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Jay, from the Habibi Bros, discusses Iran in a blissfully unaware episode. Topics include Kim Goldman's advocacy, reflections on air travel, career aspirations, self-improvement, cultural symbols, and gratitude towards listeners.

Tom Aharon is an Israeli standup comedian, and co-host of Israel's top commercial daily radio morning show, New Morning. We discuss doing stand up for IDF soliders after Oct 7, Hezbollah's VP of Global Marketing and Natan Sharansky's underwear.Happy Birthday Tom!Notes:The head of Hamas's sister arrested in IsraelBillboards in Hebrew In Iran (Hebrew)Tom's response to John Oliver on IsraelEvery day heroism in Israel 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

Dr. Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, former Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, executive secretary of the department's Commission on Unalienable Rights, and senior adviser to the Secretary of State. Naturally we talk about princess Kate. But we also cover additction to technology, the growing tensions between secular and religious Israelis, and the bad and worse options in Gaza.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 episode we cover a failed meditation, a succesful trip to Israel (it's all fine now), and the moral confusion about rapes that aren't planned but just kind of happen. Also: a listener creates a fun game: who said it white nationalist or left wing antisemite? Our apologies to Princess Kate for making fun of her, clearly we recorded this hours before she shared the news of her diagnoses.Also:Chaya Leah is back from Israel and everything is ok there nowBecoming desensitizedWe are not a people who move onChaya Leah and Yael meditating - how do you think that went?Yes in my nameThe Antisemitism spaceThe conversation in the west in no way resembles what is going on in IsraelChaya Leah loves a guy who works at a cemeteryThe family who lost two sons, Noam and Yishai, on October 7thEvery day we wake up in a liberal democratic country is a miracleWe get name checked by Antisemites!HHair Loss and Genocide in Gaza - Here’s the full text of the talk Weaponizing Sexual Violence in Combat Zones that took place at Cal State Long Beach on March 20th. It includes gems like: “I am not denying that rape happened.  There’s a big difference between some rape happening and systematic rape agreed upon in advance” and “Israeli soldiers arresting Palestinian men and stripping them naked is a form of gender violence.”Reclaim genocideYael vs. the casinoAn update about Playboy’s stance on Oct. 7thA fun game from a listener: who said it - white supermacist or left wing activist? Check out Substack to play!We are Antisemitism snobsDivest from Canada  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

Jennifer Murtazashvili, a professor, discusses her experiences living as a Jewish woman in Afghanistan, differences between American and foreign college students, and an interfaith initiative she co-founded. The podcast explores campus conflicts, societal norms in Afghanistan, challenges faced by Jewish students, and the importance of compassion and unity amidst tragic events.

Two hours with one of our favorite Shiksa's, Bridget Phetasy! Fair warning that Bridget used to write for Playboy, and Chaya Leah was very interested in that, so this episode gets spicy.Bridget Phetasy is host of Dumpster Fire on YouTube and the Walk-Ins Welcome podcast, as well as a writer and contributing editor at Spectator. Follow her on Substack, Twitter, Rumble and YouTube, or join her community at phetasy.comAmong other things we cover:Even Bridget's father thinks she has daddy issuesBridget had such an interesting life before she stopped drinking…oh wait.Polymaory is the veganism of relationshipsGen Z needs to learn to supress their emotions like the rest of usHow did it make you feel to survive AuschwitzRemember waiting for the bus??Yael’s list of Jewish celebritiesChaya Leah keeps wanting to go back to PlayboyThe spreadsheet-fication of everythingWe all need a male SiriBetter to be a failed comedian than a succesful punditWould you like to know your weight?Stop blaming being fat on the HolocaustOk, after 1 hour and 20 minutes we talk about IsraelBridget’s amazing interview with Naomi Petel, an October 7th survivorTucker Carlson at a Russian McDonaldsMore politically homeless than everAmerica’s too fat for a civil warBe more tetheredWhat was Playboy’s stand on October 7th?Austin Shabbat anyone? 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

A very bad Jewish dad jokeAn exciting new AAJ Spin-off((((((Why))))))Our friend and former guest Batya Ungar-Sargon kicking ass on Bill MaherShould you get a Aaron Bushnell face tattoo?Abolition week at HarvardAcademia - Should we stay or should we go?Fantasy-league of Israel supportersSwifties for PalestineImagine if the UN supported Israel? Recorded before they announced they found evidence of sexual asssault…gee, thanks, only took 4 months.A tribute to David Frum’s daughter, Miranda, who passed away. We didn’t know her, but were touched.We can’t afford to say “it’s all too much”How do you deliver aid to civilians during a war? The chair of urban warfare studies at West Point weighs in.A book recommendation (again), Palestine 1936 by Oren Kessler.The story of Purim…kind of.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

This week the girls welcome Rob Henderson, author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class. Born to a drug-addicted, homeless mother in California, Rob was passed around 7 foster homes and grew to become a rowdy teenager. He turned his life around when he joined the Air Force after high school, and ultimately was accepted into Yale for his BA and earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of Cambridge.We cover class in America, luxury beliefs of the elite, how to build resilience, Rob's first ever encounter with a Jewish person as well as his first ever encounter with ice cream (both left a lasting impression). Buy Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social ClassFollow Rob on SubstackAnd on TwitterJoing 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

This week, we welcome Lord Winston Marshall (we assume he’s a Lord, he’s from England) - writer, podcaster, musician, and noble friend of the Jews. You may know Winston as co-founder of the band “Mumford and Sons” and more recently as host of “The Winston Marshall Show” which you can find on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts. Winston just returned from a trip to Israel where he did some excellent reporting, and he has a lot to say about the Middle East, Britian, October 7th and hope.🎉🎉 In LA on Saturday, Feb 24th? Join us for a meetup!** More info here.  🎉🎉Follow Winston on TwitterSubscribe to the Winston Marshall ShowAttend the Dissident Dialogues Conference in NYC 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

Make Colorblindness Great Again! Writer, musician, rapper, author and podcaster Coleman Hughes joins us this week to discuss his new book which you should buy and read, "The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America."We cover Neoracism, Israel, wokeness, writing and more. Also, who called Coleman a "black shabbos goy"? Listen to find out.Sure, Coleman has done a few interviews lately, but only ours bestowed upon him a porn name and you’ll have to listen to learn what it is. Ok, it's too good not to share. We'll tell you. It's Poleman Huge.Buy Coleman’s book The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America  Coleman was just on Bill Maher Friday A Case for Colorblindness - the "dangerous" TED talk The Young Black Conservative Who Grew Up With, and Rejects, D.E.I. - Coleman featured in the NY Times last week, gift link. More on substack! 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