Jewbalations
By Back Room Stewdios
Jewbalations is a podcast where woman and more can tell it like it is, from their own personal world!
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115-Jimmy Wilson Photography
We are a fine art gallery nestled in the beautiful and historic Linden Hills area of southwest Minneapolis at 4304 Upton Avenue South.
We feature Jimmy Wilson limited edition prints and various other guest artists.
Jimmy Wilson is also an award winning filmmaker and writer. His work includes films on Polar bears, Lions, Wolves, and Moose. He writes a monthly piece for ‘Internationally Known: Lifestyle and Fashion’ magazine.
Gallery hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12PM-5PM Or by appointment.
jimmy@jimmypicture.com 612-201-0701
We feature Jimmy Wilson limited edition prints and various other guest artists.
Jimmy Wilson is also an award winning filmmaker and writer. His work includes films on Polar bears, Lions, Wolves, and Moose. He writes a monthly piece for ‘Internationally Known: Lifestyle and Fashion’ magazine.
Gallery hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12PM-5PM Or by appointment.
jimmy@jimmypicture.com 612-201-0701
Mar 20, 201918:13
114-Bad Rabbi: And Other Strange But True Stories from the Yiddish Press by Eddy Portnoy
Bad Rabbi: And Other Strange But True Stories from the Yiddish Press
Book by Eddy Portnoy
Stories abound of immigrant Jews on the outside looking in, clambering up the ladder of social mobility, successfully assimilating and integrating into their new worlds. But this book is not about the success stories. It's a paean to the bunglers, the blockheads, and the just plain weird—Jews who were flung from small, impoverished eastern European towns into the urban shtetls of New York and Warsaw, where, as they say in Yiddish, their bread landed butter side down in the dirt. These marginal Jews may have found their way into the history books far less frequently than their more socially upstanding neighbors, but there's one place you can find them in force: in the Yiddish newspapers that had their heyday from the 1880s to the 1930s. Disaster, misery, and misfortune: you will find no better chronicle of the daily ignominies of urban Jewish life than in the pages of the Yiddish press.
An underground history of downwardly mobile Jews, Bad Rabbi exposes the seamy underbelly of pre-WWII New York and Warsaw, the two major centers of Yiddish culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. With true stories plucked from the pages of the Yiddish papers, Eddy Portnoy introduces us to the drunks, thieves, murderers, wrestlers, poets, and beauty queens whose misadventures were immortalized in print. There's the Polish rabbi blackmailed by an American widow, mass brawls at weddings and funerals, a psychic who specialized in locating missing husbands, and violent gangs of Jewish mothers on the prowl—in short, not quite the Jews you'd expect. One part Isaac Bashevis Singer, one part Jerry Springer, this irreverent, unvarnished, and frequently hilarious compendium of stories provides a window into an unknown Yiddish world that was.
https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Rabbi-Strange-Stories-Stanford/dp/150360411X
Book by Eddy Portnoy
Stories abound of immigrant Jews on the outside looking in, clambering up the ladder of social mobility, successfully assimilating and integrating into their new worlds. But this book is not about the success stories. It's a paean to the bunglers, the blockheads, and the just plain weird—Jews who were flung from small, impoverished eastern European towns into the urban shtetls of New York and Warsaw, where, as they say in Yiddish, their bread landed butter side down in the dirt. These marginal Jews may have found their way into the history books far less frequently than their more socially upstanding neighbors, but there's one place you can find them in force: in the Yiddish newspapers that had their heyday from the 1880s to the 1930s. Disaster, misery, and misfortune: you will find no better chronicle of the daily ignominies of urban Jewish life than in the pages of the Yiddish press.
An underground history of downwardly mobile Jews, Bad Rabbi exposes the seamy underbelly of pre-WWII New York and Warsaw, the two major centers of Yiddish culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. With true stories plucked from the pages of the Yiddish papers, Eddy Portnoy introduces us to the drunks, thieves, murderers, wrestlers, poets, and beauty queens whose misadventures were immortalized in print. There's the Polish rabbi blackmailed by an American widow, mass brawls at weddings and funerals, a psychic who specialized in locating missing husbands, and violent gangs of Jewish mothers on the prowl—in short, not quite the Jews you'd expect. One part Isaac Bashevis Singer, one part Jerry Springer, this irreverent, unvarnished, and frequently hilarious compendium of stories provides a window into an unknown Yiddish world that was.
https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Rabbi-Strange-Stories-Stanford/dp/150360411X
Jan 04, 201918:25
113-Rabbi Manis Friedman, lets talk Sukkos
World-renowned author, counselor, lecturer and philosopher, Rabbi Manis Friedman uses ancient wisdom and modern wit as he captivates audiences around the country and around the world. He hosts his own critically acclaimed cable television series, Torah Forum with Manis Friedman, syndicated throughout North America. Over 150,000 copies of his provocative yet entertaining tapes, both audio and video have been sold.
Rabbi Friedman’s first book, DOESN'T ANYONE BLUSH ANYMORE?, published by Harper San Francisco in 1990, was widely praised by the media. Following the publication of the book, he was featured internationally in over 200 print articles, and interviewed on more than 50 television and radio talk shows. He has appeared on CNN, A&E Reviews, PBS, and BBC Worldwide, and has been the subject of articles in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Seventeen, Guideposts, Insight, Publisher’s Weekly and others. Note: Blush is currently in its fourth printing distributed exclusively through The Bookmen, Inc.
Rabbi Friedman is a noted Biblical scholar, recognized for his sagacious grasp of Jewish mysticism. In 1971, he founded Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies in Minnesota, the world's first yeshiva exclusively for women, where he continues to serve as dean. From 1984-1990 he served as simultaneous translator for the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s televised talks.
Rabbi Friedman is a professionally ranked member of the National Speakers Association. His speaking tours take him to every part of this country as well as Israel, England, The Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Canada, and Hong Kong.
Rabbi Friedman was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1946 and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1950. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbinical College of Canada in 1969.
Rabbi Manis Friedman enthuses each of his listeners and readers with a sense of purpose and definite direction.
· “[Friedman's] Television show, “Torah Forum” promotes ethical thinking in cable markets across the U.S." -- Rolling Stone
· "Anyone who is either married or thinking of getting married would do well to read [Friedman's] book." — Bob Dylan
· "The message in Friedman's folksy and fascinating book is simple: It's good to be good." — Seventeen Magazine
· "With wit and originality, Manis Friedman makes us take a fresh look at our own morality." — Guideposts
· "A most unusual man who is saying what needs to be said… provocative and inspiring." — Bob Grant
· "I recommend that every person in America go out and buy [Friedman's] book." --Paul Harvey
· "…Gentle, sensitive, wise, and sometimes crack-up funny." — Lifestyles In Recovery
· "A rising superstar… eloquent and witty." — New York Times Magazine
Rabbi Friedman’s first book, DOESN'T ANYONE BLUSH ANYMORE?, published by Harper San Francisco in 1990, was widely praised by the media. Following the publication of the book, he was featured internationally in over 200 print articles, and interviewed on more than 50 television and radio talk shows. He has appeared on CNN, A&E Reviews, PBS, and BBC Worldwide, and has been the subject of articles in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Seventeen, Guideposts, Insight, Publisher’s Weekly and others. Note: Blush is currently in its fourth printing distributed exclusively through The Bookmen, Inc.
Rabbi Friedman is a noted Biblical scholar, recognized for his sagacious grasp of Jewish mysticism. In 1971, he founded Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies in Minnesota, the world's first yeshiva exclusively for women, where he continues to serve as dean. From 1984-1990 he served as simultaneous translator for the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s televised talks.
Rabbi Friedman is a professionally ranked member of the National Speakers Association. His speaking tours take him to every part of this country as well as Israel, England, The Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Canada, and Hong Kong.
Rabbi Friedman was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1946 and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1950. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbinical College of Canada in 1969.
Rabbi Manis Friedman enthuses each of his listeners and readers with a sense of purpose and definite direction.
· “[Friedman's] Television show, “Torah Forum” promotes ethical thinking in cable markets across the U.S." -- Rolling Stone
· "Anyone who is either married or thinking of getting married would do well to read [Friedman's] book." — Bob Dylan
· "The message in Friedman's folksy and fascinating book is simple: It's good to be good." — Seventeen Magazine
· "With wit and originality, Manis Friedman makes us take a fresh look at our own morality." — Guideposts
· "A most unusual man who is saying what needs to be said… provocative and inspiring." — Bob Grant
· "I recommend that every person in America go out and buy [Friedman's] book." --Paul Harvey
· "…Gentle, sensitive, wise, and sometimes crack-up funny." — Lifestyles In Recovery
· "A rising superstar… eloquent and witty." — New York Times Magazine
Sep 25, 201819:41
111-Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Rabbi Simon Jacobson is the author of Toward a Meaningful Life (William Morrow, 2002), founder of The Meaningful Life Center (meaningfullife.com) and publisher of the leading Jewish newspaper The Algemeiner (algemeiner.com). For over fourteen years, from 1979 till 1992, Rabbi Jacobson served as the documenter and publisher of the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe’s public talks, memorizing thousands of hours of these discourses and then committing them to paper. He also headed the editorial team of Sefer HaLikkutim — a 26-volume encyclopedia on Chassidic thought (published 1977-1982). As one of most pioneering and sought after writers and speakers in the Jewish world today, Rabbi Jacobson has deeply impacted diverse audiences in all continents with his keen insights into the human condition, applying Torah thought to contemporary life, in a cutting edge voice that is rooted in the timeless teachings of Judaism, while being profoundly timely and relevant.
May 15, 201825:58
110-Julie Tarney-My Son Wears Heels-Pt.2
#amberalert, #brooklyn, #dragqueen, #jewbalations, #mysonwearsheels<br />Julie Tarney is an author, speaker, and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) youth.<br /><br />Her memoir, MY SON WEARS HEELS (University of Wisconsin Press, 2016) shared what she learned about gender identity, gender expression, and self-acceptance from her only child, Harry, and what her parenting journey with Harry, from toddler to adulthood, taught her about herself. Sharing that experience in public appearances, Julie has touched the lives of so many in diverse settings. She is devoting her life to reaching as many people as possible, with an emphasis on gender identity related topics. Her mission is to make the world safer and the future more inclusive for LGBTQ+ youth.<br /><br />Julie Tarney serves on the board of the It Gets Better Project, guest writes for HuffPost, and is a contributing advice columnist for My Kid Is Gay. She volunteers regularly as a speaker for PFLAG NYC‘s Safe Schools Program and is also a member of the National Center for Transgender Equality’s Families for Trans Equality network. Julie was named a “Favorite Queer Hero of 2016” by HuffPost and one of BlogHer’s “Voices of the Year” in 2015.<br /><br />“There are thousands of people who are just beginning this journey right now,” Tarney said. “They include parents, extended family, neighbors, educators, and co-workers. Almost all are either learning about or trying to get comfortable with issues related to gender identity. They have questions about how those issues effect the people they care about, work with, or interact with in their lives and communities. I want those people to know they’re not alone. And I’ve seen how my story can help them.”<br /><br />Julie has spoken to a variety of audiences in academic, workplace and other settings. She has also been a guest at LGBTQ Pride events to share her experience and expertise.<br /><br />A longtime resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Julie now lives in Brooklyn, New York. She can often be found cheering in the audience at her creative director and sometimes-drag-artist son Harry’s performances.
May 12, 201824:54
109-Julie Tarney-My Son Wears Heels-Pt.1
Julie Tarney is an author, speaker, and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) youth.<br /><br />Her memoir, MY SON WEARS HEELS (University of Wisconsin Press, 2016) shared what she learned about gender identity, gender expression, and self-acceptance from her only child, Harry, and what her parenting journey with Harry, from toddler to adulthood, taught her about herself. Sharing that experience in public appearances, Julie has touched the lives of so many in diverse settings. She is devoting her life to reaching as many people as possible, with an emphasis on gender identity related topics. Her mission is to make the world safer and the future more inclusive for LGBTQ+ youth.<br /><br />Julie Tarney serves on the board of the It Gets Better Project, guest writes for HuffPost, and is a contributing advice columnist for My Kid Is Gay. She volunteers regularly as a speaker for PFLAG NYC‘s Safe Schools Program and is also a member of the National Center for Transgender Equality’s Families for Trans Equality network. Julie was named a “Favorite Queer Hero of 2016” by HuffPost and one of BlogHer’s “Voices of the Year” in 2015.<br /><br />“There are thousands of people who are just beginning this journey right now,” Tarney said. “They include parents, extended family, neighbors, educators, and co-workers. Almost all are either learning about or trying to get comfortable with issues related to gender identity. They have questions about how those issues effect the people they care about, work with, or interact with in their lives and communities. I want those people to know they’re not alone. And I’ve seen how my story can help them.”<br /><br />Julie has spoken to a variety of audiences in academic, workplace and other settings. She has also been a guest at LGBTQ Pride events to share her experience and expertise.<br /><br />A longtime resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Julie now lives in Brooklyn, New York. She can often be found cheering in the audience at her creative director and sometimes-drag-artist son Harry’s performances.
May 09, 201821:44
108-Yitzy Kasowitz the creator of J-Brick
#backroomstewdios, #jbrick, #jewbalations, #jewish, #jewishbrick<br />Jbrick is run by a husband and wife team. Yitzy, with a background in fine wood working and engineering and currently professionally employed as an Expert LEGO® Builder, designs the custom LEGO® sets. His wife Channie, who has a degree in finance, is the business manager.<br /><br />Yitzy has always dreamed of creating Jewish custom LEGO® sets. After our first product, a 3-in-1 Menorah set, sold out in just one week after launch, we were inundated with requests for more. With nothing else like it on the market, we realized that the demand for high quality Jewish toys is huge! Because we are committed to designing the highest quality sets, we only use genuine LEGO® parts. <br /><br />Our goal is to bring children and adults closer to their Jewish heritage through our fun products. As a father of three and a martial arts instructor, Yitzy understands the importance of connecting with learners using visually stimulating, exciting, and hands-on techniques. Jbrick uses genuine LEGO® elements for all our builds, and it is exciting for children to open a new toy knowing it's a quality, brand name product. With Jbrick custom LEGO® sets, children will receive detailed color instructions that will teach them advanced LEGO® building techniques. Be it a 3-in-1 Menorah for Chanukah or a 2-in-1 Seder Plate for Passover, our kits will occupy the recipient for hours while they build and rebuild each of the models. What's more, once built, the completed model will be a piece of art that can be displayed proudly year round. <br /><br />At Jbrick, our vision goes beyond creating Jewish Custom LEGO® sets. We want to use Yitzy's building skills to create large scale Jewish Custom LEGO models, such as a replica of the Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple) to LEGO® minifig size, about 1/35 scale, a replica of the kotel, or Noah's Ark. <br /><br />The more this business grows, the more we will be able to create new fun and exciting custom Jewish custom LEGO® sets and models that will not only enhance Jewish learning, but will make it really fun too! <br /><br />Please feel free to let us know what YOU would like to see jbrick create. We love feedback!
May 03, 201833:57
107-Rabbi Manis Friedman in Stewdio!!
Kabbalah & Comedy of Marriage & Intimacy Lecture
Thursday May 10th, 8PM
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May 03, 201825:19
106-Ariella Forstein
Ariella Forstein is a World Music Songstress who has performed on over 400 stages.<br /><br />She is also a Vocal Empowerment Coach recognized internationally for her unique work that liberates people from self-judgment and brings them to self-love, so they can freely and joyfully express their most authentic selves on stage, in business, and in relating with those around them.<br /><br />One of Ariella's favorite spots to be – “home” – is on stage.<br /><br />It’s that uncanny energy exchanged between her and the audience when singing from the soul, that energizes her being in a very healing way… and simultaneously, connecting with clients, friends, and family on deep levels.<br /><br />She wants to know, 'What is your heart's yearning? What do you ache for?' And she wants to support you lovingly so that you may experience those things in your lifetime.<br /><br />When not working, Ariella loves being in nature, laughing with friends, and hand blending teas.
Apr 24, 201829:19
105-Rabbi Manis Friedman
Rabbi Manis Friedman rabbi, author, social philosopher and public speaker. Rabbi Friedman is the co-founder and Dean of the Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies. Friedman is the author of Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore?, which was published in 1990 and is currently in its fourth printing. He is featured in the documentary films: The Lost Key (2014) and The Jewish Journey: America (2015)
Apr 16, 201842:36
102-Rabbi Locketz-Bet Shalom Synagogue
Rabbi Locketz is the Senior Rabbi Bet Shalom Congregation. He came to Bet Shalom after rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2004. Rabbi Locketz began as Assistant Rabbi and continued in that role until 2006 when he became Associate Rabbi. He was installed as Bet Shalom's Senior Rabbi in January of 2016<br /><br />Having grown up in the Minneapolis Area, Rabbi Locketz completed his undergraduate degree in Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Before entering Rabbinical School, Rabbi Locketz worked for three years as the Assistant Camp Director for our Union of Reform Judaism Camp, Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI), while also working as the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY) Advisor to the Northern and Chicago Regions. His rabbinic thesis is entitled, “Rabbi Joseph Rauch: A Biographical Study.” <br /><br />Since returning to Minnesota as a Rabbi, Rabbi Locketz has been active in several organizations in addition to his work at Bet Shalom. He served on the board of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and is a graduate of the Synagogue Transformation and Renewal (STAR) Program. Rabbi Locketz is a past president of the Minnesota Rabbinical Association (MRA) and currently sits on the board of the Jewish Family and Children’s Service (JFCS) and the OSRUI Rabbis, Educators, and Cantors Committee (RECC). He is a Co-Chair of YACHAD: A Collaborative Initiative in Jewish Education. Since receiving certification from the Minnesota Emergency Service Chaplain Association (MESCA), Rabbi Locketz has served as a Police Chaplain for the Minnetonka Police Department. He is also a founding board member of the Non-profit Drops Fill Buckets Minneapolis Chapter. Rabbi Locketz is a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). <br /><br />A true Minnesotan, Rabbi Locketz enjoys most things having to do with a lake – fishing, boating and waterskiing. He takes great interest in history, genealogy, and music.
Feb 13, 201821:35
101-Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company-Collected Stories
Collected Stories
by Donald Margulies
Two women take the stage for this dramatic play about a teacher and her student protégé, kicking off Women's History Month this March. Jennie Ward will make her MJTC directorial debut.
Ruth Steiner is a respected author in the autumn of her career when she hires Lisa, a graduate student, to be her assistant. Under Ruth's mentorship, Lisa's talent is unleashed, but when Lisa writes a novel based upon her teacher's past, their friendship explodes with questions about intellectual property and the ownership of experiences. This gem of a play, by one of today's most admired playwrights, displays "tangled connections between creativity and ideology...thick with ideas like a stockpot of good stew." (Village Voice)
February 24 - March 18, 2018
Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m. - $23
Thursdays at 7:30 p. m. - $25
Saturdays at 8:00 p. m. - $38
Sundays at 1:00 p. m. - $30
Sunday, February 25th at 7:00 p. m. - $25
20’s-30’s Thursdays Rate – For anyone 20 - 39; use the promotional code 2030 when ordering.
Student Rush Rate – $12 tickets for students at the door; must show a valid student ID.
Special Group Rate – For groups of 10 and over. Contact the box office for more details.
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company | PO Box 16155 | St. Paul, MN 55116
651.647.4315 | info@mnjewishtheatre.org
by Donald Margulies
Two women take the stage for this dramatic play about a teacher and her student protégé, kicking off Women's History Month this March. Jennie Ward will make her MJTC directorial debut.
Ruth Steiner is a respected author in the autumn of her career when she hires Lisa, a graduate student, to be her assistant. Under Ruth's mentorship, Lisa's talent is unleashed, but when Lisa writes a novel based upon her teacher's past, their friendship explodes with questions about intellectual property and the ownership of experiences. This gem of a play, by one of today's most admired playwrights, displays "tangled connections between creativity and ideology...thick with ideas like a stockpot of good stew." (Village Voice)
February 24 - March 18, 2018
Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m. - $23
Thursdays at 7:30 p. m. - $25
Saturdays at 8:00 p. m. - $38
Sundays at 1:00 p. m. - $30
Sunday, February 25th at 7:00 p. m. - $25
20’s-30’s Thursdays Rate – For anyone 20 - 39; use the promotional code 2030 when ordering.
Student Rush Rate – $12 tickets for students at the door; must show a valid student ID.
Special Group Rate – For groups of 10 and over. Contact the box office for more details.
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company | PO Box 16155 | St. Paul, MN 55116
651.647.4315 | info@mnjewishtheatre.org
Feb 06, 201816:35
100-ASDAL CEO Darrin Levine
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Dec 20, 201724:46
99-Eddie Estrin
An accomplished musician, inhibiting your inner soul with his sounds.<br />eddiestrin.com
Nov 26, 201737:36
96-Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
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jhsum.org where generations connect to get the whole story
The archives of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest are now located at the University of Minnesota within the Andersen Library at the Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives. The archives consist of synagogue and Jewish institutional records, as well as historical materials from rural Midwest communities, family and personal histories, oral histories, photographic and film collections, and genealogy materials. The collection is particularly strong in the areas of Jewish homesteading in the Dakotas, Northern Minnesota Iron Range Jewish communities, Minneapolis and St. Paul synagogue records, Jewish women’s organization records, and materials reflecting life on Minneapolis’s North Side Jewish community.
To search the collection or set up a research appointment: please visit the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives website at http://lib.umn.edu/umja. The collection is available and open to the public on the University of Minnesota campus, but an appointment is strongly suggested. Contact Archivist Kate Dietrick at diet0134@umn.edu or 612-625-0192.
Membership News Collections Events Exhibits Donate Volunteer Contact
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jhsum.org where generations connect to get the whole story
The archives of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest are now located at the University of Minnesota within the Andersen Library at the Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives. The archives consist of synagogue and Jewish institutional records, as well as historical materials from rural Midwest communities, family and personal histories, oral histories, photographic and film collections, and genealogy materials. The collection is particularly strong in the areas of Jewish homesteading in the Dakotas, Northern Minnesota Iron Range Jewish communities, Minneapolis and St. Paul synagogue records, Jewish women’s organization records, and materials reflecting life on Minneapolis’s North Side Jewish community.
To search the collection or set up a research appointment: please visit the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives website at http://lib.umn.edu/umja. The collection is available and open to the public on the University of Minnesota campus, but an appointment is strongly suggested. Contact Archivist Kate Dietrick at diet0134@umn.edu or 612-625-0192.
Nov 07, 201756:37
95-Becki Saltzman-Applied Curiosity Lab Radio
Becki’s family of auctioneers taught her well. They were master persuaders who were serious about sales as a noble endeavor. They understood the importance of arousing curiosity in their customers.
What she learned in the greasy warehouses of her youth, she confirmed in the dusty halls of academia. Trained in behavioral science/applied psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, as a graduate student Becki conducted award-winning research using a mathematical model of behavior prediction. She went on to a career as a fashion buyer, and then spent 20-years as a top real estate broker. All the while she continued to study curiosity and the role it plays in sales and influence, innovation & creative problem solving, decision making, and lifestyle design.
To understand the role of curiosity in the lives of remarkable people, Becki spent two decades studying and collaborating with behavioral scientists, embedding herself into a variety of industries and cultures, and conducting interviews around the world. These findings and adventures provided the ingredients for Applied-Curiosity training frameworks and the Living Curiously Method–a 5-step method for using curiosity to be remarkable and do good stuff.
Becki is the author of Living Curiously: How to Use Curiosity to Be Remarkable and Do Good Stuff, and Arousing the Buy Curious: Real Estate Pillow Talk for Patrons and Professionals. Her blog, Living Curiously, is an exercise apparatus for flexing curiosity muscles (so they don’t atrophy).
Becki is a trainer in Applied Curiosity. She speaks and writes about curiosity as a tool for business insights and advantages, and as a lens for adventure.
Becki loves great travel adventures, speaking to inspired audiences, dancing on crowded dance floors, and sipping brown drinks.
Follow your curiosity. Join me on the socials…tweeting provocatively on Twitter, revealing curiosities on Facebook, and sharing adventures on Instagram. And, if you’re curious, join our growing tribe of adventurous unconventional thinkers as a member of the Tribe of the Curious.
https://beckisaltzman.com
What she learned in the greasy warehouses of her youth, she confirmed in the dusty halls of academia. Trained in behavioral science/applied psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, as a graduate student Becki conducted award-winning research using a mathematical model of behavior prediction. She went on to a career as a fashion buyer, and then spent 20-years as a top real estate broker. All the while she continued to study curiosity and the role it plays in sales and influence, innovation & creative problem solving, decision making, and lifestyle design.
To understand the role of curiosity in the lives of remarkable people, Becki spent two decades studying and collaborating with behavioral scientists, embedding herself into a variety of industries and cultures, and conducting interviews around the world. These findings and adventures provided the ingredients for Applied-Curiosity training frameworks and the Living Curiously Method–a 5-step method for using curiosity to be remarkable and do good stuff.
Becki is the author of Living Curiously: How to Use Curiosity to Be Remarkable and Do Good Stuff, and Arousing the Buy Curious: Real Estate Pillow Talk for Patrons and Professionals. Her blog, Living Curiously, is an exercise apparatus for flexing curiosity muscles (so they don’t atrophy).
Becki is a trainer in Applied Curiosity. She speaks and writes about curiosity as a tool for business insights and advantages, and as a lens for adventure.
Becki loves great travel adventures, speaking to inspired audiences, dancing on crowded dance floors, and sipping brown drinks.
Follow your curiosity. Join me on the socials…tweeting provocatively on Twitter, revealing curiosities on Facebook, and sharing adventures on Instagram. And, if you’re curious, join our growing tribe of adventurous unconventional thinkers as a member of the Tribe of the Curious.
https://beckisaltzman.com
Oct 10, 201738:44
93-Darrin Levine and his buddy Nate
Darrin hit the minors running and has continued hitting homers with his business. This young entrepreneur is making it happen, with new ideas around ever corner. You won't want to take your eyes off this one, cause he's a winner!
Sep 23, 201729:22
91-Talia Schumacher Care Coordinator Minneapolis Jewish Family Services
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.
We are proud to say that for more than a century, JFCS has provided programs, services, and support for thousands in the Jewish and broader communities. We provide help in areas including aging services, career services, children and family services, community engagement, and counseling and mental health support.
Our staff is highly trained and professional, providing culturally sensitive and confidential care that incorporates best practices. Repairing the world one person at a time, a central value of Judaism, informs our work and mission. Above all, our caregivers are compassionate and experienced. We are here for you when you need us, for many years to come.
http://www.jfcsmpls.org
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis
13100 Wayzata Blvd, Suite 400 | Minnetonka, MN 55305
952-546-0616
We are proud to say that for more than a century, JFCS has provided programs, services, and support for thousands in the Jewish and broader communities. We provide help in areas including aging services, career services, children and family services, community engagement, and counseling and mental health support.
Our staff is highly trained and professional, providing culturally sensitive and confidential care that incorporates best practices. Repairing the world one person at a time, a central value of Judaism, informs our work and mission. Above all, our caregivers are compassionate and experienced. We are here for you when you need us, for many years to come.
http://www.jfcsmpls.org
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis
13100 Wayzata Blvd, Suite 400 | Minnetonka, MN 55305
952-546-0616
Sep 05, 201706:30
90-Helen Rubenstein-Global Rights for Women
HELEN RUBENSTEIN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR<br />Global Rights for Women envisions a world where women’s human rights to equality and freedom from violence are fully realized.<br />Global Rights for Women collaborates with partners around the world to promote women’s human rights to equality and freedom from violence through legal reform and systems change.
Aug 21, 201713:29
89-Barbara Brooks Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company (MJTC) was born in July 1994, shortly after Founder and Producing Artistic Director Barbara Brooks gave birth to her son. Through his infancy, she thought about her identity and how she could continue her Jewish heritage into the next generation. Beyond that, she wondered how her son and his future friends — Jew and non-Jew alike — would learn to share and find richness in each other’s diversity.<br /><br />A native New Yorker, Barbara came to Minnesota to pursue a graduate degree in music therapy at the University of Minnesota after receiving a B.A. in Music from Vassar College. Schooling was followed by appearances in musicals and plays in the east and Midwest, and teaching in the St. Paul Public Schools. As she got to know the Twin Cities, she sensed that there were fewer opportunities here for people of every heritage to learn about each others' culture than there were in New York, and that many Jewish people felt as disengaged from their roots as she did. Barbara decided that if other major cities had theaters devoted to Jewish culture, Minnesota should have one, too. She gathered together a diverse group of like-minded community leaders and formed the non-profit, professional MJTC.<br /><br />Since 1995, MJTC has produced over 70 plays and musicals. These have included 3 commissions and 6 world premieres. Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company work has garnered 5 IVEY Awards, and MJTC is the recipient of the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Arts Achievement Award (2010).<br /><br />Audiences have grown steadily through the years, regularly coming from the Twin Cities, surrounding suburbs, all areas of Minnesota, throughout Wisconsin, and other states from coast to coast. The Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company audience is as diverse as our world today. MJTC’s theater home is the 143-seat Highland Park Community Center Theater where the intimate space enables a special connection between the audience and artist, and our consistently acclaimed work mesmerizes the youngest child through the oldest adult.<br /><br />Financial support has come from hundreds of individuals and prestigious institutional sources. Groups have attended from community organizations, public and private schools, and synagogues and churches. Recognition on both a local and national level continues to grow.<br />Propel us into the future.<br />Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company | GiveMN
Aug 15, 201713:51
#88-Fred Hertz, Attorney, Mediator, Author, Speaker and Gay Rights Advocate
(audio issues in the first 4 minutes, but very good information)
Frederick Hertz is an attorney and mediator with offices in Oakland and San Francisco. He previously handled litigation involving the dissolution of real property co-tenancies, including tenants-in-common, family co-ownerships, and domestic partnership dissolutions, and the related aspects of property and financial disputes between unmarried couples, both same-sex and opposite-sex, as well as purchase & sale and ownership of real property matters. Mr. Hertz’ legal practice is now limited to drafting real property co-ownership agreements, cohabitation agreements, and premarital agreements for couples, both gay and straight.
Mr. Hertz also works as a mediator and arbitrator, with a special emphasis on the mediation of co-ownership and other disputes between married and unmarried couples, business partners, tenants-in-common, co-owners, family members, and domestic partners. He also mediates all varieties of real estate disputes.
A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Frederick Hertz graduated from Boalt Hall (University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 1981), clerked with the Minnesota Supreme Court (1981-1982), and subsequently received a Master's Degree in Urban Geography from the University of California, Berkeley (1991). He has previously taught Real Property Law in the Paralegal/Legal Studies Program of St. Mary's University, and Small Firm and Solo Practice Management at Golden Gate Law School in San Francisco.
Mr. Hertz writes and speaks nationally on property issues facing unmarried partners. He is the author of Legal Affairs: Essential Advice for Same- Sex Couples (Henry Holt & Co./Owl Books, 1998) and co-author of two Nolo Press books, Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples and Living Together : A Guide for Unmarried Couples. He has been quoted in The New York Times, the Advocate, American Demographics, Hero Magazine, Kiplingers Magazine, and the New York Observer, and has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, Sound Money, and on the Oprah Winfrey Show and the Today Show.
http://frederickhertz.com
Frederick Hertz is an attorney and mediator with offices in Oakland and San Francisco. He previously handled litigation involving the dissolution of real property co-tenancies, including tenants-in-common, family co-ownerships, and domestic partnership dissolutions, and the related aspects of property and financial disputes between unmarried couples, both same-sex and opposite-sex, as well as purchase & sale and ownership of real property matters. Mr. Hertz’ legal practice is now limited to drafting real property co-ownership agreements, cohabitation agreements, and premarital agreements for couples, both gay and straight.
Mr. Hertz also works as a mediator and arbitrator, with a special emphasis on the mediation of co-ownership and other disputes between married and unmarried couples, business partners, tenants-in-common, co-owners, family members, and domestic partners. He also mediates all varieties of real estate disputes.
A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Frederick Hertz graduated from Boalt Hall (University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 1981), clerked with the Minnesota Supreme Court (1981-1982), and subsequently received a Master's Degree in Urban Geography from the University of California, Berkeley (1991). He has previously taught Real Property Law in the Paralegal/Legal Studies Program of St. Mary's University, and Small Firm and Solo Practice Management at Golden Gate Law School in San Francisco.
Mr. Hertz writes and speaks nationally on property issues facing unmarried partners. He is the author of Legal Affairs: Essential Advice for Same- Sex Couples (Henry Holt & Co./Owl Books, 1998) and co-author of two Nolo Press books, Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples and Living Together : A Guide for Unmarried Couples. He has been quoted in The New York Times, the Advocate, American Demographics, Hero Magazine, Kiplingers Magazine, and the New York Observer, and has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, Sound Money, and on the Oprah Winfrey Show and the Today Show.
http://frederickhertz.com
Aug 08, 201733:48
87-Barbra Reifel Mastromarino
The Body Snatcher's Wife, Barbra has survived life on a Hellride with the Devil himself and has appeared on several shows because of it. Oprah, Who the Bleep Did I Marry, The Devil You Know, Nancy Grace, Tabloid, My Life is a Lifetime Movie. But her outrageous raw account has never been laid bare. Riveting. Soulful. Inspiring. Barbra's story is one of a woman holding onto herself for dear life. For her children. Her dream life gone. A warrior still. Facing devastation, desperation and destitution at his hands, with more faith and fortitude than she ever thought possible. Through all his darkness until the end. Keeping the Light. Forever more.
Aug 01, 201735:28
86-Gitta Shadur's "The Mink Coat"
Jan Ringers aunt Gitta Shadur, sent her and her mother, Sonja away on KRISTALLNACHT, November 9-10, 1938, hoping later to be reunited with them in Antwerp, Belgium. She tells the story of her horror and fear as the SS were everywhere!
Jun 23, 201743:06
84-Steven Katz Entertainment
Artistic Director, Theatre Archivist, Writer, Costume Designer, Producer, Event Producer, Activist<br />Steven has done it all and still keeps going, just like the energizer bunny!! Enjoy listening to his wealth of information.
May 23, 201733:06
80-Bruce Specktor
Bruce is a passionate Writer, Producer, Director he leaped into the world he always wanted and created Under The Stairs Productions!
https://www.facebook.com/UnderTheStairsProd/
https://www.facebook.com/UnderTheStairsProd/
May 09, 201729:37
79-David Unowsky
David Unowsky, one of the Twin Cities' most experienced booksellers.<br />The Hungry Mind Bookstore opened its doors in 1970 in St. Paul by Unowsky.<br />By the 1980's Hungry Mind had become well known in the region, and was becoming a hub for literary activity. Unowsky helped start a regional booksellers' association. In 1986 he launched the Hungry Mind Review as a critical literary journal, with founding editor Bart Schneider. <br />In 2000, the Hungry Mind sold its name to Hungry Minds, Inc. publisher of the For Dummies books. After soliciting ideas from its patrons, it became Ruminator Books, Review, and Press!<br />By 2004, Ruminator had its run, the computer world was dominating, and it closed its doors for the last time.<br />Now, over a dozen years later, books are making there come back-so buy books and help keep bookstores alive!!
May 02, 201716:45
78-Dr. Bernard Kabakow
Dr. Bernard Kabakow is a retired Oncologist Specialist/Hematologist who had a private practice in New York, NY.
Bernie was the founder and director of Beth Israel Medical Center's Oncology Unit, and clinical professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Amongst his many accomplishments, he is a grandfather to 30+ grandchildren, and 10+ great grandchildren, he is a lover of tennis, Yiddish, Irish music, and football.
Please read a great article by Bernard Kabakow, M.D.
http://jewishcurrents.org/on-ambulances-checkpoints-health-care-and-peaceful-solutions/
Bernie was the founder and director of Beth Israel Medical Center's Oncology Unit, and clinical professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Amongst his many accomplishments, he is a grandfather to 30+ grandchildren, and 10+ great grandchildren, he is a lover of tennis, Yiddish, Irish music, and football.
Please read a great article by Bernard Kabakow, M.D.
http://jewishcurrents.org/on-ambulances-checkpoints-health-care-and-peaceful-solutions/
Apr 25, 201718:14
76-Jill Hartman
Jill is a Certified Legal Interpreter and sat on the Minnesota Supreme Court Interpreter Advisory Committee, she is at the top of her game in her field.
Apr 04, 201731:41
74-Michelle Horovitz-Appetite For Change
Michelle Horovitz
Co-Founder & Executive Director of Appetite For Change.
Michelle is an experienced cook with over 15 years under her belt in the kitchen at home, professionally and teaching cooking classes to youth and adults. She received her B.A. in Biothics from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School. After practicing law as a Public Defender for 4 years in Miami-Dade County, Michelle went to work for James Beard Award winning Chef Michelle Bernstein, as a line and prep cook and assistant pastry chef. In 2010 she and her family moved back to her home-town of Minneapolis. Michelle’s father’s family is from the Northside and she has a passion for building racial and social equity in this community.
Appetite For Change uses food as a tool building health, wealth, and social change in North Minneapolis. AFC is a community-led organization that strengthens families, creates economic prosperity, and encourages healthy living.
http://appetiteforchangemn.org
Co-Founder & Executive Director of Appetite For Change.
Michelle is an experienced cook with over 15 years under her belt in the kitchen at home, professionally and teaching cooking classes to youth and adults. She received her B.A. in Biothics from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School. After practicing law as a Public Defender for 4 years in Miami-Dade County, Michelle went to work for James Beard Award winning Chef Michelle Bernstein, as a line and prep cook and assistant pastry chef. In 2010 she and her family moved back to her home-town of Minneapolis. Michelle’s father’s family is from the Northside and she has a passion for building racial and social equity in this community.
Appetite For Change uses food as a tool building health, wealth, and social change in North Minneapolis. AFC is a community-led organization that strengthens families, creates economic prosperity, and encourages healthy living.
http://appetiteforchangemn.org
Mar 22, 201719:36
73-Eleanor Gantman
Eleanor Gantman a Minnesota Native, an example of a finely tuned wit. At 101 she remembers so many wonderful stories of her childhood, so fun to listen to.
Mar 19, 201741:36
72-Chutzpah and High Heels Author Jessica Fishman
Having grown up in a Midwestern Jewish and Zionist family, Jessica Fishman moved to Israel after graduating from Indiana University with a degree in Journalism and Business. She spent her first few years in the country serving in the Israel Defense Forces, learning the Hebrew language, and getting acclimated to the country.
Jessica Fishman has written a number of articles about Israel and her story has been featured in leading Israeli and Jewish media.
After developing the popular Aliyah Survival Blog, which is an irreverent portrayal of an American immigrant’s first years in Israel, she has written a deeply personal, witty memoir about the difficulties, absurdities, and excitement of making a home in a new country.
She was inspired to write Chutzpah and High Heels: The Search for Love and Identity in the Holy Land after a life-changing event in Israel. Her goals are to share her experience and inspire social change.
The book is now available and can be purchased from a variety of online locations.
https://jessicafishmanauthor.com
Jessica Fishman has written a number of articles about Israel and her story has been featured in leading Israeli and Jewish media.
After developing the popular Aliyah Survival Blog, which is an irreverent portrayal of an American immigrant’s first years in Israel, she has written a deeply personal, witty memoir about the difficulties, absurdities, and excitement of making a home in a new country.
She was inspired to write Chutzpah and High Heels: The Search for Love and Identity in the Holy Land after a life-changing event in Israel. Her goals are to share her experience and inspire social change.
The book is now available and can be purchased from a variety of online locations.
https://jessicafishmanauthor.com
Mar 08, 201727:03
71-Ariana Katz, Kaddish Podcast
Ariana Katz is the host and creator of Kaddish the podcast. Ariana is a rabbinical student at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia. She is a member of the Philadelphia Reconstructionist Chevra Kadisha (Jewish burial society), a volunteer chaplain and board member at Planned Parenthood of South East Pennsylvania, and a member of the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council. Ariana is in training to become a soferet, scribe of sacred Jewish text. <br />Kaddish is a monthly podcast hosted by Student Rabbi Ariana Katz that focuses on mourning ritual and customs, features first person storytelling and interviews, uses Jewish tradition to contextualize and deepens themes of the show, and holds space at the intersection of life and death. Kaddish aims to build a network of listeners and friends that will contribute stories and build online community.<br /><br />This show includes topics like mourning chosen family, reproductive loss, illness, ritual writing, suicide, queer and trans burial, tattoos and conversion status, state violence. Also guests talks about their specific interests and storytelling from folks about loss or grief and healing.<br />There is a dearth of death education, and there is a romanticising, exoticizing, and sexualizing of death. Kaddish aims to stay in the muck, the complicated, unsexy, terrifying places, because those too are a part of grief.
Feb 28, 201718:33
70-Rabbi Elaine Glickman, Author of "Your Kids A Brat, And Its All Your Fault"
Elaine Rose Glickman is an author, a teacher, and a parent – and she put all of these facets together in writing Your Kid’s a Brat, and It’s All Your Fault. A parenting advice columnist for Mommy Magazine and a featured guest on the syndicated television talk show Daytime, Elaine guides parents on everything from kids who eat only five foods to kids who won’t put down their phones for more than five minutes. She chairs a top-rated Florida preschool and creates and facilitates educational programs for children of all ages.<br /><br />Elaine also holds a Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters and rabbinic ordination, and she has published many books of Jewish nonfiction, including the National Jewish Book Award finalist Sacred Parenting. She lectures widely on topics ranging from biblical women to Jewish messianic literature to theodicy, or the problem of evil, and writes a featured blog for the Jerusalem Post entitled “The Streets of Jerusalem.”<br /><br />Elaine lives in Florida with her husband and three children, who are beautifully behaved, brilliant, creative, kind, and perfect in every way. Yes, she’s messing with you. They are great kids, though.
Feb 21, 201718:22
66-JBricks Creator Yitzy Kasowitz
Jbrick is run by a husband and wife team. Yitzy, with a background in fine wood working and engineering and currently professionally employed as an Expert LEGO® Builder, designs the custom LEGO® sets. His wife Channie, who has a degree in finance, is the business manager.<br /><br />Yitzy has always dreamed of creating Jewish custom LEGO® sets. After our first product, a 3-in-1 Menorah set, sold out in just one week after launch, we were inundated with requests for more. With nothing else like it on the market, we realized that the demand for high quality Jewish toys is huge! Because we are committed to designing the highest quality sets, we only use genuine LEGO® parts. <br /><br />Our goal is to bring children and adults closer to their Jewish heritage through our fun products. As a father of three and a martial arts instructor, Yitzy understands the importance of connecting with learners using visually stimulating, exciting, and hands-on techniques. Jbrick uses genuine LEGO® elements for all our builds, and it is exciting for children to open a new toy knowing it's a quality, brand name product. With Jbrick custom LEGO® sets, children will receive detailed color instructions that will teach them advanced LEGO® building techniques. Be it a 3-in-1 Menorah for Chanukah or a 2-in-1 Seder Plate for Passover, our kits will occupy the recipient for hours while they build and rebuild each of the models. What's more, once built, the completed model will be a piece of art that can be displayed proudly year round. <br /><br />At Jbrick, our vision goes beyond creating Jewish Custom LEGO® sets. We want to use Yitzy's building skills to create large scale Jewish Custom LEGO models, such as a replica of the Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple) to LEGO® minifig size, about 1/35 scale, a replica of the kotel, or Noah's Ark. <br /><br />The more this business grows, the more we will be able to create new fun and exciting custom Jewish custom LEGO® sets and models that will not only enhance Jewish learning, but will make it really fun too! <br /><br />Please feel free to let us know what YOU would like to see jbrick create. We love feedback!
Jan 19, 201733:57
65-Heidi Gesell Bank Cherokee's CEO
At BankCherokee, we believe that community starts with family; I am proud to be the third generation of my family to lead our independently-operated bank and to continue the tradition of work my grandfather started nearly 100 years ago.
I began my career at First National Bank of St. Paul and joined BankCherokee in 1983. I have served in many banking capacities. In my current role as president and CEO, I provide vision and direction for BankCherokee, ensuring the organization, our employees and the local small businesses we serve continue to thrive. Since moving into my leadership role in 1996, the bank’s assets have increased by nearly 75 percent.
I am personally committed to being an innovator in the Twin Cities’ business community and the neighborhoods BankCherokee serves. My work has resulted in numerous local business and finance awards including Finance & Commerce “Top Women in Finance” award (2007), as well as Minnesota Business Magazine’s “The (Real) Power 50” award (2015).
Giving back to the community is important to me as well. Over the years I have provided financial expertise and leadership to numerous nonprofit organizations. I served on the board of Neighborhood House on the west side of St. Paul; was board member, executive committee member and finance committee chair for United Way of St. Paul area; finance committee member for the Girl Scout Council of St. Croix Valley; and founding member, treasurer and president of the Rotary Club of West Saint Paul/Mendota Heights. Currently, I serve on the boards of Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, F. R. Bigelow Foundation and the Minnesota Bankers Association.
I began my career at First National Bank of St. Paul and joined BankCherokee in 1983. I have served in many banking capacities. In my current role as president and CEO, I provide vision and direction for BankCherokee, ensuring the organization, our employees and the local small businesses we serve continue to thrive. Since moving into my leadership role in 1996, the bank’s assets have increased by nearly 75 percent.
I am personally committed to being an innovator in the Twin Cities’ business community and the neighborhoods BankCherokee serves. My work has resulted in numerous local business and finance awards including Finance & Commerce “Top Women in Finance” award (2007), as well as Minnesota Business Magazine’s “The (Real) Power 50” award (2015).
Giving back to the community is important to me as well. Over the years I have provided financial expertise and leadership to numerous nonprofit organizations. I served on the board of Neighborhood House on the west side of St. Paul; was board member, executive committee member and finance committee chair for United Way of St. Paul area; finance committee member for the Girl Scout Council of St. Croix Valley; and founding member, treasurer and president of the Rotary Club of West Saint Paul/Mendota Heights. Currently, I serve on the boards of Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, F. R. Bigelow Foundation and the Minnesota Bankers Association.
Jan 17, 201719:15
63-Super Meats, Shir Friedman
Meat is so delicious, in fact, that we’re not going to stop eating it.
What if there was a way to eat real and clean MEAT without hurting any animals?
Cultured in a replicated environment.
Grown in a completely different method than other cultured meats.
Tastes exactly the same. No animals harmed.
That’s what we're working on.
http://www.supermeat.com
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/supermeat-real-meat-without-harming-animals-food-technology#/
What if there was a way to eat real and clean MEAT without hurting any animals?
Cultured in a replicated environment.
Grown in a completely different method than other cultured meats.
Tastes exactly the same. No animals harmed.
That’s what we're working on.
http://www.supermeat.com
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/supermeat-real-meat-without-harming-animals-food-technology#/
Dec 20, 201620:39
61-Neil Lazarus
Neil is an internationally acclaimed expert in the field of Middle East, Israel advocacy and effective communication training.<br /><br />His seminars are fun, informative and entertaining. He is a full time key note speaker and his seminars are causing a sensation.<br /><br />Neil Lazarus has helped train a new generation of Israeli diplomats as well as Jewish community and student leadership. He acted as the Israel advocacy policy advisor for Israel's leading reality television program, "The Ambassador."<br /><br /><br />His client list is extensive and includes The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Israeli Ministry of Tourism, Keshet Television, The World Bank, Harvard University Extension Courses in Israel, Hillel, Hadassah, Birthright and The Jewish Agency of Israel. For a more extensive list click here.<br /><br />Neil has been pioneering in the use of internet as an educational tool. He developed, in conjunction with The Jewish Agency of Israel and The Ministry of foreign Affairs an online advocacy training seminars for Jewish communities worldwide. Over 2500 students participated in the course. He also developed the Israel advocacy toolbar (download the toolbar here).<br /><br />Born in Britain he received his first degree in Political Science at the University of Wales. Neil immigrated to Israel in 1988 and soon after received his Masters Degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.<br /><br />Speaking to over 25 000 people a year Neil has a crucial component for any seminar concerning Israel.<br /><br />Neil Lazarus works with adult, student and youth groups. He is emerging as one of Israel's leading keynote speakers.<br /><br />Now, more than ever, his awesome seminars are playing a pivotal role in promoting Israel around the world.<br /><br />These seminars are crucial for anybody interested in the Middle East, and for all advocates for Israel.
Dec 06, 201621:46
59-Pancreatic Cancer Action Network's Eric Doppelt
Eric Doppelt lost his Aunt Jane to Pancreatic Cancer this past September, but that has not stopped his fight to end this awful disease.
Three years ago, Erics aunt Jane was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
The diagnosis shook more than just Jane: the news of a tumor quickly spread from one person to another - friends and family alike were plagued by this awful discovery. It was devastating to hear that someone so innocent, and so compassionate, was given such an awful sentencing.
After the initial shock subsided, they quickly concluded that while they may not have been able to understand why it happened, they certainly didn’t have to accept it as a simple death sentence. They could fight back. So while Jane battled, they did too.
Jane’s tumor was discovered in the Summer of 2013. For the following year, she battled relentlessly. Jane underwent chemotherapy and radiation, and despite awful side effects, her smile never faded. Cancer could never steal her smile.
Jane underwent surgery to remove the tumor, and with chemotherapy treatments, she lived cancer-free.
The dark, grim future faded, and life was simpler. But then, in the Winter of 2015, multiple tumors appeared. Her cancer had spread. Jane battled these tumors with a similar vigor - she failed to relent. But these tumors were different. They couldn’t be beat.
Jane passed away on September 24th, 2016.
She left behind a wide-reaching network of heart-broken friends and family: the same group who joined hands together three years ago; the group who promised to rewrite the future of pancreatic cancer; the group who refused to accept the statistics; who knew that a diagnosis wasn’t the end of a story. This group was, and still is, Team Jane.
Through attending PurpleStride walks, advocating on Capitol Hill, raising both funds and awareness, and sharing their story - Jane’s story - they battled right alongside Jane. She lit the path which guided them, and they followed in her footsteps Waging Hope!
Yet now, they are all at a loss for words. Their leader, their trailblazer, their sweet Jane, is no longer leading them. But this does not mean they will stop. If anything, now more than ever, they continue on and fight back… with a vengeance.
So with Jane on their minds and in their hearts, Team Jane endures with both sadness and determination. They will no longer fight with her, but will fight for her.
So come join them. Be a member of Team Jane at a PurpleStride, or donate money to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network which aspires to rewrite the future of pancreatic cancer. They aren’t done fighting, and hopefully, neither are you.
http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/EricDoppelt/TeamJane
Three years ago, Erics aunt Jane was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
The diagnosis shook more than just Jane: the news of a tumor quickly spread from one person to another - friends and family alike were plagued by this awful discovery. It was devastating to hear that someone so innocent, and so compassionate, was given such an awful sentencing.
After the initial shock subsided, they quickly concluded that while they may not have been able to understand why it happened, they certainly didn’t have to accept it as a simple death sentence. They could fight back. So while Jane battled, they did too.
Jane’s tumor was discovered in the Summer of 2013. For the following year, she battled relentlessly. Jane underwent chemotherapy and radiation, and despite awful side effects, her smile never faded. Cancer could never steal her smile.
Jane underwent surgery to remove the tumor, and with chemotherapy treatments, she lived cancer-free.
The dark, grim future faded, and life was simpler. But then, in the Winter of 2015, multiple tumors appeared. Her cancer had spread. Jane battled these tumors with a similar vigor - she failed to relent. But these tumors were different. They couldn’t be beat.
Jane passed away on September 24th, 2016.
She left behind a wide-reaching network of heart-broken friends and family: the same group who joined hands together three years ago; the group who promised to rewrite the future of pancreatic cancer; the group who refused to accept the statistics; who knew that a diagnosis wasn’t the end of a story. This group was, and still is, Team Jane.
Through attending PurpleStride walks, advocating on Capitol Hill, raising both funds and awareness, and sharing their story - Jane’s story - they battled right alongside Jane. She lit the path which guided them, and they followed in her footsteps Waging Hope!
Yet now, they are all at a loss for words. Their leader, their trailblazer, their sweet Jane, is no longer leading them. But this does not mean they will stop. If anything, now more than ever, they continue on and fight back… with a vengeance.
So with Jane on their minds and in their hearts, Team Jane endures with both sadness and determination. They will no longer fight with her, but will fight for her.
So come join them. Be a member of Team Jane at a PurpleStride, or donate money to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network which aspires to rewrite the future of pancreatic cancer. They aren’t done fighting, and hopefully, neither are you.
http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/EricDoppelt/TeamJane
Nov 22, 201620:53
55-Polli-Nation Event with Vera Krischik
Vera Krischik, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota.
Vera is a wealth of information with years of experience to help us understand how we can help protect bees by understanding systemic insecticides.
Visit www.entomology.umn.edu/cues
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/docs/Krischik-UofMN-PowerPoint.pdf
Vera is a wealth of information with years of experience to help us understand how we can help protect bees by understanding systemic insecticides.
Visit www.entomology.umn.edu/cues
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/docs/Krischik-UofMN-PowerPoint.pdf
Nov 08, 201628:28
Jewbalations Welcomes Rabbi Jonathan Ginsberg
Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg received his B.A. in religion from the University of Chicago-and was the valedictory orator. He received his Masters and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary - where he won the Award for outstanding student. He is a National Merit scholar and the 1974 USA National High School Debate Champion. He has been Adjunct faculty of St. Catherine College and Metropolitan University, teaching Judaism and Hebrew Bible.<br />He is one of the world's leading Jewish educators online, creating 8 websites, 20 blogs, and 550 educational videos with over 2.5 million views. He Created, Esynagogue, which offers online study programs for Conversion, Para rabbi training, and a children’s Hebrew/Religious school.<br /><br />Rabbi Ginsberg offers Rabbinic services and online educational programs
Oct 25, 201617:35
Jewbalations-Nature's Nectar
Nature's Nectar LLC is a full service bee supply dealer. Carrying a wide selection of woodenware, hardware, protective clothing, package bees and queens.
http://www.natures-nectarllc.com
http://www.natures-nectarllc.com
Oct 18, 201609:26
Jewbalations Enjoys Barbara Wiener
Barbara is a producer/director/amazing storyteller/mentor/executive director, 28 years working in media production. She loves the way visual storytelling connects people!<br />Barbara founded TVbyGIRLS to work with this power of visual storytelling and build leadership opportunities for girls to bring their voice and energy into the wider community. <br />Barbara loves all aspects of media making, particularly creating a working environment that nurtures collaboration, connections and compassion. She loves garden, green space and german shepherd dogs (particular hers.)<br />She has built organizations, films, curriculum, her garden from the ground up. She feels filled up by watching and helping creation grow..whether it is a puppy or a sunflower or a film or a teen. Barbara is amazed by the way people's minds work.<br />And always looking for new ways to help tell real stories. <br />Films available to see at: <br />barbarawienermedia.wordpress.com and<br />tvbygirls.org
Oct 07, 201657:04
Jewbalations Sterna Kasowitz tells about Birthdays in Judaism
As we inch closer to the birth of the Jewish Calendar, we learn of some important fact.
Sep 27, 201625:58
Jewbalations and Ted Flaum from JFS
Sep 20, 201629:09
Jewbalations Welcomes Herzl Camp with Drea, Naomi and Noah
Herzl Camps Executive Director Drea Lear, tells of the wonders of Herzl Camp and the amazing event coming September 18th, "Music at the Mercaz". This past years OZO's Naomi and Noah join us via Skype to tell us some fun stories of the summer of'16
Sep 05, 201625:25
Jewbalations-Elul, finish your year with Sterna Kasowitz!
The month of Elul is a time of repentance in preparation for the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Tradition teaches that the month of Elul is a particularly propitious time for repentance. This mood of repentance builds through the month of Elul to the period of Selichot, to Rosh Hashanah, and finally to Yom Kippur.<br /><br />The name of the month (spelled Alef-Lamed-Vav-Lamed) is said to be an acronym of "Ani l'dodi v'dodi li," "I am my Beloved's and my Beloved is mine," a quote from Song of Songs 6:3, where the Beloved is G-d and the "I" is the Jewish people. In Aramaic (the vernacular of the Jewish people at the time that the month names were adopted), the word "Elul" means "search," which is appropriate, because this is a time of year when we search our hearts.<br /><br />According to tradition, the month of Elul is the time that Moses spent on Mount Sinai preparing the second set of tablets after the incident of the golden calf (Ex. 32; 34:27-28). He ascended on Rosh Chodesh Elul and descended on the 10th of Tishri, at the end of Yom Kippur, when repentance was complete. Other sources say that Elul is the beginning of a period of 40 days that Moses prayed for G-d to forgive the people after the Golden Calf incident, after which the commandment to prepare the second set of tablets was given.
Aug 29, 201625:16
Jewbalations featuring Scott Seiler of Seiler Schindel & Segal
Get a bit up close and personal with Scott Seiler and hear about the wonderful Law Firm he has created!
Aug 23, 201625:08
Jewbalations is Enlightened by Sterna Kasowitz
Sterna brings the fascinating beauty of Shabbat candle lighting!
Aug 17, 201641:34
Jewbalations with Judy Lear, The Woman & Money Project
Minnesota Women’s Caucus for Art and the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota present The Women and Money Project, a group exhibition and related programs that will investigate the relationship between women and money through a contemporary lens. <br />The Women and Money Project exhibition will have an impact on art, discourse, and public audiences by investigating and engaging our understanding of the relationships of women, art, money, exchange and social hierarchies.<br />This exhibition and related public forums will give women the opportunity to add their voices and unique perspectives to some of the complex questions around money.<br />Exhibition Dates: September 6, 2016 – December 10, 2016<br />Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota, 405 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Aug 16, 201610:41
Jewbalations Sterna Kasowitz, talks Challah!
Ever wonder why we separate a small amount of dough from our unbaked challah, let Sterna tell you all about it-the "go to girl" on all things Jewish!
Aug 16, 201627:02