The WhatsApp Loophole: How Eli Weber Built a Media Empire—and Bridged Two Jewish Worlds

Tribe and Tribulations With Julia Makowsky · Jul 21, 2026 · 54m · transcript

How do you build one of the biggest media brands in the Chasidish world without ever relying on traditional social media?

In this episode, Julia sits down with Eli Weber, founder of Weber Media, to talk about the power of storytelling, why WhatsApp became the secret weapon that changed content creation in his community, and how he built a business by understanding people—not algorithms.

But this conversation goes far beyond media. Julia also talks about Eli’s recent marriage to a Modern Orthodox woman from the Five Towns and what it looks like to navigate two different Jewish worlds with…