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Welcome to in-depth conversations on Hasidism, Judaism, NYC, culture, education, religion and more! This podcast is hosted by popular Youtuber Frieda Vizel, who has been studying the Hasidic community for more than ten years. This is the podcast version of the video conversations which are also published on Youtube.
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- 3 days ago41 min
We had ONE date & got married! | Brach and Avi
Video link to this interview: https://youtu.be/LV99eySK-24Fifteen years after their marriage was arranged, a couple reflects on their lives together. They met once for forty minutes and then got married a year later, without any contact during the engagement. Are they happily married? In hindsight, what do they take away from their way of having met? 🔗 Follow Brachi and Avi on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brachif/🔗 Brachi's Shabbos table decor business is here: https://hod-hadar.com/🔗 Hod Hadar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hod_hadar_/Did you enjoy this interview? Watch some of my others:🌟 Eli's story: https://youtu.be/SggvtB586Gk🌟 Pessy's story: https://youtu.be/7CBHWJwmAJI🌟 Gita's story: https://youtu.be/xBBW-b4yNfw🌟 Melissa Weisz's story: https://youtube.com/live/j16Dlc5iRGoEdited by Lee Kupac / https://www.instagram.com/alice.kpcAs always, my interviews are available as podcasts wherever you get your podcasts.Thank you for supporting my work!!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-frieda-vizel-podcast--5824414/support.
- 1 weeks ago51 min
Expelled from school and their world destroyed | Pessy Unstressing
Link to video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/7CBHWJwmAJIMany people know Pessy from her popular Yiddish comedy videos, where she lovingly and hilariously captures the world of Hasidic women. She was one of the first creators to bring that world to social media through a female lens, and her sharp observations and humor have earned her a devoted following.But behind the comedy is a remarkable personal story.Pessy grew up in a Hasidic family in Monsey and spent much of her childhood carrying responsibilities that no child should have to carry. As the oldest sister, she watched her family struggle through the challenges surrounding her younger sister and felt an overwhelming need to hold everything together. She learned early on that being "good" and "perfect" seemed to be the safest way to survive difficult circumstances.In our conversation, Pessy speaks with extraordinary honesty about family, faith, rejection, and the pressure she felt to meet everyone's expectations. She shares how religion became a source of comfort, how she entered marriage determined to be the perfect wife, and how she concealed her own struggles because she didn't want to burden the people she loved.What makes Pessy's story so powerful is not simply what happened to her, but the way she reflects on it. She brings insight, humor, and compassion to experiences that could easily have left her bitter. Her story touches on themes that are deeply personal and yet almost universal: the desire to be accepted, the weight of responsibility, the loneliness of feeling misunderstood, and the long journey toward self-acceptance.Pessy's story is, in many ways, everyone's story. I hope you'll watch this conversation with kindness and an open heart.You can find Pessy on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/pessyunstressing/You might also enjoy some of my other interviews with women from the Yiddish-speaking Hasidic community:Melissa Weiszhttps://youtube.com/live/j16Dlc5iRGoFradel Neumanhttps://youtu.be/HoTzWaF7dU8Sara Braunhttps://youtu.be/1E54wVSn-wMGita Katzhttps://youtu.be/2saQ0LEwZXQAs always, my interviews are also available in audio-only form wherever you get your podcasts.And thank you especially to my channel members for helping make these conversations possible.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-frieda-vizel-podcast--5824414/support.
- 2 weeks ago52 min
The National Desertion Bureau | Eddy Portnoy
Video link to this episode: https://youtu.be/ixZOxV5BuCIEddy Portnoy is back by popular demand, after our wonderful discussion on the history of Yiddish language. Eddy is the exhibit curator at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and does amazing Yiddish/Jewish curations.Today’s subject is juicy but educational, eye-opening, and enlightening.We are diving into the shocking and largely forgotten story of the National Desertion Bureau, a real organization founded in New York in 1911 to track down runaway Jewish husbands who abandoned their wives and children during the great wave of Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe to North America.For more on this below.Here are some links:-My previous interview with Eddy: https://youtu.be/tq8y3KkAWTk?si=-KdfW3UJBkiMdrh_-The Yivo Exhibit: https://www.yivo.org/National-Desertion-Bureau-📘 THE BOOK ON THIS: Wives without Husbands: Marriage, Desertion, and Welfare in New York, 1900–1935 by Anna R. Igra https://amzn.to/4tGvhbZPopular stereotypes about Jewish husbands tend to be flattering: loyal, hardworking, stable, family-oriented. Which is exactly why so many people have never heard of this dark social crisis that unfolded inside immigrant Jewish communities during the early 20th century. Behind the romanticized image of the immigrant success story was another reality entirely: crushing poverty, overcrowded tenements, fractured families, emotional collapse, and men disappearing without a trace.The problem became so widespread that Yiddish newspapers like the legendary The Forward published daily columns called “The Gallery of Missing Husbands,” complete with mugshots and descriptions of men who vanished and left their families destitute. There were even Lower East Side psychics who specialized in helping women locate missing husbands.From 1905 through the 1960s, the National Desertion Bureau investigated more than 18,000 cases, working with courts, police departments, charities, and governments to track down deserters, force support payments, and sometimes even jail offenders. The surviving files read like tragic little novellas filled with betrayal, desperation, ruined finances, abandoned children, and impossible choices made during an era of massive upheaval.The archives at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research contain roughly 17,000 surviving case files from the Bureau, many of which formed the basis for the exhibition *Runaway Husbands, Desperate Families: The Story of the National Desertion Bureau*, curated by Eddy himself.In this episode, Eddy walks us through this extraordinary hidden chapter of Jewish history and helps unpack what these stories reveal about immigration, masculinity, poverty, shame, survival, and the fragile reality behind nostalgic immigrant mythology.Before we begin, I want to thank those of you who are channel members and help make this work possible. Members get early access to videos before they are released publicly. I deeply appreciate all of you, members, subscribers, commenters, and everyone who participates in these conversations and helps keep this channel alive.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-frieda-vizel-podcast--5824414/support.
- 3 weeks ago15 min
Jews and Poland; how we tell Polish Jewish history | Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Video link to this conversation: https://youtu.be/KCS9vAundmsHow do you tell the history of Jews in Poland? Why is there so much debate about this from Polish people? I ask the curator of the Polin museum about her work at the crux of this debate: when telling the story of Polish Jewish history for the museum. Watch part 1 for Barbara's life story here: https://youtu.be/xXqmG4rI-sEBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-frieda-vizel-podcast--5824414/support.
- 3 weeks ago54 min
At 83, this Jewish icon has a story to tell | Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Video link: https://youtu.be/qdQi26lBQ7QToday I have the great honor and pleasure of speaking with Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, a renowned scholar of Jewish culture, folklore, and performance studies. She is best known for her work exploring how Jewish history and heritage are presented in museums and public culture, and she served as the chief curator of the core exhibition at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, the landmark institution that tells the thousand-year history of Jews in Poland.Barbara's own story, and her relationship with her father, is part of the Polish Jewish story. For many years, her father shared memories of his life in Poland with his Canadian-born daughter. Later, during a period of depression, he began illustrating those memories in a remarkable series of paintings. Those paintings became the foundation for a book Barbara created, preserving both his experiences and a vanished world.Please check out part 2 where we talk about Barbara's work in Poland as the chief curator of the Polin musuem. https://youtu.be/KCS9vAundmsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-frieda-vizel-podcast--5824414/support.
- Jun 28, 20261h 12m
What is anti-semitism? | Doran Shafrir
Video link to this episode: https://youtu.be/gwCyNjr2vU0Today I am talking to Doran from the channel @TheEasyWayDMS about philosophical subjects. What is antisemitism? How does it form and change? What are the guises it comes in? In a world in which there's so much muddled dialogue about antisemitism, I thought it was important to have a nuanced, thoughtful conversation. I invite your comments and thoughts.For more on this subject, see these videos:Everyone is talking about Jews: https://youtu.be/A1aOTCsYQfMMy experience with antisemitism as a Jewish content creator: https://youtube.com/live/IZuSqgQGDBUAntisemitic attack in the UK with Izzy Posen https://youtu.be/IfWm5mlQRwgHe lived through the Bondi Beach attack: https://youtu.be/css7bPGITTEAlso, check out my conversation with Doran for his channel.https://youtu.be/utFUQCFnqdc?si=UEUJJjqYDNKhdoieBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-frieda-vizel-podcast--5824414/support.
- Jun 21, 20261h 13m
Hasidic Bubby shares their wedding traditions
Video link to this conversation: https://youtu.be/uQ8YqHA_id8📸 Videography: Upperdeck Film / https://www.instagram.com/upperdeck_film/ ✂️ Edited: Lee Kupac / @mayo.nap 👰 Wedding footage: Shmilly Feldman / https://www.instagram.com/chasidish_lifter/More content with Pearl: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhW2QoO54ycylVdMte0xOgmKWkyksKzyv&si=hOy-eozSCg2cWErrBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-frieda-vizel-podcast--5824414/support.
- Jun 17, 202643 min
Everyone is talking about Jews
Video link to this monologue: https://youtu.be/A1aOTCsYQfMBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-frieda-vizel-podcast--5824414/support.
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