Zvika Krieger

I went to Yale, which was like a total mindfuck for me, being this cloistered Orthodox Jewish boy who went to only Orthodox Jewish schools, basically only knew Orthodox Jewish people, all of a sudden to a college campus where I was like, You know, and in my community, highbrow secular reading was People magazine. People didn't have like the New Yorker. Oh, hell no.

I went to Yale, which was like a total mindfuck for me, being this cloistered Orthodox Jewish boy who went to only Orthodox Jewish schools, basically only knew Orthodox Jewish people, all of a sudden to a college campus where I was like, You know, and in my community, highbrow secular reading was People magazine. People didn't have like the New Yorker. Oh, hell no.

I never heard of the New Yorker until I went to college.

I never heard of the New Yorker until I went to college.

I never heard of the New Yorker until I went to college.

Stars just like us. That was my favorite part of People Magazine. Like the highbrow families had Newsweek. Okay. But yeah, it was just like not a very intellectual milieu. And so like anything that I learned was like books that I had read on my own. And... Then I went to college, and it was so embarrassing because there were so many words that I had never heard said out loud.

Stars just like us. That was my favorite part of People Magazine. Like the highbrow families had Newsweek. Okay. But yeah, it was just like not a very intellectual milieu. And so like anything that I learned was like books that I had read on my own. And... Then I went to college, and it was so embarrassing because there were so many words that I had never heard said out loud.

Stars just like us. That was my favorite part of People Magazine. Like the highbrow families had Newsweek. Okay. But yeah, it was just like not a very intellectual milieu. And so like anything that I learned was like books that I had read on my own. And... Then I went to college, and it was so embarrassing because there were so many words that I had never heard said out loud.

And so, like, I'd only read them, and I'd be in seminars with kids who went to, like, Exeter and Tote and, you know, all these, like, fancy prep schools. And I would, like, mispronounce words all the time, and people would always laugh at me.

And so, like, I'd only read them, and I'd be in seminars with kids who went to, like, Exeter and Tote and, you know, all these, like, fancy prep schools. And I would, like, mispronounce words all the time, and people would always laugh at me.

And so, like, I'd only read them, and I'd be in seminars with kids who went to, like, Exeter and Tote and, you know, all these, like, fancy prep schools. And I would, like, mispronounce words all the time, and people would always laugh at me.

But I think there's like something about like growing up in a cultural milieu where like people have intellectual conversations.

But I think there's like something about like growing up in a cultural milieu where like people have intellectual conversations.

But I think there's like something about like growing up in a cultural milieu where like people have intellectual conversations.

Like I thought the word panacea and panache were the same word.

Like I thought the word panacea and panache were the same word.

Like I thought the word panacea and panache were the same word.

Yeah. And so but but, you know, it was definitely like my intellectual horizons were like totally broadened. But like I still prayed three times a day. I still studied Talmud with a friend like two hours a day. I still kept Shabbat and kosher. So like I had this sort of cultural mind blowing moment. But then I also like kind of kept doing my thing.

Yeah. And so but but, you know, it was definitely like my intellectual horizons were like totally broadened. But like I still prayed three times a day. I still studied Talmud with a friend like two hours a day. I still kept Shabbat and kosher. So like I had this sort of cultural mind blowing moment. But then I also like kind of kept doing my thing.

Yeah. And so but but, you know, it was definitely like my intellectual horizons were like totally broadened. But like I still prayed three times a day. I still studied Talmud with a friend like two hours a day. I still kept Shabbat and kosher. So like I had this sort of cultural mind blowing moment. But then I also like kind of kept doing my thing.