The Rabbi's Wife with Avital Chizik-Goldschmidt

Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 11 a.m.

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I talk with Avital Chizik-Goldschmidt, a perhaps unconventional Rebetzin about her role. She shares her own naivet\\xe9, and how her Torah classes became a point of contention between her husband and his boss. We alsodiscuss the fear of a smart woman in a position with a title as she speaks publicly for the first time about her husband\\u2019s firing.

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\\u200bAvital Chizhik-Goldschmidt is a writer living in New York City. Her work has appeared in the\\xa0Atlantic,\\xa0New York Times,\\xa0Foreign Policy,\\xa0The New Republic,\\xa0Vox, Vogue,\\xa0Salon,\\xa0Glamour, Business\\xa0Insider,\\xa0Los Angeles Review of Books, Jewish Review of Books,\\xa0and\\xa0Religion & Politics, among others, and Avital has taught journalism at Yeshiva University\'s Stern College for Women.\\xa0Previously, she was the\\xa0Life\\xa0editor at the\\xa0Forward, and a reporter for\\xa0Haaretz.\\xa0\\u200bShe is a recipient of honors from the\\xa0Atlantic,\\xa0Moment, the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, and elsewhere. Avital does pastoral work alongside her\\xa0husband\\xa0Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt in Manhattan\'s Upper East Side.

Click here for Avital\'s original episode of Be Impactful

Click here for the NYT article about how she and her husband met.

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