The girls share everything they know about Syria (not much), argue passionately about faith in the Messiah vs. faith in the Iron Dome, and try to determine who is the better Jew (the answer may suprise you!) In New York Dec 12th? Join us both for our Hanukkah party! Check askajew.substack.com for details or email askajewpod@gmail.com . Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 sta...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Chaya Leah heeds the activists' advice and goes back to Poland. Also: Trumps hottest cabinet picks, our *least* favorite type of antisemites, and a wholesome dip into Mormon Twitter. Don't forget to RSVP for our Hanukkah party, Dec 12 in NYC! Details on Askajew.substack.com . Happy Thanksgiving! Links: The Perelmuters in Poland Hanukkah party details Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and ...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Today we welcome Zibby Owens, bestselling author, CEO, bookstore owner , “ book-fluencer ”, and host of the widely succesful “ Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books ” podcast. Most recently she published “ On Being Jewish Now ”, a collection of essays on Jewish identities in a post-October 7th world. Save the Date! Dec 12th AAJ Hanukkah Party in NYC! Sign up for substack for details: Askajew.substack.com Check out Zibby’s website , check out Zibby Media , follow her on Instagram and Facebook , and ...
Nov 21, 2024•45 min
DECEMBER 12 HANUKKAH PARTY IN NYC! Follow askajew.substack.com for details. Some rational and irrational responses to the election that are sure to equally offend all the listeners, plus movies, planes, the orthodox draft in Israel, and more. This is probably the only podcast where a passionate argument about skincare will lead to a passionate argument about a hostage deal. Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Looking for a non-election podcast? How about 75 minutes of soothing soviet antisemitism? We got you. Our guest today is Izabella Tabarovsky, a scholar of Soviet antizionism and contemporary antisemitism. We discuss how everything old is new again, why being a self-hating Jewish celebrity is sooooo 1970s, and what you can do today to de-program your brain from stale propaganda. You should read pretty much everything Izabella has ever written: start here. The Z3 institute for Jewish Priorities (t...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Bonjour from Paris! (Bonjour means “hello” in French). Miss us? We missed you, each other, and the sound of our own voices. That maybe explains the fact that neither of us could shut up on this one, in fact we almost forgot we were recording and maybe went a little more vulnerable than expected (people like that stuff, right?). In this episode, we catch up about the holidays, Iran, the beef between Johnny Depp and Rabbi Sufrin, and of course our election ambivalence. There's lots more on Substac...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 21 min
In this week’s episode of “people we thought were Jewish” - Christine Rosen! Christine is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute , columnist for Commentary magazine , cohosts of The Commentary Magazine Podcast , and author of the new book The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World. We talk about Christine's very unique acknowledgments page, the good, bad and ugly of technology, IRL friendships vs. online friendships, and how with great rights come great respon...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 13 min
On the eve of October 7th, we gathered with 100+ of our closest friends (you guys!) to share our feelings, frustrations, sad tears and happy tears. Don't worry, we still found some space for holocaust jokes and hot dictators. Thank you to everyone who joined, from Portland to Iran - we are very lucky to have you. Special thanks to Super Friends and former guests Eli Lake ( The Reeducation , The Free Press ) and Mike Pesca ( The Gist ) for jumping on and sharing their wisdom. Listen all the way t...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 55 min
Sunday October 6 listener Zoom!! Go to askajew.substack.com for details. Shana Tova from the bomb shelter! Just kidding, the IDF said we can go out, plus, after an hour we finished folding laundry and drinking a bottle of whiskey, and we were bored. This episode was recorded before Iran launched a ballistic missile attack at our faces, so if we sound a little too cheerful and irreverent....well, I guess that's on brand. Pics and links here on substack. In this one: Who’s less hot, JD Vance or Ti...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 7 min
This episode is brought to you by the Federated States of Micronesia. No, they aren't paying us for sponsorship, but they are the only country that still loves us, so this one's on us! This week we discuss the Hezbollah pager explosions, the list of countries that can no longer sit with us, Hassan Nasrallah's glow-up, decolonized pizza at MIT, tips on how to focus,and more. The UN being the UN MIT activists disrupt Israeli professor, steal pizzas (and a happy ending!) The Man from Vilna - how to...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Greg Lukianoff is a First Amendment lawyer, President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), and co-author of the hits " The Coddling of the American Mind" with Jonathan Haidt and "The Canceling of the American Mind" with Rikki Schlott. He joins us to talk all things free speech, like why campuses are burning, how violence is kind of bad, actually, and why he fights for our right to say dumb things, and be called out on them. Also: What should keep us up at night?...
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 3 min
David Christopher Kaufman is a columnist and editor at the NY Post and an adjunct fellow at the Tel Aviv institute. He joins the girls this week to talk elections, Israel, and the identity of the half black, half Jewish, totally Zionist American journalist. Also: * The mood in Israel * The difference between being a Jew and being Jewish * Why Hamas is like dating in New York * A Zionist Jew and a non-Zionist Jew walk into a bar... * We all feel the same and it hasn't stopped for a day * The pres...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 3 min
We are joined by Brianna Wu, the Executive Director of Rebellion Pac, who proudly calls herself queer, progressive - and a friend of Israel. We discuss growing up in Mississippi, what progressives can learn from Hasidic Jews, the Women's March, Gamergate, being an inspiration for a Law & Order episode, her global ranking as an elite Super Mario 2 Runner - and more! Follow Brianna on X The famous Law & Order episode based on Brianna's story Brianna's Super Mario run Joing the AAJ conversa...
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 23 min
We hopped on to record with a heavy heart this morning, after hearing the devasating news of the murder of 6 Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity: Carmel Gat, Ori Danino, Almog Sarusi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alex Lobanov and Eden Yerushalmi. They managed to survive 11 months, only to be executed somewhere between Thursday and Friday by their captors. We're angry, sad, contemplative, fearful - and thought you might want to join us through this ride. Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.s...
Sep 01, 2024•35 min
The girls are joined by retired British Army Major Andrew Fox, who has spent time in Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, and other exotic tourist destinations. We discuss wars of choice, try to pick a fight with Taylor Swift, compare military MREs, and wonder why Americans love tiny dogs and Hezbollah flags. Also: Wait why does England need an army? The US Military is rubbish at drinking Learn from our fails in Iraq and Afghanistan Don't pick wars of choice The importance of playing nice The Leroy Jenkins ...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 6 min
This week we take your questions, very politely and with no conflict at all discuss Jewish extremism, and float the idea of a listener trip to Israel… You can send us your questions to askajewpod@gmail.com Make sure to check out our podcast recommendations and more on Substack askajew.substack.com Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ...
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 10 min
America’s favorite Nepo baby after Jesus, the greatest one-eye war hero since Moshe Dayan, the man who puts the Ho in Idaho - we are honored to welcome Ben Dreyfuss to Ask A Jew today. In this vulnerable, first of its kind tell-all, Ben opens up to us about his relationship with social media, his famous father, Judaism - and why he still hasn’t forgiven Bin Laden. Make sure to check out Ben’s hilarious newsletter Calm Down on Substack, and follow him on X , you probably won’t regret it. Joing th...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 22 min
A haunting and beautiful skit from the Israeli show "Hayehudim Baim" ("The Jews are coming") Peter Paltchik, olympic medalist, with his coach Oren Smadja who just lost his son in Gaza Isael's Olympic team (6 medals and counting!) Dr. Mijal Bitton at the NYU rally Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This is a public episode. If yo...
Aug 09, 2024•54 min
Karmela Waldman may be a Holocaust survivor with a heartbreaking story, but the true victim of the Nazis is clealrly her son, Joel, as he tells us. The hilarious mother-son duo join the girls to talk about optimism, the True Crime podcast they co host, Surviving the Survivor , and the book Joel wrote about his mother by the same name, which he calls a living eulogy, but she refers to as “A poor man’s Tuesdays with Morrie”. Surviving the Survivor book Surviving the Survivor podcast Joel and Karm’...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min
The girls are joined by Andy Mills , a reporter and a podcaster who spent time as both a fundamentalist Christian and an employee of The NY Times. You may know him from such podcasts as The Daily , The Witch Trials of J.K Rowling , and most recently, Reflector. We discuss faith and certainty, values, conspiracy theories about the media, how to pray in 2024, Fandom, and much more! Andy has been listening to Ask A Jew, so he really wants to talk to us about Botox. Growing up super-duper religious ...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 30 min
In this week's solopod, Judaism's Piers Morgan and Roger Waters sit down to discuss the woes of the Jewish people in 2024. But first, we waste your time with talk about toxic relationships, skincare, skimpy bathing suits. Fear not - about 26 minutes in we start to talk about Israel: hostage deals, the national mood, why trying to kill us will backfire, yadda yadda yadda. Shabbat Shalom! Show notes: Roger Waters heads into the abyss "Kevin Spacey Trial Unfiltered" podcast A Wife’s Revenge from Be...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Reuven Fenton is a reporter for the NY Post and the author of the new novel "Goyhood" , which the Jerusalem Post called "A unique story of identity and redemption that examines no less of an issue than the essence of Judaism." We talk identity, the Post, writing - and more. Don't forget to rate us 5 stars wherever you get your podcasts, and join us for a conversation on Substack at askajew.substack.com Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions askajewpo...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Why war isn't as simple as two armies fighting, the obsession with "2,000 pound bombs", Hamas's non-battlefield strategy (which the media helps it achieve) and so much more with John Spencer. No one understands the intricacies of modern warfare like John Spencer. As a retired US Army Major and chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point , not only has he studied war for years, he also put his boots on the ground as a soldier and researcher (including several visits t...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 13 min
In this episode of Ask A Jew, we answer your questions like why can religious Jews go into a mosque but not a church? Does an alarm clock need to be kosher? And should you say a prayer every time you use the bathroom? Have a question? Send it to us at askajewpod@gmail.comWhen is it time to post things on Instagram again? Before we get to that though, we cover our thoughts on if it's ok to go back to posting day to day things on Instagram, our strange social media algorithms, the NYC Meetup wrap-...
Jun 19, 2024•58 min
Noam Dworman is the owner of the world famous Comedy Cellar in New York City, co-host of the podcast Live From The Table , and two-time MVP of Ask A Jew. We sat with him last week in a beautiful Soho studio (thank you Jonathan!) to talk about Israel, Trump, people you disagree with, and more. Manny Dworman, a 5th-grader with some strong opinions about free speech, made this episode even better than we could have hoped for. Also: Thank you to everyone who came to the AAJ Happy Hour in NYC! Was gr...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 30 min
The girls welcome Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of the Park Avenue Synagogue for a very serious conversation about faith and Jewish identity in 2024, Anti-Zionist Jews, compassion, and what the future may hold for America's Jews. * The Interview beings 31 minutes in, after we catch up on Yael's meditation retreat and other spiritual adventures. Park Avenue Synagogue Rabbi Cosgrove's Sermons Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ...
May 29, 2024•1 hr 8 min
0:00 - 47:00: the girls catch up on their week for the first part of the episode, talking about the joys of meditation (kind of), the miracle of procastination (with a touch of divine intervention), and a Eurovision recap. 47:00: In the second part of the episode, we talk to Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer, creators of the October 7 play - yes, this is a off-broadway show made entirely of testimonies of real survivors, portrayed by an amazing cast of actors. It’s playing now in NYC and we high...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 28 min
This week we are delighted to welcome newly-minted Jew, our number one draft pick for the Tribe this season, the Caitlin Clark of Judaism - Nellie Bowles! Nellie is the Chief Stratgy Officer at The Free Press, formerly of The NY Times, and author of the wonderful new book “ Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History ” which you should absolutely buy and read (don’t check it out of the library, pay up!). We talk about converting to Judaism, how if you're going to be a...
May 14, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Glory to the Gays! This week we are joined by Ben Appel, author of the upcoming “ Cis White Gay : The Making of a Gender Heretic” AND a graduate of the Popular People's University Formerly Known As Columbia. In this struggle session we cover the liberation of the Columbia campus, why Jews and Gays should unite against the world, and why your hairdresser probably hates you. Check out Ben's work at www.benappelwrites.com , as well as on Twitter and Substack. Show notes: A hero is born at UCLA That...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Forget college campuses, the real culture war will take place next week in Malmo, Sweden, where the Eurovision Song Contest (otherwise known as the "gay olympics") takes place. We are joined by sports journalist and Eurovision rainman Sharon Davidovitch to talk about how Israel will fare this year in the glitter soaked battlefield - even if you know nothing of what is as big as the Superbowl across the pond, this episode offers fascinating takes about the Intersection between gepolotics and cult...
May 02, 2024•1 hr 4 min
