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Nov 2016
32m 54s

#8 Jeremy

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About this episode

When Jonathan was 16, he went to synagogue every morning. He even thought that one day he might become a rabbi. Things didn’t exactly work out that way, but he’s always wondered what if they had. In this episode, he finds out.

Credits

Heavyweight is hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein.

This episode was also produced by Chris Neary and Kalila Holt. The senior producer is Wendy Dorr.

Editing by Alex Blumberg, Paul Tough, and Jorge Just.

Special thanks to Emily Condon, Steven Page, Paul de Jong, and Jackie Cohen.

The show was mixed by Haley Shaw. 

Music for this episode by Christine Fellows, with additional music by Steven Page, Y La Bamba, Farnell Newton, Chris Zabriskie, Todd Hannigan, and Marmoset. Our theme song is by The Weakerthans courtesy of Epitaph Records, and our ad music is by Haley Shaw.

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