Fleur Hassan Nahoum is the Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem. In this conversation, Fleur and Julia delve into the different heights feminism has taken Jewish women in Israel and throughout the diaspora. Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked ~~~~ Learn about Fleur Hassan Nahoum: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/experts/fleur-hassan-nahoum ~~~~ Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media.

Ashley Seruya is a therapist and advocate for mental health and body positivity. In this conversation, Julia and Ashlet delve into the complexities of intergenerational trauma, mental health, and gender roles in the Jewish community. Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked ~~~~ Learn about Ashley Seruya: https://ashleymseruya.com ~~~~ Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media.

Dani Goldblatt is a Kosher Barbecue chef and teacher of Jewish subjects. Her career centers around making the implicit relationship between food and Judaism explicit. In a field that has historically lacked both female and Jewish representation, Dani shows us the impact our work can have—on one family at a time. Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked ~~~~ Learn about Dani Goldblatt: ...

Dr. Erica Brown is an educator, interviewer, and Jewish leader. With an extensive career in writing and academia, Dr. Brown has also committed herself to preseving Jewish history by perfecting the art of the interview. She's spoken with major leaders in the Jewish world: from Jeffery Goldberg to Deborah Libstaft to Sarah Hurwitz. Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked ~~~~ Learn about Erica Brown:...

Carly Rothenberg Friedman is an entreprenuer and founder of My Tzedakah Fund, a tech platform dedicated to bridging the gap between next generation philanthropists and worthy Jewish charities all over the world. In this conversation, we dive into her experience beginnning her own business with an all-female team, and we ask the question: Why Tzedakah? Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked  ~~~~ Learn about...

Sophie Frieden is an Orthodox feminist activist and co-founder of Jewish on Campus. She runs a Tiktok account called Frum Feminist, which represents two super different communities: religious Orthodoxy and feminism. ~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media.

Dr. Einat Wilf is a former member of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. Einat uses her unique identity as a Zionist, a feminist, and an atheist to be a progressive advocate for Israelis. She is an advocate, educator, politician, and author. ~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked ~~ Learn about Einat Wilf: http://www.wilf.org/English/einat-wilf/ Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media.

Maytal Shainberg is a business developer, an Orthodox Jewish woman, and an advocate for other women in her community. In this conversation, Maytal shows us an important example of representation for Orthodox Jewish women in the business world—a community that is misunderstood and misrepresented. ~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked  ~~~~ Learn about Maytal Shainberg here: ~~~~ Unpacked is a division of...

Eve Barlow is a music journalist, an activist, a Twitter provocateur, and an impassioned and vocal Zionist and feminist. She is a bold voice both online and on paper—both for her unabashed commitment to advocacy and her vulnerability in the face of antisemitism. In this conversation, we dig into both Barlow’s impressive career as well as her enduring experiences as an activist and voice for change.   ~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on...

Tehila Friedman is a former member of Knesset, Israel’s parliament and a champion voice in the Orthodox Feminist world. Friedman is a part of a new generation in Israeli politics who are setting the groundwork for a new wave of Israeli politics and new wave of religious feminism. In this conversation, we discuss the complex relationship between the identities Tehila holds, and we explore the impact of their synergy on the future of the Jewish world. Needless to say, she is so much more than a...

Sarah Hurwitz is a former speechwriter for some of the most prominent politicians in the United States—from Barack and Michelle Obama to Hillary Clinton to John Kerry. Over the past few years, however, her path has shifted, and her work has expanded to the Jewish community. Now, as a modern Jewish thinker and author of Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life—in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There), Sarah Hurwitz shows a journey through Judaism...

Shayna Weiss is a scholar of Judaism, gender, and Israeli culture at Brandeis University. She has entered the space of Jewish academia at the helm of a multi-dimensional renaissance. Women are playing a more prominent role in academia and the Jewish world than ever before; at the same time, the field of Jewish studies is at an inflection point. We sit down with Shayna Weiss, a leader in the field and a key figure in this shift. Needless to say, she is so much more than a Nice Jewish Girl. ...

Keshet Starr is one of the leaders in the fight against get (divorce) denial in the Jewish community. Julia Jassey and Keshet Starr sit down together to learn about Keshet's experience as a lawyer and a marriage equality advocate. Keshet Starr and women like her are changing the lives of so many Jewish women. Perhaps one day get denial is just a part of a history lesson. ~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube:...

For the past six years, Stephanie Butnick has been changing the Jewish community as one of the co-hosts of Unorthodox, the most popular Jewish podcast on iTunes. In this inaugural episode of Nice Jewish Girls, Julia speaks to Stephanie about how studying religion brought her to Jewish media, what particular Jewish culture is, how she found her voice as an editor, and podcaster, and how she became a strong, proud Jewish woman. ~~~~ Learn more about Unpacked:...

This podcast is not about Nice Jewish Girls. It’s about Jewish girls who are so much more than nice. It’s about journalists and authors, speechwriters and senators, prime ministers and rock stars.   This podcast will redefine the way we see Jewish women—not as Jewish American Princesses, not as nags or klutzes, not as bossy or loud. As strong, as smart, as fearless. As Esthers, as Rachels, as Miriams. This podcast is about bad (bleep) Jewish women.   Together, we will celebrate our...