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Who The Folk?! Podcast
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This is the Podcast home of TC Jewfolk's Who The Folk?! Podcast. Hear from interesting Members of the Tribe from all over the Minneapolis and St. Paul area.
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An Evening with Peter Himmelman (Live at ModernWell)
Sep 29, 202401:00:12Tap to summarizeA special edition of the Who The Folk?! Podcast! St. Louis Park native Peter Himmelman was back in Minnesota for one night only to talk with TC Jewfolk Editor Lonny Goldsmith about his new book Suspended by no String: A Songwriter’s Reflections on Faith, Aliveness, and Wonder. We have a wide-ranging conversation about the book, the writing process, and hear Peter read some selections from the book.(Watch the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGHYw1GF9p8)Buy Peter's book! Sponsored by TC Jewfolk's SukkotGiving on November 3. Learn more here: https://tcjewfolk.com/event/tc-jewfolks-sukkotgiving/
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Rabbi Eva Cohen
Sep 22, 202400:31:13Tap to summarizeThis week I talk to Rabbi Eva Cohen, newly ordained and now the spiritual leader of Or Emet: The Minnesota Congregation for Humanistic Judaism. We talk about what humanistic Judaism is, what led her to the pulpit, and what it’s like leading a congregation that’s known her for almost 30 years, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.Sponsored by TC Jewfolk's SukkotGiving. Tickets are now on sale. Learn more at: bit.ly/sukkotgiving
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Lee Zukor
Sep 15, 202400:28:55Tap to summarizeThis week I talk to musican and technologist Lee Zukor. We talk about his wonderful band The Long Honeymoon, who are playing TC Jewfolk’s SukkotGiving on Nov. 3, his evolution as a songwriter, and how elements of his day job and his hobby co-exist, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.Lee's Band: https://thelonghoneymoon.com
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Elliot Ginsburg
Sep 8, 202400:35:36Tap to summarizeThis week I talk to attorney Elliot Ginsburg. We talk about his legal specialties of beverage and cannabis law, how he found this niche to practice, and what drew him to the law in the first place, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.
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Ron Krebs
Sep 1, 202400:30:05Tap to summarizeWe're back from a little late-summer hiatus to talk to Ron Krebs, a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. We talk about what it’s like to teach about global political and military events as they are happening, what led Ron to academia, and what could be a challenging start to the school year on campus, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.U Regents vote on divestment protest policies: https://tcjewfolk.com/2024/08/27/u-of-m-regents-reject-israel-divestment/
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Haviv Rettig Gur
May 26, 2024Tap to summarizeWe have a special edition of this week’s show: This week I talk to Haviv Rettig-Gur, who will be the featured speaker at the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas annual event on June 2.Haviv Rettig Gur is a veteran Israeli journalist who serves as senior analyst for The Times of Israel and is also a frequent guest on the Call Me Back and The Times of Israel podcasts. He has covered Israel’s politics and foreign policy since 2005, reported from over 20 countries, served as director of communications for the Jewish Agency for Israel, Israel’s largest NGO, and taught at prestigious premilitary academies. We’ll have the links to Haviv’s work and how to get tickets to the JCRC’s event in the show notes.Haviv and I talk about what he’s observing in the state of mind of Israelis, how politicians in Israel and the United States are getting plenty wrong in the war, and the misconceptions many have about the war – and Israeli-Palestinian relations – on this week’s Who the Folk?! Podcast.JCRC Annual Event: https://minndakjcrc.org/event/2024-annual-event/Haviv on Twitter: https://x.com/havivrettiggurhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/haviv-gur/The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to editor@jewfolk.com. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast
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How Can Theater Address Antisemitism? (Live)
Jan 19, 202300:40:45Tap to summarizeA bonus episode of the Who The Folk?! Podcast. TC Jewfolk Editor Lonny Goldsmith moderated a panel of artists for a discussion of how the theater can address antisemitism. On the panel were Avi Aharoni, Warren C. Bowles, Barbara Brooks, Robert Dorfman, and Kim Kivens. The event was recorded on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at the Minnesota JCC Capp Center St. Paul. The event was produced by Six Points Theater in partnership with TC Jewfolk and the Minnesota JCC.
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