Noam Dworman is the owner of the world famous Comedy Cellar in New York City, co-host of the podcast Live From The Table, and two-time MVP of Ask A Jew.

We sat with him last week in a beautiful Soho studio (thank you Jonathan!) to talk about Israel, Trump, people you disagree with, and more. Manny Dworman, a 5th-grader with some strong opinions about free speech, made this episode even better than we could have hoped for.

Also: Thank you to everyone who came to the AAJ Happy Hour in NYC! Was great to meet you, for photos and more announcements head over to substack: askajew.substack.com

Breakdown:

• he problem with Holocaust education
• A supply and demand problem
• Some pessimistic predictions
• Noam’s solution - take his kids to israel
• Chaya Leah has a solution (guess what it is)
• The cool kids don’t like us
• What to do about the West Bank
• Hebron for Tel Aviv?
• Make America Pro-Israel again - the case for Trump?
• Talking to people you disagree with
• Is Noam a narcissict? We ask his son.
• What Chaya Leah changed her mind about
• When a broken clock is right twice a day
• Should Briahna Joy Gray have been fired? Manny has some thoughts
• Jews behind the curtain
• They hired you to be a Jew!

Show notes:

Inflation Debate between Paul R. Krugman and Lawrence H. Summers

Live From The Table

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The girls welcome Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of the Park Avenue Synagogue for a very serious conversation about faith and Jewish identity in 2024, Anti-Zionist Jews, compassion, and what the future may hold for America's Jews.

* The Interview beings 31 minutes in, after we catch up on Yael's meditation retreat and other spiritual adventures.

Park Avenue Synagogue

Rabbi Cosgrove's Sermons

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0:00 - 47:00: the girls catch up on their week for the first part of the episode, talking about the joys of meditation (kind of), the miracle of procastination (with a touch of divine intervention), and a Eurovision recap.

47:00: In the second part of the episode, we talk to Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer, creators of the October 7 play - yes, this is a off-broadway show made entirely of testimonies of real survivors, portrayed by an amazing cast of actors. It’s playing now in NYC and we highly recommend it. We talk about why two non-Jewish Irish people decided to travel to Israel in November 2023 (for the first time ever!) to tell these stories, how they prepared to stage it, the reactions, and of course - what the hell is wrong with Ireland?

October 7 website

Trailer for the play

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Review from the NY Post

Kevin Spacey trial podcast

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