The Weekly Squeeze With Chanale

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Jamie Geller is BACK!! "I Saw What Fame Does to People" Jun 28, 2026

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Chanale sits down with Jamie Geller to talk about fame, faith, Israel, and what people don’t see behind the spotlight.
Jamie had the career people dream about: CNN, red carpets, and celebrity interviews. But after seeing what that world really does to people, she chose Shabbos, Torah, family, and a mission deeper than applause.
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Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ceq9fSrTwrffva8qftmSy

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Living in a Prophecy: Devastating & Gorgeous | Rav Shlomo Katz Jun 28, 2026

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Chanale sits down with renowned musician and spiritual leader Rav Shlomo Katz on The Weekly Squeeze for an intense look inside Israel’s current reality. We dive into the raw, unspoken paradox of a generation forced to grow up under fire, facing challenges that traditional answers completely fail to solve. Discover the exact moment logic breaks down, and why survival here requires operating entirely beyond nature.
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• Follow Chanale on Instagram: / chanaleinisrael
• Follow Moral Edge on Instagram: / moraledgepodcast
• Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ceq9fS...
• Visit our website: https://moraledge.com/
Connect with Rav Shlomo Katz:
• Official Website & Shiurim: https://ravshlomokatz.com/
• Learn about Kehilat Shirat David: https://shiratdavid.com/
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Reclaiming Prayer: The Crisis of the Siddur
05:00 Living Inside an Ancient Prophecy
07:45 The Simultaneous Need for Torah and Connection
11:00 Building a Future Where the Story Will Endure
14:00 The Privilege and Weight of Raising Israeli Kids
18:10 Forged by Fire: The Heroism of Our Soldiers
22:30 Singing for the Angels in the Darkest Hours
26:10 God Believes in You: A Radical Message to the Cynical
30:10 Shifting the Calculations: Why Aliyah Never "Adds Up"
37:40 The Renaissance of Authentic Israeli Music
41:40 Merging Tanya and Breslov for the Modern Nervous System
45:35 Final Takeaway: Tilt Your Head Up

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The Double Standard Destroying Israel’s Land Policy Jun 28, 2026

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Naomi Linder Kahn of Regavim sits down with Chanale to break down one of the most ignored battles in Israel: who controls the land, who gets blamed, and who gets away with building.
From illegal construction and foreign-funded pressure to the “settler violence” narrative, this episode exposes the double standard shaping Israel’s future on the ground.
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The Story Behind Chanale’s Fight for Israel May 24, 2026

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She's been behind the mic for 20 years. This time, she's in the chair. 🎙️
Chanale Fellig is a singer, podcaster, Israel advocate, and Chabad woman who has done it all; on her own terms, often at a cost. And this is the first time she's sat down and told the whole story.
🎵 8 self-produced albums with zero budget and zero backing
🏠 Left home at 13 to live with her aunt in Montreal
✈️ Performed in Chile, South Africa, Australia, Colombia
💍 Got married in Israel — without her parents at the wedding
🇮🇱 Made aliyah and released her album "I Am The Land" on landing day
📱 Built @mybeautifullandofisrael to 260,000 followers during wartime
💰 Raised $200,000 for the IDF post October 7th
❤️ Still standing. Still herself. Still on fire.
She'll talk about the music industry that put her cassettes on the bottom shelf. The community that questioned her choices. The marriage that challenged everything. The divorce. October 7th. The viral video with 21 million views and hundreds of thousands of hate comments. And what keeps her going through all of it.
👇 Watch the full episode, drop a comment, and subscribe — you'll want to be here for part two.

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Blood on the Streets: The Middle East Explained for People Who Hate the News Jan 14, 2026

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This week on The Weekly Squeeze, I’m walking you through what is actually happening across the Middle East, without the academic jargon, and without pretending any of this is normal. We start with Iran, where protests have turned deadly, rumors are darker by the day, and a regime is openly waging war on its own people. From there, I zoom out to the rest of the region, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and then bring it home to life inside Israel, the security reality, the internal political battles, the UNRWA fight, the cost of living, and the constant background noise of living in a country that never gets a quiet week.

This episode is for people who hate politics and hate the news but still want to understand what is going on without losing their minds. It is honest, blunt, unapologetically pro Israel, Torah grounded, occasionally dark, sometimes funny, and very much how Israelis actually process the world around us right now.

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Politics, Propaganda, and the Post–Oct 7 Mindset Dec 02, 2025

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This week on The Weekly Squeeze, I’m bouncing through everything Israelis are actually talking about right now—political madness, media games, identity confusion, and the emotional whiplash we’re all still carrying after October 7. Yes, I mention Netanyahu’s pardon request, but only as one thread in the bigger, messier tapestry of how this country absorbs crisis after crisis. I get into protest burnout, deep-state chatter, influencer theatrics, diaspora takes, and how every headline somehow ends up in our living rooms. It’s honest, sharp, a little spicy, and very much the way Israelis actually think and talk about the world around us.

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Aliyah Taxes, Strong Jewish Girls & Why I Talk to Myself Nov 17, 2025

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In Episode 222 of The Weekly Squeeze, I’m coming at you from cold, rainy, gorgeous Israel where rain is a bracha, my son won’t stop yelling “Mommy, come see the blessing!”, and Gaza’s tent cities are getting the flood they prayed for.

I break down Israel’s brand-new 2026 tax changes for olim, explain what stays the same, what gets complicated, and why you need Olim Advisors before you book your ticket.

Then I dive into one of my favorite topics: strong Jewish women the ones who sacrificed everything and the ones who built empires between carpools. I’m joined by Melanie Goldberg Silver, author of Strong Jewish Girls from Gefen Publishing, and we unpack how she chose 50 powerhouse Jewish women, why their stories matter more than ever, and how this book became a five-and-a-half-year labor of love.

We talk Miriam, Hannah Szenes, Golda Meir, Gracia Mendes Nasi, Asenath Barzani, Ofra Haza, Shifra and Puah, Devorah Rom, and yes why Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson absolutely belongs in Volume Two.

Then, in true Weekly Squeeze fashion, I pivot straight into premium nonsense:
• Octopuses have REM sleep and dream like caffeinated neurotic Jews
• Americans are putting olive oil in their coffee and instantly regretting it
• Studies say talking to yourself means you’re a genius so I’m a genius
• Mayor Eric Adams visits Israel, Trump sprays cologne on world leaders, and Hamas is still being Hamas

I wrap up with a reminder to follow all my pages, subscribe, leave a five-star rating, and if you’re thinking about Aliyah call Olim Advisors and tell them I sent you.

⚡ Get Melanie’s book here:
Bedtime Stories for Strong Jewish Girls
https://www.amazon.com/Bedtime-Stories-Strong-Heroines-Changed/dp/9657801699

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Email:chanalesings@gmail.com

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🎙️ Making Aliyah: The Dream, the Drama, the Details 🇮🇱 LIVE with Olim Advisors Nov 05, 2025

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This week on My Beautiful Land of Israel, I went live with the dynamic duo behind Olim Advisors, Rafi and Laura, the brother-sister team helping thousands of Jews pack up their lives, their dreams, and sometimes their dogs, and move to Israel.

We talked about everything you actually want to know: the emotional, the hilarious, and the brutally practical side of making Aliyah in 2025. What does it mean to pick up and move after October 7? How do you handle Israeli bureaucracy without losing your mind? What’s the deal with health care, housing, jobs, and teenagers who “hate” Hebrew but love falafel?

Highlights include:
💬 The #1 question everyone asks: “Can I afford it?”
🏠 Where to live when you have no idea where to live
💼 How to find work when you can’t yet roll your “resh”
🐕 Making Aliyah with your pets (and your sanity)
🧠 Adjusting emotionally and why attitude is everything

This episode is funny, honest, and exactly what you need if you’ve ever said, “If I could, I would.”

🎧 Tune in, laugh a little, dream a lot and maybe, just maybe, start planning your Aliyah.

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Thinking about Aliyah? Don’t go it alone. Olim Advisors helps you every step of the way — finding your community, your home, your school, even your sanity when the paperwork gets wild. They make the dream doable. Visit olimadvisors.com and start your journey home.

Email: chanalesings@gmail.com

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Don't Be A Worrier, Be A WARRIOR: Who’s Protecting Who? The Haredi Draft Showdown Nov 02, 2025

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This week on The Weekly Squeeze, I’m coming in hot, coffee in one hand, conviction in the other, and Jerusalem on fire.

The streets are packed. Tens of thousands of Haredim in black hats, blocking traffic, waving signs, shouting that the draft is a “war on the Torah world.” Reporters got attacked, cars stuck for hours, the whole city gridlocked, and everyone’s asking the same question: who’s actually protecting who here?

Because this isn’t just another protest. This is the fight over Israel’s soul. The Haredi world says Torah study protects us spiritually. The rest of the country says, “Yeah, but someone has to pick up a weapon too.” Both believe they’re defending Israel, they just live in two completely different Israels.

We’re going to talk about the fear behind the fury, the faith behind the defiance, and why this argument isn’t really about uniforms. It’s about what it means to belong to a Jewish country and what happens when unity starts to crack.

And yes, we’ll get into the wild things being said from the podiums, the coalition drama that’s brewing, and the uncomfortable truth about sacred study turning into sacred entitlement.

Israel is fighting a war on the outside and an identity crisis on the inside, and we’re going there.

It’s heated, it’s emotional, and it’s very, very Israeli.

🎧 Hit play, share it with your friends, and remember; we don’t all serve the same way, but we’re still one people, one story, and one tiny, miraculous country.

Email: chanalesings@gmail.com

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Hostages Home, Hearts Full: Faith, Fury, and the Jewish World This Week Oct 19, 2025

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This week on The Weekly Squeeze I’m coming in hot from my porch in Israel, flag flying, heart full, and caffeine levels dangerously high. Twenty hostages are home after two years underground, and for one brief, breathtaking moment, the whole country exhaled. Mothers cried, fathers collapsed, and strangers ugly-cried in front of their TVs. It felt like a resurrection, a miracle, and a gut-punch all at once.

We’re talking faith, fury, and the madness of our world; from Sweden canceling Jewish film festivals out of “security concerns,” to a British lawyer arrested for wearing a Star of David, to an English football club banning Israeli fans because apparently Jews are now a “safety risk.”

I’ll tell you why Israelis still volunteer, still laugh, and still love this country despite the pain, and why making Aliyah might be the most powerful act of defiance you can do right now.

There’s heartbreak, humor, a little righteous rage, and a lot of love for Am Yisrael.

🎧 Hit play, share it with your friends, and remember — we may be exhausted, but we are unbreakable.

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