Kosher K-Pop

BTS > BDS

In this episode, Yael floats rumors about Taylor Swift’s new relationship with Avraham Fried, while Chaya Leah solved the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during her latest visit to the holy land. The girls then decide that pride is too controversial of a topic, so they decide to discuss the Temple Mount instead.

Chaya Leah with the US Ambassador at Jerusalem Pride (not pictured: Ramallah Pride)

We introduce a new segment titled “What kind of Jew is this?”, featuring The Pink Peacock, Scotland’s first ever (presumably) Jewish Anarchist coffee shop, complete with a Yiddish menu and hebrew months on their financial spreadsheets.

From their website:

“The pink peacock operates with a non-hierarchical structure. there are no owners, bosses or managers: the café is governed exclusively by its workers and community members, and decisions are made by consensus.”

It is run by a collective of sorts, with bios kind of like this one :

In the name of radical transparency, all their meeting minutes are public, so if you are tired of Netflix, consider checking out the diversity analysis. The greatest part is that it seems to be run by a guy named Christopher. I won’t add any spoilers about their fate, but let’s just say it wasn’t antisemitism that drove them out of business.

We also take a question from a lovely listener about dating - ladies, if you are from the Northwest and are a little more lax with your mitzvot (don’t necassarily keep shabbat or Kosher) BUT prefer orthodox judaism to reform, reach out to us and we’ll earn a place in heaven.

In NYC or from the comfort of your home via livestream - you have 2 nights (3 if you’re naughty and don’t keep Shabbat) to catch a wonderful play called “The Shylock and The Shakesperians”! It stars (!!) friend of the pod and previous guest (The Anne Frank Musical), Jeremy Kareken, and is getting wonderful reviews! Here’s a photo we stole from Playbill:

Don’t take our word for it, listen to

Yair Rosenberg

who wrote about it for The Atlantic (that way you can say you saw this play you read about in The Atlantic, hmmm sophisticated…)

If you have questions you can also email us at askajewpod@gmail.com

Oh and here is the great podcast (in Hebrew) about how K-pop attacked Israel.

Finally, super listener Benjy put you all to shame by creating this wonderful list for us. Thanks Benjy!!

Here is a complete Ask a Jew list of “We are the _______ of Judaism”

11/16/21: none

11/22/21: Mary Kate & Ashley

11/29/21: none

12/6/21: none

12/14/21: none

12/31/21: Paris Hilton & Nicole Richie

1/11/22: Cardi B & Nicki Minaj

1/17/22: Tupac & Biggie

1/25/22: Jessica & Elizabeth (Sweet Valley Twins)

2/7/22: Brandy & Monica

2/16/22: Betty & Veronica

2/22/22: Stephanie & DJ Tanner

3/1/22: Monica & Rachel

3/8/22: Rod & Todd

3/15/22: Pam & Jim

3/21/22: Corey Haim & Corey Feldman

3/29/22: Ben & Jerry

4/12/22: none

4/20/22: none

4/26/22: Thelma & Louise

5/3/22: none

5/10/22: Roe & Wade

5/17/22: Judea & Samaria

5/24/22: none

6/1/22: Vodka & soda

6/14/22: “We are the closest thing the Jews have to a royal family, I think”

7/5/22: Jared & Ivanka (Nancy Rommelman is either Melania or Barron)

7/12/22: RBG & Scalia

7/19/22: Joe & Dr. Jill Biden (Lenore Skenazy is Hunter)

8/3/22: Volodymyr & Elena Zelenskyy

8/11/22: John Legend & Chrissy Teigen

8/16/22: FBI & IRS

8/24/22: Bert & Ernie

9/7/22: Joe Biden & Dark Brandon

9/13/22: none

9/20/22: Spice Girls (Yael suggests CL be Scary; CL wants to be Posh; Yael chooses Baby)

9/28/22: Apples & honey

10/5/22: Miami Girls Choir

10/24/22: Drink Champs

11/4/22: S & M (“simcha and mazel tov,” jokes Yael)

11/28/22: World Cup (Yael calls US, suggests Senegal or Iran for CL, to her chagrin)

12/9/22: none, too awed by Moynihan

12/19/22: Maccabees

12/22/22: Michael Bublé & Mariah Carey

1/11/23: Lauren Boebert & Matt Gaetz

1/20/23: none, because Yael was wasted, apparently

11/23/23: none

11/30/23: none

2/6/23: Oprah & Gayle

2/22/23: Ben & J.Lo (Yael calls dibs on J.Lo)

3/3/23: none

3/13/23: Matt Taibbi & Michael Shellenberger

3/27/23: none

4/5/23: Pharaoh & Moses

4/21/23: Siegfried & Roy

5/2/23: Don Lemon & Tucker Carlson

5/11/23: none

5/15/23: Islamic Jihad & Hamas

5/22/23: Nancy Pelosi & Dianne Feinstein (Yael calls Nancy)

5/31/23: Ron DeSantis & Gavin Newsom

6/13/23: Taylor Swift & Matty Healy

What’s your favorite?