{"id":5928,"date":"2019-01-24T20:56:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/?p=5928"},"modified":"2019-01-24T20:56:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:56:32","slug":"ep133-leaving-a-hasidic-jewish-community-izzy-posen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2019\/01\/ep133-leaving-a-hasidic-jewish-community-izzy-posen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep#133 &#8211; Leaving A Hasidic Jewish Community &#8211; Izzy Posen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img style= \"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src= \"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/show\/49746\/izzy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/\" target= \"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The #GSPodcast<\/a> Stephen Knight speaks to Izzy Posen (@PosenIzzy). Izzy grew up in a strict Jewish community in east London, only learning English at the age of 18. He talks about his emancipation from this community as well as his experiences as a student of an unregistered Jewish school. Izzy also runs a free speech society at Bristol University and will be talking about the state of speech on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Support the podcast at <a href= \"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/gspellchecker\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/gspellchecker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also available on <a href= \"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/godless-spellchecker-podcast\/id780794967\"> iTunes<\/a>, <a href= \"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=41293&amp;refid=stpr\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/gspellchecker\" target=\"_blank\" rel= \"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> &amp; <a href= \"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0TTwnlVpzJRQuM6xfj7W0h\">Spotify.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#GSPodcast Theme by <a href= \"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mcityhoods\/atheistgspodcasttheme\">Dorian Silk &amp; The M<\/a><a href= \"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mcityhoods\/atheistgspodcasttheme\">CH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br \/><iframe style=\"display:block;\"  style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8385113\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/yes\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/199505\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" placement=\"bottom\" theme=\"custom\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gspellchecker\/Episode_133_-_Izzy_Posen.mp3?dest-id=199505\">Direct Mp3 Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share This<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2019\/01\/ep133-leaving-a-hasidic-jewish-community-izzy-posen\/\" data-text=\"Ep#133 - Leaving A Hasidic Jewish Community - Izzy Posen\" data-via=\"Gspellchecker\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2019\/01\/ep133-leaving-a-hasidic-jewish-community-izzy-posen\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2019\/01\/ep133-leaving-a-hasidic-jewish-community-izzy-posen\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Ep#133 - Leaving A Hasidic Jewish Community - Izzy Posen\" data-content=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2019\/01\/ep133-leaving-a-hasidic-jewish-community-izzy-posen\/\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><div class=\"reddit_button\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/static\/button\/button1.html?newwindow=true&width=120&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gspellchecker.com%2F2019%2F01%2Fep133-leaving-a-hasidic-jewish-community-izzy-posen%2F&amp;title=Ep%23133%20-%20Leaving%20A%20Hasidic%20Jewish%20Community%20-%20Izzy%20Posen\" height=\"22\" width=\"120\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gspellchecker.com%2F2019%2F01%2Fep133-leaving-a-hasidic-jewish-community-izzy-posen%2F&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.libsyn.com%2Fsecure%2Fshow%2F49746%2Fizzy.jpg&#038;description=Ep%23133%20-%20Leaving%20A%20Hasidic%20Jewish%20Community%20-%20Izzy%20Posen\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-pocket\"><div class=\"pocket_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/save\" class=\"pocket-btn\" data-lang=\"en\" data-save-url=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2019\/01\/ep133-leaving-a-hasidic-jewish-community-izzy-posen\/\" data-pocket-count=\"horizontal\" >Pocket<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><div class=\"linkedin_button\"><script type=\"in\/share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2019\/01\/ep133-leaving-a-hasidic-jewish-community-izzy-posen\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on The #GSPodcast Stephen Knight speaks to Izzy Posen (@PosenIzzy). 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