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On Yiddish, Suicide and more | Mattel from Multisingual
Season 4 Episode 22
Video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/OhEuezMqyaE
In this video, I sit down with Mattel, a young YouTuber from the Hasidic community whose passion for languages is truly inspiring. Mattel …
Published on 15 hours ago
Grab your popcorn, we're talking Jewish movies | David Akerman
Season 4 Episode 21
Link to video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/Uj5wHch-kx4
MOVIES WE DISCUSS IN THIS VIDEO:
Yentl – https://amzn.to/3HmMZPQ
Fiddler on the Roof – https://amzn.to/4lhQbKo
Walk of Shame – https://…
Published on 1 week ago
Should Jews return to blood soaked Poland? | Naomi Seidman
Season 4 Episode 20
Video link to this conversation: https://youtu.be/1zQ1rSDUUVE
A Balcony in Kazimierz: A Candid Conversation on Jews, Poland, and Post-Holocaust Memory
In this deeply personal and thought-provoking epis…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Hasidic women’s modesty and clothing traditions | Pearl
Season 4 Episode 19
Video link: https://youtu.be/5JUhkH71qUc
How Hasidic Women Dress: A Conversation with Pearl from Williamsburg
What does modest clothing mean in the Hasidic world—and how is it taught from such a young …
Published on 3 weeks ago
"I never felt female and didn't fit in that world" | Naomi Seidman
Season 4 Episode 18
Video link to this interview: https://youtu.be/aAHE9YNnxf8
What was it like to grow up in 1960s Boro Park as the daughter of survivors—and as a girl who wanted to run? In this candid and unfiltered co…
Published on 1 month ago
The Rebbitzen reveals her identity | Danielle Jacobs
Season 4 Episode 17
Video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/UZTQRkr-rIs
Long before social media became what it is today, the internet met Rebbetzin Rivka Leah Zelwig—a charmingly extreme ultra-Orthodox rebbetz…
Published on 2 months ago
Why I left activism for Hasidic education | Naftuli Moster
Season 4 Episode 16
Link to video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/IRTvj1_4_14
In this interview, Naftuli Moster reflects on his years as the face of a controversial campaign to reform secular education in Has…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Workout culture coming to the Ultra Orthodox world | Shmilly Feldman
Season 4 Episode 15
Video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/XYPuTNOry3U
When I was Hasidic, dieting and brisk walking were part of life—but the gym? Muscle-building? Weight training? That was unheard of. Today, a…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
What it's like to grow up in Kiryas Joel | An essay by Frieda Vizel
Season 4 Episode 14
Video version of this posting: https://youtu.be/uHu_17N9GdE
I grew up in a very special place: the Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel. It was beautiful and painful all at once. I don't always talk about m…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Are Jews allowed to fight? | a controversial discussion with anti-Zionist Hasidic woman Pearl
Season 4 Episode 13
Video link to this interview: https://youtu.be/NXpO0THnx3g
A woman who believes that Jews are prohibited by the Torah to fight, to have an army and nation, shares her theology.
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Published on 3 months ago