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Some rational and irrational responses to the election that are sure to equally offend all the listeners, plus movies, planes, the orthodox draft in Israel, and more. This is probably the only podcast where a passionate argument about skincare will lead to a passionate argument about a hostage deal.
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Looking for a non-election podcast? How about 75 minutes of soothing soviet antisemitism? We got you. Our guest today is Izabella Tabarovsky, a scholar of Soviet antizionism and contemporary antisemitism. We discuss how everything old is new again, why being a self-hating Jewish celebrity is sooooo 1970s, and what you can do today to de-program your brain from stale propaganda.
You should read pretty much everything Izabella has ever written: start here.
The Z3 institute for Jewish Priorities (there’s a conference you can go to in the Bay Area!)
18 brave Georgian Jews in 1969
We should all be Refusenicks
Wikipedia is Disinformation with a hard D
No, it really sucks
Club Z so you can raise non-self hating kids
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Bonjour from Paris! (Bonjour means “hello” in French). Miss us? We missed you, each other, and the sound of our own voices. That maybe explains the fact that neither of us could shut up on this one, in fact we almost forgot we were recording and maybe went a little more vulnerable than expected (people like that stuff, right?). In this episode, we catch up about the holidays, Iran, the beef between Johnny Depp and Rabbi Sufrin, and of course our election ambivalence. There's lots more on Substack for you to read, and you can comment and chat there as well.
Links:
Yezidi girl saved from Gaza testimony - actual trigger warning.
The story we discussed about a woman named Dafna from Kibbutz Reim.
Everything is Illuminated movie recommendation
Don't Dance on Graves - EdJewCation
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In this week’s episode of “people we thought were Jewish” - Christine Rosen! Christine is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, columnist for Commentary magazine, cohosts of The Commentary Magazine Podcast, and author of the new book The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World.
We talk about Christine's very unique acknowledgments page, the good, bad and ugly of technology, IRL friendships vs. online friendships, and how with great rights come great responsibilities.
Buy the book The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World.
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On the eve of October 7th, we gathered with 100+ of our closest friends (you guys!) to share our feelings, frustrations, sad tears and happy tears. Don't worry, we still found some space for holocaust jokes and hot dictators. Thank you to everyone who joined, from Portland to Iran - we are very lucky to have you. Special thanks to Super Friends and former guests Eli Lake (The Reeducation, The Free Press) and Mike Pesca (The Gist) for jumping on and sharing their wisdom. Listen all the way to the end for an uplifting finish (Or dare I say...a happy ending).
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Sunday October 6 listener Zoom!! Go to askajew.substack.com for details.
Shana Tova from the bomb shelter! Just kidding, the IDF said we can go out, plus, after an hour we finished folding laundry and drinking a bottle of whiskey, and we were bored. This episode was recorded before Iran launched a ballistic missile attack at our faces, so if we sound a little too cheerful and irreverent....well, I guess that's on brand. Pics and links here on substack.
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Who’s less hot, JD Vance or Tim Walz?An update on Nicole Kidman’s wigs on The Perfect CoupleOur low expectations from celebrities these daysGeorge Washington wrote a nice letter once to Jews an we’re still talking about itA distressed hostage back from Hamas captivity, and Noa ArgamaniEl Al to people trying to get flight tickets to Israel: Don’t.What kind of Orthodox is this?Is Austria’s far right leader hot? AAJ investigatesAn on-an-off relationship with G_dWe may have made a big mistake offing that austere religious scholar Hassan NasrallahOur friend Eli Lake about the importance of winning, in The Free PressA Sephora for BeirutWhy do Orthodox women always do this for a living?And a listener has an R-rated Auschwitz related question…Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com
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This episode is brought to you by the Federated States of Micronesia. No, they aren't paying us for sponsorship, but they are the only country that still loves us, so this one's on us!
This week we discuss the Hezbollah pager explosions, the list of countries that can no longer sit with us, Hassan Nasrallah's glow-up, decolonized pizza at MIT, tips on how to focus,and more.
The UN being the UN
MIT activists disrupt Israeli professor, steal pizzas (and a happy ending!)
The Man from Vilna - how to think about Simchat Torah this year (lyrics here)
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Greg Lukianoff is a First Amendment lawyer, President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), and co-author of the hits "The Coddling of the American Mind" with Jonathan Haidt and "The Canceling of the American Mind" with Rikki Schlott. He joins us to talk all things free speech, like why campuses are burning, how violence is kind of bad, actually, and why he fights for our right to say dumb things, and be called out on them.
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What should keep us up at night?Culture of free speech vs. the law of free speechActually, violence is bad2023 was the worst year for deplatforming in historyHarvard is so mad at Greg right nowEven antisemites have free speech rights :(Are the universities redeemable?You're anti-intellectual! No, you're anti-intellectual! Blame the lack of viewpoint diversityStudents + admins = troubleAre you ever sick of all this free speech nonsense?Kids need to be told they are stupid more oftenFIRE-branded Shabbat dinners, coming soon to a table near youFollow Greg on Twitter/X if you please, and also on Substack at The Eternally Radical Idea
The article that inspired the book The Coddling of the American Mind in The Atlantic (2015)
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David Christopher Kaufman is a columnist and editor at the NY Post and an adjunct fellow at the Tel Aviv institute. He joins the girls this week to talk elections, Israel, and the identity of the half black, half Jewish, totally Zionist American journalist.
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* The mood in Israel
* The difference between being a Jew and being Jewish
* Why Hamas is like dating in New York
* A Zionist Jew and a non-Zionist Jew walk into a bar...
* We all feel the same and it hasn't stopped for a day
* The pressure on young black Jewish kids
* The black struggle is not the Palestinian struggle
* Pro-Trump Jews, identity politics, and Kamala Harris
* Doug Emhoff is the "right kind of Jew"
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And read his writing in the NY Post
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We are joined by Brianna Wu, the Executive Director of Rebellion Pac, who proudly calls herself queer, progressive - and a friend of Israel. We discuss growing up in Mississippi, what progressives can learn from Hasidic Jews, the Women's March, Gamergate, being an inspiration for a Law & Order episode, her global ranking as an elite Super Mario 2 Runner - and more!
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The famous Law & Order episode based on Brianna's story
Brianna's Super Mario run
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We hopped on to record with a heavy heart this morning, after hearing the devasating news of the murder of 6 Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity: Carmel Gat, Ori Danino, Almog Sarusi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alex Lobanov and Eden Yerushalmi. They managed to survive 11 months, only to be executed somewhere between Thursday and Friday by their captors. We're angry, sad, contemplative, fearful - and thought you might want to join us through this ride.
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The girls are joined by retired British Army Major Andrew Fox, who has spent time in Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, and other exotic tourist destinations. We discuss wars of choice, try to pick a fight with Taylor Swift, compare military MREs, and wonder why Americans love tiny dogs and Hezbollah flags.
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Wait why does England need an army?The US Military is rubbish at drinkingLearn from our fails in Iraq and AfghanistanDon't pick wars of choiceThe importance of playing niceThe Leroy Jenkins military approach to Ukraine (Or: Why Ukraine is Genociding Russia)Some difference of opinion on Taylor SwiftHey, we made it work with the Christians, eventuallyFrom the River to the DNCThe great British MRE Bake OffFood WashingFollow Andrew Fox on Substack and on X.
The IDF’s Boot Is on Hamas’ Throat - Tablet, August 2024
Israel Is Succeeding in Gaza - Tablet, May 2024
How Israel is clearing Hamas out of Rafah - The Spectator, August 2024
This idiot at the DNC
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This week we take your questions, very politely and with no conflict at all discuss Jewish extremism, and float the idea of a listener trip to Israel…
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America’s favorite Nepo baby after Jesus, the greatest one-eye war hero since Moshe Dayan, the man who puts the Ho in Idaho - we are honored to welcome Ben Dreyfuss to Ask A Jew today. In this vulnerable, first of its kind tell-all, Ben opens up to us about his relationship with social media, his famous father, Judaism - and why he still hasn’t forgiven Bin Laden.
Make sure to check out Ben’s hilarious newsletter Calm Down on Substack, and follow him on X , you probably won’t regret it.
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A haunting and beautiful skit from the Israeli show "Hayehudim Baim" ("The Jews are coming")
Peter Paltchik, olympic medalist, with his coach Oren Smadja who just lost his son in Gaza
Isael's Olympic team (6 medals and counting!)
Dr. Mijal Bitton at the NYU rally
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Karmela Waldman may be a Holocaust survivor with a heartbreaking story, but the true victim of the Nazis is clealrly her son, Joel, as he tells us. The hilarious mother-son duo join the girls to talk about optimism, the True Crime podcast they co host, Surviving the Survivor, and the book Joel wrote about his mother by the same name, which he calls a living eulogy, but she refers to as “A poor man’s Tuesdays with Morrie”.
Surviving the Survivor book
Surviving the Survivor podcast
Joel and Karm’s Instagram
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The girls are joined by Andy Mills, a reporter and a podcaster who spent time as both a fundamentalist Christian and an employee of The NY Times. You may know him from such podcasts as The Daily, The Witch Trials of J.K Rowling, and most recently, Reflector.
We discuss faith and certainty, values, conspiracy theories about the media, how to pray in 2024, Fandom, and much more!
Andy has been listening to Ask A Jew, so he really wants to talk to us about Botox.Growing up super-duper religiousWhat Andy accidentally learned at seminaryPut your money where your values areHave you tried being less authentic, Yael?This phone is made for callingFandom built the internetOpen your homeWill Biden resign? We called it.Trump supporters walk amongst you!The parents of hostage Omer Neutra speak at the RNC (here's what the Washington Post had to say about it)We ask Andy, what is a Podcast?Ladies, shoot your shot.Listen to Reflector!!Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com
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In this week's solopod, Judaism's Piers Morgan and Roger Waters sit down to discuss the woes of the Jewish people in 2024. But first, we waste your time with talk about toxic relationships, skincare, skimpy bathing suits. Fear not - about 26 minutes in we start to talk about Israel: hostage deals, the national mood, why trying to kill us will backfire, yadda yadda yadda. Shabbat Shalom!
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Roger Waters heads into the abyss"Kevin Spacey Trial Unfiltered" podcastA Wife’s Revenge from Beyond the GraveIsraelis arrested in connection to death of a Gaza infiltrator on October 7Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.com
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Reuven Fenton is a reporter for the NY Post and the author of the new novel "Goyhood", which the Jerusalem Post called "A unique story of identity and redemption that examines no less of an issue than the essence of Judaism."
We talk identity, the Post, writing - and more. Don't forget to rate us 5 stars wherever you get your podcasts, and join us for a conversation on Substack at askajew.substack.com
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Why war isn't as simple as two armies fighting, the obsession with "2,000 pound bombs", Hamas's non-battlefield strategy (which the media helps it achieve) and so much more with John Spencer.
No one understands the intricacies of modern warfare like John Spencer. As a retired US Army Major and chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point, not only has he studied war for years, he also put his boots on the ground as a soldier and researcher (including several visits to Gaza over the last year).
So of course, we asked him the important questions - are we all going to die? Is he single? And why is he so obsessed with concrete?
The After Action Review:
How did he learn about Israel?Global world orderRemember when Iran attacked Israel?? What was up with that.There are worse things than warA Just War? Yes (here’s what the author of the Just War theory, Michael Walzer, had to say last year)Drones! Here is Yael’s thread about battlefield innovation)Wait what is going on in Ukraine again?Dead chinese military generals that don’t existAppeasement never worksSpeaking up for Ukraine vs speaking up for IsraelThe dangerously dumbJohn is a normal person — what do normal people think?The myth of the 2,000 pound bombWar has never been two militaries just trying to defeat each other - there are politicians and populations involved.Hamas’s goal is not to win on the battlefieldHow the US lost a battle of Fallujah because of media pressureOh guess what Hamas is stealing (and bombing) humanitarian aid.Start digging!Sorry ladies, his heart belongs to concrete…Everyone should have a friend in the militaryFollow John on X/Twitter
Israel Has Created a New Standard for Urban Warfare. Why Will No One Admit It? - Newsweek, March 2024.
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