Bonus: music video 'Mein Kind' referenced in my essay on the stories we tell
This is the song to advertise the Tzohar organization, which I have referenced in the episode comparing the Netflix Unorthodox show to this song. Here is the video: https://youtu.be/78XBSSDdwjo?si=aXM...
6 Apr 202514min
Unorthodox vs the OTHER story | How we talk about people who leave insular societies
Video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/78XBSSDdwjoThe stories we tell affect the ways we process events around us. How we make sense of things like someone's departure from a community. Every...
6 Apr 202528min
A visually impaired Hasidic woman tells her story | Rochel Bodek
Video link: https://youtu.be/28lP8j8swA0Please support Rochel Yenty Bodek's wonderful work by donating: https://insightbeyondeyesight.org/donate Rochel Yenty Bodek is a Hasidic woman who lost her sigh...
23 Mar 202559min
A historian's warning | Anna Shternshis
Link to video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/hKN0_75EuqEAnna Shternshis is a Professor of Yiddish studies and the director of the department of Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto...
16 Mar 20251h 20min
A revolution in Yiddish arts & theater by Hasidim | Ari Abromowitz
Video link to this episode: https://youtu.be/pVfY5wZlPecThere's a whole emerging world of Hasidic theater, acted by men, and including a cast and stories of men only. This has been a tiny element of t...
9 Mar 202555min
I grew up in Kiryas Joel and embraced plant medicine
Video version of this interview here: https://youtu.be/kMxyRkjljm8?si=hcjjD0_-izvquKxBToday's interview is about psychedelics, Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, and one extraordinary woman's journey! Please joi...
23 Feb 20251h 10min
"I craved religion and even tried Christianity" | In Conversation with comedian Antonia Lassar
Video link to this interview: https://youtu.be/ctuFi83643EAntonia Lassar is a Jewish comedian who grew up with very little Judaism. She later became interested in various forms of religion, going on a...
16 Feb 20251h 3min
🚨 For women, girls, AND men and boys | In conversation with Jessica Roda
Video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/blLciT0egb4Jessica Roda just published the book "For Women and Girls Only" on Orthodox Jewish women's performances. You can find her book here: https:...
9 Feb 20251h 6min
