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Ask a Jew

Yael Bar tur, secular sinner, and Chaya Leah Sufrin, pious Haredi, ask each other the hard questions, from Torah to Tinder askajew.substack.com

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65:34

Israel and Somaliland, Sitting in a Tree...😍

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2026/01/13

Iran who? Venezuela what? The hottest place you need to know about right now is a little Muslim democracy in the horn of Africa called Somaliland. Recently, Israel just became the first country to recognize Somaliland as it cements its independence from Somalia, and we are now all in the honeymoon phase. We invited our new best friend Saeed Ibrahim, founder and editor of Somaliland Chronicle, to answer our hard-hitting geopolitical questions like “where is Somaliland?” and “what do you eat there?”

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94:28

Live with Eli Lake & Ask a Jew

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2026/01/08

Last night we went Live on Substack with our listeners and AAJ BFF and The Free Press contributer, Eli Lake. Bummed you missed it? Want to watch a video version? Subscribe for free at askajew.substack.comRead Eli’s latest about Venezuela, Iran and others, “Why the Venezuela Operation Won’t Embolden America’s Enemies” at The Free Press. 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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108:38

Why More People Should Hate Themselves – With Michael...

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2026/01/02

Our podcast daddy Michael C. Moynihan is back from the dead for a long (and long awaited) discussion on conspiracy theories, antisemitism, dumb people, and why you shouldn’t end every conversation with a Jew with: BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEDOPHILES??Anyway, it’s not too late to update your 2026 resolutions, and our guest’s advice is to maybe this year, dislike yourself a little bit more. Not in a self-harm way of course, but a bit of self-hatred never hurt any writer, let’s put it that way.Also:* The

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7:58

SUPRISE! Live with Ask a Jew

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2025/12/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit askajew.substack.comHi everyone,Last night we were supposed to interview Michael C. Moynihan, but unfortunately he tragically passed away. At least that’s what we think, we don’t know where he is. Godspeed Michael, we’ll miss you and carry your legacy.Anyway, his disappearance is your gain, if you’re a paying subdcriber! We jumped on Substack to chat about our holiday, answer your questions,…

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63:09

Everybody Knows You Never Go Full Antisemite

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2025/12/24

All photos and videos to accompany this episode are on our substack! Askajew.substack.comIn this episode we cover the events of last week, from the horrific murders in Sydney, to Ben Shapiro at TPUSA, to - of course - Mandy Patinkin.In case you missed it, Ben Shapiro took to the stage last week at Turning Points USA’s AmericaFest, and in front of 30,000 people, for 30 glorious minutes, tore into all the haters. And yes, he named names. I was wondering in the episode what the reaction was in the room

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82:51

I For One Welcome Our New AI Overlords - With Andy Mills

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2025/12/17

You know Andy Mills from such podcasts as “The Daily” from The New York Times, “The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling” from The Free Press, and most recently, the award winning show “The Last Invention” about the Al revolution from his new company ”Longview Investigations”.We discuss wether or not Al has a soul, human-robot babies, why some of the founders of the technology think we need to stop it like, now, and what does connection with humans look like in the age of machines.Over the weekend, we were

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71:36

Reclaiming our Confidence, with Dr. Mijal Bitton

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2025/12/10

*No International Laws were broken during the recording of this episode.*Dr. Mijal Bitton is a spiritual leader at the Downtown Minyan, an NYU sociologist, a scholar-in-residence at the Maimonides Fund, co-host of the Wondering Jew podcast AND she’s right here on Substack at Committed by Mijal Bitton . We discuss being a sephardic, south American Jew, orthodox feminism, dirty words in the bible, and even some TV recommendations (Pluribus anyone??)Good for the Jews is a reader-supported publication

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65:32

Peter Beinart and the Case of the Missing Spine

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2025/12/03

Chaya Leah is back from Vegas, and boy does she have some stories to tell (not the kind you think, though. They are much, much worse). Also, are orthodox Jews allowed to celebrate Thanksgiving? Was Yael disappointed when she met hostages in real life? And what did Chaya Leah say to make an Uber driver pull over because he was laughing so hard? If you love our show, please consider becoming a subscriber on askajew.substack.com. It's free! For now...EMBARRASSING - I confuse Chaim Herzog and Chaim

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72:32

Viva La Revolution of Common Sense With Scott Jennings

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2025/11/25

Happy Thanksgiving! Today on Ask A Jew, CNN Political Contributor and author of the new book “A Revolution of Common Sense: How Donald Trump Stormed Washington and Fought for Western Civilization”, Scott Jennings!.You know Scott as the “spokesperson for common sense” on the CNN panel, and may recognize him as the guy who wore the hostage pin every day for two years on air, along with his progressive BFF Van Jones. (Scott, tell Van Chaya Leah says “hey”). He’s also a writer, a veteran of national

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59:53

Live From the Kosher Table - With Periel Aschenbrand

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2025/11/18

Periel Aschenbrand is a writer, comedian, author, and producer of the Comedy Cellar podcast “Live From the Table”. We discuss her life in comedy, post-October 7th stand up, and the irony of hiding in a baker’s oven during the holocaust. Find Periel on Instagram, catch her show “Hysterical” at the West Side Comedy Club. and check out her clothing line Henrietta, a tribue to an OG Jewish female hero.Do you love Ask A Jew? Do you at least like us? If so, we have exciting news! Stay tuned on Substack

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60:36

Zohran Mamdani is Making us Fat

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2025/11/10

Join the conversation on Substack askajew.substack.comHello from NYC, where everything is going juuuussstttt grrreeaaat. Don’t worry though, we’ll protect you.What really was great was our Shabbat dinner with our friends at the Six Street Synagogue! About 60 of you showed up to eat, drink, cry, laugh and drink some more. It was truly uplifting and fun to meet everyone, we really could all use some community now. Special shout out to those of you who came alone and left with many new friends. Please

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70:58

Standing Up to the "Woke Right" - with The Babylon...

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2025/11/03

Need a break from the NYC mayoral race and the left-wing antisemitism of Zohran Mamdani? Let’s dive into the refreshing world of right-wing antisemitism!See you this Friday at Ask A Jew’s NYC Shabbat Dinner! Tickets Here. No, you don’t need to be Jewish to join!This week we sat down with Seth Dillon, CEO of the conservative Christian satire website, The Babylon Bee. You may have read his recent essay The Foolishness of “No Enemies to the Right” in The Free Press, in which he said: What the radical

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54:22

Eat, Pray, Blah

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2025/10/29

Join us November 7th in NYC for a Shabbat dinner!! Tickets here! There will be food, there will be alcohol, there will be listeners just like you. Tickets are limited.In this solo-pod, we recommend taking smartphones away from your kids and giving them cigarettes instead, ask ourseleves if we are crying wolf about Mamdani (no), and discuss what Israeli Jews and diaspora Jews should learn from each other.As I was typing this, I just heard of the passing of the NYPD’s Chaplain, Chief Chaplain Rabbi

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54:46

Untangling Israeli Politics - with Amit Segal

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2025/10/20

You may recognize journalist Amit Segal from Dan Senor’s “Call Me Back” podcast, or his contributions to The Free Press. Israelis know him as Channel 12’s Chief Political Correspondent, co-host of our local version of “Meet the Press”, and author of the newly-translated bestseller: “A Call at 4 AM: Thirteen Prime Ministers and the Crucial Decisions that Shaped Israeli Politics”. He also publishes the wildly succesful and very useful daily newsletter “It’s Noon in Israel”.We discuss the madness of

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71:05

Cautious Euphoria

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2025/10/12

More photos and videos on askajew.substack.comGood morning from a different Israel,Something feels lighter in the air today. It’s been this way since I landed yesterday and probably started Wednesday evening when Trump announced a deal had been reached to release all remaining hostages and end the war. Israelis managed to not get their hopes up for about 30 seconds, but the joy in the faces of the hostage families – a light we had never seen before – was too infectious. If I could describe the mood

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63:36

The Jews are Tired Y'all

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2025/10/06

Hi everyone,It’s a week of hope, despair, commemoration and as usual, unbridled rage. We caught up Friday to cover the many events of the last few weeks. Also we recorded this before the announcement of the Trump plan, sorry. Hard to keep up with the madness of the times.Want to see photos? Hear about special events? Subscribe on Substack askajew.substack.comAlso:* Chaya Leah apologizes, and not to me.* Yom Kippur recap* Megyn Kelly chat - because you are reuired by law to discuss this if you have a

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72:00

Podhoretz Save America

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2025/09/22

Shana Tova from Chaya Leah’s kitchen table! It is not even 8am, and she already peeled 400 apples, made 200 matza balls, and skinned 3 chickens. I am sitting here trying to stay out of the way while working on our business aka this podcast. It’s very trad-wife. Check out CL’s resolutions and photos on our substack and see you in 5786!John Podhoretz is the editor of Commentary Magazine and co-host of the wildly popular Commentary Podcast, which we should definitely be on so write them about it. In

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84:19

We Don't Get Us - With Sarah Hurwitz

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2025/09/10

Sarah Hurwitz served as a White House speechwriter from 2009 to 2017, first as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and then as head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama. She’s with us to discuss her new brilliant book: As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story From Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us, which is a must-read for every Jew who often has mixed feelings about their faith (not that there is anyone like that), as well as non-Jews who want to understand us weirdos better

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71:33

Stop It.

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2025/09/03

We are happy to welcome author, cultural critic, and social media explainer Leigh Stein to Ask A Jew today! We discuss her new novel, If You’re Seeing This, It’s Meant for You — a modern-day gothic page-turner set in a Los Angeles social media influencer hype house (if you don’t know what a hype house is, even more of a reason to tune in!)We discuss whether or not the internet is real life, what Leigh learned from being a student of TikTok, and the new controverial best-seller “Let Them”, as well as

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66:56

Hard Boiled Eggs and Softly Held Opinions

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2025/08/27

A long overdue solo awaits for those who dare! First of all we apologize for the lack of Taylor/Travis content here, we recorded this a few days ago before the breaking news. We hope you can still enjoy this discussion that covers:* ICE and immigration (in the first, like, 30 seconds)* Our nonexistent beef with The Commentary podcast* Unpopular opinions (Matcha and musicals?)* The entirety of the episode from around minute 11 is about hard boiled eggs* Oh wait now there’s a rocket attack on Tel

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