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Episode 233·Aug 29, 2025
The Shakespearean Whodunit and the Biblical Whodunit
The peculiar ritual that follows a murder reminds the community of their duty to care for one another.
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Locusts, Plagues, and Jewish Unity
As a devastating plague that ravaged 19th-century America reminds us, locusts are among the most destructive creatures in nature—yet forms of them are also the only insects that are kosher. What does this curious incongruity reveal?
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