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Yenta!
Raye Schiller and Antonia Lassar
116 episodes
2 days ago
Sometimes about comedy, sometimes about Judaism, always about gossip. Featuring comedians Raye Schiller and Antonia Lassar. New episodes every Thursday.
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Sometimes about comedy, sometimes about Judaism, always about gossip. Featuring comedians Raye Schiller and Antonia Lassar. New episodes every Thursday.
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Yenta!
“Find me a sushi place between 14th and 42nd” with Julie Klausner

You know Julie Klausner — creator and star of Difficult People, iconic comedy writer, actor, podcaster, and the patron saint of every self-respecting queer Jew with a Hulu login. She’s been on Bob’s Burgers, she’s written for everyone from Joan Rivers to Billy Eichner, and she’s basically Broadway’s unofficial mayor. This episode is everything you want from a real celebrity Yenta: unfiltered queer wisdom, Jewish cultural analysis, and absolutely deranged gossip.


We Yenta about:


1. How queer Jewish culture keeps you sane when the world is on fire

2. Joan Rivers as the ultimate Jewish mother figure

3. Julie’s hunt for the perfect sushi spot between 14th and 42nd

4. Why Pride Month should be replaced by Queer Summer Vacation

5. Why ukuleles and clowning are aggressively queer

6. The Broadway shows that made us gay

7. Why every good procedural should have a version starring Cate Blanchett

8. What it means to keep “finding your people” at every stage of queer Jewish life

9. An epic game of Jewish, Queer, or Treif?


Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! We'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking" where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform


Julie Klausner: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-was-your-week-with-julie-klausner/id424991092

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta


Timestamps:

0:00 – Intro

3:30 – Celebrity gossip + Jewish geography

6:30 – Aging out of chaos

8:15 – Pride Month: Exhaustion

13:00 – Julie’s Jewish queer journey

15:45 – Jewish matchmaking

25:40 – Broadway gossip

34:30 – Julie’s goss: Joan Rivers, dinner parties, and Robert Mitchum

50:45 – Jewish / Queer / Treif lightning round

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1 week ago
58 minutes 37 seconds

Yenta!
"Queer Jewish Summer Camp" with Queerkeit Incubator!!

We're at queer summer camp!!! This summer the Yentas went to the Queerkeit Incubator retreat, a weekend for queer jews to create the media they wish they had on their queer Jewish journeys.... also everyone is hot. We asked some of the participants to share their hot takes about the weekend, and it was SPICY. We Yenta about: - Gay men have a different queer jewish experience- Everyone is horny- Going on a naked mikvah trip - Everyone wants everyone else to be messy (BTW we hope you can forgive us for some patchy sound! We did the best we could with a slew of folks who has never used a mic before! Also Antonia still had a concussion, so she's in sunnies, like a cool kid.)Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! We'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking" where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewformRaye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yentaTimestamps: 0:00 - Intro to QI2:24 - Mendel is happier alone6:55 - Shira never knows when people are flirting 10:28 - Bee wants you to be a mess13:23 - Jonathan knows gay men are bad at dating21:18 - Risa liked breakfast 24:44 - Leah can tell you're horny28:25 - Amalya wants to go to bed30:49 - Melissa thinks sex is holy 38:16 - Miri wants queer Jewish friends43:36 - Gene and Mac the Puppet are insane50:02 - Ilana went to a mikvah 51:06 - Moriah tell stories55:29 - Gene is back 56:50 - Feigele is coming for gay men

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2 weeks ago
1 hour 5 seconds

Yenta!
"Secular kid at Orthodox school" with comedian Liz Glazer!!

It's a returning Yenta, the world famous Jewish comedian Liz Glazer!! This time Liz is fresh off her Tonight Show debut, and we goss all about how that now she's a wildly successful comedian, she still feels like an 11 year old outcast at Jewish school. (Also, Antonia spends the entire episode wearing sunglasses because she's really cool, and not because this was filmed while she was recovering from her concussion.)


We Yenta about:

- Is gossip halacha?

- How to flirt

- Also the book "How To Flirt"

- How to flirt using the book "How To Flirt"

- Prepping for the Tonight Show

- Please send Liz kosher restaurant recs!!


Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! We'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking" where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform


Liz Glazer: https://www.instagram.com/lizglazer/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta


Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:30 - Being the loser of Jewish day school

10:24 - The synagogue circuit

20:33 - Reform Judaism goss

24:55 - The Tonight Show debut!!

55:20 - Secrets!

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3 weeks ago
1 hour 38 seconds

Yenta!
"She/They is the funnest pronoun" with Danika Lyle

It's your favorite She/They from the internet, Danika Lyle!!! We've been seeing Danika (UCB, American High, Don't Tell)!! on our FYPs for months,a nd so we had ot invite her on. It turns out our internet fave isn't just hilarious, cool, and hot, she's also WISE. (This was filmed while Antonia was recovering from her concussion, so Raye is joined by the iconic Guest Yenta, Maddy Schmidt!)


We Yenta about:

- Fairy smut v self help audiobooks

- Vocal nodes: every theatre kid's nightmare

- How do we even have kids anymore???

- Dating other comedians

- Women in standup

- Atrology. Duh.


Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! We'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking" where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform


Danika Lyle: https://www.instagram.com/danika.lyle/?hl=en

Maddy Schmidt: https://www.instagram.com/schmidt__show/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta


Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

4:09 - Intenet comedy business

10:09 - Astrology

13:38 - Front Facing comedy

16:01 - Audibook hot takes

19:28 - Nodes!! Ahh!!

23:08 - Gen Z tries to have kids

26:48 - Dating comedians

38:39 - Women in standup

50:37 - Mental health and posting comedy videos

1:01:00 - secrets

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4 weeks ago
1 hour 3 minutes 29 seconds

Yenta!
"Conversion therapy into queer cinema" with Wayward writer Misha Osherovich

It's a star studded episode with Wayward staff writer and actor, Misha Osherovich!! She's here to give us all the goss on conversion therapy camps, acting while transitioning, and being judgy about relationship podcasts. This was filmed while Antonia was out on concussion-leave, so Raye is joined by iconic guest Yenta, Maddie Schmidt! WE LOVE MADDIE!


Stuff we yenta about

- Relationship anarchy

- She's The He: the trans movie of our dreams

- Making queer films with queers

- Conversion therapy goss

- Russian Jewish parents being judgmental of everything

- Gangbangs


Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! We'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking" where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform


Misha Osherovich: https://www.instagram.com/mishaosherovich/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Maddie Schmidt: https://www.instagram.com/schmidt__show/?hl=en



Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta


Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:05 - Relationship anarchy

6:05 - Making queer film

15:21 - The Russian Jewish experience

21:05 - Conversion therapy and troubled teen programs

29:51 - Secrets

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1 month ago
57 minutes 7 seconds

Yenta!
Summer Break Part 2: The Concussion!!

We're finally recapping our summer hiatus: Antonia got a concussion!! If you've ever wanted to hear all about eyeball physical therapy, this episode is for you!


We Yenta about:

- Dramatic neurologists

- Walking into poles

- Performing comedy shows in the dark

- Antonia's gig as an interim rabbi

- God. Duh.


Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! We'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking" where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform


Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta


Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:10 - Concussion recap

11:35 - Doing comedy with a brain injury

14:25 - Interim Rabbi gig

39:42 - Doing comedy and singing together

43:57 - Concussion advice

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1 month ago
49 minutes 5 seconds

Yenta!
Our Summer Break Part 1: The Wedding!!!

After being on hiatus all summer, we're back baby!!! Today it's just us Yentas recapping Raye's summer break. If you didn't hear the news, THEY GOT MARRIED. AND IT WAS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. The gossip is piping hot, so grab a seat and sip this tea.


We Yenta about:

- Orgies at the Bachelorexxx party

- Being the biggest Jewish queer event of LA

- Non-binary wedding attire

- Raye's hot fashion designer

- Persian/Ashkenazi wedding culture

- The world's best wedding tisch

- Adjusting to married life


Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! We'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking" where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform


Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller/

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


Uncut and bonus episodes: patreon.com/yenta


Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:55 - Wedding announcement

7:42 - Bachelorexx recap

12:01 - Wedding Outfit

24:29 - The LA reaction

29:51 - Persian v Ashkenazi weddings

34:38 - Tisch recap

43:53 - Ceremony breakdown

55:50 - Married life

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1 month ago
1 hour 1 minute 58 seconds

Yenta!
How We Planned the Sweaty Yeshiva Boy Wedding Tisch of Raye's Dreams plus Jewish Music Gossip!

Raye and Antonia give their hottest takes on your favorite topic: Jewish Music!

This was recorded *before* Raye's wedding - so you'll get the inside scoop of how the world's most epic tisch was planned.

We yenta about:

- Raye's WEDDING TISCH vision and playlist

- Hassidim doing Hassidic stuff with Hassidim

- What makes a good Jewish song?

- Song circle vs. niggun circles vs. tisch vs. farbrengen


Extra unreleased gossip:https://www.patreon.com/c/yenta


Follow us online:https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

https://www.instagram.com/yentapod

http://tiktok.com/@yentapod

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2 months ago
36 minutes 59 seconds

Yenta!
"You Need a Coat Hanger in Bushwick" aka Toilet Babies with Kylie Vincent

We get the real yenta on Kylie's aborshion story, timothee chalamet giving NYU kids chlamidya, Raye's planning a wedding chaos.

Follow Kylie! https://www.instagram.com/kylievincentthefirst/

Guest host: Gloria Alexander https://www.instagram.com/gloriaisfunny

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

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3 months ago
59 minutes

Yenta!
Yenta Matchmaking [Patreon Preview]

This is an unreleased episode that we are going to post on the main but sharing with our Patrons first! We update you on with the nonbinary couple we matched last episode and we pitch some of our favorite couples yet!

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4 months ago
24 minutes 46 seconds

Yenta!
Finding an Impossible Rabbi and the Jewish Barstool Saga

We’re so excited to be back on the couch for some real Yenta with just the Yentas! We have a lot of catching up to do this episode:


We yenta about:

  • Some serious tea about an old seminary friend
  • Finding an impossible rabbi and other wedding prep
  • A non-sensationalized Dave Portnoy, Barstool Sports and Jewish Drama discussion


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta


Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


—


WE WANT TO FIND YOUR BESHERT.

Submit to ⁠Yenta Matchmaking here⁠.

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7 months ago
42 minutes 9 seconds

Yenta!
Orthodykes are Back! aka "I don't know what I am but I'm not straight"

Melissa Weisz and Leah Forster are back on the couch in Raye's sublet in Brooklyn (that's why it's such bad video quality - sorry)! We have *amazing* yenta about:

- Raye's engagement party (that Melissa and Leah were both at!)

- Jojo Siwa Kath Drama (yay lesbian tiktok!)

- Our Red flags

- Modi's post-comedy show pesach program drama!!

- Are we just looking for external validation when we create?

- Raye keeping charedi shabbat

- Coming out as crypto bros

- Is letting Hashem in your marriage freaky?


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yentaLeah Forster: https://www.instagram.com/leahforsterMelissa Weisz: https://www.instagram.com/melissaweiszRaye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


[00:00:00-00:01:45] Open relationships and personal growth.[00:04:06] JoJo Siwa's relationship dynamics.[00:09:06] JoJo Siwa's public scrutiny.[00:14:48] Red flags in relationships.[00:15:24] Importance of having hobbies.[00:20:07] Capitalism and personal finance.[00:23:35] Equal opportunity in crypto.[00:30:00] Modi's acceptance in comedy.[00:32:12] Balancing social media and self.[00:34:33] Coddle culture's impact on youth.[00:39:00] Family support in queer identities.[00:44:03] Secrecy vs. privacy in relationships.[00:46:55] Religion and intimacy boundaries.[00:51:19] Balancing faith and culture.[00:54:40] LGBTQ Jewish gala experience.[00:56:28] Gay couples and halachic laws.[01:02:42] Injustices in religious matchmaking.[01:03:34] Body image in matchmaking.[01:08:40] Cohabitation before marriage perspectives.[01:10:29] Marriage and personal choices.

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7 months ago
1 hour 11 minutes

Yenta!
"Jewish Lesbian Power Couple" with Elana Arian

You know Elana Arian's music from every Jewish summer camp and Reform synagogue, but did you also know she's the most charming hilarious Jewish power lesbian????? We're obsessed with Elana, and go check out her new album that comes out May 9, 2025!


We Yenta about:

- Jewish music hot takes

- Gay NYC Jewish gossip

- How Elana fell in love with a cantor (!!!)

- Debbie Friedman lore

- Even more Debbie Friedman lore


Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! We'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking" where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog


Elana Arian: https://elanaarian.com/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta


Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

7:43 - Modern Jewish music gossip

12:56 - Debbie Friedman lore

17:55 - Growing up at a Jewish summer camp

23:04 - How Debbie Friedman turned Elana into a Jewish musician

33:40 - Incredible Jewish lesbian power couple gossip

54:25 - Matzah minute

105 - Report from the Debbie Friedman school of sacred music

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7 months ago
1 hour 25 minutes 43 seconds

Yenta!
"Daddy for Women, Bottom for Men" with Bri Griger

When we told folks that Bri Giger (Netflix Is A Joke, UCB, professional DJ) was coming on the pod, everyone had the exact same reaction: I LOVE HER!! We’re so honored that Bri agreed to come on the pod and ruin her reputation. Total mensch. 

We Yenta about: 

  • Nonmonagamy in LA: Your GF making out with your ex-GF

  • Bri’s SNL audition! What a legend!

  • Bri is the hottest DJ in LA. Like seriously. She’s a big deal.

  • Surviving a queer LA breakup 

  • Bri wants to f*ck Moms Mabley 

  • Lesbians who secretly f*ck men

Bri Giger: https://www.instagram.com/brigiger/ 

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

(00:01:16) - Non-Monogamy in LA

(00:04:06) - Introduction of Guest Bri Giger

(00:08:51) - Auditioning for SNL and Character Work

(00:12:17) - DJing as a Full-Time Job and Audience Interactions

(00:13:35) - Balancing DJing and Comedy

(00:16:02) - Flirting and Interactions Post-Performances

(00:18:07) - Being Perceived as a Queer Icon

(00:20:38) - Healing From A Queer Breakup

(00:30:05) - Matzah Minute

(00:36:47) - Being A Nerd For Butts

(00:46:04) - Dating Dynamics Across Different Genders

(00:50:46) - Adjusting Behavior Based on Partner's Gender


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8 months ago
1 hour 1 minute 14 seconds

Yenta!
[Patreon Preview] Yenta Matchmaking!

Introducing Yenta Matchmaking exclusively for Patrons only!

Every other week on the Yenta Patreon we'll read profiles of eligible single Jews (or Jews *adjacent*), including YOU! In each Yenta Matchmaking episode (only available on Patreon), we'll make a few matches and hear reports back from former Yenta daters! 


WE WANT TO FIND YOUR BESHERT.









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8 months ago
10 minutes 51 seconds

Yenta!
"The Founder Of Free Britney" with Babs Gray

We are talking to the actual founder of the Free Britney movement, Babs Gray!!! She also happens to be the only non-Jew at the JCC, and a genius comedian and podcaster and "woman in body." (Her words.)


We Yenta about:

- Incredibly niche Jewish internet feuds

- Where is Britney now???

- How did we free Britney??

- Empathizing with mysogynist comedy

- Very controversial takes about Jewish scandals (ie Carlebach)


Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog


Babs Gray: https://www.instagram.com/babs_gray/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta


Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

7:30 - Incredibly niche jewish gossip

9:25 - Origins of Free Britney

13:05 - How is britney doing now?

16:55 - Who's the next Britney?

18:21 - Getting canceled on the internet

23:56 - Being the only non jew at the jcc

34:56 - Comedy that changes people's minds?

40:50 - Good goss

43:53 - Carlebach

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8 months ago
56 minutes 22 seconds

Yenta!
Yentas Only: Engagements Only

IT'S THE BIG DAY!!!!!!! RAYE IS ENGAYGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


This episode is literally nothing but weddings: Jewish qeddings, gay weddings, nonbinary weddings, Jewish/gay/nonbinary weddings!!!


BTW, Antonia's video feed cuts out towards the end, but that means you have more time to look at Raye's gorgeous face. :)


We Yenta about:

- weddings

- weddings

- nothing but weddings


Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog



Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

4:26 - ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

9:56 - Queer wedding recap

20:33 - Mcah and Marnina: the dream queer wedding

29:34 - Queer wedding shtick

31:39 - Raye's future wedding

36:41 - Ashkenazi v Persian wedding

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8 months ago
50 minutes 29 seconds

Yenta!
Orthodykes Learn Torah: The Episode About Jokes

It's everyone's favorite queer yeshiva! Leah Forster and Melissa Weisz (The World Famous Orthodykes) are back, and this week we're asking... is there comedy in the Torah??? We have source sheets, chevrutas, and pedantic arguments about the meaning of words: it's a real yeshiva!!


We Yenta about:

- Are we completely disrespecting our ancestors?

- We're definitely disrespecting our ancestors.

- How to best disrespect our ancestors.

- Who would be funnier in the holocaust

- How the Gemara literally teaches us to open all Torah learning with a JOKE!


Jokes of the Talmud source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/625384?lang=bi


Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog

Leah Forster: https://www.instagram.com/leahforster/?hl=en

Melissa Wesiz: https://www.instagram.com/melissaweisz/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta


Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

4:16 - Is Torah funny?

5:02 - Jokes from the Torah

10:01 - Can we call it comedy?

13:00 - This too is Torah

18:17 - Start with a joke

24:48 - Talmud jokes

38:00 - Holocaust jokes

48:45 - More Torah jokes

53:22 - Chassidic opinion on humor

55:38 - Conclusion

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9 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes 8 seconds

Yenta!
"Queer and still Orthodox" with Rachel Olshin

Rachel Olshin (Hamantaschen Monologues) is here to make your frum gay fantasies come true. This feels like a classic Yenta: we get deep into yiddishkeit, queer politics, and Raye threatens to have a threesome.


We Yenta about:

- Queer kids in modern orthodox schools

- The queer frum cultures hiding in major cities

- If you're bi, are you shomer negiah for everyone?

- Going flat with a mastectomy

- Choosing Judiasm for yourself, not your family

- Why Raye needs bungee cords


Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog

Rachel Olshin: https://www.hamantaschenmonologues.com/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta



Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

3:41 - Meet Rachel Olshin

5:52 - Growing up modern Orthodox

10:45 - Being queer and still observant

15:00 - Jewish matchmaking

20:30 - Frum summer programs

24:42 - If you weren't queer

29:30 - The queer frum utopia

40:42 - Mastectomy secrets

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9 months ago
55 minutes 14 seconds

Yenta!
"The Comedian Wrangler" with David Zucker

David Zucker is the brain behind the most popular comedy marketing blog on Substack. We talk about being legally blind, touring with clowns, and every single thing we are doing wrong with our podcast.


We Yenta about:

- Jewish frats

- Austin comedy v Brooklyn comedy

- Following your clown brother around the world

- Everything that comedians need to know about marketing themselves

- The steamy goss of linktrees...



Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog


David Zucker: https://davidzucker.substack.com/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar


Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta



0:00 - Intro

4:50 - David's Substack

6:15 - Jewish frats

6:30 - Always being an outsider

8:35 - Growing up Jewish

11:00 - Dropping out of school to manage clowns

13:54 - Talking shop: How to improve your social media

33:31 - Looking for collective effervescence

39:30 - Can influencers be good stage performers?

48:58 - Secrets/How to hack your disability

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9 months ago
1 hour 41 seconds

Yenta!
Sometimes about comedy, sometimes about Judaism, always about gossip. Featuring comedians Raye Schiller and Antonia Lassar. New episodes every Thursday.