Known for his revolutionary – and often controversial – TikTok videos calling out the worst in frum society, Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Gottlieb chats with Shoshanna and Anne on kabala, his worldview, and why women must keep fighting for Torah to win.
Known for his revolutionary – and often controversial – TikTok videos calling out the worst in frum society, Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Gottlieb chats with Shoshanna and Anne on kabala, his worldview, and why women must keep fighting for Torah to win.
When Avi was called up on October 7 (for 5 of the next 8 months), his wife, Bazy, became a “Milu-Ima” (a reservist is called a miliumnik). Home with 4 beloved children and an uncountable number of diapers to change, Bazy was one of 70 women in comparable situations in her neighborhood alone. She set out to do something for her neighbors… and her country. Along the way, she became an international online sensation, sharing the comedy and poignancy of real lives “back home” when so many men are at war.
Music: “Misery” by The Whips
Even as the war rages in Israel, American campuses have become a whole other front line. Anne and Shoshanna speak to two US college students about their experiences of antisemitism and anti-Zionism on campus, and marvel at the strength of these incredible young people.
Music: “Misery” by The Whips
How can we celebrate when our people are in captivity? Yet, Passover isn’t cancelled this year, even if you feel it should be, so how do we make sense of it? In what is now an annual pre-Passover episode to help boost our seder experience, Anne and Shoshanna talk to Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz about how to approach the holiday this very difficult year.
Music: “Misery” by The Whips
Adina Sash has set the Orthodox world buzzing about the strike she hopes will help agunot. Shoshanna and Anne talk to Adina about her campaign and what has come of it (so far).
Music: “Misery” by The Whips
Does “Together, we will win” inspire you or depress you? Shoshanna and Anne “take the temperature” of how people are reacting differently to the same general experience of war, from how it is a different experience for Israelis as compared to those around the globe, and how it is different for every Israeli.
As promised in the episode, the insane story – here in the show notes: https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-allegedly-impersonated-soldier-entered-gaza-stole-weapons-posed-with-netanyahu/
Music: “Misery” by The Whips
