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I For One Welcome Our New AI Overlords - With Andy Mills
17 december 2025 · 1 uur 23 min
You know Andy Mills from such podcasts as “The Daily” from The New York Times, “The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling” from The Free Press, and most recently, the award winning show “The Last Invention” about the Al revolution from his new company ”Longview... Lees meer
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Reclaiming our Confidence, with Dr. Mijal Bitton
10 december 2025 · 1 uur 12 min
*No International Laws were broken during the recording of this episode.* Dr. Mijal Bitton is a spiritual leader at the Downtown Minyan, an NYU sociologist, a scholar-in-residence at the Maimonides Fund, co-host of the Wondering Jew podcast AND she’s r... Lees meer
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Peter Beinart and the Case of the Missing Spine
3 december 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
Chaya Leah is back from Vegas, and boy does she have some stories to tell (not the kind you think, though. They are much, much worse). Also, are orthodox Jews allowed to celebrate Thanksgiving? Was Yael disappointed when she met hostages in real life? ... Lees meer
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Viva La Revolution of Common Sense With Scott Jennings
25 november 2025 · 1 uur 13 min
Happy Thanksgiving! Today on Ask A Jew, CNN Political Contributor and author of the new book “A Revolution of Common Sense: How Donald Trump Stormed Washington and Fought for Western Civilization”, Scott Jennings!. You know Scott as the “spokesperson f... Lees meer
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Live From the Kosher Table - With Periel Aschenbrand
18 november 2025 · 1 uur
Periel Aschenbrand is a writer, comedian, author, and producer of the Comedy Cellar podcast “Live From the Table”. We discuss her life in comedy, post-October 7th stand up, and the irony of hiding in a baker’s oven during the holocaust. Find Periel on ... Lees meer
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Zohran Mamdani is Making us Fat
10 november 2025 · 1 uur 1 min
Join the conversation on Substack askajew.substack.com Hello from NYC, where everything is going juuuussstttt grrreeaaat. Don’t worry though, we’ll protect you. What really was great was our Shabbat dinner with our friends at the Six Street Synagogue! ... Lees meer
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Standing Up to the "Woke Right" - with The Babylon Bee's Seth Dillon
3 november 2025 · 1 uur 11 min
Need a break from the NYC mayoral race and the left-wing antisemitism of Zohran Mamdani? Let’s dive into the refreshing world of right-wing antisemitism! See you this Friday at Ask A Jew’s NYC Shabbat Dinner! Tickets Here. No, you don’t need to be Jewi... Lees meer
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Eat, Pray, Blah
29 oktober 2025 · 54 min
Join us November 7th in NYC for a Shabbat dinner!! Tickets here! There will be food, there will be alcohol, there will be listeners just like you. Tickets are limited. In this solo-pod, we recommend taking smartphones away from your kids and giving the... Lees meer
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Untangling Israeli Politics - with Amit Segal
20 oktober 2025 · 55 min
You may recognize journalist Amit Segal from Dan Senor’s “Call Me Back” podcast, or his contributions to The Free Press. Israelis know him as Channel 12’s Chief Political Correspondent, co-host of our local version of “Meet the Press”, and author of th... Lees meer
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Cautious Euphoria
12 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 11 min
More photos and videos on askajew.substack.com Good morning from a different Israel, Something feels lighter in the air today. It’s been this way since I landed yesterday and probably started Wednesday evening when Trump announced a deal had been reach... Lees meer
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The Jews are Tired Y'all
6 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 4 min
Hi everyone, It’s a week of hope, despair, commemoration and as usual, unbridled rage. We caught up Friday to cover the many events of the last few weeks. Also we recorded this before the announcement of the Trump plan, sorry. Hard to keep up with the ... Lees meer
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Podhoretz Save America
22 september 2025 · 1 uur 12 min
Shana Tova from Chaya Leah’s kitchen table! It is not even 8am, and she already peeled 400 apples, made 200 matza balls, and skinned 3 chickens. I am sitting here trying to stay out of the way while working on our business aka this podcast. It’s very t... Lees meer
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We Don't Get Us - With Sarah Hurwitz
10 september 2025 · 1 uur 24 min
Sarah Hurwitz served as a White House speechwriter from 2009 to 2017, first as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and then as head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama. She’s with us to discuss her new brilliant book: As a Jew: Recl... Lees meer
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Stop It.
3 september 2025 · 1 uur 12 min
We are happy to welcome author, cultural critic, and social media explainer Leigh Stein to Ask A Jew today! We discuss her new novel, If You’re Seeing This, It’s Meant for You — a modern-day gothic page-turner set in a Los Angeles social media influenc... Lees meer
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Hard Boiled Eggs and Softly Held Opinions
27 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 7 min
A long overdue solo awaits for those who dare! First of all we apologize for the lack of Taylor/Travis content here, we recorded this a few days ago before the breaking news. We hope you can still enjoy this discussion that covers: * ICE and immigratio... Lees meer
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Cry Me a River to the Sea
19 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
Shabbos Kestenbaum is probably the most famous Jewish Harvard grad since Natalie Portman. You may know him as a former Bernie Bro and divinity student who went on to sue Harvard for discrimination, speak at the Republican National Convention, and accom... Lees meer
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Accidental antisemitism
12 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 21 min
This week we welcome one of our favorite journaists of the moment, Olivia Reingold of The Free Press! We discuss her Jewish roots, atheism, how she went from an NPR fangirl to working for (gasp!) Bari Weiss, what’s wrong with Gen Z, accidental antisemi... Lees meer
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Hey Jewish People!! You're OK
31 juli 2025 · 1 uur 17 min
We are so excited to have the one and only Babka King, Chris Cares None with us! If you haven’t seen Chris’s videos on Instagram and TikTok where he reviews foods from different ethnicities, with some special love to Babka and Rugelach, why are you eve... Lees meer
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Unconditional Love on the Spectrum
27 juli 2025 · 52 min
Happy Sunday and a blessed week to everyone, except Mandy Patinkin. In this catch-up we talk about the unfolding situation in Gaza (spoiler: some healthy disagreement!), the meaning of being able to criticize someone you love, toothaches and heartaches... Lees meer
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Helen Lewis Spills the Tea
17 juli 2025 · 1 uur 20 min
Helen Lewis is a big deal y’all, and yes we’d be saying that even if she didn’t have a British accent. She’s a staff writer at The Atlantic, author of the new book The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea, as well as Difficult Women: An I... Lees meer
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Group Therapy with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman
10 juli 2025 · 53 min
Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman is a cognitive scientist, podcaster, mentalist and author of 11 (!!) books. We had him on to talk about his latest “ Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your Full Potential, and were diagnosed wi... Lees meer
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Battle of the Moms
3 juli 2025 · 46 min
Bethany Mandel is the co-author of the bestseller “ Stolen Youth ” (with former guest Karol Markowicz!) and blogger/podcaster at The Mom Wars. We recorded this one a little while ago (there’s been an entire war in between) so excuse our tardiness. We t... Lees meer
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The Reverse Exodus Kindertransport Spring Break Cruise Evacuation
23 juni 2025 · 1 uur 5 min
Chaya Leah is back from Israel, and boy does she have a story to tell! It has everything: bombs, planes, boats, sandwiches, and horny birthright kids. We’re so happy she’s home safe, and hope that her grandchildren will retell her story to the next gen... Lees meer
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Mother of All Bombs
19 juni 2025 · 44 min
Since Chaya Leah is lost at sea somewhere between Cyprus and Natanz, I was joined by Jewish Insider’s Lahav Harkov, formerly a senior contributing editor, diplomatic reporter and knesset Reporter for The Jerusalem Post, and of course former Ask A Jew g... Lees meer
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Operation SURPRISE with Andrew Fox
13 juni 2025 · 41 min
Thank you to Andrew Fox for jumping on our live Substack video to talk about Israel, Iran, and answer your questions. Send your prayers to the IDF, the people of Israel, and the people of Iran. Good for the Jews is a reader-supported publication. To re... Lees meer
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Wait Wait...Tell Me Everything!
5 juni 2025 · 1 uur 7 min
Uri Berliner was a senior business editor at NPR for 25 years, when he decided to set his tote bag on fire and spill the tea. We talk to him about his bombshell essay, How NPR Lost America, NPR’s coverage of Israel, viewpoint diversity, journalism, pod... Lees meer
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The fate of the Jewish people relies on Brigitte Macron not being a man
29 mei 2025 · 1 uur 2 min
Chaya Leah Sufrin and Yael Bar tur are two of the most influential Jewish women in America. Known for their compassionate and thoughtful discussions, they discuss topics ranging from antisemitism to The Social Security Act of 1935. Their guests include... Lees meer
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The Book of Jonah... Platt
23 mei 2025 · 54 min
Today is a heartbreaking and terrifying day for Jews in America—and for anyone who cherishes the values of decency, freedom, and civilization itself. The cold-blooded murder of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim last night in Washington, D.C., has shat... Lees meer
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"We are not going to divide ourselves" - Interview with Eric Fingerhut, President & CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America
15 mei 2025 · 1 uur 25 min
We got the top Jew everyone! Eric D. Fingerhut is the President and CEO of The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), previously the President and CEO of Hillel International, and also a former congressman for the great state of Ohio. Take that re... Lees meer
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Call your Mother!
9 mei 2025 · 1 uur 14 min
Happy Mother’s Day! This week, we invited the women who have been listening to us blabber for over 40 years — our biggest fans and fiercest critics: our own moms! Please enjoy our conversation with Chanie Perelmuter and Liora Bar tur. We talk childhood... Lees meer
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Days of Blah
30 april 2025 · 1 uur 13 min
Today is the specialest day in Israel. We just exited Memorial Day for soldiers and victis of terror, the saddest day of the year by far, and went straight — and I mean straight, within minutes — into Independence Day, the happiest. 24 hours of pain an... Lees meer
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The free speech recession - with Jacob Mchangama
18 april 2025 · 1 uur 22 min
Happy Good Friday! Shh, we have a serious guest, everyone behave please in the comment section. Today we welcome Jacob Mchangama. Jacob is the author of the breezy beach read “ Free Speech – A History from Socrates to Social Media”, research professor ... Lees meer
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Put your enemies on a sheet cake - with Rabbi Gavriel Bellino
8 april 2025 · 1 uur 20 min
This week in honor of Passover, we welcome the coolest Rabbi I know (after Chaya Leah’s father of edJEWcation), Rabbi Gavriel Bellino of NYC’s 6th street shul. There are tons of photos, videos and musing that go with this episode from my visit to Israe... Lees meer
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10 Things Every Jew Should Know Before They Go to College
2 april 2025 · 1 uur 26 min
This week we welcome returning guest and the youngest person we know, Blake Flayton, to talk about his new book: 10 Things Every Jew Should Know Before They Go to College. We talk to Blake about how to win over Gen Z (with social justice!), whether or ... Lees meer
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What Women Want
25 maart 2025 · 1 uur 41 min
G’day from the Land Down Under! Promise this is our first and last Australia joke in these show notes. Today we welcome the Jewish Hugh Jackman (ok, I lied), Josh Szeps to Ask A Jew! Josh is the host of U ncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps, and... Lees meer
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Everyone (Except our Listeners) Sucks
19 maart 2025 · 1 uur
The world needs to stop talking about Jews and the only way that will happen is if Barak Obama and Jennifer Aniston have a baby. PHOTOS, CONVO, AND MORE ON SUBSTACK! askajew.substack.com Also: * Chaya Leah makes a stunning confession * Purim Hangover *... Lees meer
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Econ for Dummies
11 maart 2025 · 1 uur 21 min
You demanded, we supplied! This week we are honored to have Prof. Russ Roberts join us on Ask A Jew. Russ is the host of the wildly successful podcast EconTalk (where he talks about everything from tariffs to the Opera), president of Shalem College in ... Lees meer
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The Zionist Case for Ukraine
4 maart 2025 · 1 uur 13 min
Who’s this, disprespecting us on our podcast?? It’s our very own rare earth mineral, The Free Press columnist and host of the wonderful Breaking History podcast, Eli Lake! Did he even say thank you once? I don’t know. Probably at the end. Does it even ... Lees meer
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New Look Same Mood
27 februari 2025 · 1 uur 2 min
Look. The words are done. They have just run out. So we filled the void with various mouth noises, about everything from the orthodox child labor, Meir Kahane, the Grand Canyon and Apple Cider Vinegar. Listen, some weeks are so icky, it’s ok to order a... Lees meer
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Golden Girls Reboot
18 februari 2025 · 53 min
This week we welcome our pals and confidants, Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy, co-hosts of Feminine Chaos! Kat is a novelist, culture writer, and frequent contributor to the Free Press, where you should read whatever she writes, no matter the topi... Lees meer
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Love Doesn't Care About Your Feelings
12 februari 2025 · 1 uur 18 min
Happy Valentines Day! That’s a Jewish holiday right? Well, we’re celebrating Rebbe Saint Valentine anyway. In this festive episode we get all googly-eyed over our guest Aleeza Ben Shalom, a matchmaker and relationship coach who you all know from Netfli... Lees meer
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The Dumbening of Society - With Richard Hanania
5 februari 2025 · 1 uur 17 min
We totally thought Richard Hanania was a Jew, and by the time we found out he’s Palestinian (gasp!) it was too late to cancel. Just kidding, we loved talking to Richard about everything from the online right-wing “trollosphere”, antisemitism (which he ... Lees meer
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A steady diet of rage
29 januari 2025 · 1 uur
We sit down to recap the events of the week, which feels like a decade. Check out videos and shownotes on askajew.substack.com Also: * Chaya Leah wants to deport Yael * The hostage releases are so emotional. And that emotion is rage. * Where do they ke... Lees meer
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When you have to shoot, shoot, don't podcast
19 januari 2025 · 1 uur 14 min
That feeling you have in the pit of your stomach? We’re all there. A mix of hope, fear, anger and grief. An American friend asked me if I’m happy about the hostage deal, and it was hard to use that word in this context. Though I support the deal (like ... Lees meer
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The Waiting Game
15 januari 2025 · 1 uur 11 min
Dr. Jonathan Schanzer is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, host of the FDD Morning Brief, and formerly a terror finance analyst for the US Treasury. There’s a lot to talk about this week, especially the hostages, an u... Lees meer
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Don't Blame Jews for Bird Flu - With Katie Herzog
7 januari 2025 · 1 uur 36 min
This week we welcome on of our favorite podcast hosts and top 5 favorite lesbians, non-Jew Katie Herzog! Katie is the co-host of the wonderful Blocked and Reported podcast about internet drama with Jesse Singal, which makes her a victim of antisemitism... Lees meer
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Happy Non-Jewish New Year!
31 december 2024 · 1 uur 11 min
What do you people call it? 2025? Anyway, we hope it’s awesome! Is your new year’s resolution to listen more of the Jewish weave, covering everything from Hanukkah to TJ MAxx? If so, you’re in for a treat. Also: * Our sufganiyot (seasonal donuts) game-... Lees meer
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Merry Christmas to everyone, except Ireland
24 december 2024 · 1 uur 1 min
Brendan O’Neill is the chief political writer for Spiked and host of The Brendan O’Neill Show podcast. He writes for numerous publications, including the Daily Mail, the Spectator, the New York Post and The Australian. His latest book is After the Pogr... Lees meer
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Jewish Joy to the World! With Judy Gold
18 december 2024 · 1 uur 18 min
This week we welcome Judy Gold, comedian, writer, actor and author of "Yes, I can say that! When they come for the comedians we're all I trouble ". We go everywhere in this one - feminism, lesbians Israel, comedy, cat calling - you name it, we laugh ab... Lees meer
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Lebanon is for Lovers - with Jonathan Elkhoury
11 december 2024 · 1 uur 19 min
Jonathan Elkhoury is just your typical Lebanese, Israeli, Christian, Gay Zionist. Born in Lebanon, Jonathan fled the country at the age of 8 with his family when Hezbollah took over their village. Since his father was in the South Lebanese Army and wor... Lees meer