Throw a hot dog on some matzah: It’s the Menschwarmers’ second annual Jewish baseball seder

It's springtime for The CJN's resident sports podcasters.
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Spring has sprung, which means two things to the Gabe and Jamie, host of The CJN’s podcast about Jews and sports: baseball’s opening day and Passover are mere days apart. For the second year in a row, the boys are burning their chametz and settling in for long innings of watching Blue Jays games from (mostly) pandemic-induced isolation, recalling stories of the most iconic type of Hebrew freedom: the freedom of Jews to play really great baseball.

So pull up a chair, grab your haggadah and a hot dog, a cap with some karpas, a salty egg with some salty pretzels, and enjoy the second annual Menschwarmers Jewish baseball seder.

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Credits

Menschwarmers is hosted by James Hirsh and Gabe Pulver, and produced and edited by Michael Fraiman. Our intro music is by Coby Lipovitch, and our outro music is “Organ Grinder Swing” by chēēZ π. This show is a member of The CJN Podcast Network. Follow the Menschwarmers on Twitter @menschwarmers or TikTok @menschwarmers. To learn how to support the show by subscribing to this podcast, please watch this video.

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