Judge Ruchie Freier discusses her journey as a Chassidic woman in public office and her experiences in law and community activism.
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but I never felt restricted or confined I knew that whatever I wanted to do within the parameters of Torah I can do it so it never occurred to me that just because I want to be a lawyer I can't be a lawyer it never occurred to me that oh my goodness I'm doing something that no other never did before it was my personal Journey welcome back to this week's episode of inspiration for the nation and I have someone who I've been wanting to talk to for so long judge rooki Rachel frier now I think I'm very rooki Rachel frier now I think I'm very busy I have a full-time job I am running living uh hosting inspiration for the nation producing a bunch of stuff have family have friends I'm doing a lot but I'm not busy at all when I look at the life of rookie frier she's a mother she's a judge she's running an organiz ation and speaking and and doing so much and she's she's a and and doing so much and she's she's a pro at what she's doing she sat down with me in Upstate New York to talk about how she got to where she is today the challenges that she has along the way and I got a lot of fizic from this conversation if you haven't yet checked out the good faith effort podcast you'll hear more about rabari I literally interview him for few minutes in the middle of this episode so go check them out also this episode is in memory of shim David bakov scha and miam Saras Yak
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