Alle afleveringen
230 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud
-
Spirals of Silence w/ Jonathan Rauch
29 november 2023 · 1 uur 13 min
As part of our ongoing therapy, we welcomed Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Jonathan is one of our favorite authors, and his books “ Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Though t” and “The Constitution of Knowledge - ... Lees meer
-
The 4 Horsemen of the Jewpocalypse
21 november 2023 · 1 uur 13 min
~~Save the Date - December 13th Hannukah party in NYC ~~ Follow substack for more info: askajew.substack.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sam Harris is amazing. Me too, unless you’re a jew WHO? Unicef? UNHRC? GTFO Ilhan "so... Lees meer
-
Gen Z and the Z word - with Blake Flayton
16 november 2023 · 1 uur 6 min
We welcome young journalist and activist Blake Flayton, fresh off a ground invasion into academia. He tries to explain to us what is wrong with the kids today, what TikTok and peer pressure has to do with it, and why we need different kinds of Jews on ... Lees meer
-
Islamophobia Month Special - with the Habibi Bros Mujahed Kobbe and Siraj Hashmi
6 november 2023 · 1 uur 26 min
In honor of Islamophobia month, we detained Mujahed Kobbe and Siraj Hashmi, otherwise knows as the Habibi Bros, hosts of the Habibi Power Hour." Seriously, this is the most fun we’ve had all month - and that's before we strip searched them. Follow thei... Lees meer
-
Return of the Jewish whisper - with Yossi Klein Halevi
31 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 11 min
The girls use their guest Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow at the Hartman Institute, as a free therapist. Warning: This episode gets funny and lighthearted at times, some might even say optimistic. We talk: Israeli music is so….Israeli. Why is Yossi d... Lees meer
-
You've got a friend - with Mary Katharine Ham
24 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 49 min
On October 6th, we sat down for a lovely conversation with journalist Mary Katharine Ham, who you may know from CNN, The Federalist, and as the co-host of wonderful podcast " Getting Hammered". I'd like to say that back 3 weeks ago when we recorded thi... Lees meer
-
12 Days of War - with IDF Col. (Res.) Miri Eisen
18 oktober 2023 · 55 min
12 Days of War - with IDF Col. (Res.) Miri Eisen We are joined by IDF Colonel (Res.) Miri Eisen, formerly a senior intelligence officer and now the head of the International Institute for Counterterrorism at Reichman University. We discuss Hamas's endg... Lees meer
-
Special Episode: War In Israel Live Zoom
12 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 33 min
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 you'd like to disc... Lees meer
-
Big Girls Don't Cry at the Holocaust Museum
3 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 15 min
Elon Musk goes to Auschwitz, Chaya Leah goes to spin class. Are you a holocaust denier? Then why aren't you following u s on Substack?? https://askajew.substack.com/ Please rate and review us five stars ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ on Spotify/Apple - it helps us grow! Al... Lees meer
-
The Swinging Chicken Dance
26 september 2023 · 1 uur 9 min
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 Orth... Lees meer
-
Democracy Hipster - With Yascha Mounk
20 september 2023 · 1 uur 15 min
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... Lees meer
-
Rosh Hashana Special with Rabbi David Wolpe
12 september 2023 · 1 uur 28 min
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 Divini... Lees meer
-
The Burning Bush Man
5 september 2023 · 1 uur 18 min
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 b... Lees meer
-
Crypto Jews - W/ Yirmiyahu Danzig aka That Semite
28 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 6 min
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 ... Lees meer
-
The Washington Foreskins
21 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 19 min
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 Su... Lees meer
-
Eastern Winds with guest Hen Mazzig
11 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 5 min
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 abou... Lees meer
-
Eat, pray, kvetch
31 juli 2023 · 1 uur 12 min
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 neigh... Lees meer
-
Ask a Rabbi III - The Rabbi Rises
30 juni 2023 · 1 uur 7 min
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 e... Lees meer
-
The Ministry of Agitation and Propaganda/ With guest Matti Friedman
20 juni 2023 · 1 uur 18 min
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 th... Lees meer
-
Kosher K-Pop
13 juni 2023 · 1 uur 6 min
New segment: What kind of Jew is this? Podcast about K-Pop and the war in Gaza (Hebrew) Robbie Williams does Pride TLV Don’t forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and follow us on Substack and instagram @askajewpod Joing the AAJ c... Lees meer
-
Bring Back Bullying, with Meghan Daum
31 mei 2023 · 1 uur 40 min
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 wom... Lees meer
-
The Doctor Is In - Ask Dr. Drew
22 mei 2023 · 1 uur 7 min
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 you live under a rock (or in Israel): Dr. Drew is a board certified physician and addiction medicine specialist known for his... Lees meer
-
Bad News Batya
15 mei 2023 · 1 uur 12 min
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 ... Lees meer
-
The Fifth Golem
11 mei 2023 · 1 uur 45 min
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 re... Lees meer
-
Take a Blue Square and Call Me in the Morning
2 mei 2023 · 1 uur 4 min
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-c... Lees meer
-
Nothing is Certain Except Death and the Holocaust
21 april 2023 · 1 uur 11 min
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 r... Lees meer
-
Passover Crossover with Eli(jah) the Prophet!
5 april 2023 · 1 uur 33 min
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. Follow Eli at @Elilake on Twitter, and us o... Lees meer
-
Casseroles for All!
27 maart 2023 · 1 uur 15 min
Mark Epperson, ordained Presbyterian minister turned musical theatre performer, comes to educate us about Jesus Christ. You know who else loves you? We do! That's why we're having a Zoom hangout Sunday, April 2nd. Subscribe to askajew.substack.com for ... Lees meer
-
Some of Our Best Friends Are Christians
13 maart 2023 · 1 uur 2 min
Yael is back from Mexico, where she is profiled at the airport and almost gets a tattoo from an Argentine of German descent. Chaya Leah first tells a horror story of an interfaith breakfast, and then proceeds to offend everyone who loves the New Testam... Lees meer
-
THE ANNE FRANK MUSICAL
3 maart 2023 · 52 min
Get out your jazz hands! In this episode of "Ask A Jew," men and women are dancing together! We welcome our two Broadway correspondents, playwright Jeremy Kareken ("Lifespan of a Fact"), and actor, director, singer and Jewish activist Ari Axelrod. Not ... Lees meer
-
The Jews of the Jews
22 februari 2023 · 1 uur 7 min
Tom Brady, Ozempic, Madonna, and other heroes from the bible are discussed in this week's episode. We also give free medical advice, answer your questions about the NBA, and tell a lot of stories that start with, "I probably shouldn't say this on the p... Lees meer
-
Jew People
6 februari 2023 · 1 uur 5 min
This week we discuss Netflix's new romcom "You People," which frankly we find offensive to people who like funny movies and attractive male leads. We also learn about a Kosher Superbowl halftime show, what Orthodox kids learned from Dr. Drew, and... ou... Lees meer
-
From Prison to Judaism
30 januari 2023 · 1 uur 37 min
This week we interview David Ben-Moshe, a black guy from Baltimore who discovered Judaism while serving time in federal prison for drug and gun charges, and now lives in Israel as an orthodox Jew. Yup. Don't worry, we ask ALL the important questions in... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW (48): Lahav Harkov and Understanding Israeli Politics
23 januari 2023 · 1 uur 12 min
Ever look at the Knesset and tell yourself, "Wow, we're lucky the US congress is so normal"? This week, we call on Lahav Harkov of the Jerusalem Post to help us untangle the swamp of israeli politics (mixed metaphors by design). Follow Lahav on Twitter... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW (47): A Jewish Comedian Walks Into a Bar
20 januari 2023 · 1 uur 4 min
The girls welcome hilarious stand-up comedian Dan Naturman, who you may know from America’s Got Talent and Last Comic Standing. You can catch Dan on instagram @DanNaturman, and don’t forget to follow Ask A Jew @askajewpod and on Substack askajew.substa... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW (46): tle: The Swimsuit Edition (Or: No Thongs Allowed in the Mikveh.)
11 januari 2023 · 1 uur 5 min
Much like the 90s sitcoms that made us the women we are today, this week’s episode starts out with talks about nudity and boyfriends and ends with a heartwarming message about something or other. Also: *The Yad Vashem food court review. * Israeli dogs ... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW (45): All I Want for Christmas Is Jews
22 december 2022 · 1 uur 20 min
Two episodes a week? It must be some kind of non-denominational holiday season miracle! For this episode, we got a Rabbi who’s an expert on Christmas music. No, really. David Komorovsky is a rabbi in Canton, Ohio. Growing up in the Midwest with a Jewis... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW (44): I Ain't Sayin' She a Gelt Digger
20 december 2022 · 48 min
Happy Chanukah! If you don't know, Chanukah is an 8-day holiday in which Jews around the world celebrate the miracle of chocolate-covered gold coins. During this episode, Yael Jew-splains the holiday to a mortified Chaya Leah, who issues one or two cor... Lees meer
-
"It's the worst time ever to be a Jew - except for all the other times," with guest Michael Moynihan
9 december 2022 · 1 uur 40 min
Best friend of the Jews and righteous among the podcasters, Michael Moynihan of The Fifth Column is our special guest this week. We feel especially blessed to interview our goyfriend (in person!) since The Fifth Column sort of gave birth to Ask A Jew, ... Lees meer
-
Ask a Jew (43): Jews Can't Chill
28 november 2022 · 1 uur 30 min
Welcome to our two-part anniversary show! With Yael preparing to leave the homeland and Chaya Leah coming off the high of her son's Bar Mitzvah, we discuss cute holocaust survivors, how fun it is to ignore the latest anti-semitism viral thing, and make... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW (41): Jewish Dominatrix in Berlin
4 november 2022 · 1 uur 26 min
What do Orthodox Jews and a Dominatrix have in common? Leather, of course! In this special episode, we interview an Israeli/German BDSM Queen Dasa Hink, and yes - we go here, there and everywhere. Frankly, she had us at historical role play scenarios. ... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW (40): Leave the Cookie, Take the Foreskin
24 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 13 min
Are you a left wing anti-semite? A right wing anti-semite? This episode has something for everyone! We are back after our little Jewish holiday hibernation: Yael tells us about her time in Africa (which was just like the Lion King) and Chaya Leah is re... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW (39): Sorry, Not Sorry
5 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 8 min
The Yom Kippur special extravaganza! Just as the girls are about to shut their pie holes for 25 hours (to abstain from eating, not talking) they meet to beg your forgiveness. Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your qu... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW (38): Rosh Hashanenigans, from Adam Levine to Idi Amin
28 september 2022 · 55 min
Let's party like it's 5783!! What's worse: Rosh Hashanah services or New Year's eve in Times Square? Also, is it Hasidic Jew migration season? Turns out they have some days off where they're allowed to do things, which explains why they are in bloom in... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW (37): Offensive Crayons
20 september 2022 · 1 uur 2 min
The girls welcome special guest Peter Shankman - tech entrepreneur and 5-time best selling author. Learn more about Peter here Don't forget to sign up for our Substack newsletter and leave us 5-star reviews on Apple podcasts, you anti-semites! Joing th... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW: The NY Times vs Hasidic Schools - Yiddish Translation Coming Soon
13 september 2022 · 1 uur 11 min
The girls welcome Yehoshua (Jason) Bedrick, fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Center for Education Policy, and the man who literally WROTE THE BOOK on Yeshivas vs. New York. What follows is a friendly sparring over religious liberty, school choice, t... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW: One Star Review
7 september 2022 · 1 uur 3 min
Yael and ChayaLeah need therapy over their first negative review. Yael explains that ChayaLeah failed at meditation and should never try again. They also answer a listener's questions about seven days of post-wedding parties, and give legal opinions on... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW: Moishe the Grouch
24 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 6 min
Please take a moment to like and review us, and also sign up to receive updates at https://askajew.substack.com/ It's a back to school special! Today we talk about the trauma inflicted by Sesame Street (spanning continents and age groups), Chaya Leah's... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW: America Don't Worry, Israel is Behind You, with Eli Lake
16 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 19 min
Sign up for FREE on our Substack to stay in touch! Today we welcome national security correspondent, journalist and podcaster Eli Lake. Since we have such an esteemed guest with us, we spend plenty of time talking about reality tv, hot members of congr... Lees meer
-
ASK A JEW: Little Miss Has No Confidence
10 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
In this episode of AAJ the girls go real deep on being confident and dealing with their shortcomings, all while blaming their moms (and the Holocaust) for their problems. They also discuss Yael's bday party that you weren't invited to, ChayaLeah's obse... Lees meer