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FROM CAMPUS RADIO TO HEBREW HITS By Malky Lowinger
What’s a nice girl from Cedarhurst with a traditional yeshiva background doing on the radio? And how did this personable young lady come to host a popular podcast that is listened to by thousands of followers worldwide each week? Meet Malya, a determined Five Townser who decided to follow her passion.
MALYA
Feivelson will be the first person to tell you that her chosen career is certainly not typical for a girl who went to the standard Five Towns schools and seminary in Eretz Yisroel. “I did the typical schools,” she says, “but I decided not to do the typical things.” Not typical indeed. Upon returning from her seminary year in Eretz Yisroel, Malya found herself faced with plenty of choices. She considered going into law, or perhaps interior decorating. But she also had what she likes to call “a crazy passion”
and “a fire inside of me.” It’s a passion and a fire that she would pursue, eventually leading her to host Hebrew Hits, an inspiring radio show featured on j*tribe radio that is capturing the attention of an ever-growing audience. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Malya’s story started about three years ago, while she was attending college. At that time, she was majoring in pre-law. One day, she randomly received an email notification from the university that one of the classes she enrolled in for the following semes-
