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Two episodes a week? It must be some kind of non-denominational holiday season miracle!For this episode, we got a Rabbi who’s an expert on Christmas music. No, really. David Komorovsky is a rabbi in Canton, Ohio. Growing up in the Midwest with a Jewish community the size of a high school football team, Rabbi David amassed an encyclopedic knowledge of all things Goy, including our peoples guilty pleasure: Christmas music.We talk to Rabbi David about the age old antisemitic trope that Jews are behind all the Christmas songs and… oh wait, what? It’s true? Why *did* Jews write the best Christmas songs? Turns out there is a simple answer, one that anyone who grew up as a bit if an outsider will relate to.Merry Christmas to all our Christians, we love that you listen to a podcast called "Ask a Jew" and promise to protect you if anyone ever calls you an antisemite. To our Jews, happy C/Hannukah, turns out if you go watch a public menorah lighting it doesn’t count, you still have to go light one yourself at home, as Yael just learned :/ And if you celebrate anything else or are a practicing atheist (we love those too!), please let us know below so we can properly shower you with blessings. Email us at askajewpod@gmail.comSign up for our newsletter 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

Happy Chanukah! If you don't know, Chanukah is an 8-day holiday in which Jews around the world celebrate the miracle of chocolate-covered gold coins.During this episode, Yael Jew-splains the holiday to a mortified Chaya Leah, who issues one or two corrections. We talk about playing sports in the nude (it's a Greek thing, you wouldn't understand), Christmas envy, and holidays blues. Chaya Leah wonders how Yael doesn't fall into deep depression over the holidays, and maybe vice versa. We talk about reality vs. expectations when it comes to holiday cheer and introduce a new segment: Things That Aren't The Holocaust. This week in TTATH: "The great Twitter massacre of 2022". Every day, we thank Hashem that Elon Musk isn't Jewish. Could you imagine??Also, do you know what Chaya Leah's grandparents got for Chanukah in Auschwitz?? Nothing, that's what! So stop complaining.Feeling blah? Hate the holidays? Love us? Email us at askajewpod@gmail.com.You can also sign up to our substack askajew.substack.comRate and review us on Apple podcast please, we're on Instagram too @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

Best friend of the Jews and righteous among the podcasters, Michael Moynihan of The Fifth Column is our special guest this week. We feel especially blessed to interview our goyfriend (in person!) since The Fifth Column sort of gave birth to Ask A Jew, though no one really takes responsibility (think Three Men and a Baby).We spend 90 precious minutes holding hands around the small table in the studio covering a wide range of topics like antisemitism, the holocaust, and trashy bars in BostonWe also learn that Michael's little girl is on the ADL's watchlist, pitch our spinoff "Jews in Canoes," and pine for Swedish Zionists and Jewish astronauts, both of which we can count on one hand. Towards the end of the episode we spend a good amount of time talking about the Fifth Column, drugs, and IDF women, as per MMs contract.Don't forget to rate and review us on Apple podcasts, follow us on Substack and Instagram, and email us your questions 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

Welcome to our two-part anniversary show! With Yael preparing to leave the homeland and Chaya Leah coming off the high of her son's Bar Mitzvah, we discuss cute holocaust survivors, how fun it is to ignore the latest anti-semitism viral thing, and make a passionate case for why Taylor Swift is the Israel of the music industry.On the second part, you will hear an excelled interview with David Bernstein of The Jewish Institute for Liberal Values, about his new book, Woke Antisemitism. Sadly Yael drops off, so this is just Chaya Leah, but surprisingly it's still really good! Enjoy.This is the last of our backlogged episodes which we blame on excessive travel and bar mitzvahs. Back to our regular schedule this week, and... go!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

What do Orthodox Jews and a Dominatrix have in common? Leather, of course!In this special episode, we interview an Israeli/German BDSM Queen Dasa Hink, and yes - we go here, there and everywhere. Frankly, she had us at historical role play scenarios.We talk with Dasa about being Jewish in Europe, the banality of being a sex worker, Hugo Boss Nazi uniforms, German guilt, and something kind of adorable called a "broken ankle fetish."For our kosher listeners - this does get a little spicy, but nothing you haven't heard before on this show, so fear not. A little Hebrew school spanking won't hurt you.Learn more about Dasa on her Instagram, @Dasa_Hink  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DasaHinkWebsite dasahink.com And of course don't forget to follow us on Substack Askajew.substack.com, Instagram @Askajewpod 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

Are you a left wing anti-semite? A right wing anti-semite? This episode has something for everyone!We are back after our little Jewish holiday hibernation: Yael tells us about her time in Africa (which was just like the Lion King) and Chaya Leah is recovering from making 200 meatballs and 1,4000 challahs. We talk about Kanye, depression, graveyards full of foreskins, and how we're all fu**ed if we lose our sense of humor. We also get to some listener questions, which you can send to Askajewpod@gmail.com Also:Yelling at racist politicians.Ilhan Omar talking about anti-semitism is like Chaya Leah talking about diets.Yael wishes more Jews in the media used their power to promote our global agenda.Follow us on IG: @AskAJewPodSign up for Substack: askajew.substack.comEmail your questions: 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

The Yom Kippur special extravaganza!Just as the girls are about to shut their pie holes for 25 hours (to abstain from eating, not talking) they meet to beg your forgiveness. 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

Let's party like it's 5783!!What's worse: Rosh Hashanah services or New Year's eve in Times Square?  Also, is it Hasidic Jew migration season? Turns out they have some days off where they're allowed to do things, which explains why they are in bloom in city's parks and zoos. It's a beautiful sight.  Also: Cooking for the holidays: a great Rebettzen vs. a Hot Mess.   Chaya Leah is giving you the day off from work.Posting things on your Instagram about Iran is good.
Yael doesn't like a documentary she hasn't watched yet.The Miami Boys ChoirListener feedback about out Orthodox Yeshiva episode (they hated it but love us, that's all that matters)Your hosts share a little mushy towards the end, sweet as honey.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

The girls welcome special guest Peter Shankman - tech entrepreneur and 5-time best selling author. Learn more about Peter hereDon't forget to sign up for our Substack newsletter and leave us 5-star reviews on Apple podcasts, you anti-semites!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

The girls welcome Yehoshua (Jason) Bedrick, fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Center for Education Policy, and the man who literally WROTE THE BOOK on Yeshivas vs. New York. What follows is a friendly sparring over religious liberty, school choice, the importance of the English language, and swinging chickens around your head for spite. Follow Jason on Twitter @JasonBedrickRead his book Religious Liberty and Education Sign up for our emails here askajew.substack.com and send us your comments and questions - we love hearing from you! 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