Jun 11, 2026 · 2 hr 11 min · 29 segments
In this episode Rachel is joined by her friend Shira! Shira tells Rachel her best dating stories all throughout her religious journey. Shira and Rachel discuss how it is so hard to find a guy who has…
Or, like, I don't know.
It's... it's for me and i don't know i think at some point i did start to make comments because he would say he would go into like very religious areas and like he would get looks or whatever and i was like you know if you wore a yarmulke while you were there they would just like they would know you were jewish
yeah they
like wouldn't be like why the heck are you here but yeah i mean And I dated guys who did wear yarmulkes, and I liked that.
And then I went out with a guy once, and he was wearing a baseball hat on a date.
And I'm just like, we're in a nice, like, bar.
Like, why is he wearing a hat? It was because it was, like, I think this was at the end of 2023.
No, no, this was
in 2024.
Maybe it was, I don't remember.
Yeah, yeah, it was in 2024.
But honestly, I know I can't put myself in that position because when I walk down the street, I don't look identifiably Jewish.
Like, I'm wearing whatever I wear.
Like, yeah, I have my mug end of you necklace.
But I...
Walking down the street, like, nobody's going to – no one's harassing me on the subway.
But, like, I get it.
It could be a fear that people would get harassed for wearing yarmulke, like, walking down the street of New York or on the subway.
But I don't know.
I guess I just – I'm not – and, again, I'm not a guy, so I can't put myself in that position.
But – I don't know.
I just – it's very attractive to me when they're proud to be Jewish and they're proud to own the Judaism.
And I like when – I like when a
guy wears yarmulke.
Or, like, I don't know.
It's... it's for me and i don't know i think at some point i did start to make comments because he would say he would go into like very religious areas and like he would get looks or whatever and i was like you know if you wore a yarmulke while you were there they would just like they would know you were jewish
yeah they
like wouldn't be like why the heck are you here but yeah i mean And I dated guys who did wear yarmulkes, and I liked that.
And then I went out with a guy once, and he was wearing a baseball hat on a date.
And I'm just like, we're in a nice, like, bar.
Like, why is he wearing a hat? It was because it was, like, I think this was at the end of 2023.
No, no, this was
in 2024.
Maybe it was, I don't remember.
Yeah, yeah, it was in 2024.
But honestly, I know I can't put myself in that position because when I walk down the street, I don't look identifiably Jewish.
Like, I'm wearing whatever I wear.
Like, yeah, I have my mug end of you necklace.
But I...
Walking down the street, like, nobody's going to – no one's harassing me on the subway.
But, like, I get it.
It could be a fear that people would get harassed for wearing yarmulke, like, walking down the street of New York or on the subway.
But I don't know.
I guess I just – I'm not – and, again, I'm not a guy, so I can't put myself in that position.
But – I don't know.
I just – it's very attractive to me when they're proud to be Jewish and they're proud to own the Judaism.
And I like when – I like when a
guy wears yarmulke.
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