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"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

In this week's episode, Yael and Chaya Leah meet up to debrief after the Texas hostage situation. They also discuss anti-semitism and Coldplay - we’ll let you decide which one is worse.Also: Woke Jews, kosher abortions, Chaya Leah is a Yad Vashem Karen, and a guide to our Top 10 Holocaust Memorials You Can’t Miss (you’ll never believe number 3!)Have a question for us Yael and Chaya Leah? Email them palomamedianyc@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

Related content:  "Why Is the Media Erasing the Victims of Violent Crime?" by Yael Bar TurJoing 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 and Chaya Leah welcome Bill Schulz, who walks like a Jew, talks like a Jew, but is actually some type of Catholic.The trio compare various percentages of Ashkenazi blood, ask Bill for dating advice (which is kind of like asking Chaya Leah for help picking a country club) and ponder the merits of children, friendships, and breaking out of Yeshiva.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 is hung over in Vegas while Yael is nursing her COVID (or is it the other way around?), and talk New Year's resolutions, favorite books of 2021, and fawn over the two great minds, Christopher Hitchens and that guy that was married to Reese Witherspoon. 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

 Listen to Meghan's wonderful podcast, The Unspeakable,  and read her book (one of our favorites), "The Problem With Everything".Please, unless you are an anti-semite, SUBSCRIBE to our podcast, it will help us grow and it's a Mitzvah, if i'm not mistaken. Just click the little "+" button on apple podcasts. And as usual, if you have questions contact us on Twitter! @yaelbt, @saysCL and @PalomamediaJoing 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