Chanan Volk is a student at the Aish Hatorah Yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem. He is also a content creator with 5k+ followers, shifting between genres of Israel advocacy, Jewish education, satire and more personal content.

In our conversation, we talk about his journey from the Conservative Movement for Judaism in California to his Orthodox life in Israel, where he recently became a citizen! We attempt to also discuss the state of geopolitics and how it relates to Jewish philosophy. Finally, we explore his law suit during college and the role it played in his religious journey. It was an engaging conversation and we hope you enjoy!

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Shmuli Weissler is an employability coach at ⁠Cruitie⁠ and a content creator, with almost 20k followers across social media platforms. His has recently gone viral for his creative AI-generated tefilin content which leaves viewers often amused and/or stunned.

Although he has found much success, it wasn't clear how things would turn out for the longest time. Having recently celebrated 11 years of sobriety, we had a candid conversation about his past difficulties with alcoholism, drug abuse and mental health. his story is an inspiring one and we hope you can clean some valuable lessons from hearing it.

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What an honour!

I was privileged to have a lengthy conversation with the one and only, Joseph Cohen. He is a legend of online Hasbara (Israel advocacy), with 300k+ followers across social media platforms under the name 'Israel Advocacy Movement'. During our conversation, we discussed his unlikely origin story, Islam, Nick Fuentes and the state of British Jewry. I really enjoyed speaking with him and could've easily spoke to him for another 2 hours. Please check out his content if you haven't already - he's really proficient in what he does and you'll often learn something new.

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Disclaimer: This episode contains themes that listeners may find distressing including suicide and PTSD.

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Eliot Young relays the story of his brother, Nathanel Young Z'L, who was killed in action on October 7th. This section starts at 45:05.

Please donate to the fundraising campaign in memory of Nathanel here:

https://my.israelgives.org/en/fundme/Nathanel_Young

You can order 'The Nat' cold brew dedicated to Nathanel on Instagram @youngs_coldbrew

Check out Eliot's podcast 'Hero Israel' on all podcast platforms to hear inspiring stories of extraordinary actions by everyday people in Israel since October 7th.

Follow us on @straightouttaexile and leave us feedback/reviews on whichever platform you're using. Our podcast's very first guest appearance, featuring Yaakov Fein AKA @theturntjew and @frum.fitness. Yaakov is a qualified personal trainer and a certified meme king with 30k+ followers across social media. We spoke to him about his Aliyah journey, how he got into fitness and becoming (niche) famous. We hope you enjoy the episode.

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