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Just a messenger? A Jewish interpreter at international organizations
Season 5
Video link to this conversation: https://youtu.be/n8g9RwmGwF8
Dan is a Jewish interpreter who immigrated from the Soviet Union. He believes his Soviet…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
From a Soviet upbringing to Jewish identity | Dan’s story
Season 5 Episode 9
Video link to this episode: https://youtu.be/Nmw9jZM2aYU
The story of a Jew who grew up in the Soviet Union and learned little about his Judaism but s…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Mayor Mamdani and the Jews | Jacob Kornbluh
Season 5 Episode 8
Video link to this episode: https://youtu.be/4MPf67ftXME
Jacob Kornbluh is a Hasidic reporter covering the Mamdani beat at a moment when Zohran Mamdan…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The beloved bubby answers your questions | Pearl from Williamsburg
Season 5
Video link to this full Pearl repost: https://youtu.be/Uo5mf0_1izY
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4 months ago
Living and leaving Jehova's Witness | Miriam Vidal
Season 5 Episode 7
Link to video version of this conversation: https://youtu.be/2iPiYwftPyg
In this interview, I speak with Miriam Vidal about her childhood growing up a…
4 months ago
Reading your comments and more stories, kinderlech #3
Season 5
Video version: https://youtu.be/MyGxlBywfAc
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4 months, 1 week ago
Surviving the Bondi Beach terror attack | Rabbi Yosef Eichenblatt
Season 5 Episode 6
Video link to this episode: https://youtu.be/css7bPGITTE
This video is le’ilui nishmas (dedicated to the souls) of the dear people lost at Bondi Beach…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
"Jewish children don't fight!" | 1977 Yiddish reader story #2
Season 5
Video version here: https://youtu.be/F9xzvdkMXMI
Let me read to you some Yiddish from 1977 and unpack the values and worldview of the Hasidic young gi…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Wedding Night documentary | Rachel Elitzur
Season 5 Episode 5
video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/RK7_--5f0Tc
What happens when intimacy is expected before it’s understood?
The Wedding Night is a strik…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
A Jehova's Witness church INSIDE the Jewish village Kiryas Joel
Season 5
Video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/naUJMITJ5sY
The article is here: https://friedavizel.com/2014/06/06/a-church-in-kiryas-joel
Become a su…
4 months, 4 weeks ago