In this week's episode, a listener asks Chaya Leah for permission to celebrate the joyous birth of Santa, Yael is surprised to hear she will go to Jewish Hell if she misspells Chanukkah, and we learn why Orthodox Jews will sometimes ask strangers to follow them to their hotel rooms on Shabbos (but not in Vegas, apparently). Plus in this week's "People We Thought Were Jewish", we writer Meghan Daum, who couldn't possibly be Jewish because she's from Southern Illinois and her family doesn't constantly ask her about her life.

In "People We Thought Were Jewish", we welcome our guest, writer Meghan Daum, who couldn't possibly be Jewish because she's from Southern Illinois and her family doesn't constantly ask her about her life. Listen to Meghan's wonderful podcast, The Unspeakable, and read her book (one of our favorites), "The Problem With Everything".

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Episode ID: 1000544956548

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Release Date: 14/12/2021, 17:19:52