Ask a Jew Yael Bar tur, Chaya Leah Sufrin

The girls are joined by Andy Mills, a reporter and a podcaster who spent time as both a fundamentalist Christian and an employee of The NY Times. You may know him from such podcasts as The Daily, The Witch Trials of J.K Rowling, and most recently, Reflector.

We discuss faith and certainty, values, conspiracy theories about the media, how to pray in 2024, Fandom, and much more!

In this week's solopod, Judaism's Piers Morgan and Roger Waters sit down to discuss the woes of the Jewish people in 2024. But first, we waste your time with talk about toxic relationships, skincare, skimpy bathing suits. Fear not - about 26 minutes in we start to talk about Israel: hostage deals, the national mood, why trying to kill us will backfire, yadda yadda yadda. Shabbat Shalom!

Reuven Fenton is a reporter for the NY Post and the author of the new novel "Goyhood". The Jerusalem Post called it ""A unique story of identity and redemption that examines no less of an issue than the essence of Judaism."

We talk identity, the Post, writing - and more. Don't forget to rate us 5 stars wherever you get your podcasts, and join us for a conversation on Substack at askajew.substack.com

Why war isn't as simple as two armies fighting, the obsession with "2,000 pound bombs", Hamas's non-battlefield strategy (which the media helps it achieve) and so much more with John Spencer.

No one understands the intricacies of modern warfare like John Spencer. As a retired US Army Major and chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point, not only has he studied war for years, he also put his boots on the ground as a soldier and researcher (including several visits to Gaza over the last year). So of course, we asked him the important questions - are we all going to die? Is he single? And why is he so obsessed with concrete?

In this episode of Ask A Jew, we answer your questions like why can religious Jews go into a mosque but not a church? Does an alarm clock need to be kosher? And should you say a prayer every time you use the bathroom?

Have a question? Send it to us at askajewpod@gmail.com

Before we get to that though, we cover our thoughts on if it's ok to go back to posting day to day things on Instagram, our strange social media algorithms, the NYC Meetup wrap-up, the ugliest of all the Hadid’s, war isn’t a Loony Tunes cartoon, what we’re angry about today, AND - is TJ Maxx the secret to healing the world?

Noam Dworman is the owner of the world famous Comedy Cellar in New York City, co-host of the podcast Live From The Table, and two-time MVP of Ask A Jew.
We sat with him last week in a beautiful Soho studio (thank you Jonathan!) to talk about Israel, Trump, people you disagree with, and more. Manny Dworman, a 5th-grader with some strong opinions about free speech, made this episode even better than we could have hoped for.

Also: Thank you to everyone who came to the AAJ Happy Hour in NYC! Was great to meet you, for photos and more announcements head over to substack: askajew.substack.com