Ask a Jew

Yael Bar tur, secular sinner, and Chaya Leah Sufrin, pious Haredi, ask each other the hard questions, from Torah to Tinder

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Mar 1, 2022 · 57 min
ASK A JEW (13): Kosher Edibles
Since being named "Best Jewish Podcast of 2022" Yael Bar Tur and Chaya Leah Sufrin have no time to write full descriptions, people! It's bullet-points from here on out! * The girls discuss how their lives have changed since they accidentally stumbled upon international fame. * Yael Jew-splains the concept of a Mikveh to Chaya Leah * The age-old Jewish ritual of taking an edible before Shabbat dinner. *Chaya Leah would do great in war until she needed to use the bathroom. *Everyone is an antisem
Feb 22, 2022 · 52 min
ASK A JEW (12):
On this week’s episode of ask a Jew, we get a real live Rabbi to answer our insightful and embarrassing questions about faith, meaning and Jewish humor. We also discuss this article from The New York Times and wonder: Are there things we shouldn’t laugh about? (Spoiler: no.)
Feb 16, 2022 · 54 min
ASK A JEW: Matzo Ball Sunday (11)
The Betty and Veronica of the chosen people are back, talking about football (Mazal Tov Rams), what happens when someone chooses to leave the Orthodox life, and weird Jewish fashion rules.
Feb 7, 2022 · 53 min
Ask A Jew (10): The Goy is Mine
The girls forgive Whoopi Goldberg for her dumb remark, but not for scarring Chaya Leah’s childhood on the movie Ghost. They also pray for a week without Jews in the news, answer a listener question about how to woo a Hasidic landlord, and discuss the least Jewish topic in the world: the Winter Olympics.
Jan 25, 2022 · 53 min
Ask a Jew: Jews Want to Convert Your Babies (9)
In this week's episode, Yael and Chaya Leah meet up to debrief after the Texas hostage situation. They also discuss anti-semitism and Coldplay - we’ll let you decide which one is worse. Also: Woke Jews, kosher abortions, Chaya Leah is a Yad Vashem Karen, and a guide to our Top 10 Holocaust Memorials You Can’t Miss (you’ll never believe number 3!) Have a question for us Yael and Chaya Leah? Email them palomamedianyc@gmail.com
Jan 17, 2022 · 51 min
ASK A JEW: Go Trees, It’s Your Birthday! (8)
Yael teaches Chaya Leah about gangsta rap, and Chaya Leah educates Yael about an obscure upcoming Jewish holiday that involves lots of dried fruit. Also discussed: Yael's recent (and first) piece for Newsweek, what orthodox Jews are and aren't allowed to do on social media, and the trauma of a broken heart vs. the trauma of Scud Missiles. Holocaust buzzer! The girls make it 41 minutes and 52 seconds before bringing up the Holocaust.
Jan 11, 2022 · 56 min
Ask a Jew: 210% Ashkanazi Jews (7)
Yael and Chaya Leah welcome Bill Schulz, who walks like a Jew, talks like a Jew, but is actually some type of Catholic. The trio compare various percentages of Ashkenazi blood, ask Bill for dating advice (which is kind of like asking Chaya Leah for help picking a country club) and ponder the merits of children, friendships, and breaking out of Yeshiva.
Dec 31, 2021 · 57 min
Ask a Jew: There Were No Fat people in the Holocaust (6)
Chaya Leah is hung over in Vegas while Yael is nursing her COVID (or is it the other way around?), and talk New Year's resolutions, favorite books of 2021, and fawn over the two great minds, Christopher Hitchens and that guy that was married to Reese Witherspoon.
Dec 14, 2021 · 1 hr 11 min
It's an Ask A Jew Christmas Spectacular! (5)
In this week's episode, a listener asks Chaya Leah for permission to celebrate the joyous birth of Santa, Yael is surprised to hear she will go to Jewish Hell if she misspells Chanukkah, and we learn why Orthodox Jews will sometimes ask strangers to follow them to their hotel rooms on Shabbos (but not in Vegas, apparently). Plus in this week's "People We Thought Were Jewish", we writer Meghan Daum, who couldn't possibly be Jewish because she's from Southern Illinois and her family doesn't consta
Dec 6, 2021 · 39 min
Ask a Jew: People You Thought Were Jewish (4)
Yael and Chaya Leah kick around the idea of mezuzah merch, talk about the kosher haven that is Cancun, and try to bring back smoking, as G_d intended. We also debut a new interview feature, People You Thought Were Jewish! Starting with our good friend, journalist and media mogul Nancy Rommelmann, who despite being a funny writer from New York, is actually not a Jew. Have any ideas for people we could interview who just *feel* Jewish to you, but are not? Let us know on Twitter! @palomamedia @yae
Nov 29, 2021 · 47 min
Ask a Jew: G-d loves the New England Patriots (3)
Chaya Leah and Yael make it 90 seconds before talking about the Holocaust, but don’t worry, it’s funny (though if you’re not Jewish please don’t laugh). Yael learns about sexy Hasidic men with back tattoos, and is also relieved to find out she can indeed be buried in a Jewish cemetery, despite her 90210 tramp stamp. The girls also grapple with a Talmudic question concerning an ugly bride, determine it’s ok to pray for the Yankees to lose, and Chaya Leah tells of her special not-at-all creepy Sam
Nov 22, 2021 · 45 min
Ask a Jew (2)
Yael Bar tur, secular sinner, and Chaya Leah Sufrin, pious Haredi, are back, asking each other the hard questions, from Torah to Tinder
Nov 16, 2021 · 31 min
Ask a Jew (1)
Yael Bar tur, secular sinner, and Chaya Leah Sufrin, pious Haredi, ask each other the hard questions, from Torah to Tinder

Ask a Jew

ASK A JEW (13): Kosher Edibles

ASK A JEW (12):

ASK A JEW: Matzo Ball Sunday (11)

Ask A Jew (10): The Goy is Mine

Ask a Jew: Jews Want to Convert Your Babies (9)

ASK A JEW: Go Trees, It’s Your Birthday! (8)

Ask a Jew: 210% Ashkanazi Jews (7)

Ask a Jew: There Were No Fat people in the Holocaust (6)

It's an Ask A Jew Christmas Spectacular! (5)

Ask a Jew: People You Thought Were Jewish (4)

Ask a Jew: G-d loves the New England Patriots (3)

Ask a Jew (2)

Ask a Jew (1)