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The Frieda Vizel Podcast — 121 episodes

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Raw thoughts while sitting in my car in Kiryas Joel [on Mother's Day]

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Riki Rose on the Frieda Vizel Podcast live! 5/5/26 5pm ET

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Riki Rose and Frieda Vizel play nostalgic Hasidic children's games

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Naomi Seidman on Frieda Vizel Podcast, LIVE 4/29/26 3pm ET

5

An amazing collection of Rare Talmuds! | Samuel Marks

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Meet this INCREDIBLE young Jewish collector | Samuel Marks

7

She left Hasidic Boro Park | Melissa Weisz's story

8

Being a lefty lesbian Jewish comic in 2026 is crazy | Judy Gold

9

Hasidic Jews once thrived in Poland | Historian Glenn Dynner

10

From the oldest Hagaddahs to a Hasidic sedar that ends 4am | David Akerman, Yiddishkeit

11

My Hasidic Passover Memories

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Baily prepares for Passover [comedian Leah Forster]

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"My experience as a Pediatric Pulminologist with the Hasidic population" | Dr. Lynne Quittel

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From the hospital bedside

15

Just a messenger? A Jewish interpreter at international organizations

16

From a Soviet upbringing to Jewish identity | Dan’s story

17

Mayor Mamdani and the Jews | Jacob Kornbluh

18

The beloved bubby answers your questions | Pearl from Williamsburg

19

Living and leaving Jehova's Witness | Miriam Vidal

20

Reading your comments and more stories, kinderlech #3

21

Surviving the Bondi Beach terror attack | Rabbi Yosef Eichenblatt

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"Jewish children don't fight!" | 1977 Yiddish reader story #2

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The Wedding Night documentary | Rachel Elitzur

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A Jehova's Witness church INSIDE the Jewish village Kiryas Joel

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The kinds of industries Hasidic Jews work in

26

Watching and reacting to the Tyler Oliveria viral video on Kiryas Joel

27

An eye-opening 1977 Yiddish book of female socialization #1

28

The original dissidents of Kiryas Joel | Michael Sussman

29

The oral histories of Bukharian Jews | Abe and Mazal

30

My most candid conversation yet | On the Avrum Rosenzweig show

31

Laughing through cancer | Leah Forster

32

Bonus, livestream: Why I posted and then pulled the video of the bride dancing

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Bonus, livestream: We Had Never Touched. Then Came Our Wedding Night. | Rachel Elitzur Opdoc discussion

34

Jewish law on abortion and inferitily | Pt 2 R' Ysoscher Katz

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Jewish law on contraception & masturbation | Pt 1 R' Ysoscher Katz

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The power of Yiddish children's stories to shape our world | Miriam Udel

37

The Get / My divorce 💔

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Ex-Hasidic star Riki Rose faces her past in Williamsburg

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Yom Kippur attack, antisemitism in the UK, more | Izzy Posen

40

Jews, magic, and the kosher arts | Dovy the Magician

41

From Berlin to Satmar Williamsburg | 95 year old Nelly Grussgott

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Hasidic women fight to form a female EMS | Paula Eiselt

43

Are both sides condemned to kill each other forever? | Rabbi Mayer Schiller

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On Yiddish, Suicide and more | Mattel from Multisingual

45

Grab your popcorn, we're talking Jewish movies | David Akerman

46

Should Jews return to blood soaked Poland? | Naomi Seidman

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Hasidic women’s modesty and clothing traditions | Pearl

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"I never felt female and didn't fit in that world" | Naomi Seidman

49

The Rebbitzen reveals her identity | Danielle Jacobs

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Why I left activism for Hasidic education | Naftuli Moster

51

Workout culture coming to the Ultra Orthodox world | Shmilly Feldman

52

What it's like to grow up in Kiryas Joel | An essay by Frieda Vizel

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Are Jews allowed to fight? | a controversial discussion with anti-Zionist Hasidic woman Pearl

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Living on the border and creating the hit TV show Shtisel | Yehonatan Indursky

55

What it was like to grow up Amish | Martha Ross

56

Reading the Yiddish children's version of the Book of Exodus

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Bonus: music video 'Mein Kind' referenced in my essay on the stories we tell

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Unorthodox vs the OTHER story | How we talk about people who leave insular societies

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A visually impaired Hasidic woman tells her story | Rochel Bodek

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A historian's warning | Anna Shternshis

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A revolution in Yiddish arts & theater by Hasidim | Ari Abromowitz

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I grew up in Kiryas Joel and embraced plant medicine

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"I craved religion and even tried Christianity" | In Conversation with comedian Antonia Lassar

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🚨 For women, girls, AND men and boys | In conversation with Jessica Roda

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"I risk everything when speaking out as a woman in Kiryas Joel" | Exclusive interview with Fradel Neuman

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Messiah Energy and Wholesome Comedy | Interview with Modi Rosenfeld

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My Chanukah Memories | Reading: Circumcised Chanukah Gifts

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Sex ed in the Hasidic community | A Hasidic grooms receives the birds and the bees talk

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The intersection of Sex and Piety | In Conversation with Intimacy Coach Peggy Greenfield

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A battle for land between Hasidim and their neighbors | In conversation with Jesse Sweet

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The Talmud as a Door | In Conversation with Miriam Anzovin

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A Jew from today, but from yesterday... | In Conversation with Lea Kalisch

73

Reflections a year after October 7th; stream of consciousness sharing

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Can we call her a Hasidic feminist? | Interview with Hasidic Influencer Raizy Fried

75

The complicated relationship between animals and Orthodox Jews | discussing myths with Mendel Hersh Paneth

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When one half of a town turns on the other | Interview with Director Igor Golyak

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What life is like for a Hasidic lady in the Catskills today | With comedian Leah Forster

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A Bungalow Colony for Survivors I In Conversation with Director Andrew Jacobs

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He returned to live in the most insular Israeli enclave after leaving it | Tuvia Tenonbom Interview

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"No one had a grandfather" | Gita recounts the Hasidic community after the holocaust

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"We hid the piano from my Hasidic father" | The Singer Riki Rose shares her story

82

Yiddish versus Hebrew the battle of two Jewish languages | In Conversation with Eddy Portnoy

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Why do we love to talk about Cults? | In Conversation with Guinevere Turner

84

The Chained Wife / the Jewish Aguna Crisis | In Conversation with Keshet Starr

85

The Satmar Rebbe's Life and Controversial Anti-Zionism | In Conversation with Rabbi Ysoscher Katz

86

What are Hasidic Jewish SECTS?

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Am I disrespectful?

88

The Secret Stories of Hidden Heretics | In Conversation with Ayala Fader

89

Do Hasidic Jews Vaccinate? | Dr Howard Rosman, Pediatrician to Hasidic Community, in Conversation

90

"The Get" A Personal Essay

91

Satmar versus Naturei Karte's antizionism (audio-only)

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"My Story of Growing Up and Leaving Hasidism" | In Conversation with Eli Benedict

93

Rules for Hasidic Girls Issued by Satmar School, Part 2

94

Understanding Orthodox Jewish Anti-Zionism | In Conversation with David Biale

95

Yossi Desser Musical Guest Discussion & Live Performance of YomTov Ehrlich, Belz, more

96

Top Hasidic Music Videos - 16 Selections

97

Two Dates and a Wedding - Hasidic Matchmaking Customs

98

Why do Hasidic Women SHAVE their heads?

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"My Childhood as a Hasidic Boy" | In Conversation with Izzy Posen

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Rules for Hasidic Girls Issued by Satmar School, Part 1

101

The Truth About Hasidic Jews and the Internet | A Documentary

102

An Orthodox Female Comedian | In Conversation with Leah Forster

103

Eli Benedict on Life in Israel Since the Gruesome Attacks

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What Hasidic Boys Learn | In Conversation with Moshe Krakowski

105

The History of Hasidism | In Conversation with David Biale on "Hasidism, A New History"

106

More Q&A with the Hasidic Housewife PEARL

107

The Famous PEARL Answers Your Questions

108

Hasidim, Ex-Hasidim and Dogs | In Conversation with Naomi Seidman

109

Do Ex-Hasidim Get Shunned? | In Conversation with Zalman Newfield

110

In Conversation with Steve Milligan, My Youtube Channel's Editor

111

"Why I joined the Hasidic community" | The story of Sara Braun

112

Hasidic Boys' Education Controversy | In Conversation with Eli Spitzer

113

In Conversation with Steven Nolt on Amish Society

114

In Conversation on "Heretic in the House" with Naomi Seidman

115

In conversation with Gerry Albarelli, former Hasidic boys' English teacher

116

A special visit to Williamsburg with writer and former resident Phillip Lopate

117

Izzy Posen and Frieda Vizel live zoom conversation on Post-Haredi life, identity and relations

118

Interview with Harry Weiss, former Williamsburg resident

119

Shpanier Arbet / Jewish garment art with Elena Solomon

120

In Conversation with Nathaniel Deutsch, Co-author of 'A Fortress in Brooklyn'

121

Interview with Nelly Grussgott on post-war Williamsburg, Brooklyn