History Series / TheJewsAreComing

%%* SiblingYinYang: Leah and Rachel again.

* HoYay: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugot The Zugot]] (“couples”) sages are presented as actual couples. Two of them go to a swinger party where they get to debate Torah with other sages.
-->'''Shammai''' (after the long-time debate partner of Hillel the Elder storms out in jealous rage): Lucky we didn’t tell him we had sex.

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Teen!Solomon insists that his collection of erotic poetry (aka Literature/SongOfSongs) is a metaphor for his relationship with God. No one is convinced. (AsYouKnow, this is a joke about an established orthodox interpretation that claims exactly that, which in view of the very explicit nature of the text is somewhat… troubling.)

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: The main use for Solomon's… metaphors.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: A couple of disciples approach [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Mendel_Schneerson the Lubavitcher]] and inquire whether he really is TheMessiah. His answer is… ambiguous.

Four seasons have aired so far. All episodes are [[https://www.youtube.com/user/MEDIAIBA/playlists?shelf_id=16&view=50&sort=dd available on YouTube]] (an episode with English subtitles can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVCs1YPk1jU here]]). Largely [[NotSafeForWork NSFW]], especially if anyone at your workplace knows Hebrew.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The Rambam (Maimonides) for the Ramban (Nachmanides). Everybody keeps confusing them and then being disappointed when it’s not the former, who is the more famous one.

* BalefulPolymorph: At the end of the Alpinist sketch, a member of the IDF Sorcerer Unit appears and turns the investigating officer into a frog.

* BettyAndVeronica: Rachel and Leah, with Jacob as Archie. Rachel is pure, chaste and loving; Leah is chain-smoking, foul-mouthed and very sexually adventurous.

* DepravedBisexual: David finds time for Michal, her brother Jonathan, and probably their father Saul too.

* SexyWhateverOutfit: A sketch about Esther accusing Mordechai of trying to prostitute her to the Persian king ends with him telling her that girls will dress as her for Purim for generations to come.

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Teen!Solomon insists that his collection of erotic poetry (aka Literature/SongOfSongs the Song of Songs]]) is a metaphor for his relationship with God. No one is convinced. (AsYouKnow, this is a joke about an established orthodox interpretation that claims exactly that, which in view of the very explicit nature of the text is somewhat… troubling.)

* EmoTeen: A couple of skits show King Solomon (at this point, Crown Prince Solomon) as a surly, black-clad teenager who writes angsty poetry on how everything is meaningless and insists his name is actually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes "Ecclesiastes"]].
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Teen!Solomon insists that his collection of erotic poetry (aka The Song of Songs) is a metaphor for his relationship with God. No one is convinced. (AsYouKnow, this is a joke about an established orthodox interpretation that claims exactly that, which in view of the very explicit nature of the text is somewhat… troubling.)