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We hopped on to record with a heavy heart this morning, after hearing the devasating news of the murder of 6 Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity: Carmel Gat, Ori Danino, Almog Sarusi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alex Lobanov and Eden Yerushalmi. They managed to survive 11 months, only to be executed somewhere between Thursday and Friday by their captors. We're angry, sad, contemplative, fearful - and thought you might want to join us through this ride. 

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The girls are joined by retired British Army Major Andrew Fox, who has spent time in Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, and other exotic tourist destinations. We discuss wars of choice, try to pick a fight with Taylor Swift, compare military MREs, and wonder why Americans love tiny dogs and Hezbollah flags.

Also:

• Wait why does England need an army?
• The US Military is rubbish at drinking
• Learn from our fails in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Don't pick wars of choice
• The importance of playing nice
• The Leroy Jenkins military approach to Ukraine (Or: Why Ukraine is Genociding Russia)
• Some difference of opinion on Taylor Swift
• Hey, we made it work with the Christians, eventually
• From the River to the DNC
• The great British MRE Bake Off
• Food Washing

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The IDF’s Boot Is on Hamas’ Throat - Tablet, August 2024

Israel Is Succeeding in Gaza - Tablet, May 2024

How Israel is clearing Hamas out of Rafah - The Spectator, August 2024

This idiot at the DNC

  

 

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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 [email protected] is it time to post things on Instagram again?

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?

 

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Just the girls this time for an intimate chat about modesty, free speech, and share the one truth about Hunter Biden that no one is brave enough to speak. Also the Messiah is coming - are you prepared? Start working on your resurrection-bod, because you're (almost) all invited.

Plus: Chaya Leah proposes giving Ukrainians 50% off Starbucks on their birthday, and Yael tells a real war story about a woman who fired tampons into Lebanon.

"How Universities Continue To Turn A Blind Eye Toward Campus Anti-Semitism," by Evan Gertsmann (Forbes)

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Intro - Yael manages to offend our guest by mis-introducing him.

7:35 Al literature that isn't American sucks 

13:00 Nick's PhD thesis, oral defense - The Great Gatsby

20:45 Immigrants - we something something done. 

25:40 Famous Jewish sports legends

27:00 Thank you Dr.Gillespie. Now tell us about the time you interviewed Jason Priestly for "Teen Machine" magazine

29:00 Nick and Yael get into a heated debate over the true meaning of BDE.

30:35 Back to Teen Machine. Nick compares interviewing Corey Haim and Corey Feldman to 9/11, or something.

35:00 Mel Gibson, the world's sexiest Anti-semite

38:35 Celebrities on social media are a libertarians dream come true, and we are the next Bill Cosby

42:40 Cancel culture, and why it's the best time to be alive.

48:40 It's the golden era of individualism

51:30 Yael says something really profound about social media

54:00 Revolt of the public

56:15 Finally, the Holocaust!

58:30 Postmodernism

1:00 The culture wars

1:07:40 The Declaration of Independents

1:10 National service, military and war 

1:16:50 The Holocaust again (ok fine, WWII)

1:32  The girls give Nick an off-ramp, he doesn’t take it. 

1:41 Come to Nick’s event April 4th about heroin

1:46 Kids today

Chaya Leah seems to think we have the ability to add a song at the end of the podcast. We can't, so here's a link to System of A Down's BYOB.

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Chaya Leah tells the tale of how she and her girlfriends traveled around the country in a van solving mysteries with a dog... or that might be Scooby Doo. But the part about traveling around the country with a van full of Jews is true! Also, Yael tries to compliment the Rebbe but ends up offending him (of course) by comparing him to the pope. Bonus content: Purim, Brad Pitt, diets, and an accidentally deep conversation towards the end about the F word (feminism) Trigger warning: You may never again be able to eat Hamentschen after this episode.Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions [email protected]   ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐  Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify  ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

"Adrift from Jewish Spaces," by Karol Markowicz, republished on Paloma Media on March 6, 2022

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Since being named "Best Jewish Podcast of 2022" Yael Bar Tur and Chaya Leah Sufrin have no time to write full descriptions, people! It's bullet-points from here on out! * The girls discuss how their lives have changed since they accidentally stumbled upon international fame. * Yael Jew-splains the concept of a Mikveh to Chaya Leah * The age-old Jewish ritual of taking an edible before Shabbat dinner. *Chaya Leah would do great in war until she needed to use the bathroom. *Everyone is an antisemite but we will still 3 Ukraine *Zelensky is objectively hot, not even for a Jew. *Stop comparing everything to Israel, but also here are the similarities between Ukraine and Israel. *Chaya Leah has imposter syndrome, but she can’t fool Hitler Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions [email protected]   ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐  Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify  ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

On this week’s episode of ask a Jew, we get a real live Rabbi to answer our insightful and embarrassing questions about faith, meaning and Jewish humor. We also discuss this article from The New York Times and wonder: Are there things we shouldn’t laugh about? (Spoiler: no.)Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions [email protected]   ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐  Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify  ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

The Betty and Veronica of the chosen people are back, talking about football (Mazal Tov Rams), what happens when someone chooses to leave the Orthodox life, and weird Jewish fashion rules. Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com Email us your questions [email protected]   ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐  Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify  ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐