Ask a Jew Yael Bar tur, Chaya Leah Sufrin
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- Society & Culture
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Yael Bar tur, secular sinner, and Chaya Leah Sufrin, pious Haredi, ask each other the hard questions, from Torah to Tinder
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Good Evening Ramalmo! Eurovision talk with Sharon Davidovitch
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 culture. We talk about why Israel had to change the name of it's song this year or risk being kicked out, how Dana International blew the world's mind in 1998 as the first transgender winner (from Israel!), why the 1983 outfits of the Israeli team were a big F U to Germany, how we determine who is antisemitic based on how they vote, and a little about what it's like to play and cover sports on behalf of Israel abroad. Come for the music, stay for the weird insights into Scandanavian incestuous voting habits.
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Am Yisrael High
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.
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A Postcard From Peaceful Times
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. -
Deal or No Deal - with Tom Aharon
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.
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In Defense of Imposter Syndrome - with Peter Berkowitz
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.
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The Antisemitism space is thriving
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.
Customer Reviews
Fun for Jews and Gentiles alike
Yael and Chaya Leah have such a natural chemistry that they're fun to listen to no matter what they're talking about. Which ranges mostly from the Torah to hot guys to the Holocaust. Definitely worth a listen
My favorite pod
I absolutely love listening to the two of you and wish I could be your friend. I am not Jewish or religious but have found so much meaning in your conversations, pre and post October 7th. When a new episode comes up on my feed, it makes my day. The two of you are bright, witty and full of heart. Thanks a million.
Solace in a Hard World
didn’t feel too Jewish before October 7. Then I like all Jews was thrown into his ancient struggle. Which has only been made bearable by shows like this! come for the solidarity, stay for the holocaust jokes.