myself a Diet Coke during that intro… come on.” “You have to have something in common, I like strawberries, you like strawberries, I hate God, you...
Knock, Kock… HOUSEKEEPING!
Did you notice that we didn’t post a new episode of the podcast this week? Of COURSE you did. It’s because we’re changing up our schedule and, surprise, in addition to a place to download our podcasts, we’ve decided to turn this site into a fully functioning blog with posts and everything. From now...
To Err(uv) Is Human…
You’re probably wondering why you haven’t seen another podcast materialize on our website this week. I could come right out and tell you something outrageous. Like we decided that two episodes is as fine a place to stop as any. But that wouldn’t be entirely true. If you’re Jewish and you’re active on Facebook,...
Queen Esther, Illustrated
Have you listened to Episode 2: “Purim Explained, Conservative Women, and UCLA girl”? On this past week’s episode of Hey! That’s My Hummus! you’ve heard that I observed the holiday of Purim at my synagogue this past Saturday night. I also mentioned that at my synagogue (as well as many others) it is customary...
Sort Of Asian.
Have you listened to Episode 2: “Purim Explained, Conservative Women, and UCLA girl”? ***** I mentioned back in Episode 0 that I sometimes tell people I’m “Indian” because it’s “just easier.” Given that I’m actually of Pakistani origin, I know undoubtedly that some people would be horrified by that. I also know that there...
Episode 2: Purim Explained, Conservative Women, and UCLA Girl
Overheard in this episode of Hey! That’s My Hummus! “Ahasuerus… he’s kind of a frat boy, huh?” “Sometimes, it’s Wikipedia and then Torah… but mostly Torah and then Wikipedia…” “This woman controlled, you know, whatever those seas are somewhere around Asia…” “I will address you when I talk to you, young lady.” “Who are...
Black Boxes and Leather…
On this past week’s episode of Hey! That’s My Hummus! you may have heard me mention a recent news story about an Alaska Airlines flight from Mexico City to L.A. which went into panic mode. The cause for this? Three Jewish passengers, in mid-flight, took out and started putting on tefillin, which are ritual...
Episode 1: Love Boat Sharia, Brandon Davies and We Google Muslim/Jew Jokes
Overheard in this week’s episode of Hey! That’s My Hummus!: “Charo? Maybe we shoulda stuck to talking about hummus…” “If that’s what it takes, I’m going to embrace Sharia law… if it means Jersey Shore goes off the air. Sorry J-Wow.” “I can’t say Mormon?” “How many Muslims does it take to screw in...
Episode 0: No, But, Seriously. This Is *Not* A Cooking Show
Overheard on this week’s episode: ” The meaning of life is not 42, but it is the chick pea.” ” I’m trying to think of the legal term for that, yeah, it’s ‘DICK MOVE…’ ” ” You know what? You’re a RACIST… is it because he’s MUSLIM Ghadafi?!” ” If you haven’t had your...