Oct 12, 2023 · 1 hr 33 min
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Religion & Spirituality
Ask a Jew
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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Oct 3, 2023 · 1 hr 15 minBig Girls Don't Cry at the Holocaust Museum
Elon Musk goes to Auschwitz, Chaya Leah goes to spin class. Are you a holocaust denier? Then why aren't you following us on Substack?? https://askajew.substack.com/ Please rate and review us five stars ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ on Spotify/Apple - it helps us grow! Also: How do you say Jew in sign language? 🔔 Holocaust bell rings around 10 minutes in... 🔔 Why does Oprah love her dog more than she loves the Jews? Chaya Leah wants to rebrand herself from a Jew to a person who goes to spin class S
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Sep 26, 2023 · 1 hr 8 minThe Swinging Chicken Dance
Saudi Arabia, you up? Bibi and Elon, sitting in a tree A beautiful tradition or antisemitic blood libel? Why not both? Non binary silverware Yael asks Chaya Leah about a Yom Kippur tradition involving Jews paying Arabs The weird chicken thing that Orthodox Jews do Tradition! 🔔 Holocaust bell rings at 26 minutes 🔔 We talk about Lauren Boebert, Bari Weiss, and Palestinians antisemites at UPenn, because we always like to be 2 weeks behind the news. The time Chaya Leah got scolded for br
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Sep 20, 2023 · 1 hr 15 minDemocracy Hipster - With Yascha Mounk
Democracy Hipster - With Yascha Mounk Oh look, Yascha Mounk wrote another book. "The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time" is really great (just like all the others), so we invited Yascha on to talk about democracy around the world in 2023, why identity politics is bad for everyone, post-liberalism on the right and left, Germany and Israel being BFFs, Donald Trump , social media, and the death of self critique. 🔔 Yascha rings the Holocaust bell at 4:15 🔔 Also - how Jewish i
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Sep 12, 2023 · 1 hr 27 minRosh Hashana Special with Rabbi David Wolpe
As a Rosh Hashana gift to ourselves (and our listeners) we spent an hour with the Beyonce of Rabbis, the honey to our apple, the horseradish to our Gefilte - Rabbi David Wolpe! He joins us from Cambridge where he is a visiting scholar at Harvard Divinity School (ohh-la-la), though you may remember him from such rabbinical masterpieces as “Most Influential Rabbi in America” (Newsweek), and “50 Most Influential Angelinos” (LA Magazine). A frequent cordial sparring partner of atheists like Sam Ha
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Sep 5, 2023 · 1 hr 17 minThe Burning Bush Man
Sharing our 6th-grade trauma, you’re either and anti-antisemite or you’re an antisemite, and some PR advice for the Goyim Defense League. Also: Why did G_d forsake the people of Israel at Burning Man? Did Abraham work in a gift shop? You’re so not invited to my Bat Mitzvah (J/k please come) Would you read your angsty teenage diary on stage? These people did and its hilarious. Hot 12 year old boys Our traumatic stories from 6th grade Marraige is good, I guess Esther Perel on artificial i
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Aug 28, 2023 · 1 hr 5 minCrypto Jews - W/ Yirmiyahu Danzig aka That Semite
Remember when diversity wasn’t an annoying word that makes you think of 5 hour office HR power point presentations? Our guest today is diverse in the coolest way possible - not just his background, but his experience and work as well. Yirmiyahu Danzig tells us all about his upbringing as a Carribean/American/Israeli Jew, his military service in the heart of the conflict alongside Israeli soldiers of all religions, and his online work building bridges with our Arab neigbors. 🛎 Holocaust bell ding
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Aug 21, 2023 · 1 hr 19 minThe Washington Foreskins
The Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk of Jewish podcasting are back this week, talking about the latest tragedy to befall the Jewish people, prosthetic noses. We learn that this is the Jewish month of self reflection , debate whether israel should have a Sunday, and answer listener questions about autopay on Shabbat. For your Qs, our email is askajewpod@gmail.com. Next stop - the Tel Aviv light rail! We discuss public transportation and the conflicts between orthodox men and scantitly clad female
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Aug 11, 2023 · 1 hr 4 minEastern Winds with guest Hen Mazzig
The girls welcome Israeli author and co-founder of the Tel Aviv, institute Hen Mazzig. Hen, who identifies as a Queer, Mizrahi Zionist, has a huge online footprint, where he shares stories about Israel that people may not have seen before. We talk about everything from his family's Jewish roots in North Africa and Iraq, American Jews and Israel, being a Mizrahi or Sephardi Jew, progressive politics, and more! You can find him at Henmazzig.com or on social media @Henmazzig. Check out his book "T
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Jul 31, 2023 · 1 hr 11 minEat, pray, kvetch
Chaya Leah is back from Italy and France The hazards of kosher fine-dining in Europe Harvard loves dead Nazis Yael is traumatized by classic Europe Americans love standing in line The Jewish ethics of having an affair You don’t *have* to love thy neighbor in America A solemn yet insightful conversation about Israel Is hatred of the religious people in Israel out of control? Save us, Eurovision! Barbie’s Kosher Dreamhouse Archie comics were more damaging than Barbie Congratulations Ra
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Jun 30, 2023 · 1 hr 6 minAsk a Rabbi III - The Rabbi Rises
Yael is stuck in Texas, so Chaya Leah and her father, Rabbi Aba Abba Perelmuter, take to the stage for some light Torah studies. They were left with explicit instructions to answer listener questions, but you know, these people...instead they have an enlightening conversation about the Talmudic interpretations of the Russia/Ukraine conflict, honoring thy father and thy mother (complete with loopholes), and this weird modern idea of following your passions. Subscribe to our Substack askajew.sub
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Jun 20, 2023 · 1 hr 18 minThe Ministry of Agitation and Propaganda/ With guest Matti Friedman
The Ministry of Agitation and Propaganda/ With guest Matti Friedman This week we are joined by author and journalist Matti Friedman, who recently penned "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai" (you can hear him discuss it with Bari Weiss here) and before that the incredible "Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel" about the founding of the Mossad and the nation. A former AP correspondent, Matti blew the lid on what the media gets wrong about Israel, in this badass essay in
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Jun 13, 2023 · 1 hr 6 minKosher K-Pop
Yael floats rumors about Taylor Swift’s new relationship with Avraham Fried, while Chaya Leah solved the Israeli Palestinian conflict during her latest visit to the holy land. The girls then decide that pride is too controversial of a topic, so they decide to discuss the Temple Mount instead. PLUS: A listener question about dating, a Y2K shabbat, and an evening with Hitler on a Tel Aviv balcony. Stay till the end to hear Chaya Leah’s review of the Jerusalem pride parade. You could be studying
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May 31, 2023 · 1 hr 40 minBring Back Bullying, with Meghan Daum
We are back with our friend and reluctant mentor, Meghan Daum! Meghan is an author, host of The Unspeakable podcast, co-host of A Special Place in Hell with Sarah Haider, and founder of the Unspeakeasy, a special online community for special online women (we are both members!). As usual, we start light and breezy by gushing over hot dictators and 90's TV dads, and end up musing about regret, marriage, and successful divorces. Here's what made the cut: Jews and Muslims both hate pets Whatever yo
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May 22, 2023 · 1 hr 6 minThe Doctor Is In - Ask Dr. Drew
The girls are very excited to welcome a real doctor to today’s episode, and not just any doctor - Dr. Drew Pinsky! In case you live under a rock (or in Israel): Dr. Drew is a board certified physician and addiction medicine specialist known for his show "Loveline," "Celebrity Rehab," "Teen Mom," and currently "Dr. Drew After Dark," "The Dr. Drew Podcast," and "The Adam and Drew Show" (co-hosted by Adam Carolla) - busy guy! He is not to be confused with Dr. Dre, as Wikipedia warns us. You can fin
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May 15, 2023 · 1 hr 12 minBad News Batya
We are thrilled to chat with Batya Ungar-Sargon, deputy opinion editor for Newsweek and author of "Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy." In this Megillah (am I doing this right?): The Islamic Jihad comes for the Backstreet Boys What kind of Jew is Batya? Jewish matchmaking I'm not Jewish, I'm Israeli: An intervention Our various Jewish Identities Batya's bananas background Jews from authoritarian countries rule Is Bernie Sanders a messianic Jew? Batya's great un-wokening Working
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May 11, 2023 · 1 hr 44 minThe Fifth Golem
Just in time for Mother's Day, we are joined in the studio by the man who birthed us, Matt Welch! From his humble beginnings as a Newsie in Prague, to head of a podcast empire and reluctant cult leader, Matt makes idol worship almost acceptable to a religious Jew. Most importantly, Chaya Leah and Yael's love story began when they were both listening to The Fifth Column, the podcast Matt hosts with Kmele Foster and former guest Michael Moynihan. So extra special. In almost two hours, we cover:
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May 2, 2023 · 1 hr 3 minTake a Blue Square and Call Me in the Morning
Join us for our first real meetup in NYC, May 8th! Details in the episode. For more info: Sign up for our Substack newsletter askajew.substack.com, and email us at askajewpod@gmail.com *The rebranding of Antisemitism https://nypost.com/2023/04/28/nyc-council-progressives-vote-no-from-end-jew-hatred-day/ *Guess who leads the hate crimes chart?? That's right baby. *Whine smarter, not harder *We discuss which of our friends and non-Jewish guests would hide us in the event of a holocaust, and th
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Apr 21, 2023 · 1 hr 10 minNothing is Certain Except Death and the Holocaust
Chaya Leah reviews a strip show on Vegas (relax, it was men!) A blasphemous Seder A passionate defense of peeling tomatoes Karens of the Bible Holocaust bell dings at: 15:50 A terrible disease and the only known cure is subscribing to our podcast and rating it five stars Death is really bad you guys Meet us for drinks in New York on May 8! Listeners questions about Passover loopholes and the Rebbe
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Apr 5, 2023 · 1 hr 33 minPassover Crossover with Eli(jah) the Prophet!
Eli Lake is back to guide us through the desert and into freedom, stopping along the way to talk about Kanye, Iraq, Ukraine, Israel, Trump, Alvin Bragg and Nickelback. Not quite the 10 plagues, but something! Happy Passover and Easter!