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The girls recap Passover and the Libs of Tik Tok kerfuffle. Also:  * Everything and nothing is antisemitic  * Blockchain! Books! And why we’re not as smart as we’d like to be.  * Yael recommends a book about how to focus but she can’t remember what it’s called  * Jonathan Haidt is a dreamboat  * Social media is bad. No wait it’s good.  * Friends are very important and never too late to find them -...

The girls fawn over Noam Dworman, owner of Comedy Cellar, and the NYC comedy scene's very own godfather, if the godfather was Jewish and generally just a cool guy. We talk about his personal history to the industry through his father, the holocaust bei...

The girls fawn over Noam Dworman, owner of Comedy Cellar, and the NYC comedy scene's very own godfather, if the godfather was Jewish and generally just a cool guy. We talk about his personal history to the industry through his father, the holocaust being funnier than slavery, what American Jews get wrong about Israel, Will Smith (...we recorded this a little while ago), why comedians are funny, Ha...

Yael Bar-Tur and Chaya Leah Sufrin on Meghan Daum's "The Unspeakable" podcast 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 ...

Yael Bar-Tur and Chaya Leah Sufrin on Meghan Daum's "The Unspeakable" podcast 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 discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus e...

Just the girls this time for an intimate chat about modesty, free speech, and share the one truth about Hunter Biden that no one is brave enough to speak. Also the Messiah is coming - are you prepared? Start working on your resurrection-bod, because yo...

Just the girls this time for an intimate chat about modesty, free speech, and share the one truth about Hunter Biden that no one is brave enough to speak. Also the Messiah is coming - are you prepared? Start working on your resurrection-bod, because you're (almost) all invited. Plus: Chaya Leah proposes giving Ukrainians 50% off Starbucks on their birthday, and Yael tells a real war story about a...

Intro - Yael manages to offend our guest by mis-introducing him. 7:35 Al literature that isn't American sucks 13:00 Nick's PhD thesis, oral defense - The Great Gatsby 20:45 Immigrants - we something something done. 25:40 Famous Jewish sports legends 27...

Intro - Yael manages to offend our guest by mis-introducing him. 7:35 Al literature that isn't American sucks  13:00 Nick's PhD thesis, oral defense - The Great Gatsby 20:45 Immigrants - we something something done.  25:40 Famous Jewish sports legends 27:00 Thank you Dr. Gillespie. Now tell us about the time you interviewed Jason Priestly for  "Teen Machine" magazine 29:00 Nick and Yael get into a...

Chaya Leah tells the tale of how she and her girlfriends traveled around the country in a van solving mysteries with a dog... or that might be Scooby Doo. But the part about traveling around the country with a van full of Jews is true! Also, Yael tries...

Chaya Leah tells the tale of how she and her girlfriends traveled around the country in a van solving mysteries with a dog... or that might be Scooby Doo. But the part about traveling around the country with a van full of Jews is true! Also, Yael tries to compliment the Rebbe but ends up offending him (of course) by comparing him to the pope. Bonus content: Purim, Brad Pitt, diets, and an accident...

" Adrift from Jewish Spaces," by Karol Markowicz, republished on Paloma Media on March 6, 2022 Follow Karol on Twitter @karol Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to he...

" Adrift from Jewish Spaces ," by Karol Markowicz, republished on Paloma Media on March 6, 2022 Follow Karol on Twitter @karol 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 discuss thi...

Since being named "Best Jewish Podcast of 2022" Yael Bar Tur and Chaya Leah Sufrin have no time to write full descriptions, people! It's bullet-points from here on out! * The girls discuss how their lives have changed since they accidentally stumbled u...

Since being named "Best Jewish Podcast of 2022" Yael Bar Tur and Chaya Leah Sufrin have no time to write full descriptions, people! It's bullet-points from here on out! * The girls discuss how their lives have changed since they accidentally stumbled upon international fame. * Yael Jew-splains the concept of a Mikveh to Chaya Leah * The age-old Jewish ritual of taking an edible before Shabbat dinn...

On this week’s episode of ask a Jew, we get a real live Rabbi to answer our insightful and embarrassing questions about faith, meaning and Jewish humor. We also discuss this article from The New York Times and wonder: Are there things we shouldn’t laug...

On this week’s episode of ask a Jew, we get a real live Rabbi to answer our insightful and embarrassing questions about faith, meaning and Jewish humor. We also discuss this article from The New York Times and wonder: Are there things we shouldn’t laugh about? (Spoiler: no.)Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com   ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐  W...

The Betty and Veronica of the chosen people are back, talking about football (Mazal Tov Rams), what happens when someone chooses to leave the Orthodox life, and weird Jewish fashion rules. Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Em...

The Betty and Veronica of the chosen people are back, talking about football (Mazal Tov Rams), what happens when someone chooses to leave the Orthodox life, and weird Jewish fashion rules. 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  ⭐ ⭐...

The girls forgive Whoopi Goldberg for her dumb remark, but not for scarring Chaya Leah’s childhood on the movie Ghost. They also pray for a week without Jews in the news, answer a listener question about how to woo a Hasidic landlord, and discuss the l...

The girls forgive Whoopi Goldberg for her dumb remark, but not for scarring Chaya Leah’s childhood on the movie Ghost. They also pray for a week without Jews in the news, answer a listener question about how to woo a Hasidic landlord, and discuss the least Jewish topic in the world: the Winter Olympics. Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions askajewpod...

In this week's episode, Yael and Chaya Leah meet up to debrief after the Texas hostage situation. They also discuss anti-semitism and Coldplay - we’ll let you decide which one is worse. Also: Woke Jews, kosher abortions, Chaya Leah is a Yad Vashem Kare...

In this week's episode, Yael and Chaya Leah meet up to debrief after the Texas hostage situation. They also discuss anti-semitism and Coldplay - we’ll let you decide which one is worse. Also: Woke Jews, kosher abortions, Chaya Leah is a Yad Vashem Karen, and a guide to our Top 10 Holocaust Memorials You Can’t Miss (you’ll never believe number 3!) Have a question for us Yael and Chaya Leah? Email t...

Related content: " Why Is the Media Erasing the Victims of Violent Crime?" by Yael Bar Tur 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 st...

Related content:  " Why Is the Media Erasing the Victims of Violent Crime ?" by Yael Bar Tur 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 discuss this with other subscribers or get ac...