Ask a Jew

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 aren't cute. * Chaya Leah is baffled by thongs. And bikinis.   * Yael does a mitzvah.   * Sometimes you just shouldn’t believe in yourself. * Asian...

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...

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 Jewish community the size of a high school football team, Rabbi David amassed an encyclopedic knowledge of all things Goy, including our peoples guilty p...

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...

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 corrections. We talk about playing sports in the nude (it's a Greek thing, you wouldn't understand), Christmas envy, and holidays blues. Chaya Leah won...

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, ...

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, though no one really takes responsibility (think Three Men and a Baby ). We spend 90 precious minutes holding hands around the small table in the st...

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...

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 a passionate case for why Taylor Swift is the Israel of the music industry. On the second part, you will hear an excelled interview with David Bern...

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. ...

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. We talk with Dasa about being Jewish in Europe, the banality of being a sex worker, Hugo Boss Nazi uniforms, German guilt, and something kind of ado...

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...

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 recovering from making 200 meatballs and 1,4000 challahs. We talk about Kanye, depression, graveyards full of foreskins, and how we're all fu**ed if w...

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...

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 questions askajewpod@gmail.com   ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐  Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify  ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This...

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...

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 city's parks and zoos. It's a beautiful sight.   Also:  Cooking for the holidays: a great Rebettzen vs. a Hot Mess.    Chaya Leah is giving you th...

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...

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 the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com   ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐  Want to help us grow? Rate and...

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...

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, the importance of the English language, and swinging chickens around your head for spite.  Follow Jason on Twitter @JasonBedrick Read his book Religi...

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...

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 religious liberty (considering that neither of us went to law school you can take it or leave it!) ChayaLeah describes visiting her dead grandparen...

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...

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 business idea for a fat-person only gym, the holy site to all religions that is Target, and some podcast recommendations that will make you sm...