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♪

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(train chugging)

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(brakes squeak)

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♪ (woman singing in Hebrew)

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♪

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Hmm. I need you there.

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The-- the latest
I need you--

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the latest that you could come
would be at 7:45.

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(car horn honking)

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Okay, bye.

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Oh, right.
Here we are, parking.

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This is Borough Park,
and to find parking

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is nothing short
of a miracle.

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Okay, okay.

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I grew up in Borough Park.

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It's a big Hasidic community
in New York City.

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As soon as you walk into
the streets of Borough Park,

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you can smell the challah.

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You will see men who are dressed
in Hasidic tradition.

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You will see the supermarkets
have only kosher food.

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The newspaper stand filled up
with Yiddish newspapers,

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Hebrew newspapers.

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We're almost like
in a self-contained bubble.

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♪

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Rifke, how are you?
Tomorrow' s the party.

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I can send you an email,
but tomorrow is the party.

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What time?
Uh, it should be
on the email.

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Okay, thanks.
Bye-bye.

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(Ruchie)
Religious women
are the busiest creatures.

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The average woman is walking
in the street with at least

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four or five little kids
that are around her,

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and that's not even
her whole, entire family.

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The focus of a woman
is being a mother.

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Any profession or extra
schooling is discouraged.

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It's Ruchie.

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Okay, come in.

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Okay.

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(buzzer)

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But the worst thing
to tell me

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is that I cannot do something
because I'm a woman

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and because
I'm a religious woman.

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That's the worst thing
to tell me.

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Fasten your seatbelts.
Now let's move.

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Okay.

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♪

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(man praying in Hebrew)

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(indistinct chatter)

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Okay, bye, everybody!
Leah and Faigy, bye!

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(indistinct farewells)

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Bye!

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Bye.
Okay, bye, sweetheart.

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(all)
Bye.

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♪ (woman singing in Hebrew)

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(crowd chattering)

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(Ruchie)
In Hasidism,

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there is a huge divide
between the genders.

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♪

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A man can't even
shake my hand.

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(siren)

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There is an exception
to the rule.

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When there's
a life-threatening emergency,

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then it's okay for someone

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who's not your husband
to touch you,

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but most Hasidic women
want a woman to help them.

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The problem is that the existing
emergency volunteer corps,

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Hatzolah, used by everybody,
is comprised only of men.

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And I think that we need
to have another option.

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Okay.

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Hello!

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(indistinct chatter)

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More and more stories
are happening.

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Women are having babies
at home,

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and the EMTs are all men.

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So let's create the choice

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and form a separate all-woman
ambulance corps, right?

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So I want you just to hear
the story of how I got involved.

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I get a phone call:
"We're a group of women.

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"We really wanted to
join Hatzolah for many years,

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"and we wanted to--
we're still doulas, most of us.

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"And Hatzolah
doesn't want to take us in.

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"And we-- we were told that
we should really, you know,

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"in order to get
our organization going,

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we should really get a woman
lawyer who's gonna help us."

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(woman)
You're a lawyer?

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Yeah, I'm a lawyer.

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(overlapping chatter)
I am!

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You can't be both.

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(Ruchie)
Why not?

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So when I first went to
Hatzolah, and I said to them,

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"Please take women in."

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"Oh, no!" they told me.

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No, because they think

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that women
aren't fast enough,

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strong enough,
or smart enough.

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(woman)
And they think what?

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And I think we are.

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By the way,
the classic thing is,

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"Ruchie, do you think
you'll be able to handle

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"a woman who goes into labor
at 3:00 in the morning,

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"on the third floor
with no elevator,

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who weighs 300 pounds?"

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Now, I wanted to--

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I'll tell you one thing.

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I will do the same thing
the a Hatzolah member will do.

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I will call for backup.

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(overlapping chatter)

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Just us, religious women,
can't do this?

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We can have babies every year,
but just being an EMT

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is something we can't do?

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Of course we can do it.

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(siren)

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(indistinct radio chatter)

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(man)
Always on call,

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arriving in record time,

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Hatzolah Borough Park
provides an exceptional sense

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of comfort and calmness
within the community.

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♪

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With over 50 calls a day,

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Borough Park Hatzolah volunteers

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still respond
in a moment's notice.

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(siren)

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(siren stops)

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(man)
People think emergency,
and they think Hatzolah.

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Hatzolah has anywhere from
a one to three-minute

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response time for most calls,

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and no other
ambulance system match that.

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♪

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Minute for minute,
for response time,

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there's no way
that women can match men.

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In Judaism, a woman's place
is the home,

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and I say that with respect.

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It is their duty to stay home
and raise the children.

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(clatter)

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I usually prepare supper

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before I leave the house
in the morning.

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'Cause I have to know
when I come home

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that dinner is done.

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(oven beeping)

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My oven usually is set
to go on at 3:00.

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That's how I do it.

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(keys jingling)

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(door creaks)

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It's me!

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Rachel Freier.

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This is for Rachel.

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Rachel, lotta stuff
for Rachel.

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(Ruchie)
Lotta stuff?

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Yeah, Rach-- you're
getting a lot of stuff.

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I don't know,
it looks like they like you.

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You'd think you're the President
of the United States.

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So much mail's coming here.

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♪

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(Ruchie)
Going to law school was
something that happened

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really slowly over time.

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I became a legal secretary
first, when I turned 30,

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and suddenly it hit me

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that I cannot be happy
my whole life being a secretary.

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I-- I-- I need more.

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I decided to go law school,

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and it was a very big
struggle for me,

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because I have six kids,

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and I grew up getting
the message

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that you weren't going
to be able to raise a family

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and be the mother,
a true mother,

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if you were going to
have a career.

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College took me six years.

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So by the time
I got my law degree,

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I was already 40.

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My kids were
coming to school,

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and the girls were talking
about Mommy becoming a lawyer.

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So I guess the school
got concerned,

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and they called me down.

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The first question
to me was,

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"Maybe you want to take your
children out of the school

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because it's not really what
we encourage our girls to do."

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♪ (woman singing in Hebrew)

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It wasn't something that
people were ready to accept.

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♪

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And I really want in the future
to be a judge.

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♪

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(Tzvi)
A lotta lotta work here.

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So that's why I'm still
sitting here today

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and not retired.

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This ladies ambulance thing,

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it makes me nervous,
especially when I hear

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how-- how the men are--

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are really
banging down about it.

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And then, like, saying
it's, like, not gonna work.

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And the truth is,
it's really a new thing.

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It's risky.

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I told my wife,
I want it to work.

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I want a success with it.

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But the problem is,

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she doesn't
know where to stop,

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know where to...

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What yes, what not,
you know, each project.

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So it's-- it's not easy.

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A lot of men told me
they would not be able to--

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to-- be able to--
to survive.

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(chuckling)

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(indistinct chatter)

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Well, this is my very messy,
busy laundry room.

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With my extra freezer.

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And here is what
makes me happy.

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When it's all filled up
with homemade challah.

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Packed, packed.

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So I have no idea
how many challas I have.

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This is the second time
that I refilled my freezer.

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♪

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(indistinct chatter)

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(child laughing)

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(Ruchie)
Hi, how are you?

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We actually put an ad now
in the "Torah Times."

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Yeah.

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I just put down,
"Emergency medical training.

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Advanced first aid,
by women for women."

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I want to get it
started already.

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I wanna get it off the ground.

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This is my nicer one
for holidays

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and-- and Shabbos and stuff,

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and then these
are the random heads.

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I find these terrifying.

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And that's why they're
not in my line of sight,

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so that I don't see them
in the middle of the night.

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Because if you wake up and
that's the first thing you see,

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it will cause nightmares.

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I started covering my hair
when I got married,

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and, unfortunately,
it didn't work out.

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Um, and I was divorced.
I got divorced this year.

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By Hassidic standards,
to be unmarried and 29

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and not have kids,
that's like...

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bad, practically
in my grave.

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Uh... I'm a mole.

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I decided to sign up
for EMT training because

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no woman should ever be too
embarrassed to call for help.

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You're talking about
women who...

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no one's ever seen
their naked legs

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except for their husband.

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They've never been
with a m--

00:14:02.335 --> 00:14:05.834
I mean, for someone who's
not from religious background

00:14:05.901 --> 00:14:08.134
to conceive of the idea
that a woman has never been

00:14:08.201 --> 00:14:09.635
with anybody but her husband,
she's not...

00:14:09.701 --> 00:14:12.635
Not only has she never had sex
with anybody but her husband,

00:14:12.701 --> 00:14:14.935
she's never
so much as held hands
with anybody but her husband.

00:14:15.001 --> 00:14:17.534
She's never so much as kissed
anyone but her husband.

00:14:17.601 --> 00:14:20.100
And then suddenly
there's ten men in her room

00:14:20.167 --> 00:14:23.167
while she's exposed from
the waist down?

00:14:23.234 --> 00:14:25.400
(traffic noise)

00:14:28.068 --> 00:14:30.167
So, at the end of the day,
we just don't want women

00:14:30.234 --> 00:14:31.300
to have to go through that.

00:14:38.767 --> 00:14:39.967
(typing)

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(Ruchie)
Okay...

00:14:51.534 --> 00:14:53.133
Look at the comments.

00:14:57.867 --> 00:14:59.233
(sighs)

00:15:02.800 --> 00:15:06.533
♪

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We've been always told

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:41.201
that this is a job
that's for the men.

00:15:41.267 --> 00:15:43.633
The community trust Hatzolah.

00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:44.834
So to come and to say

00:15:44.901 --> 00:15:48.134
that now we wanna do
something different,

00:15:48.201 --> 00:15:50.001
it makes people sit
and wonder and think,

00:15:50.068 --> 00:15:53.166
"Well, is it going to work,
and how is it going to work?"

00:15:54.934 --> 00:15:58.099
So... that's
the million-dollar question.

00:15:59.599 --> 00:16:02.099
♪

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The community itself will
rebel against any organization

00:16:18.433 --> 00:16:20.733
trying to do things
against Hatzolah.

00:16:20.800 --> 00:16:23.867
(siren)

00:16:23.933 --> 00:16:26.700
In reality, there are
gender-specific roles.

00:16:26.767 --> 00:16:28.700
We've never had
a woman president.

00:16:28.766 --> 00:16:32.900
Most CEOs are still men.

00:16:32.967 --> 00:16:34.000
Sometimes, it's just
the way it is,

00:16:34.067 --> 00:16:35.899
whether you like it or not.

00:16:37.233 --> 00:16:38.966
(indistinct chatter)

00:16:42.733 --> 00:16:44.466
Hi, Lee.
I'm Rachel Freier.

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Welcome to Buffalo.

00:16:46.300 --> 00:16:48.167
Thank you so much.
Thank you for coming.

00:16:48.233 --> 00:16:50.467
This is my mother.
Hi, Mom.

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We both took the EMT course
together.

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It's amazing.
We use you as the example

00:16:56.066 --> 00:16:58.333
of out-of-the-box thinking.

00:16:58.400 --> 00:16:59.334
(laughing)
I've got a problem.

00:16:59.401 --> 00:17:01.233
Well, Rachel
will figure it out.

00:17:04.767 --> 00:17:07.567
Oh, wow, take
a look at this.

00:17:07.633 --> 00:17:10.234
♪

00:17:10.301 --> 00:17:13.534
Whoa.
Is that defibrillators?

00:17:13.601 --> 00:17:16.267
This is one of the premiere
ALS defibrillators.

00:17:17.534 --> 00:17:19.201
It'll do everything.
Yeah.

00:17:19.267 --> 00:17:20.333
Where are you from?

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:21.834
Brooklyn.
Brooklyn?

00:17:21.901 --> 00:17:24.534
I'm the director
of this new organization.

00:17:24.601 --> 00:17:27.000
That's my contact
information.
Thank you.

00:17:27.067 --> 00:17:29.034
Nice to meet you, Rachel.
Likewise.

00:17:29.101 --> 00:17:31.101
You won't be offended
if I don't shake your hand?

00:17:31.168 --> 00:17:33.901
No, not at all.
I'm with the ultra-orthodox
Hassidic community.

00:17:33.968 --> 00:17:35.434
Agreed.
That's where I come from.

00:17:35.501 --> 00:17:36.734
Take a look at this...

00:17:36.801 --> 00:17:38.733
♪ (woman vocalizing)

00:17:51.567 --> 00:17:52.868
Thank you.

00:17:52.934 --> 00:17:56.367
The existing corps
did not want to take women?

00:17:56.434 --> 00:17:58.000
Right.
Really?

00:17:58.067 --> 00:17:59.034
So, you know what?

00:17:59.101 --> 00:18:00.133
We decided
if you can't--

00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:02.334
if you can't join 'em,
beat 'em.

00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:03.900
♪

00:18:21.433 --> 00:18:22.800
(traffic noise)

00:18:40.301 --> 00:18:42.034
Yes, we need something
for the ladies, too.

00:18:42.101 --> 00:18:43.966
The men have everything.
Something for the ladies.

00:18:55.467 --> 00:18:58.933
(car horn blaring)

00:19:01.233 --> 00:19:03.333
(women chattering)

00:19:12.266 --> 00:19:14.366
Say "Ezras Nashim."

00:19:14.433 --> 00:19:15.600
(laughing)
"EMT!"

00:19:15.667 --> 00:19:16.700
(laughter)

00:19:16.767 --> 00:19:18.667
"EMT" works.
That works.

00:19:18.734 --> 00:19:20.800
So let me tell you,
let me show you

00:19:20.866 --> 00:19:22.966
who are the founders
of Ezras Nashim.

00:19:23.033 --> 00:19:24.833
Yocheved Lerner.

00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:26.799
She was actually--
she rode ambulances.

00:19:26.866 --> 00:19:27.966
Nice to meet you.

00:19:28.033 --> 00:19:29.733
Like, you have
over 1,000 calls?

00:19:29.800 --> 00:19:31.333
Over 1,000 calls
over 14 years.

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:33.499
This is my 24th year
as an EMT.

00:19:33.566 --> 00:19:34.666
Very nice.

00:19:34.733 --> 00:19:35.700
She just moved
to Brooklyn.

00:19:35.767 --> 00:19:36.867
When did you
move to Brooklyn?

00:19:36.933 --> 00:19:38.234
Five years.
Five years ago.

00:19:38.300 --> 00:19:39.734
She says,
"What do you mean--"

00:19:39.801 --> 00:19:42.434
And she recently
became religious.

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:44.200
She says,
"Hey, wait a minute.

00:19:44.267 --> 00:19:47.634
Women aren't in Hatzolah?
That doesn't make sense."

00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:49.633
And then I met her,
and she tells me,

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.900
"You gotta make it happen."

00:19:50.966 --> 00:19:51.900
(woman)
Yeah.

00:19:51.966 --> 00:19:53.900
For the past
30 years.

00:19:53.967 --> 00:19:55.800
Could you not
get on the table?

00:19:55.867 --> 00:19:58.500
So this is my friend.
I'm friends with the animals.

00:19:58.567 --> 00:20:00.867
I like them.
(chuckling)

00:20:00.934 --> 00:20:04.367
His name is JJ,
the famous rabbi.

00:20:04.433 --> 00:20:06.133
(chuckling)
Rabbi JJ.

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.633
No, we did name
him after him,

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:10.534
but we meant no disrespect.

00:20:10.600 --> 00:20:12.366
Nobody knows that
until now.

00:20:14.034 --> 00:20:17.367
We came here to Brooklyn.
We didn't have much, um...

00:20:17.434 --> 00:20:20.067
We came here because
I needed to be here.

00:20:20.134 --> 00:20:22.667
Uh, my daughter needed
a religious environment

00:20:22.734 --> 00:20:23.833
that I could not provide,

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:27.967
having had no religious
education whatsoever.

00:20:28.034 --> 00:20:31.066
For nearly a year,
we lived in a studio,

00:20:31.133 --> 00:20:33.500
which was a nightmare,
she and I.

00:20:33.567 --> 00:20:35.501
Subsequently,
I did get married.

00:20:35.568 --> 00:20:39.101
So when we got the one bedroom,
it was, like, totally exciting.

00:20:39.167 --> 00:20:43.966
And, um... what we did was
we cordoned off

00:20:44.033 --> 00:20:45.867
a little section.

00:20:45.933 --> 00:20:48.800
This is her little section
of the universe.

00:20:48.867 --> 00:20:52.733
It's not much,
but she's happy with it.

00:20:52.800 --> 00:20:57.600
I always had an extremely
pervasive interest in religion.

00:20:57.667 --> 00:21:00.134
From the earliest
I can remember.

00:21:00.201 --> 00:21:02.934
I used to actually like it
when we'd go away...

00:21:03.001 --> 00:21:04.167
and we'd stay in a motel,

00:21:04.234 --> 00:21:06.335
and there'd be a Bible
in the drawer.

00:21:06.402 --> 00:21:09.434
My grandmother used to say,
"You're Jewish, that's enough."

00:21:09.501 --> 00:21:12.901
It wasn't quite enough,
but at least it was a start.

00:21:12.967 --> 00:21:14.867
(whispering prayer)

00:21:24.133 --> 00:21:26.667
♪

00:21:38.501 --> 00:21:40.667
(whispering)
Oh, my gosh.

00:21:47.467 --> 00:21:49.133
Amazing.

00:21:50.668 --> 00:21:53.567
I really wanted
to have the women

00:21:53.634 --> 00:21:56.833
really get the experience
of what it feels like

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.967
to deliver a baby,

00:21:58.034 --> 00:22:00.200
and this is the way
to do it.

00:22:04.266 --> 00:22:06.833
(indistinct chatter)

00:22:08.867 --> 00:22:12.666
(woman screaming in labor
on monitor)

00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:22.800
Okay, women have been
having babies since... Eve.

00:22:22.867 --> 00:22:23.934
(scattered chuckles)
You know?

00:22:24.001 --> 00:22:26.234
And, we are, you know,
practicing for

00:22:26.301 --> 00:22:28.334
that one moment when
something doesn't go right.

00:22:28.401 --> 00:22:30.600
And how to respond it,
how we can better
respond to it.

00:22:30.667 --> 00:22:32.533
(overlapping chatter)

00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:33.967
So let's say--

00:22:34.034 --> 00:22:35.168
You should be
at the head of the baby.

00:22:35.234 --> 00:22:37.834
But... you should be kind of
positioned at the table.

00:22:37.901 --> 00:22:39.334
Okay. It's not very...
Yeah.

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.600
not very effective.

00:22:40.667 --> 00:22:42.633
Oh, you know what?
Oh, we're good.

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.967
Let's go with
the end over here,

00:22:44.034 --> 00:22:45.733
because it's--
No! I like it...

00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:46.766
(overlapping chatter)

00:22:46.833 --> 00:22:48.133
Stay comfortable.

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:49.900
But aren't you
supposed to be...

00:22:49.966 --> 00:22:51.000
at the head?

00:22:51.066 --> 00:22:53.134
I am at the head.

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.801
Just grab...

00:22:54.867 --> 00:22:57.168
Up, it's chin up.
You gotta get the chin up.

00:22:57.234 --> 00:22:58.468
And then you were just
going like this.

00:22:58.534 --> 00:23:01.134
That wasn't the right thing.
You must be at the head.

00:23:01.201 --> 00:23:03.167
Ruchie, you can't
always be at the head.

00:23:03.234 --> 00:23:05.067
There's going to be
a situation where
there is no head!

00:23:05.134 --> 00:23:07.467
The baby's on the floor.
This is emergency!

00:23:07.534 --> 00:23:08.933
How long have you guys
known each other?

00:23:08.999 --> 00:23:10.201
Short while.

00:23:10.267 --> 00:23:12.233
Short while?
You guys are arguing like

00:23:12.300 --> 00:23:13.633
you've known each other
for many years.

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:15.200
(laughter)

00:23:15.266 --> 00:23:18.966
That's what
Ezras Nashim did to us!

00:23:19.033 --> 00:23:21.833
One, two, three.
(man)
Okay.

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:23.866
Good chest rise.
(woman)
Yeah.

00:23:23.933 --> 00:23:25.333
Good. We're good.

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:29.500
Come, Dovey.
Come.

00:23:29.566 --> 00:23:31.767
Oopsy. Come.

00:23:31.833 --> 00:23:34.133
(indistinct)

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:36.933
Yighty, tiny baby.
This isn't a tiny baby.

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:38.666
Come, come.

00:23:38.733 --> 00:23:40.300
Yeah.
Okay.

00:23:40.367 --> 00:23:42.967
There definitely are some people
that are stuck on the idea

00:23:43.034 --> 00:23:44.867
that women belong at home,

00:23:44.934 --> 00:23:46.767
or they're weak,
they can't handle it.

00:23:46.834 --> 00:23:47.833
Leave them at home
with the children,

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:49.866
let them bake some cakes,
you know.

00:23:49.933 --> 00:23:51.367
(phone beeping)

00:23:51.433 --> 00:23:53.767
♪

00:23:53.834 --> 00:23:55.500
Hi, this is Yitty Mandel.

00:23:55.567 --> 00:23:57.300
I'm calling about
the EMT classes.

00:23:57.367 --> 00:23:59.701
One of the ladies in your group
wants to change the class

00:23:59.767 --> 00:24:02.101
from Wednesday to Thursday--
is that okay with you?

00:24:02.168 --> 00:24:05.435
I have no problem saying that
women can do anything.

00:24:05.501 --> 00:24:09.534
There is nothing a man can do
that a woman can't do better.

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:11.500
♪

00:24:11.567 --> 00:24:13.900
I originally wanted
to be a doctor,

00:24:13.967 --> 00:24:16.067
but it was never
the right time to do it.

00:24:16.134 --> 00:24:19.400
I was 20 right before
I got married.

00:24:19.467 --> 00:24:21.567
(chuckling)

00:24:21.634 --> 00:24:25.200
We're a small family right now.
Four children.

00:24:25.267 --> 00:24:28.867
Three boys, one girl.

00:24:28.934 --> 00:24:32.433
And I have wedding tonight.
Getting my wig done.

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:34.367
So let's go.

00:24:34.433 --> 00:24:35.867
(hairspray can hissing)

00:24:37.234 --> 00:24:38.167
(Yitty)
What's doing?

00:24:39.234 --> 00:24:40.633
This is me here?

00:24:42.201 --> 00:24:44.068
A married woman
covers her hair.

00:24:44.135 --> 00:24:46.835
And for me, the nicest
way to cover it is with a wig

00:24:46.901 --> 00:24:50.634
that looks really pretty,
unlike here.

00:24:50.701 --> 00:24:51.834
(hair dryer shuts off)

00:24:51.901 --> 00:24:53.134
Some of my hair's
turning white.

00:24:53.201 --> 00:24:54.567
Did I tell you, Sue,
that I have some white hair?

00:24:54.633 --> 00:24:55.567
(chuckling)

00:24:55.633 --> 00:24:56.801
It's pathetic.

00:24:56.868 --> 00:24:58.700
Okay, so most of the people
that come here

00:24:58.767 --> 00:25:00.400
shave their hair?
Yeah.

00:25:00.467 --> 00:25:02.634
Pretty much
I would say 98%.

00:25:02.701 --> 00:25:03.966
Why do we shave our hair?

00:25:05.667 --> 00:25:06.934
Somehow,
there's something--

00:25:07.001 --> 00:25:10.234
What is hair called?
Hair from a woman has a name.

00:25:10.300 --> 00:25:11.934
It's con-- it's con--
It's-- it's like...

00:25:12.001 --> 00:25:13.434
It's like considered
a body part

00:25:13.501 --> 00:25:14.900
that should
be covered, right?

00:25:14.967 --> 00:25:16.434
Isn't that what--
is that the reason why?

00:25:16.501 --> 00:25:18.001
Look at us,
such uneducated women.

00:25:18.068 --> 00:25:19.401
We don't even know why
we cut it, we're such idiots.

00:25:19.468 --> 00:25:20.633
We just cut it 'cause
they tell us to cut it.

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:22.233
(laughing)
That's even better.

00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:23.801
That means--
By the way-- yeah!

00:25:23.867 --> 00:25:25.667
Look how good we are.
We just do it because
we were told.

00:25:25.734 --> 00:25:27.933
We don't even question it.
We just do it.

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.700
It's true.

00:25:39.233 --> 00:25:42.166
♪

00:25:47.666 --> 00:25:49.601
(cell phone ringing)

00:25:49.667 --> 00:25:52.100
CC it to Ira.
(woman)
Okay.

00:25:52.167 --> 00:25:54.166
And also then
scan it to Cohen.

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:02.833
(cell phone plays jingle)

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:05.867
Oh, gosh.

00:26:05.934 --> 00:26:07.833
Look at this, look at this.
I mean, this is like...

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:09.501
It's-- it's-- it's sad.

00:26:09.567 --> 00:26:11.734
This is what my opponents
have been doing.

00:26:11.801 --> 00:26:15.100
Why do you have
to make fun of us for?

00:26:15.166 --> 00:26:17.134
Has to be Hatzolah.

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.533
He didn't wanna
take us in.

00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:21.333
I didn't fight you.
Don't take me in. Fine.

00:26:24.568 --> 00:26:27.233
I don't even know
if they know what
they want anymore.

00:26:27.300 --> 00:26:28.833
They just wanted me
to go away.

00:26:33.699 --> 00:26:35.534
(cell phone "plops")

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:40.366
This... is what people
are passing around, like...

00:26:42.667 --> 00:26:43.967
this is the radios
we'll be using.

00:26:44.033 --> 00:26:45.601
They're making fun
of the girly stuff,

00:26:45.668 --> 00:26:49.633
like... they don't really get
how the system is working.

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:57.733
(indistinct chatter)

00:27:03.234 --> 00:27:06.501
(Ruchie)
The surgical tape
is 69 cents?

00:27:06.568 --> 00:27:08.733
The trauma shear
is 99 cents.

00:27:10.800 --> 00:27:12.033
What do you have so far?

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:13.434
$170.

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:15.934
OB kit is $5.

00:27:16.001 --> 00:27:18.200
Okay, you go home,
Yitty, while we do this.

00:27:18.267 --> 00:27:19.301
Yes, well, I'll
give you an exact list.

00:27:19.367 --> 00:27:21.300
And we'll go through
everything again.

00:27:21.367 --> 00:27:22.667
Do you need this or--

00:27:22.734 --> 00:27:24.335
I just have one question.

00:27:24.401 --> 00:27:27.334
What if Hatzolah starts
to exert pressure

00:27:27.401 --> 00:27:29.533
when they hear that we're
getting our supplies

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.901
from your company?

00:27:30.967 --> 00:27:33.501
I'll be honest with you,
we-- we-- we are--

00:27:33.567 --> 00:27:36.034
We have collaborated
with North Shore University...

00:27:36.101 --> 00:27:37.767
Mm-hmm.
...for our medical training.

00:27:37.834 --> 00:27:38.901
And we had
a very big problem,

00:27:38.967 --> 00:27:41.001
because somebody had
gone into the CEO,

00:27:41.068 --> 00:27:43.168
who was a Hatzolah member,
who said that,

00:27:43.235 --> 00:27:44.868
"If you're going
to train these women,

00:27:44.935 --> 00:27:47.067
we will not transport
to your hospital."

00:27:47.134 --> 00:27:49.667
It's becoming a volatile
situation.

00:27:51.335 --> 00:27:53.768
We don't have time to,
you know, play around now.

00:27:53.835 --> 00:27:58.900
Now, this is real.
You know that you'll be
able to take the pressure?

00:27:58.967 --> 00:27:59.933
(man)
You know, it's...

00:28:02.933 --> 00:28:04.733
You know what?

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:17.666
All right.

00:28:20.634 --> 00:28:24.133
♪ (woman vocalizing)

00:28:32.267 --> 00:28:34.901
(Ruchie)
I got a phone call last week
from somebody.

00:28:34.968 --> 00:28:37.767
He said people in Hatzolah
have convinced

00:28:37.834 --> 00:28:40.467
more and more rabbis
that, you know,

00:28:40.533 --> 00:28:41.900
lives would be at risk.

00:28:41.967 --> 00:28:44.033
Women aren't capable
or strong enough

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:45.934
or fast enough
or smart enough.

00:28:46.001 --> 00:28:49.367
"Tell people not to join,
tell people not to call."

00:28:49.434 --> 00:28:52.267
Painting the picture
to the Hassidic community

00:28:52.334 --> 00:28:55.934
that we are defying
the rabbis.

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:58.767
♪

00:28:58.834 --> 00:29:01.901
So whenever you do anything new
in the religious community,

00:29:01.967 --> 00:29:03.833
they're suspect-- like,
"What is this for?

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:05.567
What is it about?"

00:29:05.634 --> 00:29:11.967
So people rely on the rabbis,
let the rabbis vet it out.

00:29:12.033 --> 00:29:14.000
♪

00:29:14.067 --> 00:29:15.799
(sizzling)

00:29:24.067 --> 00:29:26.933
We need rabbanim on our side
to come out publicly

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:28.267
and take a stand.

00:29:28.334 --> 00:29:30.466
And say, "I will support
this organization."

00:29:33.267 --> 00:29:35.467
But it's-- it's hard.

00:29:35.534 --> 00:29:40.334
Rabbanim have to rely on
Hatzolah in case of an emergency

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:43.033
and nobody wants to be the one
to raise a red flag

00:29:43.100 --> 00:29:44.567
and step out against them.

00:29:44.633 --> 00:29:48.033
♪

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:50.099
(siren)

00:29:59.300 --> 00:30:00.534
(woman)
What happened?

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:02.366
(Ruchie)
So I went to the CEO.

00:30:02.433 --> 00:30:05.266
TheCEO.

00:30:05.333 --> 00:30:06.500
Yes!

00:30:06.567 --> 00:30:09.267
This was
the official meeting

00:30:09.333 --> 00:30:12.300
that was done
to discuss this.

00:30:12.367 --> 00:30:16.167
He had us all sign the paper
that we agree not to tape
this meeting.

00:30:16.233 --> 00:30:19.000
And then he sat
and he yelled

00:30:19.067 --> 00:30:20.600
and he insulted us.

00:30:20.667 --> 00:30:21.967
And I said to him,
"You know something?

00:30:22.033 --> 00:30:26.033
I get more respect in court
than I get here."

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:30.234
It was an attempt to--
to-- to intimidate me,

00:30:30.300 --> 00:30:32.433
to cry at me,
to nip it in the bud,

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:35.833
to let me know that I am
going against Daas Torah.

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:38.667
And you have to go
to our rabbanim

00:30:38.734 --> 00:30:39.867
and see what they're
gonna think.

00:30:39.934 --> 00:30:42.533
And I think Yocheved
was hyperventilating.

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:43.667
She was hyperventilating.

00:30:43.733 --> 00:30:45.434
Mrs. Spitzer looked like

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:47.933
she was-- like she needed
Hatzolah.

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.966
(laughter)

00:30:49.033 --> 00:30:50.733
She looked like
she was going to faint.

00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:53.134
Ruchie, Ruchie, Ruchie.
Yeah? Yeah?

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.833
We're doing a wonderful thing,

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.900
and they're doing
a wonderful--

00:30:55.967 --> 00:30:57.166
We're not knocking the men.

00:30:57.233 --> 00:30:59.234
And if somebody wants them,

00:30:59.300 --> 00:31:01.200
the option
is still there!

00:31:01.267 --> 00:31:03.334
(overlapping chatter)

00:31:03.401 --> 00:31:05.568
(woman)
We get there and
Hatzolah gets there...

00:31:05.634 --> 00:31:07.267
But, Rifke,
tell you something else.

00:31:07.334 --> 00:31:09.167
I was "warned."

00:31:09.234 --> 00:31:11.134
I was warned.
I was warned.

00:31:11.201 --> 00:31:12.401
It's like--
it's like the Mafia!

00:31:12.468 --> 00:31:13.600
Excuse me. Yeah!
I'm telling you!

00:31:13.667 --> 00:31:14.733
"Or else"!

00:31:15.867 --> 00:31:17.100
I'll find out.

00:31:19.067 --> 00:31:21.767
(traffic noise)

00:31:21.833 --> 00:31:25.335
(indistinct chatter)

00:31:25.401 --> 00:31:26.967
Well, we don't have
to save any seats.

00:31:27.034 --> 00:31:28.334
Okay, now how
do we get up here?

00:31:28.401 --> 00:31:32.300
You know? We have
to lift our skirts
and not be seen.

00:31:32.367 --> 00:31:34.200
(overlapping chatter)

00:31:34.267 --> 00:31:35.600
(Yocheved)
Let's go.

00:31:37.134 --> 00:31:39.600
(overlapping chatter)

00:31:49.867 --> 00:31:52.733
Estimated time, 10:30.

00:31:58.434 --> 00:32:00.533
♪ (woman vocalizing)

00:32:21.133 --> 00:32:22.566
Is she there already?

00:32:24.234 --> 00:32:26.000
(turn signal clicking)

00:32:26.067 --> 00:32:28.066
(Ruchie)
It says turn 280--
what's 280?

00:32:28.133 --> 00:32:29.233
What's 80 West?

00:32:29.300 --> 00:32:31.400
(woman)
Interstate West.

00:32:31.466 --> 00:32:34.400
♪

00:32:37.434 --> 00:32:39.601
(Ruchie)
I have convinced
a Torah authority

00:32:39.667 --> 00:32:42.933
a rabbi, to publicly announce
his support for Ezras Nashim.

00:32:44.734 --> 00:32:46.634
He's a well respected
Torah scholar,

00:32:46.701 --> 00:32:51.067
the perfect person to say,
"Yes, I support Ezras Nashim."

00:32:51.134 --> 00:32:53.234
Because if he does it,
others will follow.

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:56.200
♪

00:33:01.333 --> 00:33:02.933
She says it's
the men's side.

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:05.933
(reading Hebrew)
Means men's side
of the street.

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.601
(Yocheved)
Of the street?
Yes.

00:33:07.667 --> 00:33:09.266
(woman)
We're on the wrong side
of this street.

00:33:09.333 --> 00:33:10.934
So where should we go?
I don't know.

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:12.200
That-- that way.
But I guess we'd
better run away.

00:33:12.266 --> 00:33:14.533
We have to wear a tichel.
What?

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:16.201
We have to wear
a tichel on top.

00:33:16.267 --> 00:33:17.433
(Yocheved)
I had to do
my sheitel for this,

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.900
now we're supposed
to wear a tichel.

00:33:18.967 --> 00:33:20.234
When in Rome.

00:33:20.301 --> 00:33:22.567
But nobody told me
that we were going to Rome.

00:33:22.633 --> 00:33:24.566
(indistinct chatter)

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:29.099
Yes. Okay,
where's Ruchie?

00:33:33.934 --> 00:33:36.300
We're waiting on--
for our turn to go in.

00:33:36.366 --> 00:33:38.299
(indistinct chatter)

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.700
Okay, everybody,
let's go in.

00:33:40.766 --> 00:33:42.699
(all shushing)

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:52.233
(indistinct chatter)

00:34:02.234 --> 00:34:04.167
(women whispering)

00:34:18.434 --> 00:34:20.167
(woman)
All these obstacles.

00:34:27.367 --> 00:34:30.300
♪

00:34:52.634 --> 00:34:55.200
I'm gonna tell you something,
all of you.

00:34:57.468 --> 00:35:01.634
There is absolutely no reason
for anybody to be disheartened.

00:35:01.700 --> 00:35:03.967
Nothing,
do you understand?

00:35:04.034 --> 00:35:06.634
The only thing,
the only thing you need

00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:09.867
to daven for is more emunah.
(coughing)

00:35:09.933 --> 00:35:12.334
That's it.
Emunah, that's it.

00:35:12.401 --> 00:35:15.500
You have faith that Hashem
came this far with us.

00:35:15.567 --> 00:35:17.900
He's with us.
We're going ahead.

00:35:18.934 --> 00:35:20.866
The end.

00:35:23.533 --> 00:35:27.000
♪

00:35:37.001 --> 00:35:39.433
Just everything is like
crashing down.

00:35:48.167 --> 00:35:49.600
Something is burning!

00:35:49.667 --> 00:35:51.266
Oh, man.

00:36:03.267 --> 00:36:04.699
Oh, gosh.

00:36:06.433 --> 00:36:08.966
So, that's life.

00:36:15.334 --> 00:36:18.700
Sometimes wonder why did
God create me a woman?

00:36:18.766 --> 00:36:19.867
If he would've made me a man,

00:36:19.934 --> 00:36:21.367
it would have been
so much easier.

00:36:21.434 --> 00:36:24.133
So much of the things that
I want to do is that much harder

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:25.633
because I'm a woman.

00:36:25.700 --> 00:36:27.800
If I had been a Hasidic man,
I don't think I would have

00:36:27.867 --> 00:36:29.799
half the problems
that I have.

00:36:31.733 --> 00:36:35.333
♪

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:46.333
(sizzling)

00:36:49.233 --> 00:36:51.300
I just got an e-mail, it says:
"My wife just showed me

00:36:51.367 --> 00:36:55.267
"your ad in the Torah Times
with a big smile.

00:36:55.333 --> 00:36:57.867
"Hope you are very successful
and make lots of money.

00:36:57.934 --> 00:36:59.700
You rock."
(laughing)

00:36:59.767 --> 00:37:01.867
No idea who sent this to me.

00:37:05.133 --> 00:37:06.400
Ah, it's cute.

00:37:08.534 --> 00:37:10.467
(typing)

00:37:13.034 --> 00:37:15.133
Okay, lets get finished
with the invitations.

00:37:19.368 --> 00:37:22.567
They thought that if
our rabbinical support

00:37:22.634 --> 00:37:25.700
would not be announced publicly,
we wouldn't go forward.

00:37:32.100 --> 00:37:33.833
But you know what?

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:35.333
I'm not afraid.

00:37:38.234 --> 00:37:42.001
And it's God's endorsement
that's most important,

00:37:42.068 --> 00:37:43.667
and I believe we have
God's endorsement.

00:37:45.567 --> 00:37:47.467
So we move on!

00:37:56.901 --> 00:37:59.167
(man)
I'm starting
a new class this Sunday.

00:37:59.233 --> 00:38:00.833
How many students
do you have?

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:03.400
I would say
we'd have about 20.

00:38:03.467 --> 00:38:05.233
Look, this is, you know...

00:38:09.566 --> 00:38:10.933
I-- I'll never forget...

00:38:25.201 --> 00:38:26.967
Let me get out of here,
I'll see you guys.

00:38:27.034 --> 00:38:28.467
Yes, thank you,
I'll be in touch

00:38:28.533 --> 00:38:30.800
with you about this,
thank you.

00:38:30.867 --> 00:38:33.867
(woman)
We're trying to save a life.

00:38:33.934 --> 00:38:35.200
And that's the emergency
we're here right now,

00:38:35.267 --> 00:38:36.334
so we need to get focused.

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.534
♪

00:38:37.601 --> 00:38:38.700
One, and two, and three...

00:38:38.766 --> 00:38:40.534
(indistinct chatter)

00:38:40.600 --> 00:38:42.034
(instructor)
All right, if you dance,

00:38:42.101 --> 00:38:45.034
you're gonna switch from
the waltz to the cha-cha-cha.

00:38:45.100 --> 00:38:46.700
(laughter)
Never could I learn either.

00:38:46.767 --> 00:38:48.533
I couldn't master either.
Breathe and two and three,

00:38:48.600 --> 00:38:49.867
breathe and two and three,

00:38:49.933 --> 00:38:52.034
and breathe
and two and three.

00:38:52.100 --> 00:38:53.701
One, and two, and three,
and breathe.

00:38:53.767 --> 00:38:55.167
One, and two,
and three, and breathe.

00:38:55.234 --> 00:38:56.600
It's so different.
That's it.

00:38:56.666 --> 00:38:57.700
That's what it is.

00:38:57.767 --> 00:38:59.367
The waltz to the cha-cha-cha!

00:38:59.433 --> 00:39:00.700
One, and two, and three...
And breathe.

00:39:00.767 --> 00:39:02.467
(both)
One, and two, and three,
and breathe.

00:39:02.533 --> 00:39:05.033
One, and two,
and three,
and breathe.

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:07.367
♪

00:39:07.433 --> 00:39:10.033
(Yocheved chuckling)

00:39:13.466 --> 00:39:14.733
We're gonna go get a jump bag.

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:17.133
We're gonna
get our first one.

00:39:17.200 --> 00:39:19.200
And once we get
our first jump bag,

00:39:19.267 --> 00:39:21.500
then hopefully
we'll get a bunch more.

00:39:21.567 --> 00:39:23.167
This way?

00:39:23.234 --> 00:39:24.833
Wow, this is really good.

00:39:26.067 --> 00:39:27.366
Wow.

00:39:27.433 --> 00:39:30.733
Take a look.
"Handheld portable suction."

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:33.134
"Anaroid snignomenometer."

00:39:33.200 --> 00:39:36.133
Brand new,
shiny oxygen tank!

00:39:37.366 --> 00:39:39.200
Pink, was this
chosen for us?

00:39:39.266 --> 00:39:40.367
Well, no,
we want something

00:39:40.434 --> 00:39:42.199
tougher looking than that,
you know?

00:39:42.266 --> 00:39:43.867
Pink EMT shears.

00:39:43.933 --> 00:39:45.533
No, we want purple!

00:39:45.600 --> 00:39:47.166
(laughing)

00:39:47.233 --> 00:39:48.966
(chuckling)
Having too much fun.

00:39:49.033 --> 00:39:50.299
Okay.

00:39:50.366 --> 00:39:51.966
It's been real.

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:54.800
Lets see what
we've got here!

00:39:54.866 --> 00:39:56.633
The toys are here!

00:39:58.500 --> 00:40:01.767
Oh, my god.
It's so cool.

00:40:01.834 --> 00:40:03.599
It's really happening!
It's really happening.

00:40:03.666 --> 00:40:04.933
All right...

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:06.433
It's more than "so cool,"
it's amazing.

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:09.033
It's like, yeah.
So totally amazing.

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:10.567
Oh, my God.

00:40:10.633 --> 00:40:12.733
Okay, so this is
the pediatric.

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:14.634
Peds, okay.
Yeah.

00:40:14.701 --> 00:40:16.633
The pressure cuffs,
we have three sizes
I got in.

00:40:16.700 --> 00:40:18.300
Okay.
Because I know

00:40:18.367 --> 00:40:20.133
maybe you don't understand,
but there are large people

00:40:20.200 --> 00:40:21.466
in the world.
This is a regulator?

00:40:21.533 --> 00:40:23.466
Isn't that great?

00:40:23.533 --> 00:40:24.634
(Ruchie)
All right?

00:40:24.701 --> 00:40:26.533
Everything is--
it's-- you'll see.

00:40:26.600 --> 00:40:28.400
All right.

00:40:28.466 --> 00:40:31.066
♪

00:40:33.467 --> 00:40:36.067
You were here last week?
No...

00:40:36.133 --> 00:40:39.300
You were here last week,
you were here last week, so...

00:40:39.367 --> 00:40:42.034
Last week,
we spent time understanding

00:40:42.101 --> 00:40:43.367
what the dispatching
is all about--

00:40:43.433 --> 00:40:44.700
(Ruchie)
If you weren't here last week,

00:40:44.767 --> 00:40:46.033
then let me
just introduce...

00:40:46.100 --> 00:40:49.034
Rochel was, I mean,
the premiere dispatcher

00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:51.700
for Hatzolah for many,
many, many years.
Oh, wow.

00:40:51.767 --> 00:40:54.400
Once they-- once they
instituted a policy of no women,

00:40:54.467 --> 00:40:55.967
even as dispatchers,

00:40:56.034 --> 00:40:59.568
Rochel, you know, she agreed
to be our dispatch trainer.

00:40:59.634 --> 00:41:01.668
So we're very, very lucky
that Rochel is here.

00:41:01.734 --> 00:41:03.367
(Rochel)
From here onward!

00:41:04.467 --> 00:41:06.068
All right?

00:41:06.134 --> 00:41:08.734
Okay.
(imitates phone ringing)

00:41:08.801 --> 00:41:10.601
Ezras Nashim,
do you have an emergency?

00:41:10.668 --> 00:41:13.067
And then what is the most
important piece of information

00:41:13.134 --> 00:41:15.901
you're going to get once you
know there's an emergency?

00:41:15.968 --> 00:41:17.734
Do you recall, those of you
who were here last week?

00:41:17.801 --> 00:41:18.901
(woman)
The telephone number

00:41:18.968 --> 00:41:20.401
The telephone number of...

00:41:20.467 --> 00:41:21.867
The person calling.
The caller.

00:41:21.934 --> 00:41:23.534
(Rochel)
Yes?

00:41:23.601 --> 00:41:27.201
I'm only competent in English
and not in any other language.

00:41:27.268 --> 00:41:30.701
What about the Yiddish or
Hebrew-speaking patient who...

00:41:30.768 --> 00:41:35.434
Okay, right now
we are not specifying

00:41:35.501 --> 00:41:37.934
that anybody needs
more than English.

00:41:38.001 --> 00:41:40.201
We are in America.
(all chuckling)

00:41:40.267 --> 00:41:42.033
Yeah, but you
wouldn't know it.
Yeah.

00:41:42.100 --> 00:41:44.867
(razor buzzing)

00:41:44.933 --> 00:41:46.667
(Yitty speaking Yiddish)

00:41:56.634 --> 00:41:59.033
(speaking Yiddish)

00:41:59.967 --> 00:42:02.900
(speaking Yiddish)
No?

00:42:02.967 --> 00:42:05.067
He says nobody knows about
the women's ambulance.

00:42:05.134 --> 00:42:06.900
He said he didn't tell
his friends.

00:42:06.966 --> 00:42:08.233
(both speaking Yiddish)

00:42:12.434 --> 00:42:13.801
"They wouldn't believe him!"

00:42:13.868 --> 00:42:15.500
They wouldn't believe him that
there's a women's Hatzolah.

00:42:15.566 --> 00:42:17.433
(speaking Yiddish)

00:42:19.301 --> 00:42:20.567
They never saw
a women's Hatzolah,

00:42:20.634 --> 00:42:21.900
so they wouldn't believe it!

00:42:24.133 --> 00:42:26.000
You believe it?

00:42:26.067 --> 00:42:28.433
Yeah.
(giggling)

00:42:31.567 --> 00:42:34.501
(papers rustling)

00:42:34.567 --> 00:42:37.400
(Ruchie)
So, you're going
to stuff the envelopes.

00:42:37.467 --> 00:42:39.734
It's returnable to me.

00:42:39.801 --> 00:42:41.801
So now we're going
to do two boxes

00:42:41.868 --> 00:42:43.901
that are going
to go to Suri Katz.

00:42:43.968 --> 00:42:46.400
(overlapping chatter)
(Leah)
She's nuts.

00:42:46.467 --> 00:42:47.900
She's nuts!

00:42:47.967 --> 00:42:49.433
(speaking Yiddish)

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:51.133
Nuts!

00:43:08.567 --> 00:43:10.100
I want to go to medical school,
but not, like, to be...
Psychology!

00:43:10.167 --> 00:43:11.434
a pediatrician...
Psychology.

00:43:11.501 --> 00:43:12.766
No, not psychology.
It's not gonna work.

00:43:14.100 --> 00:43:15.533
Yeah.

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:23.933
And you're supposed
to like it.

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:36.733
(camera beeping)

00:43:36.799 --> 00:43:39.733
♪

00:44:15.667 --> 00:44:16.833
(Ruchie sighing)

00:44:19.467 --> 00:44:22.400
♪ (woman vocalizing)

00:44:33.701 --> 00:44:35.633
(Ruchie)
This is all over
the social media.

00:44:37.867 --> 00:44:40.635
♪ (woman vocalizing)

00:44:40.701 --> 00:44:44.134
"Rachel Freier's
radical feminist agenda."

00:44:44.200 --> 00:44:46.133
♪

00:44:58.066 --> 00:44:59.333
We have to respond.

00:45:00.967 --> 00:45:03.067
That's it.

00:45:03.133 --> 00:45:06.966
♪

00:45:11.868 --> 00:45:14.067
(woman)
You are listening
to "The Weekly Forum"

00:45:14.134 --> 00:45:16.501
with Bracha Melzer
on Chazaq Radio.

00:45:16.567 --> 00:45:20.335
My guests today
are Ruchie Freier
and Yitty Mandel,

00:45:20.401 --> 00:45:24.167
the force and pioneers behind
the creation of Ezras Nashim,

00:45:24.234 --> 00:45:26.467
the Orthodox women's
EMT corps.

00:45:26.534 --> 00:45:29.468
One of the things that
I want to dispel:

00:45:29.534 --> 00:45:34.533
People shouldn't think that
Yitty and Ruchie are feminists.

00:45:34.600 --> 00:45:37.367
They are very, very,
very far from that.

00:45:37.434 --> 00:45:40.034
And that was one of the reasons
why I was very excited

00:45:40.101 --> 00:45:43.501
about interviewing them,
knowing that these

00:45:43.568 --> 00:45:46.500
are frum women
who are living frum lives

00:45:46.567 --> 00:45:48.833
who are educating
their children

00:45:48.900 --> 00:45:50.567
to live a Torah life.

00:45:50.634 --> 00:45:52.934
And-- and feminism
is a secular concept.

00:45:53.001 --> 00:45:55.967
If you have a life that's
filled with Torah values,

00:45:56.033 --> 00:45:57.900
you don't need feminism.

00:45:57.966 --> 00:46:00.267
From-- from
my perspective,

00:46:00.333 --> 00:46:02.267
feminism is the movement

00:46:02.334 --> 00:46:04.533
when a woman wants
to be equal to a man,

00:46:04.600 --> 00:46:06.400
or she wants a man's job.

00:46:06.467 --> 00:46:08.567
I'm very happy with
my role as a woman,

00:46:08.634 --> 00:46:12.067
and I also think it's important
that your listeners to know

00:46:12.134 --> 00:46:16.100
that we have nothing against
women who go to men doctors.

00:46:16.167 --> 00:46:20.234
We're here that if
a woman prefers a woman,

00:46:20.300 --> 00:46:22.267
she should have that option.
Exactly.

00:46:22.333 --> 00:46:24.400
And I just think
that assisting a woman

00:46:24.467 --> 00:46:26.234
in childbirth
really is our role.

00:46:26.301 --> 00:46:27.733
It always belonged
to the women.
(Bracha) Right

00:46:27.800 --> 00:46:29.234
It was taken away
over the years,

00:46:29.300 --> 00:46:30.766
we're just reclaiming
what is ours.

00:46:38.233 --> 00:46:40.633
(Yitty)
Let's go.
Talk to your patient.

00:46:40.700 --> 00:46:42.700
Push! Give me
a good, good push.

00:46:42.767 --> 00:46:45.033
Mom, you're doing great!
You're doing great!

00:46:45.100 --> 00:46:47.034
Okay, three things that will
tell you that this baby is

00:46:47.101 --> 00:46:49.033
ready to go on
from their mother?
If the respiration is good,

00:46:49.099 --> 00:46:50.366
the color is good,

00:46:50.433 --> 00:46:52.033
and the, the, the...

00:46:52.100 --> 00:46:54.833
The answer I'm looking for
is termed "vigorous and crying."

00:46:54.899 --> 00:46:56.267
(indistinct chatter)

00:46:56.334 --> 00:46:57.701
(Ruchie)
What we've decided,

00:46:57.767 --> 00:47:00.867
we needed to make some criteria
to join Ezras Nashim.

00:47:00.934 --> 00:47:03.867
So to be an EMT
going on calls,

00:47:03.933 --> 00:47:05.968
you have to be married.

00:47:06.035 --> 00:47:09.435
There's a whole host of issues
that come up in a marriage

00:47:09.501 --> 00:47:12.767
that will give you
that level of maturity.

00:47:12.834 --> 00:47:14.834
(Yitty) We try a posterior?
(woman) Oh, that's a good one.

00:47:14.901 --> 00:47:16.168
Let's try
a regular posterior.

00:47:16.234 --> 00:47:18.001
That's a good idea.
Okay.

00:47:18.067 --> 00:47:20.567
(Yitty)
Having single women
is controversial.

00:47:20.634 --> 00:47:22.567
Many of the people
in the community

00:47:22.634 --> 00:47:25.168
feel it's not proper.

00:47:25.235 --> 00:47:28.334
They said to Ruchie, "Maybe
I should rather call Hatzolah

00:47:28.401 --> 00:47:29.668
and leave things
the way they are."

00:47:29.735 --> 00:47:31.667
Maybe we don't
need this organization.

00:47:35.167 --> 00:47:37.234
They're not taking any people
who are single,

00:47:37.301 --> 00:47:38.800
and I think
that's a big mistake.

00:47:38.867 --> 00:47:41.868
So if person has
never been in labor

00:47:41.934 --> 00:47:43.267
and never delivered a baby,
that doesn't mean

00:47:43.334 --> 00:47:44.434
that she can't be a good EMT.

00:47:44.501 --> 00:47:45.768
Because I've never
been in labor...

00:47:45.834 --> 00:47:47.101
But that's the point that
they were making, though.

00:47:47.168 --> 00:47:49.001
Nah, no,
it wasn't about...
They were.

00:47:49.068 --> 00:47:51.834
(Hadassah)
I think it has more to do with
we don't need to give people

00:47:51.901 --> 00:47:54.168
ammunition to say,
"Oh, you have these single girls

00:47:54.235 --> 00:47:56.100
"who should be innocent
and they're being exposed

00:47:56.167 --> 00:47:57.500
to these situations."

00:47:57.567 --> 00:47:59.167
That's coming,
not even necessarily

00:47:59.234 --> 00:48:01.000
from the ladies,
that's coming straight--

00:48:03.733 --> 00:48:07.067
So...
Times have changed.

00:48:07.134 --> 00:48:09.333
You know, I was 22
when I had my third child.

00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:11.434
Does that make me
better equipped?

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:14.434
No, I was an idiot!
(laughing)

00:48:14.501 --> 00:48:17.000
How old were you when
you had your first?

00:48:17.067 --> 00:48:18.334
Almost 19.

00:48:18.400 --> 00:48:20.001
Wow.
Wow, fast.

00:48:20.068 --> 00:48:22.433
So? I was still an idiot!
Well, yeah.

00:48:30.266 --> 00:48:35.200
(indistinct chatter)

00:48:35.267 --> 00:48:37.566
(Ruchie)
Would you like to dispatch?

00:48:37.633 --> 00:48:39.068
So that would be

00:48:39.134 --> 00:48:44.167
a great way for you to
start to get involved.

00:48:44.233 --> 00:48:45.501
So right now,
for dispatching

00:48:45.568 --> 00:48:48.500
we could use you,
and for driving the car.

00:48:51.067 --> 00:48:53.766
Okay, I hear.
Okay?

00:49:04.567 --> 00:49:07.667
(Yocheved)
You're single,
you're out of here.

00:49:07.734 --> 00:49:10.400
They're saying
it's community standards.

00:49:10.466 --> 00:49:12.066
That doesn't make sense.

00:49:14.600 --> 00:49:17.200
I've been married now
two and a half years,

00:49:17.267 --> 00:49:19.533
I ran all those years
an ambulance

00:49:19.600 --> 00:49:21.800
without having been married.

00:49:21.867 --> 00:49:24.967
I don't think think it
changed me for the worse.

00:49:25.033 --> 00:49:28.199
♪

00:49:36.334 --> 00:49:37.766
(Yitty)
This "no singles" issue

00:49:37.833 --> 00:49:40.100
hit a sore spot with
a lot of people.

00:49:40.167 --> 00:49:41.967
But Ruchie doesn't want
to mess with anybody.

00:49:42.034 --> 00:49:44.133
She still wants to be in good
standing with the rabbanim,

00:49:44.200 --> 00:49:45.633
and her kids' schools,

00:49:45.700 --> 00:49:46.967
her shul affiliation,

00:49:47.034 --> 00:49:48.300
whatever it is
that she has, right?

00:49:48.367 --> 00:49:50.333
She doesn't want to mess it.

00:49:50.400 --> 00:49:51.500
She'd be shunned
from the community,

00:49:51.566 --> 00:49:53.333
so she has to do it like this.

00:49:53.400 --> 00:49:55.666
She's, you know,
balancing a very...

00:49:59.866 --> 00:50:02.199
(sighing)
It-- it's hard.

00:50:04.100 --> 00:50:08.967
Now, what I was thinking,
we have 40 or 50 EMTs,

00:50:09.034 --> 00:50:11.300
but not everybody
can serve right now.

00:50:11.367 --> 00:50:13.733
I have to get
the final number, but...

00:50:13.800 --> 00:50:16.533
Now this-- this agency
has to get up and running,

00:50:16.600 --> 00:50:18.034
it has to get on its feet.

00:50:18.101 --> 00:50:21.200
(Ruchie)
We have to push members
to go for their rotations.

00:50:21.267 --> 00:50:23.633
(Yocheved)
The thing about
the rotations is,

00:50:23.700 --> 00:50:26.967
I don't know how you're going
to actually make people do this.

00:50:27.034 --> 00:50:28.967
I learned so much
on these rotations.

00:50:29.033 --> 00:50:30.633
(Yocheved)
Not everybody does, though.

00:50:30.700 --> 00:50:33.333
I mean, when I first
did my EMS rotation,

00:50:33.400 --> 00:50:35.500
nothing happened for 12 hours
in a big hospital.

00:50:35.567 --> 00:50:37.500
Yeah, but you see, not everybody
would say the same thing.

00:50:37.567 --> 00:50:39.366
(Ruchie)
No one else will.
No one else will.

00:50:39.433 --> 00:50:41.633
No one else comes
into this organization

00:50:41.700 --> 00:50:43.399
if they don't follow my rules.

00:50:43.466 --> 00:50:44.700
All right?

00:50:44.767 --> 00:50:46.299
No one gets away with it.

00:50:49.533 --> 00:50:50.966
(door creaking)

00:50:55.800 --> 00:50:57.001
Thank you.

00:50:57.068 --> 00:50:58.333
I guess...
(both laughing)

00:51:12.134 --> 00:51:14.067
(exhaling)

00:51:17.967 --> 00:51:19.233
(intercom buzzing)

00:51:19.300 --> 00:51:20.567
Who's there?

00:51:20.634 --> 00:51:22.600
Coming!

00:51:25.968 --> 00:51:27.501
So firstly,
what I want to say is

00:51:27.568 --> 00:51:29.667
as much as you
see things, Ruchie,

00:51:29.734 --> 00:51:32.535
and you're--
I know you think--

00:51:32.602 --> 00:51:34.700
think things through clearly,
I'm sure you bounce things

00:51:34.767 --> 00:51:36.202
off other people.

00:51:36.268 --> 00:51:38.967
You don't always necessarily
see things from the other side.

00:51:39.034 --> 00:51:40.301
I know you're telling me
there are a lot

00:51:40.368 --> 00:51:42.801
of happy members, Ruchie,
and there probably are.

00:51:42.867 --> 00:51:45.801
But there are enough members
who are not so happy,

00:51:45.868 --> 00:51:47.801
and then we have people
dropping out like flies.

00:51:47.867 --> 00:51:49.534
So I-- I agree with you,

00:51:49.600 --> 00:51:51.368
and I'd love to make
everybody happy.

00:51:51.435 --> 00:51:54.368
But I have to put together
a strong organization.

00:51:54.435 --> 00:51:56.700
Does it mean that
I want to be a dictator?

00:51:56.767 --> 00:51:58.533
No, no.

00:51:58.600 --> 00:52:00.366
Hey, Ruchie
can stay Ruchie,

00:52:00.433 --> 00:52:01.534
and she'd better stay Ruchie

00:52:01.601 --> 00:52:03.300
or we're not gonna have
an organization.

00:52:03.367 --> 00:52:05.201
But now we have to start
walking that fine line

00:52:05.267 --> 00:52:07.800
of making people feel good
about themselves.

00:52:09.234 --> 00:52:11.300
So what's the buy-in of
a typical Ezras Nashim member?

00:52:11.367 --> 00:52:12.900
Salary, there isn't.

00:52:12.967 --> 00:52:14.567
Even a status within
the community?

00:52:14.634 --> 00:52:16.901
In the beginning, for sure,
there's not going to be that.

00:52:16.968 --> 00:52:19.900
What is it? It's doing
the right thing in this time.

00:52:19.967 --> 00:52:21.767
You know, I feel good being
part of this organization,

00:52:21.834 --> 00:52:23.267
that's why I want
to be part of it.

00:52:23.334 --> 00:52:27.000
So how are we going to work
with these people to make sure

00:52:27.067 --> 00:52:29.633
that people feel very connected
to you as a leader?

00:52:29.700 --> 00:52:31.667
Okay...

00:52:31.734 --> 00:52:33.667
This is not running
a pre-school.

00:52:33.734 --> 00:52:35.167
This is not running a school.

00:52:35.234 --> 00:52:37.867
It's just not. It's not.
It really, really isn't.

00:52:37.934 --> 00:52:40.233
You know why?

00:52:40.300 --> 00:52:43.167
I risk my profession.

00:52:43.234 --> 00:52:45.333
My license to practice law now

00:52:45.400 --> 00:52:48.001
is tied in with
this organization.

00:52:48.067 --> 00:52:51.001
And it was my name that was
being lambasted because

00:52:51.068 --> 00:52:53.700
nobody else wanted to have
their name publicized,

00:52:53.767 --> 00:52:55.700
for very good reasons.

00:52:55.767 --> 00:52:58.200
You know what?
I have-- I have a dream

00:52:58.267 --> 00:53:01.201
to really be a judge,
that's what I'm working for.

00:53:01.267 --> 00:53:05.400
I put everything on hold
for this organization.

00:53:05.467 --> 00:53:08.967
It's just, everybody knows
that Ezras Nashim

00:53:09.034 --> 00:53:12.467
is now resting on
Ruchie Freier's shoulders.

00:53:12.534 --> 00:53:15.566
It'll be the biggest failure
of my life

00:53:15.633 --> 00:53:18.400
if we don't get off the ground.

00:53:18.467 --> 00:53:20.766
♪ (woman vocalizing)

00:53:56.767 --> 00:53:58.700
(water running)

00:54:00.434 --> 00:54:02.100
(Yocheved sighing)

00:54:05.234 --> 00:54:08.667
It's about as bad as I could've
imagined things to get

00:54:08.734 --> 00:54:11.167
as far as Ezras Nashim
is concerned.

00:54:13.668 --> 00:54:17.468
The worst part
is the lack of unity.

00:54:17.535 --> 00:54:20.835
Ezras Nashim
was my heart and soul.

00:54:20.901 --> 00:54:26.068
It was good and pure
in its intention.

00:54:26.134 --> 00:54:28.334
But there was an awful lot
of nastiness

00:54:28.400 --> 00:54:30.334
at the last meeting.

00:54:30.401 --> 00:54:33.467
The issue was brought up,
again,

00:54:33.533 --> 00:54:35.967
about the single people.

00:54:37.701 --> 00:54:39.834
So I spoke as well
as I could.

00:54:39.901 --> 00:54:43.167
I just believe that this was
not the right thing to do.

00:54:43.234 --> 00:54:45.534
You know, I don't know
what would have happened

00:54:45.600 --> 00:54:46.867
if I didn't get married.

00:54:46.934 --> 00:54:48.533
Uh, it scares me.

00:54:50.435 --> 00:54:54.601
Again, I'll reiterate:
This was my idea

00:54:54.667 --> 00:54:57.533
that I could not bring
to fruition on my own.

00:54:59.334 --> 00:55:03.267
It took a dynamo like Ruchie
to bring it to fruition.

00:55:03.334 --> 00:55:05.000
But now that she's
brought it to fruition

00:55:05.066 --> 00:55:06.834
she says it's hers.

00:55:06.900 --> 00:55:09.167
Where's the room for me?

00:55:09.233 --> 00:55:12.166
♪

00:55:14.901 --> 00:55:16.833
In tears,
I left the meeting.

00:55:18.901 --> 00:55:20.467
I thought about it
for a while.

00:55:20.533 --> 00:55:22.967
And then I texted in

00:55:23.034 --> 00:55:26.300
that I'm no longer a member,
I'm resigning.

00:55:27.866 --> 00:55:29.633
And that's how it went.

00:55:31.933 --> 00:55:33.866
That's how it ended.

00:55:35.534 --> 00:55:38.300
♪ (woman singing in Hebrew)

00:55:59.033 --> 00:56:01.066
(Ruchie)
Did I get hurt?

00:56:01.133 --> 00:56:02.567
Yes.

00:56:02.634 --> 00:56:04.900
That's the answer.
Yes, I got hurt.

00:56:04.967 --> 00:56:06.066
Will I get over it? Sure.

00:56:06.133 --> 00:56:07.567
Have I been hurt before?
Sure.

00:56:07.634 --> 00:56:09.067
Will I get hurt again?
Absolutely.

00:56:09.134 --> 00:56:11.566
That's part of life.
That's part of life.

00:56:11.633 --> 00:56:14.299
♪ (woman singing in Hebrew)

00:56:31.766 --> 00:56:33.367
(phone ringing)

00:56:33.433 --> 00:56:36.000
(woman)
Midwood Ambulance,
how can I help you?

00:56:36.067 --> 00:56:39.666
(Rochel)
I have been setting up
the dispatch system.

00:56:39.733 --> 00:56:42.500
Mm-hmm.
And I want to show you

00:56:42.567 --> 00:56:44.167
how the system works
and how it's going

00:56:44.234 --> 00:56:46.466
to be connected
to your dispatchers.
Okay.

00:56:46.533 --> 00:56:48.133
(device beeping)

00:56:48.200 --> 00:56:50.801
Subject: "Call 2:40."
Message: "Call 2:40.

00:56:50.867 --> 00:56:52.300
Test Midwood."
Is that what you wrote?

00:56:52.367 --> 00:56:53.633
(Rochel)
Yes, "Test Midwood," right?

00:56:53.700 --> 00:56:55.467
Message: "Call 2:40," yes.

00:56:55.533 --> 00:56:58.235
You heard how fast
that came through?

00:56:58.301 --> 00:56:59.734
(Yitty)
Yes, and how loud
it came through.

00:56:59.801 --> 00:57:02.035
Okay, the whole system,
everything is working.

00:57:02.101 --> 00:57:03.867
(man) We're live.
(Yitty) It's really happening.

00:57:03.934 --> 00:57:05.700
(man)
We have stress balls.
Are you stressed?

00:57:05.767 --> 00:57:08.800
(all chuckling)

00:57:08.867 --> 00:57:09.967
If you're stressed,
just grab one

00:57:10.034 --> 00:57:11.634
and just squeeze it.

00:57:11.701 --> 00:57:13.301
Look at that, see?
You feel stress

00:57:13.367 --> 00:57:14.967
going away already, right?
Yeah.

00:57:15.034 --> 00:57:18.301
(Ruchie praying in Hebrew)

00:57:18.367 --> 00:57:21.167
(group repeating prayer)

00:57:21.234 --> 00:57:22.833
(Ruchie praying in Hebrew)

00:57:24.233 --> 00:57:27.001
(group repeating prayer)

00:57:27.068 --> 00:57:28.734
(Ruchie)
Now I want to just
say one thing.

00:57:28.801 --> 00:57:30.667
I know a lot of you
had certain questions.

00:57:30.734 --> 00:57:34.368
Nobody-- nobody--
was told to go.

00:57:34.435 --> 00:57:38.035
Whoever isn't here,
it was their own decision.

00:57:38.101 --> 00:57:41.200
And you should know that there
was a lot of pain on my part.

00:57:47.601 --> 00:57:49.134
...and we should
all understand

00:57:49.201 --> 00:57:51.067
that we're here
for each other.

00:57:51.133 --> 00:57:52.233
♪

00:57:52.300 --> 00:57:53.500
Deep down...

00:57:56.068 --> 00:57:58.800
...they know we're doing what
they should have done.

00:57:58.866 --> 00:58:00.801
♪

00:58:00.868 --> 00:58:03.634
We open next week, Sunday,
at the health fair.

00:58:03.701 --> 00:58:06.468
We are giving out our number,
and we're giving out our flyers.

00:58:06.534 --> 00:58:09.633
That means by next week,
Sunday, we're up!

00:58:09.700 --> 00:58:11.867
(applause)

00:58:11.934 --> 00:58:14.200
Everyone gets
a package like this.

00:58:14.267 --> 00:58:16.867
One.
This is number two.
Oh.

00:58:16.934 --> 00:58:18.833
Everyone's packing up
their own trauma bags.

00:58:18.900 --> 00:58:21.034
It's a baby!
It's a baby!

00:58:21.100 --> 00:58:23.334
(indistinct chatter)

00:58:23.401 --> 00:58:27.466
I'm trying to imagine Ruchie
carrying all of this stuff.

00:58:27.533 --> 00:58:29.034
(Ruchie)
Now it's on.

00:58:29.101 --> 00:58:30.833
Now it's off?
Now it's--
(siren)

00:58:30.900 --> 00:58:32.500
Yitty?

00:58:32.566 --> 00:58:33.867
It looks good.

00:58:33.933 --> 00:58:36.500
♪

00:58:36.566 --> 00:58:38.001
(indistinct chatter)

00:58:38.068 --> 00:58:40.401
(Yitty)
Hi, girls,
take one magnet.

00:58:40.468 --> 00:58:42.700
Take a magnet,
remember our number.

00:58:45.500 --> 00:58:47.633
Now?

00:58:47.700 --> 00:58:49.466
Here's what you do.
(phone beeping)

00:58:49.533 --> 00:58:50.901
37B to Base?

00:58:50.967 --> 00:58:52.334
So I have to say that?
No.

00:58:52.401 --> 00:58:54.366
So that's what the dispatcher
is going to say.
Okay.

00:58:54.433 --> 00:58:56.467
10B responding.

00:58:56.533 --> 00:58:58.700
(dispatcher)
Okay, 10B responding.

00:58:58.767 --> 00:59:01.000
(Rochel)
Get the information out
within those 45 seconds

00:59:01.067 --> 00:59:03.366
and press that
"send text" button.

00:59:03.433 --> 00:59:04.533
Ding-a-ling-a-ling...

00:59:04.600 --> 00:59:05.833
Ezras Nashim,
where's the emergency?

00:59:05.899 --> 00:59:07.366
I'm having a baby.

00:59:07.433 --> 00:59:08.533
Okay, is this
your first baby?

00:59:08.599 --> 00:59:09.900
No, it's my fifth.

00:59:09.967 --> 00:59:12.900
Gosh, how many things does
this kid have to wear?

00:59:12.967 --> 00:59:14.066
(dispatch)
Yeah, okay.

00:59:14.133 --> 00:59:15.166
We are doing this.

00:59:15.233 --> 00:59:16.500
If my kids don't get to eat

00:59:16.567 --> 00:59:18.133
or we don't have clean clothes,
I don't care.

00:59:18.200 --> 00:59:19.333
We are doing this.

00:59:19.399 --> 00:59:22.333
♪

00:59:24.933 --> 00:59:26.900
The Fire Department
of the City of New York

00:59:26.967 --> 00:59:30.866
recognized Ezras Nashim
as a valid member of EMS.

00:59:30.933 --> 00:59:32.467
(applause)

00:59:32.533 --> 00:59:34.967
We're going to get
an official FDNY radio,

00:59:35.034 --> 00:59:38.133
and our code is going to be
what the chief made up:

00:59:38.199 --> 00:59:40.633
93Q, 93QUEEN.

00:59:40.700 --> 00:59:42.733
So we're gonna be 93QUEEN.

00:59:42.800 --> 00:59:44.534
(applause)

00:59:44.600 --> 00:59:46.034
In Brooklyn,
an all-female crew

00:59:46.101 --> 00:59:48.700
of Orthodox EMTs will hit
the streets tomorrow,

00:59:48.767 --> 00:59:50.833
providing a much-needed
service in the community.

00:59:50.900 --> 00:59:53.799
♪ (women vocalizing)

01:00:11.700 --> 01:00:12.967
(phone beeping)

01:00:13.033 --> 01:00:16.299
(Yitty)
D23, this is 22W.

01:00:16.366 --> 01:00:19.366
Ruchie.
Come in, Ruchie.

01:00:19.433 --> 01:00:20.700
(phone beeping)

01:00:20.767 --> 01:00:23.133
(Ruchie on radio)
This is 21B on call.

01:00:23.200 --> 01:00:24.467
Day number one.

01:00:24.534 --> 01:00:26.800
This is the first day
of the rest of our life...

01:00:26.867 --> 01:00:28.799
(clicking tongue)
Right?

01:00:31.867 --> 01:00:34.467
I've been walking around with
a knot in my stomach all day.

01:00:34.534 --> 01:00:36.133
It's just like,
how's the first day going to do?

01:00:36.200 --> 01:00:38.467
I got up this morning, and I
stood by the phone at 7:00

01:00:38.534 --> 01:00:40.467
looking at it like--
as if it's gonna explode.

01:00:40.534 --> 01:00:42.366
I was just like waiting to
see what's going to go on.

01:00:42.433 --> 01:00:44.033
(phone beeping)

01:00:50.066 --> 01:00:52.500
(phone ringing)
Sylvia.

01:00:52.567 --> 01:00:54.001
Yes, dear?

01:00:54.067 --> 01:00:55.600
(Sylvia on phone)
Yitty, I'm sorry
to bother you.

01:00:55.667 --> 01:00:56.767
It's fine!

01:00:58.001 --> 01:00:59.601
I picked it up,
I said "Ezras Nashim?"

01:00:59.668 --> 01:01:00.934
And I just hear...
I didn't see the phone.

01:01:01.001 --> 01:01:02.434
What happened?
Nothing.

01:01:02.501 --> 01:01:04.201
And then I hear a click,
they hung up.

01:01:04.268 --> 01:01:07.201
But he unblocked his number,
and I happen to know who he is.

01:01:07.268 --> 01:01:08.868
Mm-hmm.
I don't know him personally,

01:01:08.935 --> 01:01:10.200
but I know that there's
a guy by the name

01:01:10.267 --> 01:01:11.867
of Eli -- in Hatzolah.

01:01:11.934 --> 01:01:13.201
Okay, so there you go.

01:01:13.268 --> 01:01:14.868
Expect to get several more
of these.

01:01:14.935 --> 01:01:18.867
But Sylvia, don't get--
don't get riled up.

01:01:18.933 --> 01:01:20.868
This is crazy.

01:01:20.935 --> 01:01:23.868
The prank calls are coming in,
mostly from men.
(phone beeping)

01:01:23.934 --> 01:01:27.167
We can have the best system
and the best training,

01:01:27.234 --> 01:01:30.167
but if we're not getting calls,
it's not gonna work.

01:01:33.733 --> 01:01:35.000
(phone beeps)

01:01:41.035 --> 01:01:44.268
(Rochel on radio)
Attention all units
and dispatchers,

01:01:44.335 --> 01:01:48.768
be advised there is
a formal training going on now.

01:01:48.834 --> 01:01:51.368
All units,
if a call comes in,

01:01:51.435 --> 01:01:54.533
just be advised it is only
a trainingsession.

01:01:56.201 --> 01:01:58.468
If the world would
have been perfect,

01:01:58.534 --> 01:02:01.133
we could have had, like,
all these practice drills be--

01:02:01.200 --> 01:02:02.966
(phone beeping)

01:02:04.400 --> 01:02:06.167
This must be a practice.

01:02:06.234 --> 01:02:09.067
(dispatcher)
29B, 10-4.

01:02:09.133 --> 01:02:11.233
I think our women are so good.

01:02:11.300 --> 01:02:13.901
I really think they are.
This is incred--

01:02:13.967 --> 01:02:15.234
(dispatch)
Proceed.

01:02:15.300 --> 01:02:16.733
(phone beeps)

01:02:18.800 --> 01:02:20.566
This is not a test.

01:02:20.633 --> 01:02:22.467
This is not a test.

01:02:22.533 --> 01:02:25.800
♪

01:02:29.701 --> 01:02:32.634
(dispatcher)
Responding units,
this is...

01:02:32.701 --> 01:02:35.633
The caller, I was not able
to get through.

01:02:38.533 --> 01:02:40.633
(siren beeping)

01:02:45.200 --> 01:02:46.967
(whispering)
Oh, that was 53rd Street.

01:02:47.033 --> 01:02:48.300
Sheisa.

01:02:48.366 --> 01:02:50.167
(siren blarng)

01:02:50.233 --> 01:02:53.500
♪

01:03:01.533 --> 01:03:03.633
21B, I am at the scene.

01:03:03.700 --> 01:03:05.800
There seems to be
another car here.

01:03:05.866 --> 01:03:07.966
(distant sirens wailing)

01:04:15.301 --> 01:04:17.767
(applause)

01:04:21.000 --> 01:04:22.634
She's smart woman!

01:04:22.700 --> 01:04:24.801
All right...

01:04:24.867 --> 01:04:27.468
Whoever says there's
no need for us has no idea

01:04:27.534 --> 01:04:28.968
what it's like when
we actually help somebody.

01:04:29.034 --> 01:04:30.134
Until they get the first call.

01:04:30.200 --> 01:04:31.301
Until you get
that first call,

01:04:31.368 --> 01:04:33.735
and you help the-- the--
the woman herself,

01:04:33.801 --> 01:04:37.234
the husband,
it is just an incredible,

01:04:37.301 --> 01:04:38.568
incredible experience.

01:04:38.635 --> 01:04:40.534
AtEzras Nashim,
you will all get that feeling.

01:04:40.601 --> 01:04:42.001
(Yitty)
Yes!

01:04:42.067 --> 01:04:45.000
(indistinct chatter)

01:04:48.633 --> 01:04:51.733
♪

01:05:03.466 --> 01:05:06.201
Okay, crisis averted

01:05:06.268 --> 01:05:08.666
(dispatcher)
Ezras Nashim, do you
have an emergency?

01:05:08.733 --> 01:05:10.000
Hello?

01:05:11.900 --> 01:05:13.333
Prank call.

01:05:14.700 --> 01:05:16.467
(dispatcher)
15 58th Street.

01:05:16.534 --> 01:05:18.066
I got it, I got it.

01:05:18.133 --> 01:05:19.167
Yes!

01:05:19.233 --> 01:05:21.666
(phone beeping)
(gasping)

01:05:23.801 --> 01:05:26.267
(dispatcher)
EMT 21B on standby.

01:05:26.334 --> 01:05:27.934
Did you see
just what happened?
No.

01:05:28.000 --> 01:05:29.933
This guy saved
his baby's life.

01:05:30.000 --> 01:05:31.434
The stroller started flying.

01:05:31.501 --> 01:05:33.334
We almost had a call!
Yeah.

01:05:33.401 --> 01:05:34.833
(dispatcher)
Ambulance, how can I help you?

01:05:34.900 --> 01:05:36.567
This is 45B, Yitty.

01:05:36.633 --> 01:05:39.900
♪

01:05:41.800 --> 01:05:44.667
(siren blaring)

01:05:44.733 --> 01:05:47.666
(indistinct chatter)

01:05:52.634 --> 01:05:55.334
Ruchie, come here.
I want an opinion on this.

01:05:55.401 --> 01:05:57.000
Should we put all on that,
or maybe just one side?

01:05:57.066 --> 01:05:58.199
Isn't that too big?

01:06:00.099 --> 01:06:01.167
(indistinct chatter)

01:06:01.234 --> 01:06:03.900
Okay, now let's
put on the dress.

01:06:03.966 --> 01:06:05.799
♪

01:06:10.768 --> 01:06:14.167
(Hadassah)
I was very nervous
that I wasn't going to...

01:06:14.233 --> 01:06:16.167
find someone so quickly.

01:06:16.234 --> 01:06:18.801
But I'm very lucky
I found someone.

01:06:18.867 --> 01:06:21.533
We're very compatible,
we're very on the same page.

01:06:21.600 --> 01:06:24.199
He's really a good person.

01:06:26.400 --> 01:06:29.067
He's from a very similar
background to me.

01:06:29.133 --> 01:06:31.067
We're both ridiculously nerdy,

01:06:31.134 --> 01:06:34.067
and liked all the same goofy
books and movies growing up.

01:06:34.134 --> 01:06:36.234
And so we get each others'
pop culture references.

01:06:36.300 --> 01:06:38.400
And it's fabulous to have
someone who gets

01:06:38.467 --> 01:06:41.099
my "Star Wars" and...

01:06:43.500 --> 01:06:45.267
and "Lord of the Rings"
references.

01:06:45.333 --> 01:06:47.000
I'm like, "Yes!"
(laughing)

01:06:47.066 --> 01:06:49.999
♪

01:06:59.501 --> 01:07:01.867
(glass breaks)
(all)
Mazel tov!

01:07:01.933 --> 01:07:05.867
♪

01:07:11.900 --> 01:07:13.734
(loud popping)

01:07:13.800 --> 01:07:16.034
♪

01:07:16.100 --> 01:07:19.367
(indistinct chatter)

01:07:41.233 --> 01:07:44.167
♪

01:07:51.100 --> 01:07:53.033
(children playing)

01:07:59.033 --> 01:08:00.633
(phone dialing)

01:08:02.134 --> 01:08:05.067
(indistinct radio chatter)

01:08:05.134 --> 01:08:06.901
Hi, everybody,
how are you?

01:08:06.968 --> 01:08:08.400
I think were having
roll call now.

01:08:08.467 --> 01:08:10.400
(phone beeping)

01:08:10.467 --> 01:08:12.568
(dispatcher)
Yes, I'm here...

01:08:12.634 --> 01:08:15.434
Okay, so the first
and most exciting thing

01:08:15.501 --> 01:08:17.467
I wanted to talk about
was my announcement

01:08:17.534 --> 01:08:20.634
yesterday to run
for civil court judge.

01:08:20.701 --> 01:08:22.601
I don't know how many
of you knew that

01:08:22.668 --> 01:08:25.366
this was really my plan
for the past ten years.

01:08:30.168 --> 01:08:33.100
I wanted-- thank you.
(indistinct radio chatter)

01:08:33.167 --> 01:08:35.634
And I wanted you
to hear it from me.

01:08:35.701 --> 01:08:38.867
You see, the higher the position
I'm able to achieve,

01:08:38.934 --> 01:08:42.668
the more credibility
we get to our organization.

01:08:42.734 --> 01:08:46.967
And we still are fighting
for our survival.

01:08:47.034 --> 01:08:48.800
But we're firm
and we're strong,

01:08:48.866 --> 01:08:51.033
and we don't back down.

01:08:51.100 --> 01:08:52.533
(dispatcher)
Baruch Hashem!

01:08:52.600 --> 01:08:54.001
Very good.
Take care, everybody,

01:08:54.067 --> 01:08:56.700
have a good night,
bye-bye.
(indistinct radio chatter)

01:08:56.766 --> 01:08:58.367
(phone beeps)

01:08:58.433 --> 01:09:00.701
So there's a lot of men
that are religious

01:09:00.767 --> 01:09:03.366
on the bench already,
we don't have a woman.

01:09:06.733 --> 01:09:08.567
'Cause that we don't
really have yet.

01:09:08.633 --> 01:09:10.900
(indistinct chatter)

01:09:10.967 --> 01:09:13.334
We're the women's EMT group,

01:09:13.401 --> 01:09:15.799
we respond to
all emergency calls.

01:09:18.199 --> 01:09:20.333
Yeah.
(laughing)

01:09:20.399 --> 01:09:22.334
I happen to be a lawyer,

01:09:22.401 --> 01:09:24.666
and now I'm running
for civil court judge.

01:09:24.733 --> 01:09:26.334
Civil court?
Right.

01:09:26.401 --> 01:09:29.133
All the information is there,
when the Election Day is.

01:09:31.600 --> 01:09:32.700
You should never need it,

01:09:32.767 --> 01:09:33.999
but its always good
to have somebody...

01:09:35.700 --> 01:09:37.300
Thank you!
(laughing)

01:09:37.367 --> 01:09:39.467
Ruchie Freier
for civil court judge!

01:09:39.533 --> 01:09:41.733
Ruchie Freier for
civil court judge!

01:09:41.800 --> 01:09:42.934
Hello,
I'm Ruchie Freier.

01:09:43.000 --> 01:09:45.399
Ruchie Freier
for civil court judge!

01:09:45.466 --> 01:09:46.899
(air tank hissing)

01:09:58.133 --> 01:09:59.933
Here's my flyer,
it's for ladies only

01:10:00.000 --> 01:10:01.099
'cause it has
my picture on it.

01:10:03.067 --> 01:10:04.666
This is for boys and men.

01:10:04.733 --> 01:10:06.800
This is for you.

01:10:06.867 --> 01:10:10.067
♪ (woman vocalizing)

01:10:10.134 --> 01:10:11.700
Can you help me?
I'm Ruchie Freier.

01:10:11.767 --> 01:10:13.367
Why not?

01:10:13.433 --> 01:10:15.166
(man) Oh, I have no problem.
(Ruchie) Okay.

01:10:32.934 --> 01:10:34.767
(Ruchie)
Hatzolah has made my campaign

01:10:34.834 --> 01:10:37.099
a much, much harder
campaign.

01:10:39.400 --> 01:10:40.667
They will try to do
whatever they can

01:10:40.734 --> 01:10:42.834
to get me to back off
from running.

01:10:42.901 --> 01:10:44.900
They found a candidate
to run against me

01:10:44.967 --> 01:10:48.234
to make sure
I wasn't going to win.

01:10:48.301 --> 01:10:51.033
They're gonna make sure
that they're gonna stop me

01:10:51.100 --> 01:10:52.533
to the best
of their ability.

01:10:54.866 --> 01:10:57.802
♪

01:10:57.868 --> 01:10:59.801
(man's outgoing message)
Hello, and thank you
for calling Ezras Nashim.

01:10:59.868 --> 01:11:02.468
Our primary response vehicle
has been booted.

01:11:02.534 --> 01:11:04.768
Please hang up and dial 718...

01:11:04.834 --> 01:11:06.767
(Ruchie)
This message went around
to the whole world

01:11:06.833 --> 01:11:09.467
on every WhatsApp group:

01:11:09.534 --> 01:11:10.801
"You have reached
Ezras Nashim,

01:11:10.867 --> 01:11:12.800
"our vehicle is locked.

01:11:12.867 --> 01:11:14.634
Please call Hatzolah."

01:11:14.700 --> 01:11:16.967
♪

01:11:21.035 --> 01:11:24.134
Of course, we had
a major operational fiasco.

01:11:24.201 --> 01:11:26.801
They put a boot on the car,
don't ask me how it happened.

01:11:26.868 --> 01:11:29.134
I do not know
of any unpaid ticket.

01:11:29.201 --> 01:11:31.301
But it went all over,
it went viral.

01:11:31.367 --> 01:11:35.300
(indistinct chatter)

01:11:35.367 --> 01:11:37.300
I have no idea.
Where was it booted?

01:11:37.367 --> 01:11:39.201
It was parked
on my block.

01:11:39.267 --> 01:11:41.034
(indistinct chatter)

01:11:41.101 --> 01:11:42.700
All right, so now,
everybody--

01:11:42.767 --> 01:11:44.534
everybody-- EMTs--

01:11:44.600 --> 01:11:47.367
EMT--
(chattering continues)

01:11:47.434 --> 01:11:50.901
So, I want to say that over
the past couple of months

01:11:50.967 --> 01:11:52.201
since our last meeting,

01:11:52.268 --> 01:11:54.901
we had calls that
have run the gamut.

01:11:54.968 --> 01:11:56.467
Everything from
domestic violence

01:11:56.534 --> 01:11:59.967
to motor vehicle accidents,
we did delivery a baby already.

01:12:00.034 --> 01:12:02.800
We even had--
we even had a miscarriage.

01:12:02.867 --> 01:12:04.634
We had cardiac calls,

01:12:04.700 --> 01:12:07.301
we had pediatrics,
we had geriatrics,

01:12:07.367 --> 01:12:10.801
we had OBGYN, we've ha--
we had a dental call.

01:12:10.868 --> 01:12:12.967
A woman who was pregnant
had a dental emergency.

01:12:13.034 --> 01:12:14.567
So we've really had everything,

01:12:14.634 --> 01:12:16.667
and we had
two male callers.

01:12:16.733 --> 01:12:18.167
(indistinct chatter)

01:12:18.234 --> 01:12:20.833
So we've h--
we have to be prepared

01:12:20.900 --> 01:12:22.033
for anything and everything.

01:12:33.133 --> 01:12:36.100
(indistinct chatter)

01:12:39.701 --> 01:12:41.634
All my friends are here.
Sarah Huznee,

01:12:41.700 --> 01:12:42.966
one of our EMTs,
this is Marcy.

01:12:43.033 --> 01:12:45.333
Hi, nice to meet you.

01:12:48.867 --> 01:12:50.633
(man speaking Yiddish)

01:13:01.400 --> 01:13:02.999
(angry gibberish)

01:13:06.566 --> 01:13:09.499
♪

01:13:29.766 --> 01:13:31.066
Hi, how are you?

01:13:31.133 --> 01:13:32.400
I'm the candidate.

01:13:32.467 --> 01:13:33.800
One of the candidates.

01:13:33.867 --> 01:13:37.133
And this is your signature,
am I correct?

01:13:37.199 --> 01:13:38.900
That's it.
That's it.

01:13:38.966 --> 01:13:40.899
I'm on pins and needles!

01:13:47.599 --> 01:13:51.366
♪

01:13:51.433 --> 01:13:53.667
My ballot was counted!

01:13:53.733 --> 01:13:55.300
♪

01:13:59.868 --> 01:14:02.601
We were asked
to vote for Avigdor.

01:14:02.668 --> 01:14:04.667
This is what we were asked for,
and this is what we do!

01:14:12.568 --> 01:14:14.167
Hello,
I'm Ruchie Freier!

01:14:14.234 --> 01:14:16.668
Are you going to vote?
(woman)
Yeah, that's what

01:14:16.734 --> 01:14:18.700
we're coming
to do right now!
Excellent!

01:14:21.434 --> 01:14:23.534
Freier for civil court judge!

01:14:23.601 --> 01:14:25.033
Freier for civil court judge!

01:14:27.534 --> 01:14:28.967
(man speaking Yiddish)

01:14:42.400 --> 01:14:44.700
♪

01:15:06.600 --> 01:15:08.033
(both speaking Yiddish)

01:15:17.067 --> 01:15:19.333
(Yoely)
41 to 35.
Oh, that's good.

01:15:19.400 --> 01:15:20.833
41 to 35.

01:15:44.300 --> 01:15:47.800
(indistinct chatter)

01:15:53.334 --> 01:15:56.000
Hold on a second,
now the number is different.

01:15:56.067 --> 01:16:00.399
How do you know?
90 to-- they--
they put it online.

01:16:00.466 --> 01:16:02.399
(speaking Yiddish)

01:16:06.434 --> 01:16:09.300
Let me be the first one
to congratulate you.

01:16:09.367 --> 01:16:10.966
(cheering)

01:16:11.033 --> 01:16:12.967
She made history!

01:16:13.033 --> 01:16:15.533
41.1!
Ruchie made history!

01:16:15.599 --> 01:16:17.567
Ruchie made history!

01:16:17.633 --> 01:16:19.733
Congratulations,
Your Honor.
Thank you!

01:16:19.800 --> 01:16:23.033
Your Honor!
Your Honor!

01:16:23.100 --> 01:16:25.033
(singing happily)

01:16:27.433 --> 01:16:30.533
Aim higher!
Aim higher!

01:16:30.600 --> 01:16:32.699
Vote for Freier!

01:16:34.799 --> 01:16:35.900
It happened!

01:16:35.967 --> 01:16:37.734
(overlapping chatter)

01:16:37.800 --> 01:16:39.234
I was feeling
very nervous.

01:16:39.300 --> 01:16:41.667
I know, you were more nervous
than me, I know.

01:16:41.733 --> 01:16:44.233
We did it.
We did it.

01:16:44.299 --> 01:16:46.733
♪

01:17:02.967 --> 01:17:05.234
Right there.
A teeny step this way.

01:17:05.301 --> 01:17:06.567
And step toward me.

01:17:06.633 --> 01:17:07.900
And hands in front.

01:17:07.967 --> 01:17:09.233
Perfect.

01:17:20.801 --> 01:17:23.833
(man)
They said Borough Park
is never going to vote

01:17:23.900 --> 01:17:25.567
for a woman for judge.

01:17:25.633 --> 01:17:28.367
So, they got that wrong.

01:17:28.434 --> 01:17:30.367
(applause)

01:17:33.434 --> 01:17:36.200
Behind, uh-- used to be
the other way, right?

01:17:36.267 --> 01:17:39.201
Behind every man,
there's a woman?

01:17:39.268 --> 01:17:42.534
But behind every woman,
there's a great man.

01:17:42.601 --> 01:17:45.534
(applause)

01:17:45.601 --> 01:17:49.234
It's a privilege for me
to be here tonight,

01:17:49.301 --> 01:17:52.700
together with my parents,
my wife and children,

01:17:52.767 --> 01:17:55.466
for my wife Ruchie...

01:17:57.367 --> 01:18:00.733
for her longtime dream
to come true.

01:18:00.800 --> 01:18:03.734
(applause)

01:18:03.800 --> 01:18:05.234
I wanted to make it here today

01:18:05.301 --> 01:18:07.068
because I know a little bit
about history.

01:18:07.135 --> 01:18:09.400
And I wanted to be in a room
where we are making history

01:18:09.467 --> 01:18:11.233
here in the borough
of Brooklyn.

01:18:11.300 --> 01:18:12.900
(applause)

01:18:14.134 --> 01:18:15.734
I would not have missed it,

01:18:15.801 --> 01:18:18.067
she is certainly breaking
through glass ceilings.

01:18:18.134 --> 01:18:19.900
And that's why I wanted
to be here.

01:18:19.967 --> 01:18:21.233
Right, women?
Make some noise!

01:18:21.300 --> 01:18:22.566
Come on.

01:18:22.633 --> 01:18:24.567
(loud cheering)

01:18:24.633 --> 01:18:28.633
♪

01:18:39.967 --> 01:18:43.400
I have reached a watershed
in my life.

01:18:43.466 --> 01:18:45.567
Yes, it is a dream,

01:18:45.634 --> 01:18:48.067
and my dream is now
a reality.

01:18:48.134 --> 01:18:51.067
(applause)

01:18:51.134 --> 01:18:54.233
I want to take
this opportunity to salute

01:18:54.300 --> 01:18:57.567
my fellow religious female EMTs

01:18:57.633 --> 01:19:00.400
for your unwavering
support through--

01:19:00.467 --> 01:19:03.700
(applause)

01:19:03.767 --> 01:19:07.033
My fellow EMTs,
we did two campaigns together.

01:19:07.099 --> 01:19:09.000
We created Ezras Nashim,

01:19:09.067 --> 01:19:12.833
the all-female volunteer
EMT agency, the first ever,

01:19:12.899 --> 01:19:16.167
Ezras Nashim.

01:19:16.234 --> 01:19:18.434
And you helped me win
this campaign.

01:19:18.500 --> 01:19:21.267
You covered me for the shifts
that I couldn't take

01:19:21.333 --> 01:19:24.033
and you helped me prove
that Hasidic women

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can do great things.

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(applause)

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♪

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I'm excited to be here
with my daughter

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because I look at her
and I think,

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she's going to have wonderful
role models to look up to.

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She's going to know
that she can be anything

01:19:42.800 --> 01:19:43.900
that she sets her mind to.

01:19:43.967 --> 01:19:46.067
She can be a judge,
she can be a doctor,

01:19:46.133 --> 01:19:48.366
she can be a lawyer,
she can be whatever she wants

01:19:48.433 --> 01:19:50.367
and she doesn't have
to sacrifice

01:19:50.434 --> 01:19:53.667
her religious beliefs
or her practices

01:19:53.734 --> 01:19:56.933
in order to do the things
that she dreams of.

01:20:03.100 --> 01:20:05.033
(chattering)

01:20:09.400 --> 01:20:11.733
(Ruchie)
So, people have been
calling me a feminist

01:20:11.800 --> 01:20:12.733
for many, many years,

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and when I started Ezras Nashim,

01:20:15.433 --> 01:20:18.233
it was just like...

01:20:18.300 --> 01:20:19.966
blared all over the place.

01:20:20.033 --> 01:20:22.133
So feminism
in the Hasidic community

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has a very negative connotation.

01:20:24.367 --> 01:20:26.033
They will view it as a woman

01:20:26.100 --> 01:20:30.500
who wants to overstep
the religious boundaries

01:20:30.567 --> 01:20:33.700
that are set up between
men and women,

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and I follow all those
halachic religious boundaries.

01:20:37.733 --> 01:20:42.167
Thanks for coming
so early!

01:20:42.234 --> 01:20:45.467
But obviously I couldn't
achieve this position

01:20:45.534 --> 01:20:48.367
if the women who have been

01:20:48.434 --> 01:20:50.933
trailblazing for
women's equality

01:20:50.999 --> 01:20:53.067
hadn't made it possible.

01:20:53.134 --> 01:20:56.101
So my connection with
secular feminism

01:20:56.167 --> 01:20:58.534
I think is very obvious.

01:20:58.601 --> 01:20:59.533
But,

01:20:59.600 --> 01:21:00.733
you can't just,

01:21:00.800 --> 01:21:02.101
in one sentence,

01:21:02.168 --> 01:21:05.068
narrow me down to
a few specific words,

01:21:05.134 --> 01:21:06.967
it just doesn't work with me.

01:21:11.767 --> 01:21:14.667
♪

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♪

01:21:25.400 --> 01:21:27.333
(conversing in Yiddish)

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♪

01:21:35.501 --> 01:21:37.433
♪ (woman singing in Hebrew)

01:21:51.867 --> 01:21:54.800
♪

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(singing continues till end)