Chosen People Problems

This week we welcome on of our favorite podcast hosts and top 5 favorite lesbians, non-Jew Katie Herzog! Katie is the co-host of the wonderful Blocked and Reported podcast about internet drama with Jesse Singal, which makes her a victim of antisemitism by association.

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We discuss:

* Wigs

* Head nipples

* What’s the difference between Seattle and Portland

* Hurricane Helene

* America needs a good enemy

* New Year’s Resolutions

* Meditation changed my life or whatever

* Katie Arafat

* Katie is a Bird Flu prepper

* Jews and dogs - a mismatch made in heaven

* Podcast couples therapy

* Don’t buy the merch

* Do Jews surf?

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What do you people call it? 2025? Anyway, we hope it’s awesome! Is your new year’s resolution to listen more of the Jewish weave, covering everything from Hanukkah to TJ MAxx? If so, you’re in for a treat.

Also:

* Our sufganiyot (seasonal donuts) game-plan

* Being Jewish out loud

* Are celebrities allowed to be jewish?

* A 2nd Hanukkah without the hostages

* The bombshell Assad divorce

* We are the lovechilds Marie Kondo and a Tazmanian Devil

* We’ll also introduce a new segment: The Jewish draft! Who’s in and who’s out this week? Listen to find out. Or you could also scroll below to see the photo. By the way he’s been posting one for every night, hasn’t hit a Jewish person in his quotes just yet, but it’s night 7 so figners crossed!

Also, here’s a video of a lovely celebration on 5th avenue, complete with irrate commuters and confused tourists. Jewish Joy in your face, it’s the NYC way!

Have you ordered your copy of the Queers 4 Palestine calendar yet? If not, take your time, i’ve been doing the fulfillment and already have spent more than the doctor’s recommended time in the post office. But also hurry up because we have a limited supply! Special thanks to the wonderful Nika Scothorne for the design.

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Brendan O’Neill is the chief political writer for Spiked and host of The Brendan O’Neill Show podcast. He writes for numerous publications, including the Daily Mail, the Spectator, the New York Post and The Australian. His latest book is After the Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and the Crisis of Civilisation (Spiked, 2024) which you should all buy immediately.

Brendan attempts to explain to us what the HELL is wrong with Ireland, why he as a non-Jew had such a strong reaction to October 7 (he’s against it, just to be clear) and why the right wing variety of antisemitism is giving the left a run for it’s money.

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Merry Christmas to all our non-Jewish listeners! You’re our favorites. We hope you enjoy the day in your matching pajamas eating chestnuts and riding reindeer or whatever it is you do. We respect your tradition, though we don’t quite understand it. I think it has something to do with a Palestinian refugee fleeing Israeli tanks 2,000+ years ago and giving birth to Jesus at a checkpoint. Here’s an AI generated image of Jews celebrating Christmas. 8/10.

It’s also the time of year when we love to resurface one of our favorite episodes: “All I want for Christmas is Jews”. In this episode Rabbi David Komerofsky “Jewsplains” how the best Christmas songs were written by Jews, and tells a beautiful story of immigration, fantasy, and the American Dream.

We also have playlist of the best songs written by Jews, so enjoy!

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This week we welcome Judy Gold, comedian, writer, actor and author of "Yes, I can say that! When they come for the comedians we're all I trouble".

We go everywhere in this one - feminism, lesbians Israel, comedy, cat calling - you name it, we laugh about it. Don't listen if you have kids in the car (unless your kids are cool)

Follow Judy on Instagram, check out her website, and catch her performing comedy live weekly She also hosts the podcast “It’s Judy’s Show”, but she hasn’t invited us on so don’t listen.

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Jonathan Elkhoury is just your typical Lebanese, Israeli, Christian, Gay Zionist.

Born in Lebanon, Jonathan fled the country at the age of 8 with his family when Hezbollah took over their village. Since his father was in the South Lebanese Army and worked closely with the IDF, the family (along with about 6,000 other SLA members and their families) were offered refuge in Israel, where they have been living since.

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It's not too late to sign up for our Hanukkah party Dec 12th! (unless you are listening to this after Dec 12th, in which case it's too late). See askajew.substack.com for details. 

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The girls share everything they know about Syria (not much), argue passionately about faith in the Messiah vs. faith in the Iron Dome, and try to determine who is the better Jew (the answer may suprise you!)

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Chaya Leah heeds the activists' advice and goes back to Poland. Also: Trumps hottest cabinet picks, our *least* favorite type of antisemites, and a wholesome dip into Mormon Twitter. Don't forget to RSVP for our Hanukkah party, Dec 12 in NYC! Details on Askajew.substack.com. Happy Thanksgiving!

Links:

The Perelmuters in Poland

Hanukkah party details

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Today we welcome Zibby Owens, bestselling author, CEO, bookstore owner , “book-fluencer”, and host of the widely succesful “Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books” podcast. Most recently she published “On Being Jewish Now”, a collection of essays on Jewish identities in a post-October 7th world. 

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Check out Zibby’s website, check out Zibby Media, follow her on Instagram and Facebook, and of course - buy 👏 the 👏 book!

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DECEMBER 12 HANUKKAH PARTY IN NYC! Follow askajew.substack.com for details.

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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