Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a Capitol news conference regarding the separation of immigrant children, July 10, 2018. (Alex Edelman/Getty Images) Columns (Is It) Good for the Jews? Jewish socialists: good for the Jews? Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By Larry Rosen, Eric Goldbrener | March 9, 2017 On episode #134 of the “(Is It) Good for the Jews” podcast: Rosen and Goldbrener begin with a series of rants followed by a lesson in urban civics, before delving into the deeper meanings of Purim and Purim — some including beatboxing! — scheduled for this year. Then: bomb threats — what do they actually mean? And: Dome unabashedly positive flag-waving for the Israeli baseball team’s ongoing World Baseball Classic success. Finally, they ask: Are Jewish socialists good for the Jews? Socialism and Judaism, some say, go together like peanut butter and jelly. But is a room full of white-haired Red Diaper Babies in a non-Socialist country a plus or a minus for a culture that comes by its outsider status honestly? Listen in to find out. Larry Rosen Larry Rosen is a writer, husband, father and author of “The Rabbi Has Left the Building,” a memoir about his son’s bar mitzvah. He co-hosts the podcast “(Is It) Good for the Jews?” Eric Goldbrener Eric Goldbrener is a Libertarian, Zionist, atheist and autodidact technologist. He co-hosts the podcast “(Is It) Good for the Jews?” Also On J. TV In PBS' ‘Ridley Road,’ a Jewish woman infiltrates 1960s British neo-Nazis News Local professor says baseball fostered assimilation World Kyiv Jews celebrate a wartime Purim with resolve and optimism From the Archives ‘A sport-loving people,’ Jews always felt at home in baseball Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up