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Yael Bar tur, Chaya Leah Sufrin
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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

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    People of the Book - with Zibby Owens

    Today we welcome Zibby Owens, bestselling author, CEO, bookstore owner, “book-fluencer”, and host of the widely succesful “Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books” podcast. Most recently she published “On Being Jewish Now”, a collection of essays on Jewish identities in a post-October 7th world. Check out the links in the shownotes. Save the Date! Dec 12th AAJ Hanukkah Party in NYC! Sign up for substack for details: Askajew.substack.com

    45 min

  2. NOV 13

    If Your Election Lasts Longer Than 4 Hours, Call a Doctor

    DECEMBER 12 HANUKKAH PARTY IN NYC! Follow askajew.substack.com for details. Some rational and irrational responses to the election that are sure to equally offend all the listeners, plus movies, planes, the orthodox draft in Israel, and more. This is probably the only podcast where a passionate argument about skincare will lead to a passionate argument about a hostage deal.

    1h 6m

  3. NOV 5

    Non-election Russian Interference

    Looking for a non-election podcast? How about 75 minutes of soothing soviet antisemitism? We got you. Our guest today is Izabella Tabarovsky, a scholar of Soviet antizionism and contemporary antisemitism. You should read pretty much everything Izabella has ever written: links in shownotes and on Substack. We discuss how everything old is new again, why being a self-hating Jewish celebrity is sooooo 1970s, and what you can do today to de-program your brain from stale propaganda. Consider the next hour or so a mindfulness track of KGB waterfall sounds to calm your anxious soul.

    1h 17m

  4. OCT 30

    Ce-le-brate Good Strikes, Come On!

    Bonjour from Paris! (Bonjour means “hello” in French). Miss us? We missed you, each other, and the sound of our own voices. That maybe explains the fact that neither of us could shut up on this one, in fact we almost forgot we were recording and maybe went a little more vulnerable than expected (people like that stuff, right?). In this episode, we catch up about the holidays, Iran, the beef between Johnny Depp and Rabbi Sufrin, and of course our election ambivalence. There's lots more on Substack for you to read, and you can comment and chat there as well.

    1h 21m

  5. OCT 15

    Your Robot Therapist Will See You Now - W/ Christine Rosen

    In this week’s episode of “people we thought were Jewish” - Christine Rosen! Christine is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, columnist for Commentary magazine, cohosts of The Commentary Magazine Podcast, and author of the new book The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World. We talk about Christine's very unique acknowledgments page, the good, bad and ugly of technology, IRL friendships vs. online friendships, and how with great rights come great responsibilities.

    1h 13m

  6. OCT 8

    October 7 Listener Zoom

    On the eve of October 7th, we gathered with 100+ of our closest friends (you guys!) to share our feelings, frustrations, sad tears and happy tears. Don't worry, we still found some space for holocaust jokes and hot dictators. Thank you to everyone who joined, from Portland to Iran - we are very lucky to have you. Special thanks to Super Friends and former guests Eli Lake (The Reeducation, The Free Press) and Mike Pesca (The Gist) for jumping on and sharing their wisdom. Listen all the way to the end for an uplifting finish (Or dare I say...a happy ending). Need a community? We have one! Join askajew.substack.com to continue the conversation on chat or comments.

    1h 55m

  7. OCT 2

    Escalate Me, Bro

    Sunday October 6 listener Zoom!! Go to askajew.substack.com for details. ------- Shana Tova from the bomb shelter! Just kidding, the IDF said we can go out, plus, after an hour we finished folding laundry and drinking a bottle of whiskey, and we were bored. This episode was recorded before Iran launched a ballistic missile attack at our faces, so if we sound a little too cheerful and irreverent....well, I guess that's on brand. In this one we talk about offing auestere religious scholar Hassan Nasrallah, how George Washington once wrote a nice letter to the Jews and we're still talking about it, and a listener has an R-rated question about Auschwitz....go to Substack for pics and links.

    1h 7m

  8. SEP 24

    Insert pager pun here

    This episode is brought to you by the Federated States of Micronesia. No, they aren't paying us for sponsorship, but they *are* the only country that still loves us, so this one's on us! This week we discuss the Hezbollah pager explosions, the list of countries that can no longer sit with us, Hassan Nasrallah's glow-up, decolonized pizza at MIT, tips on how to focus,and more.

    1h 4m
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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

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  • Creator
    Yael Bar tur, Chaya Leah Sufrin
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    128
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2021 Paloma Media
  • Show Website
    Ask a Jew

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