Is It Good For The Jews?

The boys are pleased as punch to return to the Twilight Lounge after a three-week (!) absence, but they are not eager to share their dinners. Listen in as Rosen skirts the boundaries of civilized discourse as they discuss his “special eating needs,” then stick around to hear tales of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s son, … Continue reading Episode #188: Who is a Jew? It’s nice to share. →

Semitic crisis hits the Twilight Lounge this week after Rosen reveals that his wife finds Woody Allen movies “whiny and unwatchable,” causing her husband to wonder if she’s aware who she married. Fortunately, the boys bounce back, turning their attention to 3-percenter Paul Ryan and Jew-hating English politicians before Rosen pushes all the furniture to … Continue reading Episode #187: Nation-states, whiny Jews, 3-percenters →

This week, the boys reconvene in the Twilight Lounge to discuss Rosen’s adventures with mice, Goldbrener’s complete mastery over gophers and a panoply of Jewish issues and news. Should Facebook permit allow the ravings of Holocaust deniers? What would Steve Jobs do? If a Jew-hater gets 25 percent of the primary vote in Contra Costa … Continue reading Episode #186: Of mice, Sascha, Mark and Birthright →

Would you feel comfortable driving your neighbor’s car? Rosen does not, which is only one of a litany of gripes, fears and anxieties he brings into the Twilight Lounge this week. Fortunately, Goldbrener is waiting with some real-life advice and tales of eating salami and bread until he runs out of one ingredient. Meanwhile, in … Continue reading Episode #185: Draymond good, Waters, Luther, bad. →

Rosen is back from what he considered a sub-par road trip (too little time, too many missed opportunities), which the boys use as a jumping off point to explore the nature of Texas, the Navajo term for white people, retiring on a boat, why Rosen thinks all San Franciscans should be forced to take road … Continue reading Episode #184: Quotas, Mormons, greedy landlords guy →

This week, the boys spend almost the entire hour discussing various local, national and global topics, never really getting around to asking if something (is) Good for the Jews. No matter,  for this week listeners will learn how to discern between a dangerously crazy person and a “normal” San Franciscan (hint: one of them is … Continue reading Episode #183: Odds, ends and aggressive homeless guys →

You want bellyaching? This week, Rosen is literally bellyaching, thanks to a mysterious stomach ailment. Fortunately, he’s well enough to share his renewed love for the Steve Miller Band and to keep you up-to-date on the latest Screwy Louie shenanigans, which inspire a long discussion about intersectionality and the dangers of aligning oneself with a … Continue reading Episode #182: Jewish panic loop, screwy Louie →

Welcome back to a fully-occupied Twilight Lounge, where this week we find a reflective Goldbrener, in the wake of his youngest daughter’s high school graduation, considering the meaning of parenthood and, eventually, the statement made by Lady Gaga’s meat dress. Rosen wants to discuss Jewish issues, though, so the boys move onto news both good (Brandeis … Continue reading Episode #181: Brain drain, Goldbrener reflects →

Only got half the time and only need half the hosts this week? We have just what you need. Faced with the prospect of a missed episode thanks to Goldbrener’s prior commitments, Rosen steps up and gives you a half-hour of solo (Is it) Good for the Jews? performance, skipping all the small talk and … Continue reading Episode #180: Rosen goes solo! →

Welcome to the Twilight Lounge, an intact basement gathering space free of puddles, suds and floors made of mud and dirt. Here you will find Rosen and Goldbrener, together again to discuss matters crucial to Jewish life: is it possible to vote for Mayor in San Francisco without being exposed as a bigot? How can … Continue reading Episode #179: Jewish news bonanza! →

Rosen enters the Twilight Lounge with an axe to grind: the city of San Francisco has taken his 32-gallon garbage and recycling cans and replaced them with an enormous recycling can and a tiny garbage can. Having quickly established that you can’t keep The Man off your back, he tries to steer the conversation toward … Continue reading Episode #178: More Gaza, tiny garbage cans →

The boys are unhacked, thanks to Dave, and they’re willing to tackle this week’s big Jewish issues, but first Rosen has to recover from the drive to the Twilight Lounge and Gauge Guy’s obnoxious aggressive Prius piloting and Goldbrener must draw a strange parallel between the nine-year-old him and Anne Frank. After considering serving dessert … Continue reading Episode #177: Breaking down Gaza; hats off to Dave →

It’s morning in the Twilight Lounge; Goldbrener has coffee, but Rosen forgot to bring donuts — perhaps because he’s completely unhinged after sitting for jury selection. Meanwhile, an Israeli company has invented the folding car and “Rich kid” Rosen is prepared to take the NFL by storm. But in Hollywood, a toxic svengali is drawing … Continue reading Episode #176: Svengalis, folding cars, rich kids →

Important questions loom over the Twilight Lounge this week: Who has tiger blood? Would every celebrity be as bad a POTUS as DJT? Is it a hate crime if a guy in Irvine makes a to-do list titled “How to kill Jews?” If you’ve met Rosen, does he remember your name? And finally, is it … Continue reading Episode #175: Hide your yarmulke! →

Join Rosen and Goldrener this week as they break down Omri Casspi’s release, Gabe Kapler’s weirdness, Josh Rosen’s unfair slings and arrows, whether we’re getting the whole story on Starbucks, Tamika Mallory’s latest head-shaking anti-semitism and the likelihood that Judas is the only member of the Last Supper party with dark, curly hair, before addressing … Continue reading Episode #174: Portman, Judas, Starbucks. →

Lightness is the rule this week as Rosen and Goldbrener tackle the pressing issues of the day, including what to do when your batteries die during an interview with the coolest guy in the world. Also covered: how Jews control the weather, why Andrew Cuomo thinks Jews can’t dance and whether changing the name of … Continue reading Episode #173: McMafia, Cuomo and the Rothschilds →

Goldbrener is back from Israel with tales of the Holy Land, leading the boys to dedicate the entire episode to his impressions of the Zionist homeland in 2018. What he saw (young people at clubs, no visible military presence) may surprise you, so let Rosen act as your clueless avatar, peppering his podcast partner with … Continue reading Episode #172: Goldbrener is back! →

Don’t let this week’s cheery opening fool you: these are difficult times for The Jews.  We got almost completely shut out of the Oscars, Zionists are being run out of Hollywood and Yeshiva U. got bounced in the first round of the D3 Big Dance. The good news is that Rosen avoided buying Dad Jeans … Continue reading Episode #171: England’s dreaming, Dad jeans →

Goldbrener explains the difference between anti- and pro-biotics, shedding light on Rosen’s recent illness, then the boys settle into a series of diatribes aimed at their favorite targets: politics and San Francisco. Meanwhile, a recent survey shows that 41 percent of Bay Area Jews aren’t “really” Jews; however, Yeshiva U. is going to the big … Continue reading Episode #170: Pro- v. Anti-biotics, Chess →

Back from another trip to Arizona, Rosen brings tales of frightening downtowns, methamphetamine-using cowboys, friendly used car salesmen and $45,000 homes to the Twilight Lounge before settling down to discuss bronze medal-winning Jews and Omri Casspi’s double-double. The real question on the table, however, is: Is indicting Bibi good for the Jews? The Israeli PM … Continue reading Episode #169: Bibi indicted, Route 66 disappointment →