Forget college campuses, the real culture war will take place next week in Malmo, Sweden, where the Eurovision Song Contest (otherwise known as the "gay olympics") takes place. We are joined by sports journalist and Eurovision rainman Sharon Davidovitch to talk about how Israel will fare this year in the glitter soaked battlefield - even if you know nothing of what is as big as the Superbowl across the pond, this episode offers fascinating takes about the Intersection between gepolotics and...

Sarah Rose Siskind is a science comedy writer and psychedelic comedian who came by to tell us about how she hosted a "psychedelic Shiva" after October 7th (which she also wrote about for Psychology Today). We also discuss how drugs may have influenced Nova festival survivors, why Chaya Leah and Yael need to go on a “trip” to Auschwitz, and proposing to her fiancé Nick Gillespie at Burning Man.

Remember when OJ died?? That's what we were talking about a few days ago when we recorded this, and all was calm in the world. Coincidentaly this blissfully unaware episode is also number 100 for us! Thank you for that, Chaya Leah is petitioning to the Rabbis to make it a holiday as we speak (100 days of fasting? Need to workshop). We did have a lovely chat with our friend Jay of the Habibi Bros about Iran, which you can find on our Instagram, @askajewpod.

Tom Aharon is an Israeli standup comedian, and co-host of Israel's top commercial daily radio morning show, New Morning. We discuss doing stand up for IDF soliders after Oct 7, Hezbollah's VP of Global Marketing, and Natan Sharansky's underwear. Happy Birthday Tom!

Dr. Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, former Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, executive secretary of the department's Commission on Unalienable Rights, and senior adviser to the Secretary of State. Naturally we talk about princess Kate. But we also cover additction to technology, the growing tensions between secular and religious Israelis, and the bad and worse options in Gaza.

In this episode we cover a failed meditation, a succesful trip to Israel (it's all fine now), and the moral confusion about rapes that aren't planned but just kind of happen. Also: a listener creates a fun game: who said it white nationalist or left wing antisemite? Check out askajew.substack.com to play! Our apologies to Princess Kate for making fun of her, clearly we recorded this hours before she shared the news of her diagnoses.

This week we welcome Jennifer Murtazashvili, Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and Founding Director of the Center for Governance and Markets. We talk about an interfaith initiative she co-founded with a Muslim colleague, what it was like living as a Jewish woman in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, and the differences she notices between American and foreign college students. Questions? Email [email protected], and join the...

Two hours with one of our favorite Shiksa's, Bridget Phetasy! Fair warning, this episode gets spicy so don't listen with kids or Rabbis. We cover burning topics such as polyamory, blaming weight gain on the Holocaust, and Playboy's stand on October 7.

Last one to sign up for our substack is an antisemite! Askajew.substack.com. This week: A very bad Jewish dad joke An exciting new AAJ Spin-off ((((((Why)))))) Our friend and former guest Batya Ungar-Sargon kicking ass on Bill Maher Should you get a Aaron Bushnell face tattoo? Abolition week at Harvard Academia - Should we stay or should we go? Fantasy-league of Israel supporters Swifties for Palestine Imagine if the UN supported Israel? A tribute to David Frum’s daughter,...

This week the girls welcome Rob Henderson, author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class. Born to a drug-addicted, homeless mother in California, Rob was passed around 7 foster homes and grew to become a rowdy teenager. He turned his life around when he joined the Air Force after high school, and ultimately was accepted into Yale for his BA and earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of Cambridge. We cover class in America, luxury beliefs of the elite, how to...

This week, we welcome Lord Winston Marshall (we assume he’s a Lord, he’s from England) - musician, writer, podcaster and noble friend of the Jews. You may know Winston as co-founder of the band “Mumford and Sons” and more recently as host of “The Winston Marshall Show” which you can find on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts. Winston just returned from a trip to Israel where he did some excellent reporting, and he has a lot to say about the Middle East, Britian, October 7th and...

Writer, musician, rapper, author and podcaster Coleman Hughes joins us this week to discuss his new book which you should buy and read, "The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America." We cover Neoracism, Israel, wokeness, writing and more. Also, who called Coleman a "black shabbos goy"? Listen to find out. Sure, Coleman has done a few interviews lately, but only ours bestowed upon him a porn name and you’ll have to listen to learn what it is. Ok, it's too good not to share....

In this episode, we discuss the personal stories of two fallen IDF soldiers - Ahmad Abu Latif and Cedrick Garin. You can read more about Ahmad in a story from our friend Nancy Rommelmann (see show notes), and see a video of both young men on our substack, askajew.substack.com. We also share stories and photos from a visit to the site of the Nova massacre and Kibbutz Kfar Aza, warning - it gets a little heavy. But fear not - we leave plenty of time to talk about a bunch of NYPD cops going out...

James Kirchick is a journalist and author of the NY Times bestseller "Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington". You may know him from his work in Air Mail, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and others. Follow Jamie on Twitter, read his excellent latest piece in the Atlantic about the importance of protecting free speech, and of course his exclusive interview with Armie Hammer (in show notes).

Good morning from Israel, where it is currently October 116th. on this solo pod, the girls occupy familiar and new territories: • Being sick at home • We are brothers? • Hostages forever. • The Russian roulette that is Jerusalem bus travel • Chaya Leah guarding trash cans • A funny story about false teeth (is there a story about false teeth that isn't funny?) • A tribute to Chaya Leah's beloved aunt, may her memory be a blessing • Would you gain or lose weight in a Shiva? • A very Israel...

Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason, the libertarian magazine of "free minds and free markets," and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie, he’s also our favorite libertarian! In this episode we talk about: Hollywood’s portrayal of Israel (we all agree that Paul Newman is the perfect looking Jew) Exodus by Leon Uris (the book!) Get the Book Exodus (the movie!) Watch the movie here Excellent article in Mosaic Magazine Read the article here Fiddler on the...

This week on Ask A Jew, the girls sit down with their colleague at the top of the podcasting charts Mike Pesca, who just returned from his first ever reporting trip to Israel. We discuss the war with Hamas, growing up Italian and Jewish, and attempt to answer some of the nation’s most divisive questions like - does ketchup belong on a bagel? Should the voting age be raised to 45? And what kind of Jews wear hats? Mike Pesca is host of "The Gist" the longest running daily news podcast in...

America’s favorite non-jew Michael Moynihan is back! The girls kvetch with The Fifth Column co-host and Vice News guy (ret.) about what's wrong with the youth, how to feel about people who are wrong on Israel but right on everything else (and vice versa), and whether or not its ok to crack jokes about October 7th.

Merry Erev Christmas! A Rabbi who explains why Jews wrote all the best Christmas music? Sounds antisemitic, we know. The re-run of last year's Xmas spectacular starts 47 minutes in, before that is all fresh content.

Chaya Leah is in Israel, Yael is defending the streets of NYC. Send questions and comments to [email protected] and join us on Substack for conversation, Hanukkah Party pics and more!

In a nice catch-up episode we discuss this non-fun rollercoaster of emotions, turn our rage to all different directions, discuss masterpieces like "Gremlins 2" and "Untamed Heart", and contemplate the legitimacy of Hanukkah decorations.

**Dec 13 NYC Hannukah Party! Follow askajew.substack.com for details** 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 Thought” and “The Constitution of Knowledge -  A Defense of Truth” are heavily earmarked in both our bookshelves. We ask Jonathan to help us hold on to our values and ideals in the face of October 7th, when everything we...

~~Save the Date - December 13th Hannukah party in NYC~~ Follow substack for more info: askajew.substack.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sam Harris is amazing. https://open.spotify.com/episode/37QaVE2YZT9AME21cAdsky?si=Xday4oiWQR-tYvP8yIlInA Me too, unless you’re a jew. https://www.metoo-unlessurajew.com/ WHO? Unicef? UNHRC? GTFO. https://twitter.com/ZachLewis3187/status/1725850426371699107 Ilhan "some of my best friends are Jewish"...

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 campus.