Ask a Jew

Ask a Jew

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

  1. Jew-Washing

    HACE 1 DÍA

    Jew-Washing

    WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE! Hello - SURVEY. Fill out the SURVEY. Last one to fill out the SURVEY is an antisemite. Plus you have a chance to win Chaya Leah’s baked goods, made especially for you! If you already filled it out, you are our favorite! If you are the listeners from Japan, Barbados, Scotland or Pakistan - email us! We want to get to know you (you can all email us actually. It is called Ask A Jew you know….). askajewpod@gmail.com Also, this just in - Mark your calendars for Monday, June 1st at 6pm!! Come have a drink with some other AJJers (Jew-pies?) and meet your two favorite Jewish podcasters (not Ezra Klein and Dan Senor) at: Spring Lounge 48 Spring St, New York, NY 10012 Comment if you plan to attend! Special guests may make an appearance… Now that logistics are out of the way - we gathered around the microphone last night to discuss Chaya Leah’s favorite holiday, Shavuout, and her two least favorite things in the world: antizionist Jews and Eurovision. We also have some TV and book recommendations for you, discuss Mayor Mamdani’s stupid party, and send some special love to Albania. Turns out I was partially right about our Albanian brethren, I said they didn’t lose a single Jew during the holocaust, turns out they actually GAINED Jews. You should use this super fun fact to impress your Albanian doormen in New York, they are very proud of it (rightfully so), as well as their impeccable Eurovision voting history (doormen may not care about that). Shout out to my dad Ronnie for this information! Some links: * JVP barfy tweet * J-Street mamdani Substack, what do you think? * Great book recommendation following our shipping recommendation - thank you to whoever suggested it! * ICYMI - my Eurovision recap (you don’t need to enjoy or like or even know what Eurovision is to read) * Some listeners suggested a book club, but we all know books are for nerds. How about we all pick a season of 90 Day Fiance and watch together?? Meisha and Nicola — a gorgeous American and painfully average Israeli united by their love of Jesus — agree! (Season 6) See you in NYC June 1st!! (Did we mention there is a survey?) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askajew.substack.com/subscribe

    1 h 7 min
  2. Your Personality Is Not a Disorder: Social Media, Girls and Gen Z, with Freya India

    7 MAY

    Your Personality Is Not a Disorder: Social Media, Girls and Gen Z, with Freya India

    Today on Ask a Jew, we’re joined by writer Freya India, author of Girls: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything, to talk about what growing up as a girl looks like in the age of Instagram, how we are all carrying generational trauma from Eve, and why not everything in your life is a problem to be fixed. Turns out we’re all just 13-year-old girls! Now go buy the book. Do you know you can watch this episode on YouTube? Well, you can! We also get into why social media can feel like a “rumination machine” for anxious girls, how beauty culture and Facetune turn teenagers into products, and why every normal feeling is suddenly language‑ified into a “disorder,” a “trauma,” or a “healing journey.” We also talk about what boys are seeing online, the rise of “looksmaxxing,” and whether anyone knows how to have a normal relationship anymore. If you’re a parent, a millennial/Gen X woman looking at Gen Z with horror, or a Gen Z girl trying to make sense of your own feed, this one is for you. Also: * Will the allure beauty box change your life? * We are all just 13 year old girls * Social media escalaes every trend o the extreme * Not everything needs to be solved * Is therapy a scam? * We’re all trying to gain control * social media is a rumination machine * Beware of therapy talk * Feeling anxious? you’re probably normal * The stories we tell ourselves * We all have generational trauma from Eve * You think you need therapy? Go live in Somalia! * Freya is so pretty * Is every personality trait is a problem? * We don’t care about your healing journeys This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askajew.substack.com/subscribe

    1 h 3 min
  3. Paging Dr. McJewy - With Jamie Denbo

    22 ABR

    Paging Dr. McJewy - With Jamie Denbo

    Jamie Denbo is an actress, comedian, formerly a writer and producer on Grey’s Anatomy (yes, that Grey’s Anatomy), and creator of The Beverly Podcast! Oh, you may have also seen her on Curb Your Enthusiasm and How I Met Your Mother. We talk to Jamie (and Beverly) about comedy, Hollywood, Jewish moms, what we can learn about antisemitism from 12-step programs, and what happened post-October 7th in the writer’s room of a hit show (unfortunately, nothing good). Also: * Can we talk about The Pitt instead of Grey’s Anatomy? * Whispers of support, public silence. * Turns out people don’t know what Jews are. * Your coworkers posted what on Instagram?? * You can learn a lot from the antisemites. * An abundance of anger. * One righteous man in the writer’s room. * How can there be antisemitism when Donna Martin from 90210 is Jewish? * How much is real estate in the Shtetl? * Beverly is for everyone! (and thank you to the Jewish Writers Institute) * Everyone has an inappropriate, overly-sexualized aunt. * Which kind of Jews are more annoying - women or men? * Call your mother!!! Check out the Beverly Podcast! wherever you get your podcasts, on Youtube and Instagram. Thank you for listening to Ask A Jew! We love you all equally, but our non-Jewish listeners are more equal. We want to send some love and welness vibes to listener Jonathan Campbell, who is going through some rough s**t and currently on a healing journey. Jonathan, get better soon. We can’t afford to lose any listeners This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askajew.substack.com/subscribe

    1 h 10 min

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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 askajew.substack.com

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