“Talmudic lessons in ‘The Simpsons’”

by Lee Tankle
Published in The Jewish Report on August 27, 2026
Featuring Rabbi Dan Slipakoff

The animated characters of Bart and Lisa Simpson are unlikely to be front of mind when considering the Talmud, but in one classic episode of The Simpsons, the siblings turn to Jewish texts to help reunite Krusty the Clown with his rabbi father. At Limmud Johannesburg, Rabbi Dan Slipakoff, from Temple Israel in Boston and a staunch The Simpsons fan, used this classic season-three episode, “Like Father, Like Clown”, to examine how the cartoon series incorporates Jewish tradition in its storytelling. [Read full article]

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