Dr. Einat Wilf is a former member of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. Einat uses her unique identity as a Zionist, a feminist, and an atheist to be a progressive advocate for Israelis. She is an advocate, educator, politician, and author.

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Maytal Shainberg is a business developer, an Orthodox Jewish woman, and an advocate for other women in her community. In this conversation, Maytal shows us an important example of representation for Orthodox Jewish women in the business world—a community that is misunderstood and misrepresented.

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Eve Barlow is a music journalist, an activist, a Twitter provocateur, and an impassioned and vocal Zionist and feminist. She is a bold voice both online and on paper—both for her unabashed commitment to advocacy and her vulnerability in the face of antisemitism. In this conversation, we dig into both Barlow’s impressive career as well as her enduring experiences as an activist and voice for change.   ~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked  ~~~~

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Tehila Friedman is a former member of Knesset, Israel’s parliament and a champion voice in the Orthodox Feminist world. Friedman is a part of a new generation in Israeli politics who are setting the groundwork for a new wave of Israeli politics and new wave of religious feminism. In this conversation, we discuss the complex relationship between the identities Tehila holds, and we explore the impact of their synergy on the future of the Jewish world. Needless to say, she is so much more than a Nice Jewish Girl. ~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked  ~~~~ Learn about Tehila Friedman's work here: https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=1038

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Sarah Hurwitz is a former speechwriter for some of the most prominent politicians in the United States—from Barack and Michelle Obama to Hillary Clinton to John Kerry. Over the past few years, however, her path has shifted, and her work has expanded to the Jewish community. Now, as a modern Jewish thinker and author of Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life—in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There), Sarah Hurwitz shows a journey through Judaism that deeply moving and far from linear. Learn about Sarah Hurwitz's work here: https://sarahhurwitz.net/ ~~~~

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Shayna Weiss is a scholar of Judaism, gender, and Israeli culture at Brandeis University. She has entered the space of Jewish academia at the helm of a multi-dimensional renaissance. Women are playing a more prominent role in academia and the Jewish world than ever before; at the same time, the field of Jewish studies is at an inflection point. We sit down with Shayna Weiss, a leader in the field and a key figure in this shift. Needless to say, she is so much more than a Nice Jewish Girl. ~~

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Keshet Starr is one of the leaders in the fight against get (divorce) denial in the Jewish community. Julia Jassey and Keshet Starr sit down together to learn about Keshet's experience as a lawyer and a marriage equality advocate. Keshet Starr and women like her are changing the lives of so many Jewish women. Perhaps one day get denial is just a part of a history lesson.

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For the past six years, Stephanie Butnick has been changing the Jewish community as one of the co-hosts of Unorthodox, the most popular Jewish podcast on iTunes. In this inaugural episode of Nice Jewish Girls, Julia speaks to Stephanie about how studying religion brought her to Jewish media, what particular Jewish culture is, how she found her voice as an editor, and podcaster, and how she became a strong, proud Jewish woman.

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This podcast is not about Nice Jewish Girls. It’s about Jewish girls who are so much more than nice. It’s about journalists and authors, speechwriters and senators, prime ministers and rock stars.   This podcast will redefine the way we see Jewish women—not as Jewish American Princesses, not as nags or klutzes, not as bossy or loud. As strong, as smart, as fearless. As Esthers, as Rachels, as Miriams. This podcast is about bad (bleep) Jewish women.   Together, we will celebrate our history and empower the next generation of Jewish women. And I am so excited to begin.   My name is Julia Jassey, and I come from a long line of inspiring Jewish women. Every week, we’ll be speaking to Jewish women who are breaking new ground and changing history.   Subscribe to Nice Jewish Girls wherever you get your podcasts, and you’ll automatically get our first episode when it drops next month.   Nice Jewish Girls is brought to you by Unpacked, a division of OpenDor Media.