The Silent Crisis Hitting Orthodox Jewish Families
Kosher Money
Living Lchaim
4.9 • 842 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
A lot of good people are struggling to find work right now.
Some because of AI. Some because companies are cutting back. Some because the industry they spent 20 or 30 years in just doesn’t work the same way anymore.And in many cases, people are dealing with it alone.
Keevy Fried works closely with people going through exactly this. People trying to rebuild careers while supporting families, paying tuition, covering mortgages, and figuring out what comes next after a layoff, a shutdown, or a career that suddenly stalled.Give a listen. Let's help those in need.
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| 0:00.0 | There's a crisis happening in Jewish neighborhoods everywhere. |
| 0:03.4 | A lot of good people are out of work right now. |
| 0:05.7 | Some because of AI. |
| 0:07.2 | Some because companies are just cutting back. |
| 0:09.9 | Some because the job they've done for 25 years suddenly doesn't exist the same way anymore. |
| 0:15.6 | Kivy Free deals with this every single day. |
| 0:18.4 | People in their 40s, 50s, and even 60s trying to figure out how to start |
| 0:22.7 | over while paying mortgages, tuition, and just regular life. And also people in their 20s and 30s |
| 0:28.9 | are trying to make sense of what career path even makes sense anymore. We're going to talk with |
| 0:34.0 | Keevi today. He works closely with people that have lost jobs. |
| 0:37.7 | How does he help? He helps them make connections, rebuild their careers, and get back on their |
| 0:42.7 | feet. Every single day he sits with people trying to figure out what comes after the layoff |
| 0:47.7 | email, after the company suddenly changes direction, after someone has 25 years in the same industry and no longer has a job. |
| 0:57.3 | This is a very, very important episode and I'm happy we did it. Take a look. |
| 1:02.5 | The year right now is 2026. The world is very different than what it was even just a couple of years |
| 1:08.9 | ago. Keeve Fried, what are you seeing when it comes to office jobs, admin work, people behind the computer? |
| 1:20.4 | Is there a crisis that many in our communities are underestimating? |
| 1:26.9 | Well, Ellie, I think it's the question that needs to be |
| 1:30.4 | faced and addressed nowadays with the advent of AI and really bringing that in, a lot of jobs that |
| 1:35.8 | were done that would take hours and hours and hours to make happen, data sorting, going through |
| 1:40.4 | Excel spreadsheets, compiling statistics and data, could literally be done in a quarter of the amount of time that's out there. So what am I seeing when it comes to office jobs, admin positions? I mean, you go to the doctor, you're not checking in with an admin anymore. You're just pushing a button to be able to get in there. I went to the dentist last week to get my teeth cleaned, and the dentist didn't even have to come in. AI was able to monitor whether I had any cavities and my gum lines based on everything going on. |
| 2:05.7 | So there are definitely jobs that are out there. |
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