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Chosen People Problems

Yael Bar tur, secular sinner, and Chaya Leah Sufrin, pious Haredi, ask each other the hard questions, from Torah to Tinder askajew.substack.com

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The Burning Bush Man Sep 05, 2023

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Why did G_d forsake the people of Israel at Burning Man?

Did Abraham work in a gift shop?

You’re so not invited to my Bat Mitzvah (J/k please come)

Would you read your angsty teenage diary on stage? These people did and its hilarious.

Hot 12 year old boys

Our traumatic stories from 6th grade

Marraige is good, I guess

Esther Perel on artificial intamacy

🔔Holocaust Bell rings late! 42:42 🔔

A Holocaust Instagram story?

What happened to hot Nazis?

Some PR advice for the Goyimn Defense League (Maybe a name change? Or shorten to GDL?)

What random shows do you love that no one else watches? Chaya Leah is a fan of Hell on Wheels, while Yael yearns for a man with a cat who gets tomorrow’s newspaper today

An Israel, a Palestinian and a bunch of whites go to dinner

Listener Question: Frum vs. Seculars

You’re either and anti-antisemite or you’re an antisemite

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Crypto Jews - W/ Yirmiyahu Danzig aka That Semite Aug 28, 2023

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Remember when diversity wasn’t an annoying word that makes you think of 5 hour office HR power point presentations? Our guest today is diverse in the coolest way possible - not just his background, but his experience and work as well. Yirmiyahu Danzig tells us all about his upbringing as a Carribean/American/Israeli Jew, his military service in the heart of the conflict alongside Israeli soldiers of all religions, and his online work building bridges with our Arab neigbors.

🛎 Holocaust bell dings at 4:22 🛎

Find him on instagram @that_semite and JewishUnpacked.com

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The Washington Foreskins Aug 21, 2023

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The Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk of Jewish podcasting are back this week, talking about the latest tragedy to befall the Jewish people, prosthetic noses. We learn that this is the Jewish month of self reflection , debate whether israel should have a Sunday, and answer listener questions about autopay on Shabbat. For your Qs, our email is askajewpod@gmail.com.

Next stop - the Tel Aviv light rail! We discuss public transportation and the conflicts between orthodox men and scantitly clad female passengers. Why can’t we all just get along, the heavily clothed and the half-naked?

🛎 Holocaust Bell rings around 3:25 🛎

Book club! Pick up a copy of Walter Russell Mead’s “The Arc of a Covenant” about the history of Israeli-American relationships and look smart while reading it on the train. We hope to have him on in the coming months and will take your questions!

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Tel Aviv light rail video https://fb.watch/mz9wiYtKcl/

Bring Sundays to Israel: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-755225

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Eastern Winds with guest Hen Mazzig Aug 11, 2023

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The girls welcome Israeli author and co-founder of the Tel Aviv, institute Hen Mazzig. Hen, who identifies as a Queer, Mizrahi Zionist, has a huge online footprint, where he shares stories about Israel that people may not have seen before.

We talk about everything from his family's Jewish roots in North Africa and Iraq, American Jews and Israel, being a Mizrahi or Sephardi Jew, progressive politics, and more! You can find him at Henmazzig.com or on social media @Henmazzig. Check out his book "The Wrong Kind of Jew: A Mizrahi Manifesto" wherever you get books.

Follow his work on Twitter @HenMazzig, Instagram and Facebook and on his website: www.HenMazzig.com

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Eat, pray, kvetch Jul 31, 2023

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Chaya Leah is back from Italy and France
The hazards of kosher fine-dining in Europe
Harvard loves dead Nazis
Yael is traumatized by classic Europe
Americans love standing in line
The Jewish ethics of having an affair
You don’t *have* to love thy neighbor in America
A solemn yet insightful conversation about Israel
Is hatred of the religious people in Israel out of control?
Save us, Eurovision!
Barbie’s Kosher Dreamhouse
Archie comics were more damaging than Barbie
Congratulations Rabbi Shmuly!
Oh look another sad Jewish holiday
Yael suprises Chaya Leah by announcing a new project - The AAJ Book Club! There is no deadline and definitely no meetings (unless you guys want to do that). Our book is “Arc of a Covenant” by Walter Russel Mead.

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Shownotes:

Israeli protestors connecting

Jewish students giving it to Titus

Liel Leibovitz on Commentary - do you agree or nah?

The Arie Deri law

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Ask a Rabbi III - The Rabbi Rises Jun 30, 2023

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Yael is stuck in Texas, so Chaya Leah and her father, Rabbi Aba Abba Perelmuter, take to the stage for some light Torah studies.

They were left with explicit instructions to answer listener questions, but you know, these people...instead they have an enlightening conversation about the Talmudic interpretations of the Russia/Ukraine conflict, honoring thy father and thy mother (complete with loopholes), and this weird modern idea of following your passions.

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We are off for a summer break, but will be back soon with exciting guests and much to catch up on! xoxo

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The Ministry of Agitation and Propaganda/ With guest Matti Friedman Jun 20, 2023

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This week we are joined by author and journalist Matti Friedman, who recently penned "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai" (you can hear him discuss it with Bari Weiss here) and before that the incredible "Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel" about the founding of the Mossad and the nation.

A former AP correspondent, Matti blew the lid on what the media gets wrong about Israel, in this badass essay in The Atlantic and in Tablet.

We cover a lot of ground in this one, and manage to make it all the way to the end without talking about current Israeli politics, but then discuss Matti's impactful and insightful letter to American Jews (with OG's Yossi Klein Halevy and Daniel Gordis) on why they need to raise their voice against Israel's current government.

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From Toronto to Jerusalem

The myth of the KibbutzIf someone offers to introduce you to an old spy - you say yes!There are no delis in israel This ain’t Norway Why the media is so obsessed with Israel (maybe because there are more staffers covering Israel than all of China and Africa?)Save us Bruno Mars Herzl the Hipster Media literacy Where does Matti get his information? (in books, like some nerd)News is activism We want to believe...The NY times Can we afford to criticize Israel publicly? Let’s end on a pessimistic note J/k we’re never letting him go The orthodox scene in israel is thriving...and it’s terrifying (to some of us)We want to be socialists, as long as everyone else is a libertarian Draft theo orthodox to the army? Yael puts chaya Leah on the spot Matti's Hotmail

We want to give Matti an out but then we remember Indian Jews

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Kosher K-Pop Jun 13, 2023

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New segment: What kind of Jew is this?

Podcast about K-Pop and the war in Gaza (Hebrew)

Robbie Williams does Pride TLV

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Bring Back Bullying, with Meghan Daum May 31, 2023

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We are back with our friend and reluctant mentor, Meghan Daum! Meghan is an author, host of The Unspeakable podcast, co-host of A Special Place in Hell with Sarah Haider, and founder of the Unspeakeasy, a special online community for special online women (we are both members!). As usual, we start light and breezy by gushing over hot dictators and 90's TV dads, and end up musing about regret, marriage, and successful divorces.

Here's what made the cut:

Jews and Muslims both hate pets
Whatever you do, do not Google “Do monkeys menstruate?”
With the right Instagram filters, you too can look like Martha Stewart
The missing Friday Night Lights sex scene
Birth control and mikveh apps
Do women even drink beer?
Everybody should be assigned a “bully buddy”
Can women have it all? How about some? How about anything?
The nature of regret
Hasidic influencers, but not that kind
The Unspeakeasy AAJ crossover spectacular shabbat crossover.

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The Doctor Is In - Ask Dr. Drew May 22, 2023

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The girls are very excited to welcome a real doctor to today’s episode, and not just any doctor - Dr. Drew Pinsky! In case you you live under a rock (or in Israel): Dr. Drew is a board certified physician and addiction medicine specialist known for his shows Loveline, Celebrity Rehab, Teen Mom, and currently Dr. Drew After Dark, the Dr. Drew Podcast, and The Adam and Drew Show (co-hosted by Adam Carolla) - busy guy! He is not to be confused with Dr. Dre, as Wikipedia warns us. You can find him on https://drdrew.com/ and all the socials.

Warning: in this episode we talk a lot about sex, drugs, addictions - all from a medical perspective of course! Trust us, we’re a doctor.

In this episode:

Chaya Leah shares her origin story, and how Dr. Drew guided her through the radio
Who is a worse Jew - Yael or Dr. Drew?
Chaya Leah educates Dr. Drew about the Mikveh
Lessons about attraction and love from Fiddler on the Roof
Yael provides some Israeli context to sexual freedom - suprise suprise, it’s full of contradictions
TV raised me, and I turned out TV
What the heck is wrong with young people?
We will look at screens the way we look at tobacco one day
Even the French are making fun of us!
A detour into homelessness and mental illness (here’s a link to “The Great Pretender”, the book Yael mentions)
The Skid Row Run Club
Armenians are bros!
What Dr. Drew would have done differently with his kids (triplets!)
How Me Too and dating apps affected dating
What they’re not telling you about birth control
Why Israelis were so good at Covid
The orthodox are the only ones who had fun in the summer of 2020
Sex in your 40s and perimenopause - listen up ladies!
Why can’t we have a realistic conversation about weed (and who is smoking it at 8am?)
It’s addictive genetics, not addictive personality!
A mind-blowing study about alcoholism (involving drunk fruit flies)
A little (scientific!) discussion about porn

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