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The girls are very excited to welcome a real doctor to today’s episode, and not just any doctor - Dr. Drew Pinsky! In case you you live under a rock (or in Israel): Dr. Drew is a board certified physician and addiction medicine specialist known for his shows Loveline, Celebrity Rehab, Teen Mom, and currently Dr. Drew After Dark, the Dr. Drew Podcast, and The Adam and Drew Show (co-hosted by Adam Carolla) - busy guy! He is not to be confused with Dr. Dre, as Wikipedia warns us. You can find him on https://drdrew.com/ and all the socials.Warning: in this episode we talk a lot about sex, drugs, addictions - all from a medical perspective of course! Trust us, we’re a doctor.In this episode:Chaya Leah shares her origin story, and how Dr. Drew guided her through the radioWho is a worse Jew - Yael or Dr. Drew?Chaya Leah educates Dr. Drew about the MikvehLessons about attraction and love from Fiddler on the RoofYael provides some Israeli context to sexual freedom - suprise suprise, it’s full of contradictionsTV raised me, and I turned out TVWhat the heck is wrong with young people?We will look at screens the way we look at tobacco one dayEven the French are making fun of us!A detour into homelessness and mental illness (here’s a link to “The Great Pretender”, the book Yael mentions)The Skid Row Run ClubArmenians are bros!What Dr. Drew would have done differently with his kids (triplets!)How Me Too and dating apps affected datingWhat they’re not telling you about birth controlWhy Israelis were so good at CovidThe orthodox are the only ones who had fun in the summer of 2020Sex in your 40s and perimenopause - listen up ladies!Why can’t we have a realistic conversation about weed (and who is smoking it at 8am?)It’s addictive genetics, not addictive personality!A mind-blowing study about alcoholism (involving drunk fruit flies)A little (scientific!) discussion about pornFollow us on Substack askajew.substack.com and email your questions to askajewpod@gmail.com.If you’d like to help us grow, subscribe and rate us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts! Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.comEmail us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 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

We are thrilled to chat with Batya Ungar-Sargon, deputy opinion editor for Newsweek and author of "Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy."In this Megillah (am I doing this right?):The Islamic jihad comes for the Backstreet BoysWhat kind of Jew is Batya?Jewish matchmakingI'm not Jewish, I'm Israeli: An interventionOur various Jewish IdentitiesBatya's bananas backgroundJews from authoritarian countries ruleIs Bernie Sanders a messianic Jew?Batya's great un-wokeningWorking class people are not as dumb as you thinkA Bernie impression!Real subway face punching has never been triedThe power of lurkersIs wokeness a religion? DiscussThe secular world used to be one big orgy, now it’s just lameIt's been more than a year and Yael still doesn't understand what a Mikveh is, but she manages to tie it in to Donna Martin from Beverly Hills 90210Batya's upcoming book about the working classBetween the war for Israel's security in the Middle East and the war for Israel's  heart in Liverpool (Eurovision... Google it!) we cover it all. Don't forget to follow us on Substack: Askajew.substack.com and on Instagram @AskajewpodJoing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.comEmail us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 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

Just in time for Mother's Day, we are joined in the studio by the man who birthed us, Matt Welch!From his humble beginnings as a Newsie in Prague, to head of a podcast empire and reluctant cult leader, Matt makes idol worship almost acceptable to a religious Jew. Most importantly, Chaya Leah and Yael's love story began when they were both listening to  The Fifth Column, the podcast Matt hosts with Kmele Foster and former guest Michael Moynihan. So extra special.In almost two hours, we cover:Why was Matt blocked by Salman Rushdie on Twitter?Libertarians are a lot like Jews in the sense that they all hate each other.The miracle that is Lakewood, CAAn Ask A Jew Happy Hour recapNew York is an absolute shithole and still the best place in the worldTHE LONGEST WE'VE EVER GONE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE HOLOCAUSTFamily Feud is everything that's right with AmericaChaya Leah is very bad with money, despite what you might thinkLA Times confidentialSpilling all the tea on The Fifth ColumnA newsie in PragueDoes paying a podcaster earn you their love and respect? Absolutely.Matt wants to go back to Israel (but we recorded this before rockets started raining from Gaza)something something baseballFor more info: Sign up for our Substack newsletter askajew.substack.com, and email us at askajewpod@gmail.comJoing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.comEmail us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 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

Join us for our first real meetup in NYC, May 8th! Details in the episode.For more info: Sign up for our Substack newsletter askajew.substack.com, and email us at askajewpod@gmail.com*The rebranding of Antisemitism https://nypost.com/2023/04/28/nyc-council-progressives-vote-no-from-end-jew-hatred-day/*Guess who leads the hate crimes chart?? That's right baby.*Whine smarter, not harder*We discuss which of our friends and non-Jewish guests would hide us in the event of a holocaust, and the answers may surprise you! We even ran a poll on our instagram @askajewpod*Armenians are so dope*We would kill for a Kardashian!*Israeli Memorial Day vs. Tisha B'Av*Fruit roll-ups are worth their weight in gold in Israel* G-d wants you to pull your head out of your A_sJoing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.comEmail us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 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

Chaya Leah reviews a strip show on Vegas (relax, it was men!)A blasphemous Seder A passionate defense of peeling tomatoes Karens of the Bible Holocaust bell dings at: 15:50A terrible disease and the only known cure is subscribing to our podcast and rating it five stars Death is really bad you guys Meet us for drinks in New York on May 8!Listeners questions about Passover loopholes and the Rebbe Questions? Email us at askajewpod@gmail.comSave the date for our New York meetup on May 8!  Sign up to: askajew.substack.com for info. Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.comEmail us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 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

Eli Lake is back to guide us through the desert and into freedom, stopping along the way to talk about Kanye, Iraq, Ukraine, Israel, Trump, Alvin Bragg and Nickelback. Not quite the 10 plagues, but something.Follow Eli at @Elilake on Twitter, and us on Substack, at AskaJew.substack.comJoing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.comEmail us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 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

Mark Epperson, ordained Presbyterian minister turned musical theatre performer, comes to educate us about Jesus Christ. You know who else loves you? We do! That's why we're having a Zoom hangout Sunday, April 2nd. Subscribe to askajew.substack.com for details.Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.comEmail us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 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

Yael is back from Mexico, where she is profiled at the airport and almost gets a tattoo from an Argentine of German descent. Chaya Leah first tells a horror story of an interfaith breakfast, and then proceeds to offend everyone who loves the New Testament. Something for everyone on this episode of Ask a Jew! Email us your questions at askajewpod@gmail.com, follow us on Substack askajew.substack.com and Instagram @askajewpod Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.comEmail us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 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

Get out your jazz hands! In this episode of "Ask A Jew," men and women are dancing together! We welcome our two Broadway correspondents, playwright Jeremy Kareken ("Lifespan of a Fact"), and actor, director, singer and Jewish activist Ari Axelrod.Not a big theatre fan? Don't worry, we get to the holocaust real fast!We also discuss recent acts of antisemitism on and off Broadway (off Broadway antisemitism is a little smaller but usually still interesting), disagree a bit about micro-aggressions, and long for the failed Anne Frank musical (shhh!!!!)Questions? Askajewpod@gmail.comFollow us on Substack: Askajew.substack.comInstagram: @AskAJewPod  Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.comEmail us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 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

Tom Brady, Ozempic, Madonna, and other heroes from the bible are discussed in this week's episode. We also give free medical advice, answer your questions about the NBA, and tell a lot of stories that start with, "I probably shouldn't say this on the podcast, but..."Remember to email us your questions at askajewpod@gmail.comAnd to like, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.comEmail us your questions askajewpod@gmail.com ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 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