Best International Ambassadors Of Hospitality Podcasts (2024)

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Black, Jewish and Proud: How Rabbi Yossi Kulek Promotes Inclusion 26:50

9d ago26:50

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Send us a text Black, Jewish and Proud: How Rabbi Yossi Kulek Promotes Inclusion To inquire about dedicating an episode - please email podcast@lubavitch.com Did you enjoy listening to this episode? Leave us a five-star review on the podcast platform and/or email us at Podcast@Lubavitch.com - we truly value your feedback! “I told my mother, ‘I'm ash…

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Putting “Hospitality” in “Hospital”: Rabbis Dovid, Shloime & Rebbetzin Chanie, Chana Greene 30:10

1M ago30:10

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Send us a text Putting “Hospitality” in “Hospital”: Rabbis Dovid, Shloime & Rebbetzin Chana Greene To inquire about dedicating an episode - please email podcast@lubavitch.com Did you enjoy listening to this episode? Leave us a five-star review on the podcast platform and/or email us at Podcast@Lubavitch.com - we truly value your feedback! “Everybod…

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The Myrtle Beach Makeover: Rabbi Doron & Leah Aizenman 26:25

2M ago26:25

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Send us a text The Myrtle Beach Makeover: Rabbi Doron & Leah Aizenman To inquire about dedicating an episode - please email podcast@lubavitch.com Did you enjoy listening to this episode? Leave us a five-star review on the podcast platform and/or email us at Podcast@Lubavitch.com - we truly value your feedback! "You should go to a place that has no …

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S4:E4 Jeff Friday I Empowering Black Cinema 36:35

3M ago36:35

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"I'm an activist with an artistic mask on." Jeff Friday The 28th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) takes place in Miami, June 12-16, 2024. This year's event promises to be bigger and better than ever, with a stellar lineup of films, panel discussions, parties, workshops, and masterclasses. Notable attendees include Denzel Washington, Kerry…

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Creating Jewish Ambassadors in the KKK’s Backyard: Rabbi Levi & Chaish Mentz 28:15

4M ago28:15

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Send us a text Creating Jewish Ambassadors in the KKK’s Backyard: Rabbi Levi & Chaish Mentz To inquire about dedicating an episode - please email podcast@lubavitch.com Did you enjoy listening to this episode? Leave us a five-star review on the podcast platform and/or email us at Podcast@Lubavitch.com - we truly value your feedback! "I asked, ‘Hey, …

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The Black Fedora in the Cowboy State: Rabbi Zalman & Raizy Mendelsohn 25:15

5M ago25:15

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Send us a text The Black Fedora in the Cowboy State: Rabbi Zalman & Raizy Mendelsohn To inquire about dedicating an episode - please email podcast@lubavitch.com Did you enjoy listening to this episode? Leave us a five-star review on the podcast platform and/or email us at Podcast@Lubavitch.com - we truly value your feedback! "I knew that Jackson Ho…

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S4:E3 Billy Dee Williams I Chandelier, Baby! 43:14

5M ago43:14

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"Don't worry so much, stay positive, move forward, enjoy life. It's a gift, an astonishing, beautiful, absurd gift. Be kind and be curious. Chandelier, Baby!" Billy Dee Williams These words, spoken by screen legend and multi-talented Billy Dee Williams, offer a simple yet profound mantra for navigating the complexities of daily life embracing the s…

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A Sub-Saharan Brit Milah: Rabbi Moshe & Yocheved Raskin 22:40

6M ago22:40

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Send us a text A Sub-Saharan Brit Milah: Rabbi Moshe & Yocheved Raskin To inquire about dedicating an episode - please email podcast@lubavitch.com Did you enjoy listening to this episode? Leave us a five-star review on the podcast platform and/or email us at Podcast@Lubavitch.com - we truly value your feedback! "What’s the chance … that two people …

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S4:E2 Marcus Samuelsson I Going Global, Staying Local 59:35

6M ago59:35

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"As people of color, we’ve always dealt with crisis but what has never stopped is our capability to invent. We created some of the best dishes during the roughest times. We created some of the best art. Art, where does hip hop come from? It comes from struggle. We created some of the best music during these times. So, I think if you want to create …

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S4:E1 Overtown EatUp! LIVE 2024 I The Magic of Culinary Community 12:51

7M ago12:51

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Overtown EatUp! is first and foremost a love letter to the “Harlem of the South ''and its profoundly important role in shaping the Miami of today. Food is more than just sustenance; it's a story, a community, and a way to bring people together. In this episode, we take you to the heart of Overtown, Miami, where the annual Overtown EatUp! was in ful…

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Fighting Fires and Pedaling Wine Bicycles: The Portland Jewish Oasis - Rabbi Chayim & Simi Mishulovin 24:48

7M ago24:48

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Send us a text Fighting Fires and Pedaling Wine Bicycles: the Portland Jewish Oasis - Rabbi Chayim & Simi Mishulovin To inquire about dedicating an episode - please email podcast@lubavitch.com "It was a Friday night. We were just going to sleep, and all of a sudden I hear banging on the front door of my house. So we go to open the door, and we're t…

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S3:E10 James Beard Award Winners LIVE 2023 59:53

8M ago59:53

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The mission of the James Beard Awards is to recognize exceptional talent and achievement in the culinary arts, hospitality, media, and broader food system, as well as a demonstrated commitment to racial and gender equity, community, sustainability, and a culture where all can thrive. Each year some of the brightest stars in the culinary world and f…

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Holy High: How Milwaukee Became Home to a Revolutionary Jewish Prep School - Rabbi Yossi & Ilana Bassman 24:43

8M ago24:43

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Send us a text Holy High: How Milwaukee Became Home to a Revolutionary Jewish Prep School - Rabbi Yossi & Ilana Bassman To inquire about dedicating an episode - please email podcast@lubavitch.com "There was one instance where a bunch of kids over there brought this bag of chips, they gave it to me. And I was like, "You know, what could be wrong wit…

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Sparkling Beaches, Tiki Torch Menorahs & Jewish Outreach in Curaçao: Rabbi Refoel & Chani Silver 28:06

10M ago28:06

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Send us a text Rabbi Refoel & Chani Silver: Sparkling Beaches, Tiki Torch Menorahs & Jewish Outreach in Curaçao To inquire about dedicating an episode - please email podcast@lubavitch.com In June of 2017, Rabbi Refoel and Chani Silver boarded a plane for Curaçao on a fact-finding mission. "We had a meeting one evening at the Shul, and we called upo…

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S3:E9 Eriq La Salle I Creating Transformative Moments 1:02:14

11M ago1:02:14

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"A friend of mine once told me, he said, 'you don't build houses, you direct' because building a home is the same way that I direct. I don't know which comes first, if anything, I try to curate whatever it is I'm doing to create a transportive moment, or moments, multiple moments that take you so…

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S3:E8 Raoul Roach I A Fortunate Life 1:00:24

12M ago1:00:24

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"My father said that when you look at the cultural traditions of people, the European cultural tradition is a generation makes a mask. They put it up on the wall, put a glass box around it, and they point to it and say that's the greatest mask that's ever been made. The African tradition is every generation makes their own mask. So what we see with…

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“The Meshugenas”: Five Aussies' Journeys To Jewish Observance 23:31

1y ago23:31

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Send us a text From Beaches And Basketball To Torah And Mitzvahs: The Story of Perth’s “Meshugenahs” Featuring: Rabbi Dovid Birk, Michoel Ogince, Gilad Lurie, Yitz Feigenbaum & Aaron Lazer Goodman To inquire about dedicating an episode - please email podcast@lubavitch.com "I couldn’t understand. I was like, "One second; I saw a wetsuit in your bath…

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Rabbi Zalman & Nechama Tiechtel: Growing Jewish Souls In The American Heartland 25:56

1+ y ago25:56

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Send us a text Rabbi Zalman & Nechama Tiechtel: Growing Jewish Souls In The American Heartland To inquire about dedicating an episode - please email podcast@lubavitch.com "My phone was blowing up from the students. "You gotta come to campus. You gotta come to campus. And no one's telling me why. And I got worried.” - Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel "When som…

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S3:E7 Curtis Stone I Before Cooking Was Cool 59:46

1+ y ago59:46

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"It's hard to hire female chefs. It's hard to hire African American chefs because there's just not as many people interested in it, which I'm like, yeah, and that's why we need to promote it, and that's why we need to give them opportunities far beyond what might seem reasonable because we want them to be the heroes so everyone else can look up to …

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Part 2: Rabbi Chaim & Kaila Danzinger: The Radical Move from Pasadena to Rostov-on-don 28:20

1+ y ago28:20

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Send us a text Rabbi Chaim & Kaila Danzinger: The Radical Move from Pasadena to Rostov-on-don "We drove cross country, sold my car on the East Coast, and we boarded a flight, a one way ticket, from JFK to Moscow and onto Rostov... We gave up the surfing boards … and we switched them for ice skates” - Rabbi Chaim Danzinger "I didn't speak the langua…

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S3:E6 Alexander Smalls I Harlem Globetrotter 55:33

1+ y ago55:33

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"My journey has really been following the path throughout the African diaspora, on five continents, chasing the knowledge of essentially how through slavery, Africa changed the global culinary conversation." Alexander Smalls Alexander Smalls began his illustrious career as a restaurateur in the nineties and furthered my appreciation for low-country…

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S3:E5 Rick Rosenfield I Spago for the Masses 58:57

1+ y ago58:57

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"What we saw right away, and I would say that to anybody who engages in the fantasy of going into the restaurant business, in the end, it is not about the concept, it's about the people that work with you, work for you. Because if we didn't understand it was about the people, we would have died with one restaurant. I don't care how good your concep…

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Rabbi Chaim & Kaila Danzinger: The Radical Move from Pasadena to Rostov-on-don (Part 1) 22:33

1+ y ago22:33

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Send us a text Rabbi Chaim & Kaila Danzinger: The Radical Move from Pasadena to Rostov-on-don "Once I had finished with Moscow, I decided, ‘Okay, I'm done with this.’ " - Rebbetzin Kaila Danzinger "We have to go where we could make an impact, not necessarily to the place that is most convenient or most beautiful." “We gave up the surfing boards … a…

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S3:E4 Stephanie Allain I Content Matters 51:14

1+ y ago51:14

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"Everything is in a cycle, and the cycle is dictated by the audience's needs and wants, the studio's needs and wants in terms of the financial bottom line, right? Those two very evolving organisms are always trying to sync into the right gear. So, I don't worry anymore because it always comes back around. You're in this long enough, you just go, al…

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S3:E3 Dolores Robinson I And Here's To You Mrs. Robinson 57:41

1+ y ago57:41

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"I have to say at some point I did have to see that resume. There was a point where if you were a newcomer, I had too much to do. I had people come in my office. When I got on a little further into the business. Rodney King came to my office because he wanted me to do a project with him. Sweetest, kindest, nicest man you ever wanna meet. Those kind…

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The Music And Spirituality Of Songwriter Peter Himmelman 24:26

1+ y ago24:26

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Send us a text The Music And Spirituality Of Songwriter Peter Himmelman PH: He {Rabbi Simon Jacobson} said, "A tzadik, he could do anything." You know, I said, "Well, can he fly?" RSJ: So I said, "I never saw him fly, to be honest.” PH: Which I liked. Maybe somebody could fly, he just hadn't seen it! RSJ: “But you have to remember that, for him, wa…

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S3:E2 Jamila Ross & Akino West I Little River on the Map 51:18

1+ y ago51:18

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"Miami has always been a unique place, right? In comparison to the rest of the states. I feel like I'm in a different country and it's just so Caribbean, it's so island. So the city is special in that way. Today there's this boom and the energy has shifted toward culture. And when I say culture, a cultural perspective of Miami being showcased as mu…

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S3:E1 Kwame Onwuachi I Breaking Bricks at Lincoln Center 37:06

1+ y ago37:06

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"When I do anything, I like to break all the bricks. What was here before Lincoln Center was old San Juan Hill, a very affluent or a very popular Afro-Caribbean, Afro Latino area. It just spoke to me. It was like, I'm supposed to be here. I'm supposed to revive the stories of the people and give a voice to the inaudible and that's what the restaura…

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A Searching Teenager Becomes a Rabbi in his Hometown: Rabbi Yitzchak Mendel Wagner 19:24

1+ y ago19:24

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Send us a text Ep. 34 - A searching teenager becomes a rabbi in his hometown: Rabbi Yitzchak Mendel Wagner "AOL Messenger had something amazing. When you put in the search certain words, it was scanning all the profiles of all the members of AOL. And when you put in the word “Chabad,” or you put in the word “rabbi,” you get a lot of rabbis... And t…

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Rabbi Mendy & Mazal Sternbach: Lagos, Nigeria - A Small Jewish Community in an African City of 20 Million 20:52

1+ y ago20:52

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Send us a text Rabbi Mendy & Mazal Sternbach: Lagos, Nigeria - A small Jewish community in an African city of 20 million "We had a meeting, and then we decided, "Okay, let's do that. Let's go for a year to Nigeria." My parents were not so happy about that … then. I mean, let's say you just Google "Nigeria." I'm guessing that the first few things th…

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S2:E30 Kevin Powell I Voice of the Village 1:16:53

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"Remember, 1992 was the year that Naughty by Nature had a huge song called O.P.P. It was a megahit. Jonathan [Editor-in-Chief] asked me if I wanted to write an article about Treach from Naughty by Nature. I was like, heck yeah. He didn't tell me that Albert Watson was shooting the cover, the famous photographer Albert Watson, and he didn't tell me …

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S2:E29 Def Sound I I Been 1:07:54

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I been honest I've had my heart broken like promise I been decolonizing my closet I been intentional with my dollars I been I been learning boundaries I been done with jobs payin hourly I been thinking a lot more while I'm showering I been putting my 10,000 hours in I been thinking bout ownership I been thinking bout how nah I don't really think I …

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Rabbi Mayshe Schwartz: Connecting Two Generations Of Rabbis In A Boston NICU 20:39

2y ago20:39

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Send us a text Rabbi Mayshe Schwartz: Connecting Two Generations Of Rabbis In A Boston NICU "Somebody please get me a Chabad rabbi. The surgery is going to take place in 2 hours. I just need someone to come and pray.” - Jacer Collins "I ran over, dropped everything, and went to Children's Hospital, the 7th floor... She pulled me towards the crib, t…

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S2:E28 Jackie Summers I It's His Spirit 43:41

2y ago43:41

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"If you go back 500 years, West Africans knew hibiscus to be a powerful medicinal plant, full of antimicrobials, full of antioxidants, natural source of vitamin C. It's a natural aphrodisiac. They would make a tea from this flower, and this was part of their ceremony and their traditions. Then around 500 years ago, the transatlantic slave trade sta…

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Merging Torah And Science: Lessons From The Life Of Dr. Binyomin Abrams 25:03

2y ago25:03

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Send us a text Merging Torah And Science: Lessons From The Life Of Dr. Binyomin Abrams "I'm riding my moped down Commonwealth Avenue, and one of the students snaps a photo of me with my beard flying in the wind, tzitzis flying everywhere... They post it on Facebook and write, "So excited to be coming to Boston University. Where else are you going t…

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S2:E27 Toni Ann Johnson I You Have To Go Deeper 1:18:22

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"Unapologetic in her due process, not waiting, not stopping, not pausing. If we don't do that, it won't get told. It won't get bought. We all know that we've submitted our various original pieces over the decades, mind you. Just sit down and do it ourselves, tell our stories and presume, not governed by the dollar but by the authenticity of the nar…

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S2:E26 Vanessa Bell Calloway I Team Work Makes The Dream Work 1:18:41

2y ago1:18:41

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"My only competition was myself. And I just kept saying, You just need one spot. You just need one scholarship. So, when it was my turn, I danced for Jesus, honey. I danced like I had never danced before." Vanessa Bell Calloway Leaving her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio and following her dream, Vanessa Bell Calloway arrived in New York City in the lat…

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Rabbi Dovid & Elisa Gurevich: World's First Chabad on Campus Still Going Strong 22:07

2y ago22:07

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Send us a text Rabbi Dovid & Elisa Gurevich: World's First Chabad on Campus Still Going Strong I was aware of being Jewish, but not much else. I don't think I knew what Rosh Hashanah was, growing up... And did not have even a Bar Mitzvah." - Rabbi Dovid Gurevich "And I saw the guy with the big beard and the hat. And I was like, "Oh, yeah, I got to …

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S2:E25 Jayne Kennedy Overton I Jayne 2.0 1:08:04

2y ago1:08:04

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An 'icon' is much more known than a celebrity. They are someone who leaves a mark on history. They have a strong depth of significance. They are a person who is well known, and who people look up to. Jayne Kennedy Overton embodies that description breaking barriers when she became the first woman of color in the late 70s to host THE NFL on CBS, a n…

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S2:E24 Caroline Randall Williams I Speaking Truth 1:10:15

2y ago1:10:15

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What is a monument but a standing memory? An artifact to make tangible the truth of the past. My body and blood are a tangible truth of the South and its past. The black people I come from were owned by the white people I come from. The white people I come from fought and died for their Lost Cause. And I ask you now, who dares to tell me to celebra…

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Rabbi Michoel & Zisel Goldman: Everything Grows on Kauai … Why Not Yiddishkeit? 21:09

2y ago21:09

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Send us a text Rabbi Michoel & Zisel Goldman: Everything Grows on Kauai … Why Not Yiddishkeit? "Kauai is a magnet for the most amazing souls. And I have stories that could fill a book of interesting characters that we've met over the years." "My wife is a city girl. To live on Kauai was very hard for her, and she was honest about it. It was very re…

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From Kabul To Fremont: An Afghan Family Moves Into A Chabad House - Rabbi Moshe & Chaya Fuss 28:22

2y ago28:22

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Send us a text From Kabul To Fremont: An Afghan Family Moves Into A Chabad House - Rabbi Moshe & Chaya Fuss "When Malek told his story and the details of it, how his wife was beaten and how he had no hope, hearing a first hand account, it was horrendous.. We were listening to the story, and we were all just in tears... I guess you hear these storie…

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S2:E23 Tommy Davidson I It's OK To Be Me 1:07:18

2y ago1:07:18

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"The massive challenges that Tommy has faced in life have been no match for his soaring talent and indomitable spirit. If he had lady parts, my search would be over." Jim Carrey, comedian and actor In preparing for this episode with Tommy Davidson, I read Tommy's memoir, Living in Color: What's Funny About Me, which recounts his personal triumphs h…

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S2:E22 Craig Robins I In Miami, All Roads Lead To Craig 53:38

2y ago53:38

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"In Miami, all roads lead to Craig." Virgil Abloh, fashion designer, artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear No one of our generation has played a more influential role in defining, redefining and shaping the culture in Miami than Craig Robins. Craig is a visionary in the truest sense of the word, nothing short of brilliant. However, it was h…

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From 'Grateful Dead' fans to Chabad emissaries: Rabbi Dov Yona & Sarah Korn 26:03

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Send us a text From 'Grateful Dead' fans to Chabad emissaries: Rabbi Dov Yona & Sarah Korn "And I walk in, and I look like said “circus.” And it was a wild farbrengen. And, at four in the morning, we're singing "Ay nay, nay nay..." dancing on the tables. I couldn't help but feel these songs were inside me. .." - Rabbi Dov Yona Korn "And that's when…

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S2:E21 Tracye McQuirter I By Any Greens Necessary 1:00:35

2y ago1:00:35

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So why does what we eat matter? A growing body of science in the field of cognitive nutrition shows that the “food-brain connection is actually one of the most powerful drivers of our overall well-being. What we eat matters not only for our physical health but for our cognitive and mental health, affecting our risk of anxiety and depression. The sc…

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S2:E20 Sally Greig I Mental Wellness 51:32

2+ y ago51:32

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"With the recent stress of the environment and the virus, there's a great deal of hopelessness and a sense of a lot of insecurity around the future," says Sally Greig, our guest this week. Mental health affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. It is a part of physical wel…

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From Revolutionary Iran To Outreach In California: Rabbi Danny Yiftach-Hashem 29:10

2+ y ago29:10

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Send us a text From Revolutionary Iran To Outreach In California: Rabbi Danny Yiftach-Hashem “Our ‘fun’ going back from school to home was to find empty shells, casings of bullets on the streets.... quite quickly, I figured out no matter what happens here, which side is going to be the winner, the chaos seems to be permanent.” - Rabbi Danny Yiftach…

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S2:E19 Glenda Gracia I Honoring Phyllis Hyman 1:09:48

2+ y ago1:09:48

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In honor of Black Music Appreciation Month and singer, songwriter Phyllis Hyman, our guest is Glenda Gracia, the executrix for The Estate of Phyllis Hyman and the former founding Executive Director of the Black Music Association responsible, along with other music execs, for lobbying then President Jimmy Carter to launch the perennial celebration o…

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S2:E18 Yvonne Durant I Quite the Contrary by Design 1:01:42

2+ y ago1:01:42

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One Mother’s Day, Yvonne Durant's life took an interesting turn while dining with her twin sister, Yvette, at the popular restaurant, The Cellar, on NYC's Upper West Side. "My eyes started to wander across the room to the front of the entrance. When a flash of orange [jumpsuit] caught my eye. I remember thinking Harry Krishna and going back to my s…

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