The "Ask A Jew" Girls Are Back! ChayaLeah Sufrin and Yael Bar-tur Return to The Unspeakable

The Unspeakeasy With Meghan Daum

Meghan Daum

Society & Culture

4.7 • 855 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

ChayaLeah Sufrin and Yael Bar-tur hardly need an introduction, since this is their third visit to The Unspeakable! Last fall, the hosts of the acclaimed podcast Ask A Jew explained the meaning of Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, and Sukkot (or the "autumn holidays," as Meghan calls them). Now, it's the spring holiday, and Yael gives her version of the Passover story before ChayaLeah steps in and sets the record straight. ChayaLeah also explains some of the more unusual customs of Orthodox Jews during Passover, including lining your entire kitchen with tin foil and getting your car detailed to make sure it's completely devoid of crumbs. They also talk about everyone's favorite topic, the "crisis of masculinity," and whether matchmaking practices among the Orthodox are better than dating apps. On a lighter note, Yael explains the current political situation in Israel.

In the bonus portion for Unspeakale Substack subscribers, Yael and ChayaLeah reflect on being the ages that they are and also talk more about incels.

The Unspeakable will take next week off for Passover/Easter/spring break and will return April 17.

Guest Bios:

ChayaLeah Sufrin was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home in Long Beach, CA. After attending university in New York, ChayaLeah moved back to Southern California and spent fifteen years teaching High school Jewish history and as the Education Director at Shul by the Shore. ChayaLeah served as the Senior Jewish Educator at Long Beach Hillel for three years and is now the Executive Director. ChayaLeah, together with her husband Boruch, has four teenage sons.

Yael Bar-tur is a crisis communications and social media consultant who previously served as the director of social media and digital strategy for the New York City Police Department where she developed and implemented the social media and digital communications strategy.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the unspeakable podcast. I'm your host, Megan Dau. My guests are returning guests. They're back by popular demand. They are. Are you ready?
0:14.0	Hylaea Suffren and Yail Martur, better known as the host of the Ask a Jew podcast. Little background, Hylaea and Yail are both Jewish.
0:24.8	You'll be glad to know, but in very different ways. Hylaia has lived her whole life in an orthodox
0:30.1	society in Southern California. Yail is a secular Israeli, now living in New York City.
0:36.7	The two became friends in 2020 when they met
0:39.4	online and began having conversations about Judaism, many of which consisted of Yael asking
0:45.3	Hylaiq questions about Orthodox Jews, that she would have been afraid or embarrassed to ask someone
0:50.8	else. They started recording the conversations and a fabulous podcast emerged.
0:57.2	I have said this many times.
0:58.8	Ask a Jew is one of my favorite podcasts, and that's saying something because I listen to a lot of
1:03.4	them.
1:04.3	I had these girls on these girls.
1:07.3	Yeah, they're girls.
1:08.0	We're all girls here.
1:09.1	I had them on last fall to talk about the autumn
1:12.4	holidays, the October, Jewish holidays, I guess Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah. It's now Passover week,
1:19.2	so they're back to talk about Passover. Yael gives her secular explanation of Passover. Kaila then
1:27.2	corrects all the things she got wrong.
1:30.0	Also explains some bizarre customs of Orthodox Jews during Passover.
1:34.2	For instance, did you know that Orthodox Jews get their cars detailed for Passover?
1:40.3	Yes.
1:41.4	Yael also explains the current political situation in Israel.
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