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YourTorah is designed as an introduction to the 63 tractates (books) of Mishnah and is taught by women. In each 18 minute podcast you'll find the overview of one tractate, with a sample mishnah and a practical take-away. YourTorah is a project of JOFA UK designed as a special invitation to women & girls to make Torah study ‘their thing’ - though men are of course welcome to join too.
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The Chutzpah Podcast

JOFA & NY Jewish Week

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Join us for an audacious journey to redefine chutzpah! A joint project between The New York Jewish Week and the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance to meet rabble-rousers in the Jewish community upending the status quo for the better! #ChutzpahPodcast #IGotChutzpah Subscribe to get notified when the first episode drops!
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The Mystic Sisters

Julie & Amy Mastrine

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Welcome to The Mystic Sisters! Twin sisters exploring culture, art, spirituality, and beauty. Amy and Julie are identical twins who have always loved creating together. The Mystic Sisters allows us to share our thoughts on our broken modern culture and re-orient us toward the good, true, and beautiful. Subscribe to our Substack for writing, original art, and more: https://mysticsisters.substack.com Follow us on Twitter: Amy: @amytheartist Julie: @juliewrites Amy and Julie are writers, perfor ...
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What do chocolate, birth work, and cults have in common? Just some of the myriad subjects that Keren, a working mom who just for fun (or mental simulation that's sometimes lacking in motherhood) has researched. She discusses world issues, problems that are near and dear to her, as well as maternal wellness. Go and break the stigma that's often associated with these conversations. Grab your coffee (I hope yours is hot today!) and go have a listen.
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Fasting from Christ?! Our Mental Health Crisis and Victim Culture with Joshua Horner They may have the world at their fingertips, but young people are more depressed than ever. A "yes" culture of affirmation has created a nation of socially atomized, anxious victims. Identical twin sisters Amy and Julie interview Joshua Horner, a speaker, certified…
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Kay Clarity is a singer and writer living in LA. She joins twins Amy and Julie to discuss how modern-day pop culture got so degenerate and the opportunity for revitalization. Plus, she shares her thoughts on what Taylor Swift's explosive rise is really about, and whether she should be emblematic of "Swiftian normality." Support Kay's electro-pop pr…
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Julie appeared on YearZero podcast with Tommy Salmons to discuss how the right community is crucial for one's well-being and decision to dedicate oneself to a purpose. Find out what Julie learned being part of a polyamorous circus community in San Francisco versus being part of the Eastern Orthodox Church today. (We bet you can guess which one is m…
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Some Christians say “following your heart” is bad advice embraced by our broken modern culture — but is it? The twins talk about intuition, gut feelings, and the wisdom within. Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more: https://mysticsisters.substack.com Follow us on Twitter: Amy: @amytheartist Julie: @juliewrites Support Amy’s art: http…
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Are viral dance videos harmless fun or a sign of a decaying culture? Identical twins Amy and Julie discuss the online conservative freak-out over a viral video, why parties are social infrastructure, how to make friends, plus how a sperm donor with 97 kids points to the need for fathers and the atomization that comes with being divorced from your l…
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It's October — and that means witches are out in full force! Why are so many young women drawn to witchcraft? Identical twins Amy and Julie discuss why witchcraft and paganism are so popular among young women today and how the mysticism of Orthodox Christianity might satisfy some of the spiritual things they are looking for. Subscribe to our Substa…
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Identical twins Amy and Julie discuss why the online right is so darn mean. Highlighting viral tweets and memes, they show how the worst of the online right drags us further into degeneracy rather than inspiring, elevating, and attracting new people. What started out as necessary conservative ideas promoting family formation and pushing back agains…
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Identical twins Amy and Julie talk about everything wrong with the Barbie movie — and a few things they liked, too. Mostly they thought it was a hot mess. The twins discuss Barbie's poor character development, the disjointed plot, woke jargon, and why Life Size (2000) was way better. Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more: https://mys…
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The twins talk Twitter trads, natural birth, raw milk, farm LARPing, and finding the middle way. Find out if the twins will end up as miserable old cat ladies or live in the cottage-core paradise of their dreams. Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more: https://mysticsisters.substack.com Follow us on Twitter: Amy: @amytheartist Julie: …
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Are modern spiritual practices sufficient to replace traditional religions? If they are, then why does our culture seem so nihilistic, with plummeting birth rates and lowering standards of behavior and beauty? How have modern views of spirituality led to things like ugly modern architecture and confusion about men and women? Identical twins Amy and…
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What's it like for identical twins to get married? The transition from being an identical twin to being married carries very different challenges for identical twins than it does for singletons. For most people, marriage is the first time they have a constant companion and teammate in life. Not so for twins! From birth, identical twins already have…
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Identical twins Amy and Julie talk about how the availability of abortion encourages hookup culture, harms women psychologically and spiritually, and contributes to ongoing population collapse. Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more: https://mysticsisters.substack.com Follow us on Twitter: Amy: @amytheartist Julie: @juliewrites We bot…
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On location in sunny Austin, TX, twins Amy and Julie talk about their time in San Francisco--how the city treats women and crime, and how it embodies the dark side of libertarianism. 0:00 - Personal History and Beauty of the City 9:45 - San Francisco's Treatment of Women 16:32 - Crime, Drugs, and Public Safety 22:25 - The Dark Side of Libertarianis…
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Identical twins Amy and Julie talk with Jacob about how pop stars' choices — such as Lady Gaga and Marina Diamandis — reflect the dominant feminist messaging that tells us to put careerist independence first, which can hurt when trying to form a family. We also discuss the perils of Peter Pan syndrome, Americans' "virtue" of independence above all …
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Identical twins Amy and Julie sit down with Jacob to discuss how people position themselves on dating apps and what that says about how our culture views gender norms. Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more: https://mysticsisters.substack.com Follow us on Twitter: Amy: @amytheartist Julie: @juliewrites We both write for Evie Magazine,…
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Identical twins Amy and Julie sit down with Jacob to discuss the new HBO documentary, "What Happened, Brittany Murphy?," which investigates the abusive marriage and untimely death of the actress. We discuss what lessons we can draw from the documentary about the deficiencies of modern dating, masculinity, and feminist messaging. Subscribe to our Su…
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(Some EXPLICIT Content) I re-introduce myself after my long hiatus and discuss: who was Queen Esther? Why is she so important? What do I take away from her story? With Purim (almost) here, get to know a little more about this strong Prophetess who's the whole reason for this holiday, on International Women's Day 2020. *My apologies for the technica…
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How can you get yourself more prepared for birth? What should you expect for the postpartum period? What are the differences between the postpartum blues and postpartum depression? Shaina Hammer, Doula, MSW, and mama is here today today to discuss how you can feel empowered at your birth and what to expect from the lesser-spoken-about-4th trimester…
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Do you feel like you aren't giving your kid that perfectly balanced dinner, or that you're too exhausted to answer their 12,000th request for a drink after they've been tucked in? Been late to work and late to school pickup and feel like you're failing at life? If you've never felt like this, skip this episode. The reality is, most of us feel this …
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Today I have an unscripted chat about what I'm up to and share my thoughts on Feminism. I would love to hear about what subjects interest you. What would you like to discuss? Would you want me to interview you? Women and men, you're all welcome to share ideas with me on IG @bloomgrowdoulaservices. Stay genuine!…
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Many of us hesitate to address the subject of loss. Death brings up feelings of fear, anxiety, or sadness for many people. Today, my very special guest and I discuss what it's like to lose a parent. Let's break the stigma of loss together by speaking about our experiences. We're all stronger together. Please DM @bloomgrowdoulaservices on Instagram …
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What is Conversion Therapy? Why does an Orthodox Jew need to discuss it? Is it really an issue? Find out more about Repairative therapy by listening to this episode of Musings Of An Honest Mom. You can be in touch with me via @bloomgrowdoulaservices on Instagram.
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A short introductory episode. What is Body Positivity? Are eating disorders prevalent in the Orthodox Jewish Community? How do people promote "diet culture" within our community? Tune in every week to our discussion where we try to break stigmas, spread some awareness and share some love on the way.
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Join us for our final episode in Season 1 of the Chutzpah podcast with special guest, Adina Miles — a.k.a. Flatbush Girl. Miles made waves last year when she kicked off the #FrumWomenHaveFaces campaign, a social media effort to protest the trend among Orthodox media to remove or blot out photographs of women. And she hasn't slowed down since. This …
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Welcome back to Chutzpah — we hope you survived the High Holidays. This episode, we sit down with David Halperin, executive director of the Israel Policy Forum, a non-profit working to shape the discourse around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Halperin, a former journalist at the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, speaks about developing his sense of Jew…
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In this episode of The Chutzpah Podcast, we chat with Lani Santo, Executive Director of Footsteps, a non-profit organization that assists those leaving the Ultra-Orthodox community. The organization, which remains a source of controversy within the Orthodox world, was most-recently featured in "One Of Us," a 2017 Netflix documentary that follows th…
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This week on Chutzpah, meet chasidic activist — and feminist — Layah Kranz Lipsker. An outspoken advocate for women navigating their way out of lapsed Orthodox marriages, Lipsker is the founder of GetYourGet.com, an initiative that aims to educate women about the often-entangled Orthodox divorce, or get, process. Lipsker is also the director of the…
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This week on Chutzpah, meet Peter Shankman -- author, entrepreneur, licensed skydiver and Ironman triathlon veteran. Shankman — who helped found AOL Newsroom and founded HARO (Help A Reporter Out), a listserv database that helps reporters get the information quickly — also has ADHD, and he's not quiet about it. Over the past few years, he has worke…
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Rabba Dina Brawer wraps up the YourTorah journey, and shares an overview of the project. Help us understand the impact of YourTorah by sharing your feedback here in our brief form. This episode is sponsored by Yeshivat Maharat, the first institution to ordain women as Orthodox clergy, and where JOFA UK's founder, Dina Brawer, recently received semi…
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Rabba Claudia Marbach opens up the final masekhet of the Mishnah, Oktzin, looking at the study of Mishnah and how it constitutes part of the pleasures of this world. Rabba Claudia Marbach recently received semikha from Yeshivat Maharat, NY. She has launched a pop-up beit midrash for women in Boston, called One Night Shtender. Before Yeshivat Mahara…
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Leah Sarna opens up masekhet Yadayim, unpacking how hands are made impure and looking at how King Solomon created 'tumat yadayim' - the impurities of the hands. Leah Sarna is a fourth year student at Yeshivat Maharat, a Wexner Graduate Fellow and a Mishnah junkie. Leah has taught Torah to adults and teens around the world, stretching from New York …
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Yardaena Osband introduces Tevul Yom, looking into how different statuses - for instance that of the tevul yom - impact when and how a person imparts impurity. Yardaena Osband, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. Yardaena studied for two years in Midreshet Lindenbaum and received he…
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Shayna Abramson dives into masekhet Zavim, unpacking its laws of ritual impurity, and demonstrating that even texts that may seem irrelevant to our lives have the capacity to teach us moral truths. Shayna Abramson is a native New Yorker and an alumni of Midreshet Harova and of Drisha's Beit Midrash programme. She is currently pursuing Masters degre…
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Rabbi Aviva Richman looks into masekhet Makhshirin, unpacking how its discussion of the purity of objects provides us with a chance to become more aware of our intentions in our day-to-day lives. Rabbi Aviva Richman is on faculty at the Hadar Institute in New York where she teaches Talmud, Halakhah, Midrash and Hasidut. She received private semikha…
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Nechama Goldman Barash introduces masekhet Niddah, tracing the laws governing sexual intimacy from their origins in Torah, through to their explication in the Mishnah - and their application today. NB: This episode contains sexually explicit material Nechama Goldman Barash is a senior faculty member at Machon Pardes, Matan and Midreshet Torah V'avo…
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Ellyse Borghi introduces masekhet Mikvaot, looking at the way in which the mikvah serves as a reminder of our role in the world as creators seeking to emulate the Divine. Ellyse Borghi is a children's lawyer by day and a Torah learner and teacher by night. Ellyse is in her second year of studies for Orthodox smicha through Yeshivat Har'El in Jerusa…
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Atara Cohen unpacks masekhet Tahorot, looking at how impurity flows from one object to another and exploring how the Mishnah bestows certainty on an uncertain world. Atara Cohen graduated from Princeton University with a BA in Religion and a certificate in Judaic Studies, where she focused her non-academic time on interfaith work. After studying To…
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Devorah Zlochower unpacks masekhet Negaim, examining its categorisation of afflictions, and their corresponding symptoms and purification rituals, as well as drawing out its insights into human behaviour. Devorah Zlochower is Executive Editor of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School's Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies and a rebbe at YCT. S…
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Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham looks into masekhet Ohalot, reflecting on end of life experiences and inviting us to see the taharah (purity) behind the tumah (impurity). This YourTorah episode is dedicated by Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham in memory of her mother Livana bat David ve'Batsheva z"l. With a medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine an…
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Leah Rosenthal presents masekhet Kelim, exploring its discussion of the purity of objects and noting the way physical objects act as a portal into daily life in Mishnaic times. Leah Rosenthal has been teaching Talmud at the Pelech High School for Girls and at the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies in Jerusalem for over thirty years. She has a BA i…
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Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz introduces Seder Tohorot, looking into its exploration of the purity system, and noting the way it marks the boundaries between life and death. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz studied archaeology at Cambridge and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and recently completed a PhD at University College London on the religious liv…
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Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham introduces masekhet Kinnim, encouraging listeners to work through its complex mishnayot using logic and reasoning. With a medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and semikha (ordination) from Yeshivat Maharat, Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham brings her background as a physician to her study of Jewish texts and pract…
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Shira Eliassian opens up masekhet Middot, taking us on an audio-visual tour of the Temple, and exploring how studying this masekhet serves as a psychological surrogate for making our pilgrimage there. Entry on Temple in Rabbinic Literature on JewishEncyclopedia.com - This article includes an overview of Har HaBayit and the Azarah with labels in Eng…
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Leah Shakdiel introduces masekhet Tamid, opening up its account of daily Temple worship, and noting the importance of continually striving to link our ancestors' spirituality with our own. Leah Shakdiel was born in Jerusalem in 1951 to a family of Modern Orthodox pioneers. She moved to Yeruham, a small development town in the Negev Desert, in 1978,…
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Yardaena Osband opens up masekhet Meilah, unpacking the laws surrounding the accidental misuse of consecrated objects. Yardaena Osband, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. Yardaena studied for two years at Midreshet Lindenbaum and received her BA in Jewish Studies and Music at Yeshi…
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Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold introduces masekhet Keritot, exploring sins, their punishments and how karet can be instructive, informing our connectedness. Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold is the Director of Education and Spiritual Enrichment at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal. She received her B.A. in Religion from Boston University and is a …
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Judith Levitan opens up masekhet Temurah, unpacking how its laws give us a framework to negotiate between our competing urges: the desire to give love, and the desire to preserve ourselves. Judith Levitan lives in Sydney Australia. She holds degrees in Law and Social Work from the University of NSW. Her honours thesis examined community attitudes t…
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Dena Weiss introduces masekhet Arakhin, delving into Temple valuations and how we value people, and tracing the Mishnah's logic through its discussion of cases that demand one to be strict and cases where one can be less strict. Dena Weiss is the Rosh Beit Midrash of Yeshivat Hadar, a Halakhic, gender-Egalitarian and non-denominational full-time le…
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