From the hospital bedside
From The Frieda Vizel Podcast by Frieda Vizel
March 8, 2026 · 34 min · Season 5 · Episode 10
About this episode
Frieda Vizel shares her thoughts and feelings about her mother's illness and the challenges of being ex-Hasidic while navigating community support.
Video link to this episode: https://youtu.be/Biqnh3CZIFo I have so many thoughts and feelings about illness and being ex-Hasidic. About losing community support, about how my mother is fighting for her health, about returning to be at her bedside and wanting to be there but also fearing the ptsd of some rituals. This video cropped out of my high holiday season time spent with my mother. Many thanks to my editor Steve Milligan for the beautiful edit.https://www.instagram.com/shootitsteve/ Many thanks to the wonderful Youtuber Yiddishkeit for helping so much with this video. Follow him @_yiddishkeit Thanks to all the kind and diligent medical professionals Thanks to Chesed 24/7, Satmar Bikur Cholim, and all the other wonderful Jewish charity organizations. Thanks to my family, for arranging everything and the love The period that my mother was in the hospital was the most unbelievably surreal and draining. It felt like one long, terrifying dream. I'm so grateful to everyone whose kindness touched us during that time. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-frieda-vizel-podcast--5824414/support .
People in this episode
Host: Frieda Vizel
Topics covered
- illness
- community support
- family
- healthcare
- ex-Hasidic experience
- personal reflection
Keywords
- illness
- ex-Hasidic
- community
- health
- hospital
- family support
- PTSD
- Jewish charity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Yiddishkeit, Chesed 24/7, Satmar Bikur Cholim
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