Adam Fox: My Illness May Kill Me - But It Brought Me Closer to Hashem
Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer
Living Lchaim
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🗓️ 23 May 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Adam Fox is a Tucson, Arizona native and he has worked with Hillel (U of Arizona, Colorado State) and Chabad at NAU in Flagstaff, deeply shaping Jewish life on campus and fighting antisemitism.
Since early 2025, he has battled a rare, life-threatening volvulus (twisted intestines), undergoing multiple emergency surgeries (at least four in 2026), infections, complications, and major lifestyle changes.
His illness has strengthened his Jewish journey - crediting Chabad for his growth, proudly observing mitzvos, and remaining committed to Torah, Jewish unity, and Am Yisrael Chai even from his hospital bed.
We filmed this before his last surgery. Adam did not know if he'd wake up from it.
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This episode is in memory of:
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| 0:00.0 | I've had a lot of amazing experiences and like any person, I've had a lot of challenging ones. |
| 0:06.5 | But, you know, to me, just knowing that I am a Jew for Judaism until my very last breath, |
| 0:14.5 | you know, it almost took the haters on X and the anti-Semites and those trying to convert me last minute that actually |
| 0:22.2 | strengthened me as well. |
| 0:27.3 | I want to read it. |
| 0:28.9 | I saw you said, I'm a Jew for Judaism and always will be. |
| 0:34.2 | And then someone said, may Yashka be with you. |
| 0:37.4 | Please accept his love for you. I would see you |
| 0:39.3 | spend forever with us. And you responded, I'm a Jew for Judaism. That is, that's everything right there. |
| 0:46.3 | I will say that phrase till my very last breath. A few years ago, I connected with Adam Fox on X. He was a |
| 0:53.0 | traditional Jew that his life got flipped upside |
| 0:55.3 | down when he realized that he had a disease that would literally destroy his body and a few times |
| 0:59.8 | almost end his life. The past three months, his condition worsened, and as many as you may know, |
| 1:04.6 | he lost far too much weight and parts of his body have been shutting down. We've become friends |
| 1:09.1 | online and after I, along with the world, saw Adam not only fighting for his life, but growing in his Judaism, I asked him to come on the show. Last week, things took a really bad turn, and I sent Adam Well wishes, and he said that tomorrow he's having surgery, that unfortunately, there's a good chance that he may not wake from it. Kudos to him for making space to have this conversation, |
| 1:45.7 | and this conversation is the night before his surgery, and we talk about what it's like to literally fight for one's life and be a proud, growing Jew. This episode is a memory of Shimon Davidavidh and Mirim Sarabas Yaakov-Moshah. And thank you to this week's sponsors, Will Salis, BF Design, Rockwell Health, and Not Stam Judea. Please stick around until the end. |
| 1:47.3 | I have a special statement to make. |
| 1:44.4 | Here we are. Will Salis, BF Design, Rockwell Health, and Not Stam Judeica. Please stick around until the end, I have a special statement to make. |
| 1:47.8 | Here we go. |
| 1:49.0 | Adam, thank you so much for doing this. |
| 1:51.5 | I don't think I've ever done such a time-sensitive kind of episode. |
| 1:55.9 | And I feel like we've been friends for a while now, but this is like my first opportunity to really see you face to face and actually talk to you. |
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