Jag And The Rabbi

02:20: Jews and Valentine's Day 04:53: Interview with Taylor Freeman and Jacki Morie from Upload VR - an explanation of the history of virtual reality and the differences between virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), as well as where they are going and applications for the future. Jacki has a Ph.D. in VR and has been a pioneer in the space for two decades. 35:10: Religion and Sports - athletes often praise G-d or Jesus after their successes. Is this inappropriate? And what place should religion have in sports? What factors should play into that? 42:12: The Winter Olympics - Jag and Rabbi Jason are both watching, but not all sports are created...or judged...equally. 46:18: Broward County, Florida School Shooting- unfortunately, news of this broke as the guys recorded on Wednesday afternoon, so they felt it was important to take a look at gun violence in this country.

00:00 Intro - Hannah Alper 01:30 KindRaising 03:30 Martin Sheen inspiration 05:10 Environmentalism 08:30 Trips to Kenya 09:10 Bullying 10:20 Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and volunteering 12:20 Hannah's Ted X Talk 13:50 Who do you want to see as next President? 15:50 Hannah's book 18:50 Role models 22:50 Hannah's social media 23:30 Tu B'Shevat 26:40 Celebrities turned entrepreneurs 30:45 CES Interview with Ray J 36:45 Rabbi Jason's speaking engagements this weekend 40:27 Howard Stern tease for next week

00:00 Patriots, Super Bowl, and the NFL's Questionable Future 07:40 CES Interview with Iggy Azalea and Monster 13:30 NAIAS Auto Show in Detroit 21:00 CES Interview on Fold-I-Mate, the laundry folding robot 27:10 Discussion of Larry Nassar and Michigan State University 34:00 To own or not own a dog - Jag tells the story of he and his wife's dog Brady and how he brought them together

We're back for our first episode of 2018. Rabbi Jason talks about autonomous Lyft rides at CES 2018 Las Vegas, as well as other tech toys and what happened when the world's biggest tech show lost electricity. Rabbi Jason also got to sit down with NBA legend and analyst Shaquille O'Neal, and they continued their tradition of Hebrew lessons. We've got a sit-down with Rabbi Arie Hasit, who was at Harvard when "The Facebook" started (he was account #7).  Instead of going to Silicon Valley, Rabbi Arie headed to Israel, where he's trying to bridge the gap between ultra-orthodox and secular Jews.  He tells us about his successes and struggles with trying to bring all sects of Judaism together. This is especially true when trying to include women's rights at the Western Wall. We also touch on cultural differences between the US and Israel, Birthright Israel, and of course, where to get the best hummus. Finally, a Jag and the Rabbi exclusive.  You won't believe which beloved athlete from 2017 was golfin

The Hebrew Hammer (Twitter: @HebrewHammerII) was a cult classic film in 2004. Writer Jonathan Kesselman discusses how he took the empowering "blaxploitation" film genre and created a "Jewish Exploitation" cult classic that used Jewish stereotypes to empower the Jewish community and create its own superhero, "The Hebrew Hammer."  With Trump in the White House, he's now working on a sequel. We start the show with a discussion of the new digital home assistant devices, like Google Home and Amazon Alexa. They make life so much easier, but at what cost to your privacy? Also, New York Knick Kyle O'Quinn went to his agent's son's Bar Mitzvah, and now he's riding the circuit all over New York. Finally, Rabbi Jason will be headed to CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas next month. He takes us behind the scenes and talks about what he's looking forward to in January.

Neal Hoffman, inventor of "Mensch on a Bench," calls in to discuss his inspiration for the Hanukkah toy, his experience on ABC's "Shark Tank," and the new line of products he's created and still developing. Neal also teased a potential partnership with the Boston Red Sox. Jag and Rabbi Jason also discuss some of the hot topics of the past week: the resignation of Al Franken, Lavar Ball and his basketball player sons, and President Donald Trump's decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. As always, no topics are off limits, and we present the world through a Jewish lens.

Welcome to the "JAG and The Rabbi" Podcast.  Here is a quick one minute intro from our hosts, describing what we will discuss.  Jag and the Rabbi will cover news, sports, pop culture, politics and more through a Jewish lens. Everything is fair game.