Dec 28, 2021
"What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?!" In Hebrew, this famous rhetorical question is captured by a famous comment by Rashi: What does Shemitah have to do with Mount Sinai?! Anne and Shoshanna explore parallel, and yet fully disconnected, challenging halakhic topics, while Shoshanna hunts for...
Dec 16, 2021
Shoshanna and Anne critique the disturbingly popular marriage ploy of the "Surrendered Wife" (or "Kesher Wife," for the Jewish version) in which a woman relinquishes her interests, preferences, opinions, and identity in favor of those of the man she married. Music: "Misery" by The Whips
Nov 30, 2021
Chochmat Nashim set out to represent Orthodox life as it really is, but that doesn't come without controversy. Shoshanna and Anne reflect on this newly established resource, the challenge of representing Orthodoxy in photographs, and why it's valuable. Music: "Misery" by The Whips
Nov 23, 2021
The "canceling" of Chaim Walder, why it is necessary, and what happens next. Are we looking at a sea change in how the Orthodox community handles allegations of sexual abuse? Music: "Misery" by The Whips
Oct 28, 2021
The more things stay the same, the more they change. Here's Shoshanna and Anne, on agunot and how to make get-refusal a thing of the past. From the Last Jew in Afghanistan to #FreeChava to the taboos we can create around our Shabbat tables. Music: "Misery" by The Whips