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Moving to Israel is a Zionist ideal. It's also a Torah imperative. But black-hat (or 'yeshivish') Jews often approach this imperative sans all the halachic zeal and stringency that they normally bring to Torah instructions. Rabbi Yoel Berman – a member of the yeshiva world himself – is associated with several organizations devoted to making the Torah case for moving to Israel as well as helping black-hat Jews find their place in the Holy Land. Rabbi Berman argues that many of the practical reasons black-hat Jews used to offer for not moving to Israel simply no longer apply.Living in the Land: Firsthand Accounts From Bnei Torah and Their Familieslifeintheland.comwww.aviraderetzyisroel.org  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 is an eleventh-generation rabbi, rebbi. teacher and author. He has written Sacred Days on the Jewish Holidays, Poupko on the Parsha, and hundreds of articles published in five languages. He is a member of the executive committee of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA). 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

Yes, you read that correctly. An Orthodox dating website decided that I am not worthy of getting married due to my participation in the events of January 6. People who subscribe to heresy and openly violate Torah laws can be set up by the matchmakers on SawYouAtSinai, but I cannot. I was informed on Monday that I've been banned from the site.The frum world is beginning to embrace cancel culture and won't turn back unless we speak up now. To protest, e-mail:[email protected] and [email protected] (Marc Goldmann is the company's CEO)If you wish to protest Ami Magazine canceling me in 2021, e-mail [email protected] and [email protected].  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

We are practically begging thieves to steal cars. You cannot make this stuff up PLUS: The White House met with prosecutor Jack Smith's top aide, several weeks before Trump was indicted.  New emails show that Obama's aides were furious that Joe Biden threatened to withhold funding from Ukraine in 2016.  A TV news crew in Chiacgo was robbed...while doing a report about a spike in robberies.  A new report says that the reason grocery prices are so high, is because of food stamps.  NYC is spending $10,000 a month PER ILLEGAL The Pentagon is negotiating a plea deal with 9/11 mastermind Kaleid Sheik Mohammed 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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CUNY Law Professor Jeffrey Lax, founder of SAFE CUNY, is heavily outspoken against the university’s vicious antisemitism.  In this exclusive interview, Lax slams the leadership of CUNY, as well as certain politicians. He discusses the systemic and rampant Jew-hatred. He discusses the investigation against himself and 3 other Jewish professors over 'discrimination against BDS supporters' , even though their only crime is defending Jews. And 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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Almost every parenting expert tells you to give your child unconditional love. They're wrong. This advice, based on secular modern-day psychology, signals to a child that he can act improperly with impunity. He never need fear of losing the love of those he holds most dear. Why in the world would you want to give your child that message? Why would you want to make acting errantly easier rather than harder?  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

Technology. Our best friend? Or worst nightmare? These days, one of the biggest challenges for frum families involves smartphones, tablets, video games, and other devices, which can be rampant and immersive. We may also be heavily dependent (addicted?) on social networking like Twitter, Whatsapp, and Facebook. We feel like we cannot live without them, yet they can lead to problems. In this exclusive interview, Dr. Eli Shapiro, renowned technology and education expert, and founder of the Digital Citizenship Project, joined the VIN Podcast to discuss the struggles and dangers of technology in the frum community. His clarity and perspective are extremely refreshing and positive, while he raises awareness about the dangers and pitfalls of technology in a balanced way, as well as guidance on how to do it in a healthy way.  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 Moshe Elefant on Should Fake Pork products be certified Kosher? The Herr's Roast Pork Potato chip controversy.  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

Some people say Trump is a coward for not debating. However this is a smart move, a no-brainer.  PLUS: Al Sharpton calls Trump a racist for using a word that RHYMES with the N-word. Huh? New details about the Hunter Biden scandal.  Harvard tells its students to apply for food stamps.  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 Alan Dershowitz on Trump's Convictions and what scenario would allow Alan to vote for Donald Trump. He also discusses his Bar Mitzvah Parsha and his second Bar Mitzvah.  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 Shmiel Stern CEO of JBOSS Summit on The Business of Jewish Business. How to help companies make connections with Business leaders to help them grow. 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

Are the 'lost tribes' living in plain sight in Afghanistan? Can the biblical plague of hail stones with fire inside be a rare but natural phenomenon? Is our vision of the American dream a creation of Hollywood Jews? Three-time Emmy winner filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici discusses all these fascinating questions and more. documentaries discussed in this interview:Quest for the Lost TribesThe Exodus DecodedHollywoodism: Jews, Movies, and the American DreamElliot Resnick's new book:America First: The Story of Sol Bloom, the Most Powerful Jew in Congress During the Holocaust  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

President Obama warned Biden that Trump stronger than people think.  PLUS: CNN contributor says when Trump was indicted--he felt like the day Osama Bin Laden was killed! Trump strongly implies that he will not debate.  President Biden has given Taliban $2.3 billion! 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 -The Real Deal in Real Estate at PCON Conference. Special guests are Yossi Wasserman PCON Organizer & CEO Smooth Sailing with Ushi Teitelbaum CEO Skyhigh PR & coordinator of the event that's expected to draw thousands of people.  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

It may sound radical. But could it be the miracle solution? Several weeks ago, a group of Roshei Yeshiva traveled to Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlita, to ask him if they should restructure the yeshiva system.  According to reports, the proposal includes eliminating a year of yeshiva in America, and adding a year of High School for girls.  This would close the age gap.  In this episode, Yaakov explains this concept, and what the potential pitfalls are. PLUS: Clips of Rav Yitzchak Reichman from NASI discussing the issue 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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A radical idea only supported by Rabbi Meir Kahane and his followers? Hardly. In fact, Theodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion, Chaim Weizmann, Herbert Hoover, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt all repeatedly expressed support for transferring the Arabs out of the Land of Israel.A Historical Survey of Proposals to Transfer Arabs From Palestine: 1895-1947 – by Rabbi Dr. Chaim Simons(read the book online for free)  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 Top Criminal Lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman on Trump's third indictment and why he believes he's headed for Jail. How a Washington Trial can be his undoing.   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 Rabbi Daniel Glatstein, Rav and founder of Machon Maggid Harakiah in Cedarhurst, on Tisha B'av's connection to Simchat Torah. Also why we don't include the Inquisition in the Calamities of Tisha B'av.  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

Solid proof and comprehensive research should be prerequisites for calling someone one of the worst epithets in America. And yet, so many of us are dispensing with these elementary steps in discussing perhaps the only Democrat in America to bravely defy the Covid consensus.The Real Anthony Fauci – by Bobby KennedyBo bby Kennedy, Jr.'s opening statement at a congressional hearing last week  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 Top Criminal Lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman on Anti-Semitism in the Courts, why Ultra Orthodox defendants should shave their beards & sidelocks when they stand trial in order to avoid an almost certain guilty verdict due to their religion and how to deal with Ponzi schemers   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

Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of JNS (Jewish News Syndicate). He is also a senior contributor to The Federalist and a columnist for Newsweek.  In this exclusive interview, Mr. Tobin discusses the controversial and ludicrous comments made by Democrat candidate RFK jr., under fire after many interpreted his remarks as evoking an antisemitic trope. He said COVID is ethnically targeted to spare Jews (though not necessarily deliberately) PLUS: Mr. Tobin discusses the Democrats' hostility toward Israel, the radicalism of Robert Malley, and 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

In 1999, Tamir Goodman was featured in Sports Illustrated and hailed as the 'Jewish Jordan.' Amazingly, Tamir was an Orthodox Jew, playing for an Orthodox high-school, and seemed headed for the University of Maryland on a full scholarship with the understanding that he wouldn't play on Shabbos. Unfortunately, Tamir's career did not unfold as he and so many others had hoped. He explains why in this interview and also discusses his current projects, which include a book, a film, a basketball camp, and a popular basketball invention.The Jewish Jordan's Triple Threat by Tamir GoodmanSports Illustrated story on Tamir Goodman (see also here)www.TamirGoodman.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

Democrat RFK is under fire after making comments that some interpreted as evoking an antisemitic trope. He said COVID is ethnically targeted to spare Jews (though not necessarily deliberately) PLUS: President Trump says that he is about to get indicted -- for a third time. The latest charges involve the Jan 6th protests--in which Trump urged protesters to remain peaceful. Another indictment could mean another surge in the polls PLUS: The secret service closed its cocaine investigation WITHOUT conducting a single interview.  NYC is paying $1.8 billion to blacks and Hispanics due to 'racist' teacher exam.  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

Rav Eliezer Steinberger is the Rosh Yeshiva of Nishmas HaTorah, a Charedi yeshiva in Israel that incorporates secular studies into his curriculum. In this fascinating, compelling and informative interview, Rabbi Steinberger explains why there is a huge need fot his type of yeshiva Is it ideal or only 'b'dieved'? Is it strictly for parnassah or for philospohical reasons? Were the Gedolim in Europe opposed to secular studies? Why do American yeshivas teach secular studies? Did Rav Shach oppose yeshivas like this? Why did the Gedolim recently ban a similar yeshiva in Bais Shemesh? 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

Everyone wants to know the answer. What can we do? What should we do? How do we sell Judaism to teenagers? But what if we're asking the wrong question? What if the problem begins with the amount of free time and the aimless feeling our system gives so many teenagers? What if we started challenging kids rather than coddling them? What if we made school more rigorous? What if we encouraged teenagers to get jobs and marry as soon as they finished high school?  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 delegation of American roshei yeshivos led by Rav Mendel Slomovitz shlit”a of Lakewood are currently in Eretz Yisroel to confer with Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlit”a regarding a potential ameliorator to the shidduch crisis. As first reported by Israeli frum media site B’Chadrei Chareidim, the delegation consists of R’ Slomovitz along with R’ Mottel Dick shlit”a, Rav Yehuda Svei shlit”a, and the Novominsker Rebbe shlit”a. The roshei yeshivos are considering eliminating one year of high school or bais medrash, and possibly the primary grade in elementary school, thereby having bochurim by default enter shidduchim at a younger age and hopefully lessening the infamous age gap. However, none of the roshei yeshiva want to take on the awesome responsibility of causing such changes, thus they are turning to Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch. “We have a real problem here and we have to solve it,” an unnamed administrator of an American yeshiva told B’Chadrei. “Roshei Yeshivos held meetings a number of times in order to discuss the issue but nothing has really succeeded yet in solving the problem.” “Roshei Yeshivos decided that the phenomenon of learning at a later age in Eretz Yisrael needs to end but they don’t want to take responsibility alone for such a fateful question. Therefore, a decision was made that a number of leading Roshei Yeshivos will travel to Eretz Yisrael for a few hours and consult with the one who leads the yeshivos in Eretz Yisrael, HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch [who is originally from the US], and whatever he decides is what will happen.” (from Lakewood Alerts) 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 Daniel Kaminetsky, Agudath Israel of America's general Counsel, on a Supreme Court Decision protecting an employee's right from being discriminated for keeping their Sabbath. The Supreme Court revived the case of a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who said the United States Postal Service violated federal law by failing to reasonably accommodate his inability to work on Sundays.   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 Pastor William Devlon who's Pro Israel and meets with Hamas in Gaza on a regular basis having visited them 52 times. He puts his life at risk as he constantly tells Hamas to moderate their views on Israel.   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

We hear it all the time: China will soon overtake the U.S. as the world's greatest economy. Okay, so what? Gordon Chang, a premier expert on China, argues that China is not merely another great power. It actually seeks to rule the world and believes it has a divine duty to do so. It's ruthless and dangerous, and unless we wake up soon, a new Dark Age may soon be upon us, Chang warns.The Coming Collapse of China by Gordon ChangThe Great U .S.-China Tech War by Gordon ChangGordon Chang on Twitter  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

Israeli citizens want to live in peace, and they go about their lives doing what they need to do. But, there are terrorists who seek to destroy and kill innocent people in terrorist attacks, and who do not want to live in peace. On April 7th 2023, three precious beautiful souls were brutally murdered in a terror attack on the Route 57 highway near the Hamra Junction. Rebbetzin Lucy Dee, and her daughters, 20 year old Maia, and 15 year old Rina were shot by Palestinian gunmen, identified as Hamas members Hassan Katnani, Muad Masri. This murder happened while Lucy, Maia, and Rina were in their car on their way to a family trip. This tragedy shook the world at large. In the face of this catastrophe the world honors Rabbi Dee, widowed husband of Lucy, and father of Maia and Rine for his courage, heroism, and love of mankind, regardless of race or religion Baila Sebrow, producer and host of The Definitive Rap sat with the esteemed inspirational Rabbi Leo Dee, the husband of Lucy, and father of Maia and Rina. Rabbi Dee described how it was for him when the murder first happened. He spoke about having donated the organs of Lucy to save lives, and that he feels no hatred for the murderers. Yet, he is disappointed with the media, specifically referring to CNN presenter Christina Macfarlane who stated after her interview, “And just as we heard there from Rabbi Leo’s story, coming up we’ll hear similar stories from Palestinians,” and CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour calling the terror attack a ‘shootout. Rabbi Dee, talked about his wife, and daughters, and what they were like. *Listen ToThis Exclusive Interview  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

The White House’s unveiling of the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Terrorism caused a hullabaloo due to its timing. It was released right before the Jewish holiday of Shavuos and also Memorial Day weekend. This 60 page document ignored and downplayed problems. Baila Sebrow, producer and host of The Definitive Rap sat down with the award winning journalist Jonathan Tobin editor-in-chief of JNS. He is also senior contributor for The Federalist, and a columnist for the New York Post, Newsweek and Haaretz, and host of the podcast, ‘Top Story.' Jonathan talked about how the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Terrorism document was a public relations move based on the timing of its’ release. He gave his opinion about the Zoom programs for Jewish students and those seeking Israel’s destruction, that it’s being used to promote a false narrative. He also spoke about an antisemitic performance by Roger Waters in Berlin at the Mercedes Benz arena. Jonathan discussed the Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas calling himself a Canaanite. The show closed with Jonathan talking about an article he wrote in Newsweek that we should ban TikTok, because it’s a National Security issue. Listen to this interview  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

The United States Navy is the largest and most powerful navy in the world. The U.S. Navy trains and organizes to supply combat ready Naval forces to win wars when necessary, and also maintain security and restriction to protect our country. If you have ever wondered whether it is possible to be in the navy and remain an orthodox person, you will get the answers from today’s guest. Baila Sebrow, producer and host of The Definitive Rap sat down with Eric Gutman, a military veteran. Eric began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently he received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, and soon became one of the company’s most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York-Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric was the lead writer of a GRE course for one of the country’s largest test preparation companies, recently authored a second GRE course for The Best Test Prep, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. Around his busy schedule of serving as The Best Test Prep’s chief executive officer, Eric is an active member of Mensa and the Columbia University Alumni Representative Committee, for which he interviews students (not his own) for admission to Columbia.  Eric talked about why he joined the navy, and the most contributing factor in that decision. He spoke about domestic terrorism, and how long did he served, as well as what was going on during that time in the world. Eric talked about his family, and the qualifications to join the navy, and the best part of being in the navy. He discussed his experience being orthodox, kosher food, davening, etc. while serving, and how his training in the U.S, Navy influenced his current career with both adolescents and adults.  Eric shed some light on why he thinks we are seeing an increase in adolescent and young adult crime, particularly school shootings. *Listen To This Interview  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

It is said that it takes a village to raise a child. It takes an entire community of people to provide by setting up resources so that those who are needy can benefit. The returns of doing that are tremendous and it is the gift that keeps on giving. When people do well, it reinforces the strength of families, and helps establish healthy generations going forward. But in order for that to happen it take the creation of an innovative and idealistic visionary person. Baila Sebrow, producer and host of The Definitive Rap interviewed Shea Rubenstein, the co founder and executive Vice president of the JCC of Marine Park since its founding in 2008, and co founder of JCON since 2015. He works to bring the community together, helping create opportunities for small business and individuals. The JCC and JCON serves the 5 boros of NY. Shea shared what he envisioned before he founded JCCMP, and he explained the types of services the organization offers. He went into details as to whom they service, and who can benefit from the organization. Shea talked about the huge summit for JCON, and about industries hiring people who have achieved certificates for programs over those who have college degrees, as well as whether artificial intelligence will replace human intelligence. The interview concluded with Shea’s description of the upcoming conference for real estate professionals. *Listen this interview*  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

Today’s parents are expected not only to care for their children but to help them develop the skills they’ll need to thrive in our current socioeconomic reality. Yet, the majority of parents—even the most caring ones—aren’t trained in skill development and lack the resources to get assistance. It’s almost like parents are being set up to fail! How do we fix this problem? And what happens if we don’t? Baila Sebrow, producer and host of The Definitive Rap sat down with economist and father Nate Hilger, who holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford and a PhD in economics from Harvard. In 2020 he served as a lead policy consultant on early childhood and non-K12 child development issues. His work on the origins of success in children has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and others. Nates suggests that the key is to ask less of parents, not more. He argues that America should consider child development a public investment with a potentially monumental payoff, and that we need a New Deal-style program on the scale of Medicare to drive this investment. He calls it Familycare and, as he explains, to make it happen parents must organize to wield more unified political power on behalf of children, who he points out will always be the largest bloc of disenfranchised people in this country. Do parents have the necessary political juice? According to Nate, if they follow in the footsteps of people over 65 and focus on their broader shared interests, they can make a program like Familycare as politically sacred as Medicare and Social Security. As for what’s at stake, asking too much of parents results in lost opportunities that limit children’s success and make all of us worse off. His book The Parent Trap is tremendously hopeful. Listen to this interview to hear 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

Talkline with Zev Brenner with former Belzer Chassid Shmily Finer on the Belzer Rebbe's initiative to reach out to ex Chassidim to maintain a connection to them, deal with their concerns and help them keep associated with their families without proselytizing.   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

In 4 bombshell rulings, the Supreme Court's 5 conservatives (+1 quasi) issued dramatic opinions about affirmative action, student loan forgiveness, Shabbos observance in the workplace, and forcing companies to serve customers who are immoral 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 Jewish Billionaire Investor Jay Bloom on his nixing his Titanic sub Voyage that saved his life. After initially willing to pay $ 500,000 for his son Sean and himself to go underwater to view the Titanic, he backed out. In this far reaching discussion, Jay talks about his Jewish connection, Bar Mitzvah, why he made his decision to cancel and how this has changed his life and his plans to go to Israel for the first time.  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

Hunter Biden, the cocaine addict who took millions from China and Ukraine, but did not pay taxes on the money, nor did he delare himself a foreign lobbyist. He also lied on a gun application about his drug use--will not spend one day in jail.  The system is so rigged A new Hunter Biden text message surfaced, devastating to Joe Biden. In 2017, Hunter threatened a Chinese energy exec, and said that he was with his father. This contradicts Joe Biden's repeated claims that he had no knowledge of Hunter's business dealings. PLUS: The Defense memo that Trump was supposedly bragging about in a recording--is NOT included in the indictment. There is no evidence that Trump ever possessed the document, the FBI did not find it among thousands of documents.  ALSO: Pentagon makes yet another accoutning error, to the tune of $6 billion in Ukraine's favor. Eric Adams sent illegals to other states. Ah the hypocrisy.  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

Three decades ago, a small group of researchers and rabbis said they rediscovered the chilazon and the process of making techeles. Were they telling the truth? If yes, should we jumping at the opportunity to fulfill a mitzvah de'Oraisa for the first time in 1,500 years? Shmuel Sackett, founder of the Am Yisrael Chai foundation, discusses this topic as well as Arab terror, Jewish terror, and more.  Techeles booklet by Rabbi Meir Hellman https://www.amyisroelchai.comhttps://www.tekhelet.comThe Rarest Blue by Baruch Stermaninterview with Dr. Ari Greenspan  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 former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Why it's OK for Israeli leaders, such as himself, to criticize Israel while they are visiting America. How he blames Bibi for is problems and why he views Judicial reform as a 'Pogrom' on Israeli Democracy  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

Ivanka Trump held a Bas Mitzvah celebration for her daughter Arabella. She posted pictures of the event on Instagram, including every relative -- but one notable family member was missing... President Trump! The media is turning this into a scandal, indicating that Jared and Ivanka have thrown the president under the bus. However it is plausible there is a much more simple explanation, and the media, as usual, is blowing this out of proportion.  PLUS: A reporter asked Joe Biden why the people who pay him off refer to him as the “big guy”.  Biden snapped at the reporter and said it was a dumb question.  Jerry Nadler says it is child abuse to not mask up your 2 year old. A nuclear deal with Iran is likely imminent.  In a new bombshell, the first patients to acquire COVID-19 were 3 scientists who worked at the Wuhan Lab. (What a shock) Trump has raised over $7 million from his new “indictment” fundraising campaign.  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

According to a new bombshell report, the Burisma exec who allegedly bribed Joe Biden has 17 recordings of himself discussing it with the Bidens SHOW US THE TAPES! PLUS: Trump gets a BOOST in polls from indictment. Eric Adams sues Rockland. Hundreds of billions in Covid relief money wasted or stolen. Hospitals at southern border forced to turn away legal citizens, due to influx of illegals.  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

Mistranslations, unattributed interpretations that undermine the meaning of the mishnah. You would expect these in a Reform publication. But they actually appear in an ArtScroll publication. How did such problematic material slip by ArtScroll's editors? And what excuse does this sefer's compiler have for distorting Chazal's words so that they align with the tenets of the self-esteem movement?  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