The Mocha Juice: Recent Episodes
The Mocha Juice
Welcome to The Mocha Juice! We're two best friends, both Mizrahi Israeli-American Jews who are excited to share with you our thoughts and engage with our listeners. Join us on our journey as we discuss Ashkenormativity, U.S politics through a Jewish lens, our Middle Eastern culture and contentious topics in the Jewish world.
Purim happened, which means black face happened. We also discuss closures and vaccines in Israel, and cultural clashes.
Today we discussed our frustration with the vaccine distribution, Ella Emhoff, Jewish space lasers, and other things!
This week we invited our friend Michal to join us as we discuss the Capitol riot and the anti-Semitism that we've seen these last few weeks by those that a certain someone considers 'special.'
When reporters cover Cuomo’s failure at distributing the vaccine, they continue to compare it to how much better a small country the size of New Jersey in the Middle East is doing it. In today’s episode we talk about Israel’s successful rollout and New York’s failed attempt.
This week we discussed potential Israeli elections following the dissolving of the Knesset, Mizrahi remembrance day and month and some petty internet drama. Also, we didn't forget that Rudy Giuliani farted on camera.
This week on the Mocha Juice we explored what happened with our bnei dodim (cousins) Rudy Giuliani and Mike Pompeo. They're obviously not our cousins, but you get the joke, right? Thank you to our friend Mike Mintz for joining us this week!
What is 'lockdown' to Americans? What happens when an Israeli reality show releases a commercial with a comment about Yemenite's taken out of context? What about Israel's move on signing with Pfizer for the vaccine, should we consider moving back?! Also who the fudge is Dan Purdy? We explore this and a lot more this week in our episode.
We say that we're summarizing a week of elections, but in all honesty it should probably be called a week of anxiety! You're not alone. We slept just as little as you did, our eating habits were weird, and we're all super stressed. Join us as we try to see the bright side of the situation, humor one another through this insane week, and focus on what to do next.
This week we spoke with our good friend AY who will be voting third party this year. We explore why some Jews are voting for Trump and what causes them to put Israel at the forefront of their decision this election season. We also chatted about the rise of anti-Semitism, Jeremy Corbyn and the issues we see with Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio's approach to the Orthodox community.
This week on The Mocha Juice we discuss Jon's birthday and gift ideas for your unemployed friend. Tune in to hear about our family Whatsapp groups, AOC's debut on Twitch and last nights debate!
Welcome to The Mocha Juice! We're two best friends, both Mizrahi Israeli-American Jews who are excited to share with you our thoughts and engage with our listeners. Today we'll talk about who we are, the Town Halls from last night, and where our fellow Jews are leaning this election season. Oh also, some Costco chatter. Warning: You might learn some Hebrew while listening to our podcasts.
Bend the Arc: https://www.bendthearc.us/votersurveyJewish Electorate Institute:https://www.jewishelectorateinstitute.org/2020-national-survey-of-likely-jewish-voters/