Ask a Jew

Nov 13 2024 127 ep. 71 mins 121
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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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If Your Election Lasts Longer Than 4 Hours, Call a Doctor

Nov 13 2024 65 mins  
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.

Non-election Russian Interference

Nov 05 2024 76 mins  
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. You should read pretty much everything Izabella has ever written: links in shownotes and on Substack. We discuss how everything old is new again, why being a self-hating Jewish ce

Ce-le-brate Good Strikes, Come On!

Oct 30 2024 80 mins  
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, I

Your Robot Therapist Will See You Now - W/ Christine Rosen

Oct 15 2024 73 mins  
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, t

October 7 Listener Zoom

Oct 08 2024 114 mins  
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 Reedu

Escalate Me, Bro

Oct 02 2024 66 mins  
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 a

Insert pager pun here

Sep 24 2024 63 mins  
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.

Safe Spaces for Dumb Ideas - with Greg Lukianoff

Sep 17 2024 63 mins  
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, an

Hamas is like dating in New York - w/ David Christopher Kaufman

Sep 11 2024 62 mins  
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.

The Progressive Case for Israel - W/ Brianna Wu

Sep 05 2024 82 mins  
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, being an inspiration for a Law & Order episode, and her global ranking as an elite Super Mario 2 Runner.