Ask a Jew

The girls fawn over Noam Dworman, owner of Comedy Cellar, and the NYC comedy scene's very own godfather, if the godfather was Jewish and generally just a cool guy.We talk about his personal history to the industry through his father, the holocaust being funnier than slavery, what American Jews get wrong about Israel, Will Smith (...we recorded this a little while ago), why comedians are funny, Hasidic Jews and COVID, comedy and COVID, and how we all love Orthodox Jews unless we're on a plane.Noam also shares how it was to bring back Louis CK post-cancellation, as well an almost-traumatic childhood memory...Go to Comedy Cellar!  It's an incredible NYC experience no matter who's performing.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 Bar-Tur and Chaya Leah Sufrin on Meghan Daum's "The Unspeakable" podcastJoing 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 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)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

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 Gatsby20:45 Immigrants - we something something done. 25:40 Famous Jewish sports legends27:00 Thank you Dr.Gillespie. Now tell us about the time you interviewed Jason Priestly for "Teen Machine" magazine29:00 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-semite38:35 Celebrities on social media are a libertarians dream come true, and we are the next Bill Cosby42:40 Cancel culture, and why it's the best time to be alive.48:40 It's the golden era of individualism51:30 Yael says something really profound about social media54:00 Revolt of the public56:15 Finally, the Holocaust!58:30 Postmodernism1:00 The culture wars1:07:40 The Declaration of Independents1:10 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 heroin1:46 Kids todayChaya 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.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

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.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

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

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 HitlerJoing 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

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.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 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.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 forgive Whoopi Goldberg for her dumb remark, but not for scarring Chaya Leah’s childhood on the movie Ghost. They also pray for a week without Jews in the news, answer a listener question about how to woo a Hasidic landlord, and discuss the least Jewish topic in the world: the Winter Olympics. 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