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Two Nice Jewish Boys

Episode 27 - Unholy Matrimony in the Holy Land with Jessica Fishman

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7804 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The right of return for the Jewish people states that anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent may become a citizen of the State of Israel. The reasoning: this was the criteria by which the Jews were persecuted under the Third Reich. On the other hand, if you want to have an ordained marriage in the State of Israel, the par is set a little higher: your mother must be Jewish. This dissonance leads to an inevitable rift in Israeli society: people who live here as lawful citizens, but are unable to legally marry their partner. Jessica Fishman, author of the new book “Chutzpah and High Heels”, joins Two Nice Jewish Boys to share her story of Aliyah and talk about her devastation at the hands of this little known discrepancy in Israeli law.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Live from Tel Aviv, two nice Jewish boys, Aitin Weinstein, and Nuh or Minninger.

0:17.5

Think tweet tank.

0:19.2

So today, that beautiful laughter that you heard off to the side is a wonderful guest that we have with us today.

0:27.1

Jessica Fishman, who is here leading up to, it hasn't been published.

0:33.6

And it will be released February 7th.

0:35.7

Okay.

0:36.3

February 7th, her new book, Chutzpah and High Heels, is coming out.

0:42.9

Two things which we like and love.

0:44.7

Two things we like.

0:45.4

And cherish.

0:46.0

Which do you like more?

0:47.3

Oh, no, let's not get into it.

0:49.5

And so Chutzpah and High Heels, February 7th.

0:52.3

And Jessica's here with us today to talk a little bit about that

0:55.7

about her.

0:56.3

Hi, thanks for having me.

0:57.8

Thanks for coming.

0:58.6

How are you?

0:59.2

I'm great.

0:59.9

How are you guys?

1:01.3

Pretty good.

1:02.2

Pretty good.

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