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In honor of Islamophobia month, we detained Mujahed Kobbe and Siraj Hashmi, otherwise knows as the Habibi Bros, hosts of the Habibi Power Hour."  Seriously, this is the most fun we’ve had all month - and that's before we strip searched them. Follow their show and socials if you don't believe us!We heard these boys are safe and funny, but when Mujahed showed up to our video call with a background of a tunnel, we knew we had found our people.Rate and review us 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts - it helps us growSign up to our substack askajewsubstack.comSend questions to askajewpod@gmail.com 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 use their guest Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow at the Hartman Institute, as a free therapist.Warning: This episode gets funny and lighthearted at times, some might even say optimistic. We talk:Israeli music is so….Israeli.Why is Yossi doing a bit better?Hamas really messed up by making us stop hating each other.Our leaders don’t deserve usMoral failuresWhat the hell does Hashem want from us??Even the orthodox are becoming Zionists (and why that’s weird)Mental health help is not the answer to antisemitismThe privilege of the progressive JewWhy there can never be a two-state solution and yet there HAS to be a two-state solution.There are more people of good will on the other side than the right thinks, but less than the left thinks.Links:More about Yossihttps://www.yossikleinhalevi.com/Letters to My Palestinian Neighborhttps://www.amazon.com/Letters-Palestinian-Neighbor-Yossi-Halevi/dp/0062844911Spotify Avoda Ivrit playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/5RZ2TSTjeQqglz9G35n8Uk?si=mtj5VHRMQ0O4UN9m4CUpMwThe Genesis War - Yedidia Sternhttps://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/yedidia-stern/Chaya Leah's YKH-inspired playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/2oWIUXjGtjZwB9nOgQeFnh?si=S2kSqXUUTOCU7a70uYs0rwFollow us 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

On October 6th, we sat down for a lovely conversation with journalist  Mary Katharine Ham, who you may know from CNN, The Federalist, and as the co-host of wonderful podcast "Getting Hammered". I'd like to say that back 3 weeks ago when we recorded this we didn't have any problems, but we did, just at a much smaller scale. We discuss a lot of the things that were on our minds then and now like Israel, journalism, and American campus madness in this timeless episode. In her southern generosity, Mary Katharine agreed to come back a few days ago, so we also recorded a more timely intro for y'all where we discuss the last couple of weeks. Join our community on substack askajew.substack.comHelp us grow by rating us 5 stars and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts 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

12 Days of War - with IDF Col. (Res.) Miri EisenWe are joined by IDF Colonel (Res.) Miri Eisen, formerly a senior intelligence officer and now the head of the International Institute for Counterterrorism at Reichman University. We discuss Hamas's endgame, future escalation, and the enviable strength of the people of Israel.If you are a new listener, our episodes are usually a lot funnier. Stick with us please till we make it past these dark days and go back to being our usual lighthearted and goofy selves. We have every plan to bounce back!Please rate and review us five stars on Apple PodcastEmail us your questions and comments at askajewpod@gmail.comFollow us on substack https://askajew.substack.com/And you can also follow Yael on Twitter with updates from Israel https://twitter.com/yaelbt 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

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Elon Musk goes to Auschwitz, Chaya Leah goes to spin class.Are you a holocaust denier? Then why aren't you following us on Substack?? https://askajew.substack.com/Please rate and review us five stars ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ on Spotify/Apple - it helps us grow!Also: How do you say Jew in sign language?🔔 Holocaust bell rings around 10  minutes in... 🔔Why does Oprah love her dog more than she loves the Jews?Chaya Leah wants to rebrand herself from a Jew to a person who goes to spin class Somewhere out there is s someone who is sick of sleeping with a supermodelWe get vulnerable searching for our true selves... (spoiler alert - we couldn't find it)Is self-acceptance for losers?Did yael fail at Yom Kippur?Secular vs. Religious in Israel - Yom Kippur edition. We don't entirely agree with one another, but tend to nod along to Yossi Klein Halevi on this one - all of us should be ashamed.Yael's quest for Nazi Porn ------------------------------Send emails to askajewpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @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

Saudi Arabia, you up?Bibi and Elon, sitting in a treeA beautiful tradition or antisemitic blood libel? Why not both?Non binary silverwareYael asks Chaya Leah about a  Yom Kippur tradition involving Jews paying ArabsThe weird chicken thing that Orthodox Jews doTradition!🔔 Holocaust bell rings at 26 minutes 🔔We talk about Lauren Boebert, Bari Weiss, and Palestinians antisemites at UPenn, because we always like to be 2 weeks behind the news.The time Chaya Leah got scolded for bringing a Nazi to campusAre we in control? Hashem says: lol.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

Democracy Hipster - With Yascha MounkOh look, Yascha Mounk wrote another book. "The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time" is really great (just like all the others), so we invited Yascha on to talk about democracy around the world in 2023, why identity politics is bad for everyone, post-liberalism on the right and left, Germany and Israel being BFFs, Donald Trump , social media, and the death of self critique. 🔔 Yascha rings the Holocaust bell at 4:15 🔔 Also - how Jewish is Yascha? Is he single? And why might he want to work at Trader Joe's? Find out by listening and subscribing:Substack: https://askajew.substack.com/Rate and review us five stars to fight antisemitism ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-a-jew/Follow us on Instagram: @askajewpodAnd send us your emails to askajewpod@gmail.comBUY THE BOOK! https://www.amazon.com/Identity-Trap-Story-Ideas-Power/dp/0593493184    Yascha rings the Holocaust bell at 4:15 telling us about his family and growing up in Germany   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

As a Rosh Hashana gift to ourselves (and our listeners) we spent an hour with the Beyonce of Rabbis, the honey to our apple, the horseradish to our Gefilte - Rabbi David Wolpe! He joins us from Cambridge where he is a visiting scholar at Harvard Divinity School (ohh-la-la), though you may remember him from such rabbinical masterpieces as “Most Influential Rabbi in America” (Newsweek), and “50 Most Influential Angelinos” (LA Magazine). A frequent cordial sparring partner of atheists like Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, today he is the Senior Advisor at Maimonides Fund and the inaugural Rabbinic Fellow for the ADL. Yes, that ADL. And yes - we go there!The man is a treasure trove of deep thoughts about ethics, faith and the human condition, so naturally when granted an hour of his time we choose to pick his brain about diet books and Elon Musk. Among the pillars of our talk:🔔 A record breaking Holocaust bell at 2:40 into the interview 🔔 Unironic discussion of generational traumaThe world is super randomWhy is there no Rabbi Dre or Rabbi Pepper?The biggest human problems he sees all the timeHumility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. - C.S LewisBlame it on the pillA vision of a successful marriageWait, is the rabbi single??Talmudic lessons from the 1990 Patrick Swayze masterpiece “Ghost”Human nature is…problematic.Post Sinai lifeCheck out amazing online lessons at the Streiker CenterThe tyranny of the Thank You NoteJews are just like everyone else, only more soThe ADL Vs. Musk - pick your fighter.Secular Vs. Orthodox - pick your fighter. Don't forget to follow us on Substack for regular updates https://askajew.substack.com/Rate and review us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Apple podcastsFollow us on InstagramAnd send your questions to Askajewpod@gmail.com 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

Why did G_d forsake the people of Israel at Burning Man?Did Abraham work in a gift shop?You’re so not invited to my Bat Mitzvah (J/k please come)Would you read your angsty teenage diary on stage? These people did and its hilarious.Hot 12 year old boysOur traumatic stories from 6th gradeMarraige is good, I guessEsther Perel on artificial intamacy🔔Holocaust Bell rings late! 42:42 🔔A Holocaust Instagram story?What happened to hot Nazis?Some PR advice for the Goyimn Defense League (Maybe a name change? Or shorten to GDL?)What random shows do you love that no one else watches? Chaya Leah is a fan of Hell on Wheels, while Yael yearns for a man with a cat who gets tomorrow’s newspaper todayAn Israel, a Palestinian and a bunch of whites go to dinnerListener Question: Frum vs. SecularsYou’re either and anti-antisemite or you’re an antisemiteJoing 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