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In this emotional and informative interview, R Shmuel Sackett discusses: Why it took so long for Moishe to be reported missing What strategies and operations are currently underway to find Moishe? Could he have been adducted by Arabs? What is the most likely scenario? How can we help find Moishe? How did Shmuel become involved? The Am Yisrael Chai Fund has allocated 50,000 shekel for anyone bringing information which will lead to finding Moishe. In addition, an anonymous American donor is offering a $10,000 reward, and Ami Magazine has added another $10,000. People can call 053-284-5507 or 050-657-1577 at any time of the day and week, and pass on any information which can help us solve the mystery. They can also call the same number to volunteer to search. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

A discussion on scary health issues and corruption took place with special guest, Professor Peter Pitts. Peter Pitts is President and co-founder of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, and a former member of the United States Senior Executive Service and Associate Commissioner of the US Food & Drug Administration where of his many tasks. He served as senior communications and policy adviser to the Commissioner.   Professor Pitts discussed how parents have been in panic over the baby formula shortage, what caused this shortage, and what the FDA is doing to prevent it from continuing. He also explained why it has taken so long to fix the baby formula shortage, and who is to blame.  He went into detail about when it became of knowledge that there was a problem, and also that there was purposeful hiding from the FDA about the manufacturing problems.  The other scary issue discussed was security breaches on medical devices. In April of this year the Department of Health and Human Services posted an alert to healthcare agencies of an exceptionallyaggressive ransomware group targeting hospitals and healthcare facilities. There can actually be an unauthorized person or persons who will attack and take full control of system access, remote code execution, change configuration, file system read accession, log information access, and also denial of service. We are NOT prepared for this. Not all medical facilities are prepared for this. Another issue discussed was that WTO World Trade Organization has been trying to stop the stealing of Covid 19 vaccinepatents, and about the monkeypox vaccine that is really the smallpox vaccine, and how health has really turned into a business.  Dr. Pitts recently published his new book, The Next Normal on how we can apply the lessons learned from COVID-19 to advance other areas of healthcare.   This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

A bipartisan agreement has been reached, but wait...if you read the agreement, it's not about gun 'control'. In addition, the Republicans barely made any concessions, and the Democrats are not getting what they wanted -- No universal background checks, no red flag laws, no banning of assault-style rifles. Are the Republicans setting up the Democrats to collapse their own bill? PLUS: The Jan 6th primetime hearings are a complete sham. Much more   This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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PLUS: Joe Biden admits that high gas prices are really a 'transition off fossil fuels'. The Mossad kills a top Iranian terrorist. Biden keeps making blunders, and the white house staffers keep 'clarifying' his words.  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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On May 26, 2022, The Definitive Rap hosted a very special guest, New York Gubernatorial Candidate, Andrew Giuliani in the running to become the 58th governor of New York. If Andrew wins, he will become the first Republican governor of New York since George Pataki. Andrew is the son of the legendary former mayor Rudy Giuliani. It is known that for Andrew, “Save New York” stands for Stop Crime, Anti-Mandate, Voter Identification and Educational Choice. Andrew talked about his initiative to stopping crime all over, including subways, and how New York can become a safer place to live. Andrew went into detail about the Covid Vaccine measures currently in place, and why it’s wrong. He discussed the controversy regarding voting machines. He explained how they may be unreliable and prone to tampering, as well as mail-in ballots, and his plan to make voting credible and get citizens to feel more confident about voting. There was also much discussion during the interview about making changes in educational choice, and homelessness.   This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

PLUS: Joe Biden admits that high gas prices are really a 'transition off fossil fuels'. The Mossad kills a top Iranian terrorist. Biden keeps making blunders, and the white house staffers keep 'clarifying' his words.  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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At The Definitive Rap we unapologetically report the truth about whatever is going on. We sugarcoat nothing and we present it in it’s raw form via our eclectic guests from all over the world, and the world is certainly in chaos now. Who is not talking about the atrocities committed by the Russian troops in Ukraine? In fact even though it’s been over a month since Russian troops withdrew from their positions around Kyiv, bodies and mass graves keep turning up. The atrocities committed by the Russian forces is overwhelming. With us today from Paris is Claire Berlinski, editor of the Cosmopolitan Globalist. Claire talked about how Putin is in this for the long haul, and he seems to be willing to endure many challenges, and how food shortages, inflation, and energy prices getting worse and worse, as well as how Europe, particularly France has been affected by the war. Also discussed was that Russians will be tried for war crimes, such as intentionally killing civilians, and sexual violence. Claire elaborated on France’s general consensus about the war.  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian journalist with the Al Jazeera network was killed last Wednesday while covering the turmoil in the Jenin refugee camp. The Definitive Rap expresses deep condolences to her family. The U.S. media have wasted no time and condemned Israel for Shireen’s untimely death. At The Definitive Rap we are probably the first media program to give our audience the Israeli perspective with a wealth of details not heard on CNN or read in The New York Times. With us today is our Israeli correspondent Barry Shaw who shared with our audience what really happened in Jenin where Shireen lost her life whilecovering the story, that is different than what Al Jazeera reported, and how the media is demonizing Israel. Barry also explained how Shireen’s death is being used as a political pawn.   Barry talked about President Biden’s upcoming visit to Israel in June. During that visit, he plans to go to East Jerusalem to visit a hospital, demanding to be unaccompanied by any Israeli official. Also, while President Biden is prepared to visit Jerusalem and meet Palestinian officials, the White House has publicly opposed the building of Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria, and the kind of message all thisis sending to the world with regard to widening the gap between Jerusalem, and Israel and Washington.   This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Talkline With Zev Brenner with Harvard Law Professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz on Roe V Wade, Museum of Jewish Heritage, Lufthansa, Harvard Crimson, the problem with today's Jewish leaders & organizations as well as how to fight anti-Semitism.   This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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 “Israel’s Memorial Day is about war, not peace. And it shouldn’t be a time for refrains of Kumbaya. The only song we should be singing is Hatikvah,” said our guest, Ruthie Blum whom we have the pleasure to hear.   The purpose of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day is to pay tribute to fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror who were targeted because they are Jews. This year grieving Jewish families are offended by the Defense Ministry’s gift of a wall clock designed with Islamic and Christian symbols. The insult felt by these bereaved families is so strong to the extent that they will return it. Ruthie agreed that what is going on this year was a so-called politically correct decision, to keep the peace, rather than call it what it is. War.  Also discussed was how Ramadan was celebrated, and about thecontroversy surrounding Temple Mount.   In her spunky way Ruthie talked about her quote, “I support aborting kids when they reach puberty and start slamming the door in your face. Otherwise, I oppose it,” and the general consensus in Israel about the news that the Roe vs. Wade decision has been struck down.   This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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Talkline with Zev Brenner with Rabbis Yitzchok & Moshe Fingerer of BJX Brooklyn Jewish Experience on Helping Jews get back to their Jewish roots This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Find Moshe at www.AHillwithaview.com .  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

As we finished commemorating Yom HaShoa, The Definitive Rap paid tribute to the more than 6 million holy souls who were murdered during the Holocaust. Those who are not related to Holocaust survivors may not realize that the atrocities, in fact continued, and is continuing to this very day. Children of Holocaust survivors are still carrying the pain of what their parents and grandparents endured. In fact, experts are saying thateven third generation Holocaust survivors are also still suffering.   We had the privilege of meeting Deborah Levison, a child of Holocaust survivors who turned her pain into becoming an award-winning journalist. During the interview she eloquently tells the story of her parent’s ordeals, not just of the brutal dark days of the Holocaust, but also present day. We discussed her debut multiple award-winning book The Crate: A Story of War, a Murder, and Justice, the true crime story that happened in her family withechoes of the genocidal horror of the Holocaust, and the strive for justice.   In talking about the Holocaust, Deborah explained how she felt different from her peers growing up, and how she learnedabout the Holocaust from her parents, and what they endured, and how they survived. She explained how her parents’ experiences in the Holocaust influenced her life.  The Holocaust cannot and should not ever be forgotten. The memories of the more than six million holy souls must alwaysbe kept alive. Never again will the Holocaust ever happen. Never again!  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Talkline with Zev Brenner with Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler of Chabad of Poland on his participation in March of the Living at Auschwitz on Yom Hashoa. Rabbi Stambler is also taking care of the Ukrainian refugees coming to Poland taking care of their physical and spiritual needs.   This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Talkline with Zev Brenner with Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler of Chabad of Poland on his participation in March of the Living at Auschwitz on Yom Hashoa. Rabbi Stambler is also taking care of the Ukrainian refugees coming to Poland taking care of their physical and spiritual needs.   This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Talkline with Zev Brenner on Hitler's Jewish Child with Robert Rockaway, professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University, and the author of But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters. This episode is a true Story of a Nazi magazine in 1935 that held a photo contest for the ‘perfect Aryan baby.’ They made one mistake when they picked the winner.  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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 We sometimes have guests on the show as they are in the midst of a campaign, and it’s always interesting to hear about what they propose in their mission when they make it to office. Folks, today we have a winner on our show! Republican Ari Brown declared victory over Democrat David Lobl as the State Assemblyman, succeeding Melissa Miller. Ari won 4,667 votes in this special election to Lobl’s 2,413.  Who is Ari Brown? He is a results-oriented leader who meets challenges with sound and sensible solutions and has a proven record of public service accomplishments and private sector efficiency.  Ari explained how he reduced the downtown vacancy rate in Cedarhurst from 20% to 2%, and why he is working work to repeal“cashless bail” laws that have freed killers, drug dealers and gang members, and pass legislation that will remove District Attorneys who refuse to prosecute dangerous accused criminals in a relatively safe area to begin with. Ari also discussed the recent politics going on in Rockville Center, with all of the commentaries going back and forth, as to whether this is an antisemitic situation, and he also talked about the first issues on his agenda that he plans to tackle.  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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Courage comes in unique and sometimes unexpected ways. Today we have the pleasure of meeting a remarkable young woman who went as a single woman unaccompanied, unguided, unsponsored by any sort of group as a tourist to Afghanistan. It took her 6 years to save up enough money for that trip, and while there, she decided to not just view the country as a tourist destination, but to help in ways that most people would shy away from.  Our guest Melissa Toomim is a counterterrorism specialist in the propaganda narratives of extremist movements, and a candidate to represent California’s 32nd Congressional District.  Melissa spoke about her work providing humanitarian relief and evacuating dozens of our Afghan allies from Taliban controlled Afghanistan, and aiding in the evacuation of vulnerable Ukrainians.  She also talked about investigating the Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamophobia propaganda campaign, as well as manipulations by real estate predators determined to steal the West Los Angeles Soldiers’ Home from our veterans. These same predators are exploiting their government ties to simultaneously commit municide against the some of the most desirable business districts in Los Angeles County. Of great importance is how Melissa eloquently explains the Pakistan narrative about the Taliban!  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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Rabbi Elchanan Poupko, well-known author and Rebbi, joined Yaakov M on VIN News to discuss the war in Ukraine, and how the frum Jewish community should respond. Rabbi Poupko discussed these topics: What is the proper hashkafa regarding this war? Why are hundreds (maybe thousands) of Jews–including orphans–stuck in Romania and not allowed to leave? The amazing achdus displayed by Jewish organizations to help Jews survive and escape Ukraine Should Jews pressure the US government to do more to help Ukraine? How should we feel about Ukrainians getting attacked, in light of their vicious antisemitism and heinous behavior against Jews in the Holocaust? Why should we focus more on Ukrainians than other victims of human rights abuses and genocide? Did President Biden miss a huge opportunity to defeat Putin? This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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 Talkline With Zev Brenner With Eliyah Hawila & Rabbi Avraham Reich. Exclusive on the Lebanase Chosson's Conversion to Judaism and his Mother's & Grandmother's Jewish Identity now revealed in this special broadcast.  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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Attaining freedom sometimes unfortunately comes with paying a bloody price, and that means war. Today we will go on a journalistic journey to understanding the Israel-Arab conflict through a brilliantly written book titled The Bloody Price of Freedom: Israel’s Battle for Justice, Freedom, and Commitment to Democratic Values written by Richard D. Heideman, Esq. We will hear documentation about how the Palestinian leadership mishandled and sabotaged many opportunities, and a deep analysis how international law has been misused by the United Nations for political purposes. We will also hear about the link between terrorism and antisemitism, and how he exposes the diplomatic boycott and terror warfare against Israel and the global Jewish community.  Richard spoke about the Durban Conference to combat racism, and how in essence it promoted racism, and about the 2 BDS movements, the economic BDS, and the BDS of public opinion.   He talked about educating students to hate Israel in Palestinian textbooks, and what is actually written in those textbooks, who publishes and funds the publication of these textbooks, and what type of educational curriculum is established and functioning in Palestinian schools, as well as how this can be counteracted. Richard discussed how the Palestinian leadership sabotaged and mishandled opportunities, and America’s role in promoting economic development between Israel and its neighbors.  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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Antisemitism has become a crisis that is only increasing, and threatening our nation, the world, and universities. The question is how do the BDS activists on college campuses carry out antisemitism and get others to jump on their bandwagon? By creating a hostile climate. They accuse Jewish students of racism because they support a Jewish state. They declare Israel to be illegitimate while claiming that the Palestinians are merely seeking a homeland. It has gotten so bad that not only are Jewish students denied equal participation in student affairs, but the antisemitism has risen so brazenly that they chant genocidal slogans celebrating the forthcoming destruction of Israel.   With us today is Dr. Richard L. Cravatts, to discuss this issue at great length is. Dr. Cravatts has published over 550 articles and book chapters on campus anti-Semitism, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and campus free speech. He recently authored “Jew Hatred Rising that is available for free.   Dr. Cravatts explains how the anti-Israel group SJP, Students For Justice in Palestine operate, and also why intelligent students are buying into their propaganda while ignoring the reality of Arab aggression, murder, and suicide bombers, and also why there is no mention ever made of Arab terror, again and again.  He discusses the recent action by the Duke Student Government, DSG president Christina Wang to withhold recognition to a new pro-Israelstudent group, and that free speech, particularly on campus, academic speech is only free, depending on who is speaking, as well as the shocking behavior of the student government in Pomona College where they successfully pushed a resolution that would compel student clubs to participate in a boycott of specific companies that do business with Israel.  Dr. Cravatts goes into discussion about how the campuses in Europe compare to the universities in the US with regard to supporting terror and denouncing Israel.  As an important message for people to understand is he explains what being pro—Palestine really means, and how the perpetrators ofantisemitism cry victim, as “Crybully” in campus Anti-Israel activism.   The Definitive Rap expresses deepest condolences to the familiesof the 4 Israeli victims, and gives tribute to Doris Yahbas, Laura Yitzchak, Rabbi Moshe Kravitzky, and Menachem Yecheskel, who were recently stabbed to death in Beersheba.  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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 In this day and age being politically correct is the political thing to do. It doesn’t even matter if one believes in what they are saying, as long as they are politically correct, that’s all that matters, and the media oftentimes is no exception. The Definitive Rap will unapologetically say what needs to be said, and our guests will say what needs to be said, whether it is politically correct or not, and that is one of the things that we stand for. Political correctness is a poor substitute for factual correctness. Similarly, good intentions are no guarantee of good policy. In the same way as the old proverb goes, 'the road to hell is sometimes paved with good intentions.' Acting in good faith is not always altruistic. Our guest, Dr. Martin Sherman, founder and CEO of the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies, author, and served in operational capacities in the Israeli intelligence community and was also ministerial advisor to the Israeli government who has testified as an expert before the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of US Congress, in a hearing on economic and security trends in the Middle East. He talks about Israeli Law Enforcement, and what the public has to worry about with regard to trust in the police and justice system. Dr. Sherman discusses the injustice of the attempt to prosecute Benjamin Netanyahu.  He also talked about high level dignitaries that have been brought to Israel and benefitted diplomacy and pro-Israel advocacy.   Dr. Sherman offered his opinion about President Biden’s approach to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, and Israel offering to serve as a go-between with Russia as the U.S. and Europe reinforce Ukraine’s resistance against Putin’s unprecedented assault, as well as how the invasion of Ukraine impacts Israel and the world.  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Talkline with Zev Brenner with noted Community leader Abe Biderman, Co Chair Shuvu on Resettling possibly 100,000 Ukrainian Jews in Israel and dealing with their spiritual needs.  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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Talkline with Zev Brenner with Miryam Kops, CEO of Tikva Odessa on the rescue of 300 orphans from the bombings in Odessa. How they traveled to safety on Shabbos and still maintain the community they built. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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With the holiday of Purim coming up, that takes place in Persia, we commemorate evil turning around to good. How apropos that today we have the pleasure of speaking with Esther Amini who grew up in a Persian-Jewish household. Esther wrote a heart wrenching memoir titled Concealed where the reader can see that even though one can physically escape religious persecution, emotionally they can still be in that same place, and in essence, the past is never dead.  Concealed speaks not only to Iranians and their first generation American children, but to every immigrant and descendant who feels that complicated push-pull of their legacy, honoring traditional customs vs. breaking the mold and fighting oppression. Concealed has received international praise! In addition to giving us a brief summary of the book, and the fascinating reason she felt compelled to author it, she explains why she chose Concealed as the title, since it has multiple meanings.  Esther also discusses what it was like growing up in the free world as the daughter of Jewish Iranian parents who suffered persecution, and she read a passage from her book that illustrates her point that silence in her home was expected, and how she dealt with it. Esther then goes into detail about life in Mashdad today as opposed to her parents’ days.  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate