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:
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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
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
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
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
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
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!
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:
Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta
Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller
Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar
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WE WANT TO FIND YOUR BESHERT.
Submit to Yenta Matchmaking here.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Mari Taren (lesbian TikTok legend/casting producer on Queer Ultimatum) is back!!! This is a fan favorite Yenta, and she's back with big updates to her dating life, comedy career, and opinions about Jewish necklaces.
We Yenta about:
- Looking for a viable womb
- The gay shul was too gay
- Strap on anxiety
- Mari's huge new show
Mari Taren: https://www.instagram.com/mariel_taren/?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
- 4:45 - Intro
- 5:38 - Being late bloomers
- 7:51 - Strap on anxiety
- 18:08 - Obligatory jewish check-in
- 25:35 - The Joy of Being Single
- 33:18 - Freezing your eggs
- 38:30 - Politics suck & Rachel Maddow rocks
- 41:12 - Mari's amazing new show
Introducing our new four part miniseries!!! The Orthodykes are back, and now we're a sexy yeshiva!
Each episode will feature these four luminaries of the queer Jewish world (Antonia Lassar, Raye Schiller, Leah Forster, Melissa Weisz) and will cover a new Torah question. This week we've decided to stop being so cis, and we're talking nothing but nonbinary! (BTW, apologies for the wonky audio, we're optimizing that for next episode. Thanks bbs.)
And we're giving a huge Yenta thank you to The Queerkeit Initiative for funding this series.
We Yenta about:
- Finding the perfect study partner
- Our younger selves would be dying over this queer torah study
- How does the mishnah talk about nonbinary people?
- The Torah definitions of sex and gender
- Is it important to ask queer Torah questions?
- Vibrators too. Duh.
Announcing the Yenta Matchmaking initiative! If you want to be matched with another incredibly hot Yenta listener, submit your application today! Anyone can submit to be matched, but only Patreon listeners will be able to listen in on the matchmaking process in our new Patreon series: Yenta Matchmaking!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog
Resources:
Understanding the Androgynos Sefaria source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/385624?lang=bi
Terms for gender diversity in classical jewish texts: https://transtorah.org/PDFs/Classical_Jewish_Terms_for_Gender_Diversity.pdf
Androgynos and Tumtum Sefaria source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/113417?lang=bi
Calling non-binary people to the Torah:
https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/calling-non-binary-people-to-torah-honors-cjls-oh-139_3-2022-final.pdf
The Holiness of Twilight by Reuben Zellman: https://www.transtorah.org/PDFs/Holiness_of_Twilight.pdf
Halakha Beyond The Binary by Laynie Soloman: https://svara.org/halakha-beyond-the-binary/
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
12:55 - How the mishnah defines nonbinary
31:20 - Where do nonbinary people fit into halacha?
42:33 - Kabbalah of nonbinary
46:37 - Queerness of Purim
51:55 - The Holiness of Twilight
58:26 - Final takeaways
It's just us Yentas today, and we're giving out our sage wisdom! It's the ADVICE EPISODE! Thank you to all the amazing listeners who wrote in with juuuuuuuicy questions. And we even answer a vintage question from 1906 that literally could have been written by a Gen Z.
We Yenta about:
- Coming out to your religious family
- Ethical Non-Monog
- The famous dick measuring contest in the Talmud
- Should you study Gemara?
- Our upcoming series with the Orthodykes!!
Time stamps:
- 0:00 - intro
- 8:35 - Question one: Coming out to religious family
- 18:49 - Question two: Ethical Non-Monogamy
- 25:28 - Question three: Feeling guilty about poly
- 28:25 - Question four: Making up fake Halacha
- 35:30 - Question five: Should I learan Gemara?
- 42:23 - Question six: Vintage Jewish problems
Wow Yentas this episode is one of the most fun, kinky, and just plain wild Yenta episodes we've ever had! Our guest is Eli Olsberg (TBS, Chelsea Lately) and he gets hilarious and vulnerable with us as he tells us his goss about the variety of sex clubs he's been to. Honestly we might get demonetized for this but it's worth it. (Also Antonia is still out of town, so we have the iconic co-host, returning Yenta Martin Morrow!)
We yenta about:
- Dave Chappelle on SNL
- The difference between MMF vs MFM (there is one!)
- How to go from being scared of sex parties to being a regular go-er
- Fetlife vs Feeld vs Thrinder
- Do you go to hell if you masterbate
- Jewish vs Baptist ideas about masterbation
Eli Olsberg: https://www.instagram.com/eliolsberg/
Raye Schiller https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller
Guest co-host: Martin Morrow
https://www.instagram.com/martinmmorrow/
Bonus episodes and yenta:
https://www.patreon.com/yenta
Timestamps:
- 0:00 - Intro
- 6:23 - Performing for swingers
- 7:34 - Eli's kinky journey
- 12:46 - Babygirl debreif
- 19:06 - Sex Party GOSSIP
- 37:11 - Dating in comedy and the sex party world
- 41:33 - Eli's comedy career
- 47:50 - Martin's journey to sex parties