Judge Ruchie Freier: The Hasidic Superwoman of Night Court
Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer
Living Lchaim
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2022
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer.
Judge Rachel Freier, founder of Ezras Nashim, wears many hats on top of paramedic — not least of which is US Civil Court Judge.
Elected as Judge in 2016, it was a step up from her career in law, where she was licensed to practice in New York, New Jersey and Washington DC.
As a wife, mother, grandmother and longtime community activist, Ruchie — as she is better known — made history as the first Chassidic woman elected to public office, earning an honor from her alma maters, Touro College and Brooklyn Law School.
In this episode, Judge Ruchie talks to Yaakov about the hurdles she has faced along her journey, her experiences on TV and a big announcement on an exciting next chapter of her life.
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| 0:00.0 | But I never felt restricted or confined. |
| 0:02.0 | I knew that whatever I wanted to do within the parameters of Torah, |
| 0:06.1 | I can do it. |
| 0:07.3 | So it never occurred to me that just because I want to be a lawyer, |
| 0:10.0 | I can't be a lawyer. |
| 0:11.8 | It never occurred to me that oh my goodness I'm doing |
| 0:13.7 | something that no other Hasidish woman ever did before. It was my personal |
| 0:19.8 | journey. Welcome back to this week's episode of Inspiration for the Nation, |
| 0:24.0 | and I have someone who I've been wanting to talk to for so long, Judge Ruchee, Rachel Friar. |
| 0:31.0 | Now, I think I'm very busy. I have a full-time job. I am |
| 0:36.6 | running, living with Chaim, hosting inspiration for the nation, producing a bunch of |
| 0:41.7 | stuff. Have family. inspiration for the nation producing a bunch of stuff have family have friends I'm doing a lot |
| 0:48.4 | but I'm not busy at all when I look at the life of Ruhi Friar. |
| 0:54.0 | She's a mother, she's a judge, she's running an organization and speaking and doing so much and she's a pro at what she's doing. |
| 1:07.4 | She sat down with me in upstate New York to talk about how she got to where she is today the challenges that she has |
| 1:15.4 | along the way and I got a lot of Kizik from this conversation. If you haven't yet |
| 1:21.4 | checked out the Good Faith Effort podcast. You'll hear more about |
| 1:25.0 | Rabari. I literally interview him for a few minutes in the middle of this episode so go check them out. |
| 1:31.0 | Also, this episode is in memory of Shim and David bin |
| 1:35.6 | Yach of Schlema and Miriam Sarabas Yach of Mosha. They're the Nishamshahav alia |
| 1:40.4 | enjoy this episode. We can all use some inspiration to help us overcome the obstacles we encounter in our lives. |
| 1:52.0 | Get ready for thrilling conversations about struggle and triumph |
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