The Frieda Vizel Podcast7 Dec 2025

Laughing through cancer | Leah Forster

Video link to this episode: https://youtu.be/bY7w9icDKgU

Leah Forster is, as they say in the Hasidic community, “one in a million.” She’s funny, she sings, she’s creative, and she’s been on a spiritual journey for years. She’s an out lesbian woman from the Hasidic community who is now in no box, under no one’s label. She has one daughter. Over the last year, her daughter has been battling a terrible tumor.

Leah agreed to sit down with me to talk about her experience. In true Leah fashion, the conversation didn’t go where I expected, and we had a long, winding talk about all sorts of things, including illness, suffering, and faith. But many other things as well. My takeaway was that it’s often hard to talk about difficult things while they are happening. I pray for Leah’s daughter’s complete recovery, as well as for my mother’s. My mother has been doing so much better, and I thank you all so much for the prayers. Please pray for Leah’s daughter’s continued recovery.

Please check out more of Leah!
She has a new book out: https://amzn.to/4pEJYuG
Find her on Instagram (she’s back!): https://www.instagram.com/leahforster/
My previous interview with Leah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQgG_Pzxazg&t
My first interview with Leah: https://youtu.be/92nDFiyfVU8 I love talking to comedians, and

I’ve interviewed quite a few others, including Danielle Jacobs, Riki Rose, Modi Rosenfeld, Antonia Lassar, and of course, Leah! Please check them out here: https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PLhW2QoO54ycxK9b4GLY9oGn38tXRPT0vQ/videos

Thanks so much to all of you for brightening and lightening dark days.

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