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In our last pod of 2023, Pol, Bryan, and Bud chat about cheating, mull over Majors, analyze Echo, bandy about Bialik, and discuss the Doctor. Alliteration, eh? Bud's Weekly Geek-out 07:38 – A ban for Christmas! Geek News Proper 10:52 – Jonathan Majors found guilty of assault, harassment . . . and is dropped by Marvel (Zoner Mary) 22:33 – Netflix dropped its most extensive viewing data yet (the spreadsheet) Coming Soon 28:11 – Echo (Marvel series, all five episodes, a day early, 6:00p Pacific TUESDAY, January 9) 32:22 – Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Netflix film, not a series, summer 2024) 33:41 – Civil War (A24, in theatres April 26) (the map) 36:07 – The Kitchen (Netflix film, January 19) 37:20 – Mouse (early gameplay trailer, rubber hose FPS, PC, 2025) 39:07 – Miller's Girl (in theatres January 26) 42:53 – Love Lies Bleeding (in theatres March 8) 44:25 – The American Society of Magical Negroes (in theatres March 22) 47:38 – IF (in theatres May 17) 49:5 – Time Bomb Y2K (Max special, December 30) 51:33 – Netflix Is a Joke Fest unveils 2024 lineup featuring David Letterman, John Mulaney, and a Tom Brady roast 55:59 – Death Stranding live-action movie in the works from A24 and Hideo Kojima NOT Coming Soon 57:22 – Mayim Bialik out (fired) as Jeopardy! host (MB statement, Jeopardy! statement) 1:01:52 – The Last of Us multiplayer game canceled, will focus on single-player games going forward 1:04:21 – Quentin Tarantino didn't make his Star Trek movie because he didn't want it to be his last film 1:08:54 – Curb Your Enthusiasm to end following season 12 (statement) Reviews and Recommendayshes 1:11:00 – Doctor Who: The Star Beast (Bud) Extro! 1:17:12 – A holiday treat! Movies you (can/should/do) watch (or allow to permeate your house) every Christmas Join The Geek-out Podcast's Facebook page (where we'll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone's Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast

Where would Pretty Woman be now and Mayim is out on Jeopardy! Get it all in today's #MikeJonesMinuteCon.

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Dec. 18 at 6:30 a.m. CT: GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — A late-year storm has unleashed heavy rain and gusty winds as it barrels up the East Coast. The storm has flooded streets, forced water rescues and caused the cancellation of holiday celebrations. In the waterfront community of Georgetown, South Carolina, authorities say dozens of rescues occurred after motorists were stranded by floodwaters. The town is situated between Charleston and Myrtle Beach. Media outlets are reporting water rescues on Kiawah and Seabrook islands. The tide gauge at Charleston, South Carolina, peaked at the city's highest nontropical tide on record. The storm dumped up to five inches of rain across Florida. WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A car plowed into a parked SUV that was guarding President Joe Biden's motorcade Sunday night while the president was leaving a visit to his campaign headquarters. The president and first lady Jill Biden were unharmed. While Biden was walking from the campaign office to his waiting armored SUV, a sedan hit a U.S. Secret Service vehicle that was being used to close off intersections near the headquarters for the president's departure. The sedan then tried to continue into a closed-off intersection, before Secret Service personnel surrounded the vehicle with weapons drawn and instructed the driver to put his hands up. The Secret Service did not immediately comment on the incident. TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to press Israel to wind down major combat operations in Gaza on a visit to the region Monday. It is the latest test of whether the U.S. can leverage its unwavering support for the offensive to blunt its devastating impact on Palestinian civilians. France, the U.K. and Germany joined global calls for a cease-fire over the weekend, and Israeli protesters have demanded the government relaunch talks with Hamas on releasing more hostages after three were mistakenly killed by Israeli troops. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted that Israel will keep fighting until it removes Hamas from power, crushes its still-formidable military capabilities and returns the dozens of hostages still held by the group after its Oct. 7 attack. DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is paying a $35 million fine as part of a $140 million settlement with the government over a meltdown last holiday season. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday the settlement shows his department will hold airlines accountable if they fail to treat customers properly. The airline canceled nearly 17,000 flights as a winter storm paralyzed operations in Denver and Chicago and then snowballed when a crew rescheduling system couldn't keep up. Southwest says it didn't violate consumer protection laws but is striking the agreement to settle the matter. The carrier will pay the $35 million fine and get $33 million in credit for compensation already given to customers. Southwest also gets a $72 million credit for vouchers to future travelers through 2027. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's highest court just gave Democrats a chance to redraw the state's congressional districts, a major victory as the party tries to flip seats in the state to win control of the U.S. House next year. Now the question is how far the state's Democrat-dominated Legislature will try to push the boundaries in crucial battleground districts to give their party an advantage — and how far the courts will let them. The process will be closely watched for any sign of partisan gerrymandering, which is forbidden by state law. But experts say it's unclear where the state's highest court will land on determining what's too partisan. The 49ers clinch their division, the Ravens clinch a playoff spot, Bills produce a statement win against the Cowboys, the Celtics remain perfect at home and the Golden Knights pick up a win. LOS ANGELES (AP) — An autopsy report on “Friends” star Matthew Perry says he died from the acute effects of the drug ketamine. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner said in the autopsy report released Friday that Perry also drowned in the heated end of his pool, but said that was a secondary factor in his death deemed an accident. The report says coronary artery disease also contributed. Perry was declared dead at age 54 after being found unresponsive at his home in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Oct. 28. Investigators performed an autopsy the following day. LOS ANGELES (AP) — “General Hospital” has won six trophies, including four for acting, at the Daytime Emmy Awards. The late Sonya Eddy won for her role as no-nonsense head nurse Epiphany Johnson on the venerable ABC show. She died last December at age 55. Robert Gossett claimed the supporting actor trophy for his role as Marshall Ashford. Eden McCoy won outstanding younger performer in a daytime drama. Alley Mills won for guest performance on “General Hospital.” The soap won outstanding daytime drama to cap a dominant night at the 50th annual awards. Susan Lucci of “All My Children” received a Lifetime Achievement Honor. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mayim Bialik won't be giving answers as a host of “Jeopardy!” anymore. “The Big Bang Theory” actor has posted news of her departure on Instagram. Bialik says show producer Sony Pictures Television informed her that she will no longer be hosting the syndicated version. Former show champion Ken Jennings has been hosting season 40 of “Jeopardy!” by himself. Sony Pictures says in a statement that it decided to have a single host to maintain continuity for viewers. Bialik and Jennings had split hosting duties, but Bialik was the solo host for season 1 of “Celebrity Jeopardy!” In May, Bialik declared her support for the Hollywood writers' strike and declined to appear on the game show. NEW YORK (AP) — “Wonka” debuted with $39 million in box office sales in the U.S. and Canada over the weekend. It's a strong start for the musical starring Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka, and underscores Chalamet's drawing power. Musicals have been tough sells in theaters in recent years, so much so that Warner Bros. downplayed the song and dance elements of “Wonka” in trailers. Instead, the studio emphasized Chalamet, the 27-year-old actor. “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” again ranked second with $5.8 million in its fifth week of release. Hayao Miyazaki's “The Boy and the Heron,” dipped to third with $5.1 million. ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A Confederate memorial's days at Arlington National Cemetery are numbered. A cemetery official says the memorial is to be removed from the northern Virginia cemetery in the coming days. It's part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military facilities. The decision ignores a demand from some Republican congressmen that the Pentagon suspend efforts to remove the monument. A cemetery spokesperson says safety fencing has been installed and officials anticipate completing the removal by Dec. 22. A spokeswoman for Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he plans to move the monument to the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park in the Shenandoah Valley. A growing number of Black Americans see the struggle of Palestinians reflected in their own struggles for racial equality and civil rights. In recent years, the rise of protest movements against police brutality in the U.S., where structural racism plagues nearly every facet of life, has connected Black and Palestinian activists under a common cause. But that kinship sometimes strains the more than century-long alliance between Black and Jewish activists. Some Jewish Americans are concerned that Black support for the Palestinians could escalate the threat of antisemitism and weaken Jewish-Black ties fortified during the Civil Rights Movement. PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral has gotten its rooster back, in a pivotal moment for the Paris landmark's restoration. The installation by a crane of a new golden rooster, reimagined as a dramatic phoenix with licking, flamed feathers, goes beyond being just a weathervane atop the cathedral spire. It symbolizes resilience amid destruction and marks a key step in the monument's revival after the devastating April 2019 fire — as restoration officials also revealed the the monument is being kitted out with an anti-fire misting system under its roof. The rooster replaces the original that was destroyed in the blaze and will stand over 96 meters high on the spire. —The Associated Press About this program Host Terry Lipshetz is a senior producer for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate. Lee Enterprises produces many national, regional and sports podcasts. Learn more here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Shlomo's Culinary Adventure: A Journey Through Hummus and Shakshuka Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/shlomos-culinary-adventure-a-journey-through-hummus-and-shakshuka Story Transcript:He: שמו שלמה.En: His name was Shlomo.He: בעל מבט ענק שהתרומם מעל הראש שלו וספג בחובו את מרתק שחקי השמים של תל-אביב.En: He had a towering gaze that reached above his head and absorbed the fascinating skyscape of Tel Aviv.He: הם היו גדולים באפרתגול, מתמזגים בחומק עם האורזון, ובינתיים שלמה, זה שאחז בחלום להזמין את כל המנות בחומוסיה, נערך למסע.En: They were great In Afula, merging harmoniously with the horizon, and in the meantime, Shlomo, the one who dreamed of ordering all the dishes in the hummus restaurant, prepared for a journey.He: הבוקר הקיף את שלמה כהלה פארחיסית.En: The morning enveloped Shlomo with Parisian elegance.He: הוא יצא מביתו ברחוב ביאליק והיפך מיד לשמאל אל הכיוון של החומוסיה.En: He left his house on Bialik Street and immediately turned left towards the direction of the hummus restaurant.He: באוויר התרגיש את האכילסיות של הים, שיכוח כלבים מרחוק וריח של תפוזים בוסרים על העץ.En: In the air, he felt the Achilles' tendon of the sea, the distant barking of dogs, and the scent of juicing oranges on the tree.He: היו אפשרויות בלתי מספרת להתאבד, אך כל אחת מהן נדחתה בחריף במחשבה על האפשרות לחוות את כל המנות בחומוסיה.En: Countless options for suicide presented themselves, but each one was harshly dismissed at the thought of the possibility of experiencing all the dishes in the hummus restaurant.He: בכניסה לחומוסיה קולו של שלמה החלש, פספס את תוף האוזניים של המלצר.En: In entering the hummus restaurant, Shlomo's voice faltered, missing the waiter's ear drum.He: בניסיון השני, אף המלצר לא העסיק את עצמו להסתיר את ההלם.En: On the second attempt, the waiter did not bother to conceal his astonishment.He: "את כל המנות?En: "All the dishes?"He: " שאל המלצר, מחייך בלא אמונה.En: the waiter asked incredulously.He: "את כל המנות," אישר שלמה תוך כדי מטיפת רעיונות לראשה של הלימונדה הקירורית שלפניו.En: "All the dishes," Shlomo confirmed, while a cascade of ideas rained upon the cold lemonade in front of him.He: החומוס ביאליק חפר את ביתו בבטן של שלמה.En: The hummus in Bialik burrowed into Shlomo's stomach.He: לדעתו גם אחרים, הטחינה והטעימים השונים.En: He tasted the crushed chickpeas and the different flavors.He: כל פומבייה של מנה הייתה אירוע.En: Every dish's appearance was an event.He: הזמנתו של שלמה היתה ברבור ביום של החומוסיה, במ העסוק, הרעש, המרכזית של העיר.En: Shlomo's order was a chorus on the day of the hummus restaurant, amid the hustle, noise, and central hub of the city.He: מעט אחרי הצהרים הגיע שלמה למנה האחרונה – מנת השקשוקה.En: Shortly after noon, Shlomo arrived at the last dish – the shakshuka.He: הצנזורה הפנימית שלו הוסרה ובצורה חסרת תקנה חגג שלמה את מנת השקשוקה והשאיר את הצלחת ריקה כמעט.En: His internal censorship was removed, and in an irregular manner, Shlomo celebrated the shakshuka dish, leaving the plate almost empty.He: שלמה שוב חזר לביתו ברחוב ביאליק.En: Shlomo returned home again on Bialik Street.He: נערך למסע השני של הלילה, עמוס בטעמים חדשים וחוויות מיוחדות.En: He prepared for the second journey of the night, filled with new tastes and unique experiences.He: נמשך בתודעה שהצליח לסיים את מה שהגדיר לעצמו, ושמח בעובדה שיש עתיד לחומוסיה שוב.En: He continued on with the consciousness that he succeeded in finishing what he set out to do, and he rejoiced in the fact that there was a future for the hummus restaurant.He: אך אולי בפעם הבאה לא כל המנות, אלא רק את האהובה ביותר.En: But perhaps next time, not all the dishes, only the most beloved one.He: ושלמה ידע שהשקשוקה, זו המנה האהובה.En: And Shlomo knew that shakshuka was the favorite dish.He: חיוך קטן שקע על פניו, הראש קל מרוב האושר, שלמה ישן.En: A small smile appeared on his face, his head light with happiness, and Shlomo fell asleep. Vocabulary Words:His: שמוName: שלמהShlomo: שלמהTower: ענקGaze: מבטReach: התרומםHead: ראשAbsorbed: ספגSkyscape: שחקי השמיםTel Aviv: תל-אביבGreat: גדוליםAfula: אפרתגולMerge: מתמזגיםHorizon: אורזוןDream: חלוםOrder: להזמיןDishes: מנותHummus: חומוסRestaurant: חומוסיהPrepare: להכיןJourney: מסעMorning: בוקרEnveloped: קיףParisian: פאריסיתElegance: פארLeft: שמאלDirection: כיווןAir: אווירAchilles' tendon: אכילסיותSea: יםBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. What about Abraham was so radical? What about Abraham has created such extremes of love and hate… such rivalry, such animosity, such promise and such despair? Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/520323  Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2023/10/25/abraham-and-the-birth-of-anit-semitism/ 

October 25, 2023Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 40 - Top 5 Jewish Characters ...With Special Guest Isaac Brynjegard BialikWe welcome back Isaac to the show in this exploratory look at Jews in pop culture. We count down each of our top five favorite Jewish characters in pop-culture. We may have had some overlap in our choices, but were there any that we forgot?00:02:15 Coming this January: Torah Smash! Live!00:03:57 How does this countdown work?00:05:01 Starting with our #5 picks00:12:45 First sign of trouble with our #4's00:30:27 These #3's are bringing the heat!00:40:20 Another contentious round with our #2 picks00:58:23 Our top favorites01:12:25 Honorable mentionsShare this episode with a friend: https://www.torahsmash.com/post/episode-40-top-5-jewish-characters Connect with us online, purchase swag, support us with a donation, and more at www.torahsmash.com.Learn more about Isaac's career and artwork at https://www.nicejewishartist.com/ and learn about he and his wife's art workshops at https://www.papermidrash.com/

With Mrs. Baila Yaniv, Founder of ShidduchProfiles.org powered by Partners In Shidduchim and Dating Coach Mrs. M'nucha Bialik.

Charles Kinney and David Bialik are here to hash out the apparent demise of the AM Radio Band. As bad as some say? Worse? Or still quite viable and important? Have the FCC or the NAB been helpful, or harmful to AM Radio? Is there legislation that would help the AM Radio service? Are there technical improvements that haven’t been implemented yet? Both David and Charles have extensive experience in engineering for large AM stations, and they’re both avid listeners. Salient comments and some good ideas are just ahead, on TWiRT! Guests:David Bialik - Broadcast Engineering & Streaming ConsultantCharles Kinney - Director of Engineering at Cox Media Group Atlanta Host:Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas BroadcastingFollow TWiRT on Twitter and on FacebookTWiRT is brought to you by:Nautel brings you Transmission Talk Tuesday Discussions. Easy, free registration is here.Broadcasters General Store, with outstanding service, saving, and support. Online at BGS.cc. Broadcast Bionics - making radio smarter with Bionic Studio, visual radio, and social media tools at Bionic.radio.Angry Audio - with StudioHub cables and adapters. Audio problems disappear when you get Angry at AngryAudio.com. And MaxxKonnectWireless - Prioritized High Speed Internet Service designed for Transmitter Sites and Remote Broadcasts. Subscribe to Audio:iTunesRSSStitcherTuneInSubscribe to Video:iTunesRSSYouTube

Charles Kinney and David Bialik are here to hash out the apparent demise of the AM Radio Band. As bad as some say? Worse? Or still quite viable and important? Have the FCC or the NAB been helpful, or harmful to AM Radio? Is there legislation that would help the AM Radio service? Are there technical improvements that haven't been implemented yet? Both David and Charles have extensive experience in engineering for large AM stations, and they're both avid listeners. Salient comments and some good ideas are just ahead, on TWiRT!

Charles Kinney and David Bialik are here to hash out the apparent demise of the AM Radio Band. As bad as some say? Worse? Or still quite viable and important? Have the FCC or the NAB been helpful, or harmful to AM Radio? Is there legislation that would help the AM Radio service? Are there technical improvements that haven't been implemented yet? Both David and Charles have extensive experience in engineering for large AM stations, and they're both avid listeners. Salient comments and some good ideas are just ahead, on TWiRT!

Segment One: Notes on the News and Amy B Bought a Book! SVB - Silicon Valley Bank failed fast...Twitter may have played a role Does this mean anything for private equity, or our industry? Our answer: Eh, kinda. Also, we dive in and learn what exact book Amy B has Bought.    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/13/svb-collapse-2008-financial-crisis https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/business/silicon-valley-bank-gregory-becker.html  --- Segment Two: (1)5 Minutes with a Smart Guy - Asigra's Eric Simmons      Host Karl speaks with Asigra's Eric Simmons.  More here:  https://info.asigra.com/new-ransomware-infiltrates-backups Eric brings decades of experience to the company and has a proven record of taking customer-centric technology focused companies to the next level. Previously, Eric was Chief Strategy Officer at IMC, CEO of Altum Health a division of the University Health Network, Head of Innovation for automotive at Canadian Tire and General Manager of the Rogers Communications IoT business. Eric also held several leadership positions at Dell Technologies. Eric was also a board member of both the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) and Bialik. In his spare time, Eric enjoys taking travel, skiing, golf, and wildlife photography. --- Sponsor Memo: The SMB Online Conference  Mark your calendars and plan to join us May 17-18 at the SMB Online Conference 2023. Two full days of content. More than a dozen speakers. A special Killing IT Live podcast recording. And much more. Every three years, Karl Palachuk and Small Biz Thoughts bring you a spectacular two-day online conference. And they do it right. Save $100 by registering today at https://smbonlineconference.com

Noah Efron and prodigal son Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Hear the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon   —Courting Disaster?— The “Judicial Reform” has so many people so very worried. Is it needed reform or coup d'état? —Our Bialik— People still call Hayim Nahman Bialik Israel's “National Poet.” What could that possibly mean in 2023, on the 150th anniversary of Bialik's birth? —The Ultimate Guide to All That Tel Aviv Has to Offer— For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Ohad spills about the coolest eating and drinking spots in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. All that and Pooh in the Promised Land, the Museum of Illusions, and Bialik's words set to hip new music.

Heavy rains have caused flash flooding and mudslides as storms pound parts of central Appalachia. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that at least eight people have died from flooding in the state. He says property damage has been massive, with hundreds losing their homes. A sweltering heat wave enveloped the Pacific Northwest and the forecasts show no sign of letting up. Portland could break a record for the length of the heat wave this week with near triple-digit temperatures predicted through Saturday. The mayor of San Francisco announced a state of emergency Thursday over the growing number of monkeypox cases. The declaration allows officials to mobilize personnel and cut through red tape to get ahead of a public health crisis reminiscent of the AIDS epidemic that devastated San Francisco in the 1980s. Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling a prison in a separatist eastern region that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war who were captured after the fall of Mariupol in May. Russian-backed separatists said at least 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war died on Friday. A $1.1 billion lottery prize will be on the line as numbers are drawn Friday for the Mega Millions game. In a rare press conference, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen portrayed the economic slowdown as positive for an economy returning to normal after the pandemic, a contrast to the Republicans' argument that it was an unabashed failure caused by Democratic policies rather than a world's complicated attempt to re-emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. In sports, the Orioles and Red Sox win and so do the Yankees as the MLB trading deadline looms, a controversial clause is taken out of Kyler Murray's contract extension, and Tony Finau remains on top of his game to share PGA's Rocket Mortgage lead. The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession. The decline in the gross domestic product — the broadest gauge of the economy — followed a 1.6% annual drop from January through March. Consecutive quarters of falling GDP constitute one informal, though not definitive, indicator of a recession. President Joe Biden declared the inflation-fighting deal Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer struck with holdout Sen. Joe Manchin a “godsend” for American families. Biden's remarks Thursday at the White House urged Congress to put politics aside and pass the $739 billion package. Schumer rallied Democrats during a closed-door morning meeting and Manchin called the package a “win-win” at his own press briefing. An expansive agreement had eluded them for months. Russian forces launched missile strikes Thursday on the Kyiv area and the northern Chernihiv region for the first time in weeks, in what a Ukrainian official said was revenge for the fierce resistance the Kremlin has faced after it invaded its neighbor. “Jeopardy!” is giving itself two answers to the question of who gets to host the quiz show — Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings. Bialik and Jennings have been serving as rotating hosts since Mike Richards exited the show amid controversy after a short tenure as the late Alex Trebek's replacement. Seven months after being fired by CNN, Chris Cuomo is reemerging into the public eye. A weekly YouTube video and podcast, dubbed “The Chris Cuomo Project,” debuted last week. In an interview with NewsNation host Dan Abrams, Cuomo revealed he will do a prime-time show for that fledgling cable network starting in the fall. The Kremlin has warned that a possible prisoner swap with the United States involving American basketball star Brittney Griner needs to be negotiated quietly without fanfare. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that Washington had offered Russia a deal that would bring home Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan. A Baltimore family is suing a Sesame Street-themed amusement park for $25 million in federal court over claims of racial discrimination. They say multiple costumed characters ignored a 5-year-old Black girl during a meet-and-greet event. More research suggests it's time to abandon the craze over vitamin D. Taking high doses of “the sunshine vitamin” doesn't reduce the risk of broken bones in generally healthy older Americans. That's according to a large study that tracked people given either high-dose vitamin D or dummy pills for five years. —The Associated PressSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a startling turnabout, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin have reached an expansive agreement that had eluded them for months on health care, energy and climate issues, taxes on higher earners and corporations and trimming the federal debt. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned he's ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea. State media reported Kim made such a warning in a Wednesday speech marking the 69th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. Heat wave duration records could be broken in the Pacific Northwest this week and authorities are expanding capacity at some cooling centers as temperatures near triple digits are forecast to extend into the weekend. The National Weather Service has extended the excessive heat warning for Portland, Oregon, from Thursday through Saturday evening. Alabama is set to execute a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend decades ago, despite a request from the victim's two daughters to spare the man's life. Joe Nathan James Jr. is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday night at a south Alabama prison. He was convicted of the 1994 shooting death of 26-year-old Faith Hall and sentenced to death. Hall's daughters say they've forgiven James and would rather he serve life in prison. “Leave It to Beaver” actor Tony Dow has died. Agent Frank Bilotta says Dow died Wednesday at age 77. As Wally Cleaver on the beloved sitcom that ran on CBS and ABC from 1957 to 1963, Dow helped create the popular and lasting image of the 20th century American teenager. “Jeopardy!” is giving itself two answers to the question of who gets to host the quiz show — Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings. Bialik and Jennings have been serving as rotating hosts since Mike Richards exited the show amid controversy after a short tenure as the late Alex Trebek's replacement. JetBlue has agreed to buy Spirit Airlines in a $3.8 billion deal, a day after Spirit and Frontier Airlines agreed to abandon their merger proposal. The Mets padded their lead in the NL East with a Subway Series sweep of the Yankees, the A's swept away the Astros, the Brewers defeated the Twins, the 76ers inked James Harden and the U.S. is ready to trade for Brittney Griner. The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a hefty three-quarters of a point for a second straight time in its most aggressive drive in three decades to tame high inflation. The Fed's move will raise its key rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, to its highest level since 2018. The Ukrainian military has used a U.S.-supplied precision rocket system to deliver a morale-lifting knockout punch to a bridge Russia used to supply its forces in an occupied region of southern Ukraine. The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American Paul Whelan. That's according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who also revealed Wednesday that he has asked to speak with his Kremlin counterpart for the first time in months. Griner testified at her drug possession trial in Russia that an interpreter translated only a fraction of what was said during questioning when she was detained at Moscow's airport in February and officials told her to sign documents without giving an explanation. The last two former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights have been sentenced in federal court. J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced Wednesday to three years and Tou Thao got a 3 1/2-year sentence. They were convicted in February of two counts of violating Floyd's civil rights. The British environmental scientist whose influential Gaia theory sees the Earth as a living organism gravely imperiled by human activity has died on his 103rd birthday. James Lovelock's family said Wednesday that he died the previous evening at his home in southwest England after his health deteriorated from a bad fall this year. President Joe Biden has emerged from five days of isolation after contracting the coronavirus, telling Americans that “COVID isn't gone” but saying serious illness can be avoided with vaccines, booster shots and treatments. Biden spoke after testing negative for the virus Tuesday night and again Wednesday morning. The Justice Department says Trident Mortgage Co., owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett's company, discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware. Officials are calling it the second-largest redlining settlement in history. A California federal judge has rejected a legal push to require Uber to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles, finding that such a mandate would be too onerous on the ride-hailing company. The bacon, egg and cheese sandwich is a staple in many a New Yorker's diet. It's easy to make, easy to eat on the go and cheap — although not as cheap as it used to be. To keep up with today's levels of inflation, bodega owners are faced with no choice but to raise the prices of their famously low-priced breakfast sandwiches. Buzz Aldrin's jacket worn on his historic first mission to the moon's surface in 1969 has been auctioned off to a bidder for nearly $2.8 million. Sotheby's says the amount paid for the Apollo 11 Inflight Coverall Jacket is the highest for any American space-flown artifact sold at auction. Raccoon Island, a barrier isle an hour's boat ride off the coast of Louisiana, is one of the few remaining breeding refuges for the iconic brown pelicans. A dozen years ago, there were 15 low-lying islands with nesting colonies of Louisiana's state bird. But today, just six islands in the state harbor brown pelican nests — the rest have disappeared underwater from subsidence and rising seas from climate change. —The Associated Press        See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

July 20, 2022Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 7 - For You Were Once A Superhero in EgyptOur first guest host, Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik, reminds us how often Jews think about Egypt. Whether we are remembering through Passover, through our mezuzot, or through Torah study, Egypt seems to be a recurring theme for Jews. We're pretty much like superheroes in that way, or at least one superhero in particular.00:01:11 Introducing our first guest host: Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik00:08:51 Exploring the text from Bamidbar (Chapter 11:4-6, and 11:18)00:16:08 A biographical sketch of Moon Knight00:22:18 What's the deal with all the Egypt stuff?00:29:45 Normalizing Judaism in nerd culture00:36:25 Moon pies and moon pockets00:38:30 Inalienable characteristics00:43:45 The interesting IsaacIf you're interested in seeing more of Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik's work, check out www.nicejewishartist.com. If you want to learn more about the art workshops he and his wife lead for organizations, check out www.papermidrash.com. This episode is supported in part by Sinai and Synapses, which offers people a worldview that is both scientifically grounded and spiritually uplifting. They provide tools and language for learning and living to those who see science as their ally as they pursue personal growth and the repair of our world. Sinai and Synapses helps to equip scientists, clergy and dedicated lay people with knowledge and skills to become role models, ambassadors and activists for grappling with the biggest and most important questions we face. They believe that in order to enhance ourselves and our world, we need both religion and science as sources of wisdom, as the spark for new questions, and as inspiration and motivation.Through classes, seminars, lectures, videos and writings, they help create a vision of religion that embraces critical thinking and scientific inquiry, and at the same time, gives meaning to people's lives and helps them make a positive impact on society.Sinai and Synapses is incubated at Clal – The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, which links Jewish wisdom with innovative scholarship to deepen civic and spiritual participation in American life. You can learn more at www.sinaiandsynapses.org or @SinaiSynapses on twitter.Share this episode with a friend: https://www.torahsmash.com/post/episode-7-for-you-were-once-a-superhero-in-egyptConnect with us online, email us directly, and more at www.torahsmash.com 

Nitzan Levobic discusses Zionism and melancholy, through the woks of Israel Zarchi The story of the early Zionist settlement in Palestine could be told from the viewpoint of failure and melancholia. An untold history of this period ignores the high rate of suicides and cases of clinical depression among the Zionist “pioneers”. The story of the forgotten author Israel Zarchi (1909-1947) will serve as a test case: During his short life he published six novels and seven collections of short stories, as well as translations from German, English, and Polish. He also became a close friend of Bialik, Agnon, Klausner and other literary and academic dignitaries of the Jewish Yishuv. His “Left-Wing Melancholy” was adopted by the young Amos Oz who mentions him as a key source of inspiration. Zarchi's life and writing reflects his deep melancholy, the result of the growing gap between the high Zionist ideals and the reality on the ground. Nitzan Lebovic is Professor of History and the Apter Chair of Holocaust Studies and Ethical Values at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. He is the author of monographs and edited collections dedicated to German Lebensphilosophie [Life-Philosophy], Zionism and Melancholy, or happy concepts such as Nihilism, Catastrophe, Complicity, and Dissent.

Welcome to Times Will Tell, the weekly podcast from the Times of Israel. This week, we speak with Mayim Bialik, who has just released her filmmaking debut, “As They Made Us.” Most people know Bialik from her performance as neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler on “The Big Bang Theory,” from her work as a child as the title character on the sitcom “Blossom,” or lately, as the new host of "Jeopardy!"  Bialik wrote and directed “As They Made Us”," which is quite the departure from the rosy sitcom bubble. It is a tough look at tense family relations as the father's life is winding to a close. It stars Dustin Hoffman as the dying father; Candice Bergen as the overbearing mother; Simon Helberg is the estranged older brother, and Dianna Agron plays the anchor of the family, Jewish journalist Abigail. "As They Made Us" is now in theaters. IMAGE: Filmmaker Mayim Bialik. (Storm Santos) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

La profesora de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y traductora Raquel García Lozano, y el traductor Gerardo Lewin nos presentan en esta conversación el documental "Bialik: King of the Jews". El documental, dirigido por el cineasta israelí Yair Quedar, gira en torno a la figura del escritor Jaim Najman Biálik, considerado uno de los más influyentes de la lengua hebrea y uno de los más destacados de Israel.

After Mayim Bialik lost her father, she began a year of mourning, culminating in thoughts and feelings that she'd end up culminating into her first screenplay. The actress, best known for the The Big Bang Theory and now hosting Jeopardy!, is now making her debut as a writer and director with As They Made Us, a drama about a dying father, played by Dustin Hoffman. Ilana sat down with Bialik to talk about her real-life inspiration, transitioning from performer to director, and how she incorporated subtly accurate pieces of Jewish representation that didn't feel blunt or crass. Plus, we're re-running an interview from last Passover with Orel Gozlan, the hazzan at Congregation Or Shalom in Montreal and an Instagram comic, about the Sephardic celebration Mimouna. What we talked about Watch the trailer for As They Made Us Find Orel on Instagram @orelgozlan Credits Bonjour Chai is hosted by Avi Finegold, Ilana Zackon and David Sklar. Michael Fraiman is the producer. Andre Goulet is the technical producer. Our theme music is by Socalled. The show is a co-production from The Jewish Learning Lab and The CJN, and is distributed by The CJN Podcast Network. To learn how to support the show by subscribing to this podcast, please watch this video.

In this episode, Pueblo Bulls newcomers, goaltender Barr Bialik and defenseman Alan Yu, share the wonderful hockey memories they've made, talk about what it's like where they're from in New Zealand and California, and what their interests are off the ice!  

Nacido en el noroeste de Ucrania, Bialik se educó en Lituania, donde se unió a una sociedad estudiantil sionista ortodoxa. Abandonando momentáneamente sus estudios religiosos, se mudó a Odessa y se sumergió en los numerosos círculos sionistas de la ciudad. Durante este tiempo, escribió su famoso poema "Be'Ir ha-Haregah", que traduce “En la ciudad de las matanzas”. En el poema, Bialik condenó la pasividad judía frente a las amenazas externas y la violencia. La pieza sirvió como un llamado a los judíos de toda Europa y llevó a muchos a organizar grupos de autodefensa judía y organizaciones juveniles sionistas. Eventualmente se fue de Odessa a Berlín, y luego emigró a Palestina en 1924. Fue considerado ampliamente como el líder de la poesía hebrea. Para honrar su 60 cumpleaños, Israel creó los prestigiosos y aún vigentes Premios de Literatura y Pensamiento Judío Bialik, en su honor. Finalmente murió en 1934.

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Episode Notes news articles https://www.timesofisrael.com/who-can-play-a-jew-celebs-claim-double-standard-over-onscreen-representation/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-actor-faces-relentless-abuse-for-playing-jewish-character-in-bbc-series/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/arts/television/mayim-bialik-jeopardy.html > Bialik(once) blogged about donating money to buy bulletproof vests for the Israel Defense Forces.” https://www.thewrap.com/when-actors-prey-elderly-58131/ https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-non-jews-playing-jews/ question time > 1. is there any special relationship between Judaism and Halloween? > 2. I'm not quite sure what I mean by special but... is it ever frowned upon to participate? Rabbi Michael J. Broyde's view If you have a question or comment visit http://www.notarabbipod.com/contact/ and send it to me. Support Not a Rabbi by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/not-a-rabbi This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

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Parshat Bereshit - Exile and Return is a seminal Jewish theme we normally associate with Exodus and the narrative of the Jewish People. We discover this theme in the first chapters of Genesis and in so doing discover the Hebrew Bible's universal message regarding the trauma of birth, the anxiety of life and the rewards of creativity and expansion. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/349788 Transcript: Geoffrey Stern  00:00 Welcome to Madlik disruptive Torah. And every week, we record half an hour of what I call disruptive Torah, where we kind of look at the Torah with a new lens and maybe from a new angle and try to share that sense of discovery with our participants. So thank you all for joining. And we are going to start with Bereshit. And for those of you who have been listening and participating in clubhouse, I think you already know that one of my favorite commentators is Rashi. He wrote a commentary on all of the books of the Torah, including the Talmud, the Mishanh, I just an unbelievable encyclopedic review of the Holy Writ of the Jewish people. But it's not the expanse, it's the detail and he always brings a midrash or a quotation that is absolutely insightful and actually kind of positions the whole discussion. So the first verse of the Torah we all know "In the beginning God created the heaven in the earth." And the first Rashi starts as follows: "Rabbi Isaac said, the Torah, which is the law book of Israel, should have started with Exodus 12: 2 the first commandment "This month shall be unto you the first of the months", which is the first commandment given to Israel. "What is the reason" asks this Rabbi Isaac "then that it commences with the account of creation?" Pretty good question. We'll discuss the question in a second and its premise. And he answers "because of the thought expressed in Psalms, "God declared to his people the strength of his works, in order that he might give them the heritage of the nations.".  Rashi continues, "for should the people of the world say to Israel, 'are robbers because you took by force the lands of the seven nations of Canaan', Israel may reply to them and say, from Psalms, all the earth belongs to the Holy One, bless be he. He created it, and gave it to whom he pleased, when he willed, he gave it to them. And when he willed he took it away from them and gave it to us." So Wow, what a way to begin studying the the narratives of the cosmology, the creation of the world, and our foreparents with a question of, well, what are we even reading this for? The Torah is a book of laws. It's a book that gives us the "hora'aot" the direction, the path that we should walk down. Why are we wasting our time with this mythology? And then he gives an answer, but let's stop for a second Rabbi and discuss the premise of his very question. Adam Mintz  03:09 The premise is very problematic. The premise is that the only purpose of the book is to teach us laws. Ramban, Nachmanidies, the great Spanish scholar who lived in the 1200s. he disagrees with Rashi, here at the beginning of the Torah immediately. He says that the purpose of the book of Bereshit, of Genesis is not to teach us laws, but it's to teach us moral cause. He has a great phrase, the phrase is "Ma'aseh avot, siman l'banim" "the actions of our forefathers our models to the children", and therefore that's the reason we have all the stories in Bereshit. Rashi seems to argue with that. Rashi seems to say that, no, it's not about morality, it's about law. And if you think it's about law, there's no reason for the book of Bereshit. So Rashi needs to explain that it's to teach us about our connection to the land of Israel. So in that very first Rashi, there actually is a fundamental question about the purpose of Torah. Geoffrey Stern  04:22 So I love the fact that you quoted  "Ma'aseh avot, siman l'banim" which literally as you say means "the are stories of oure foreparents. "siman" is a sign for the children. And of course, you could expand and say "avot" could also mean as in "avot melacha" or "Pikei Avot", it could mean the most basic primary principles. So the stories of our roots, of our beginnings are is a siman is a sign for its children. But in a sense, "sign" is very similar to myth. Meaning to say that even Ramban quoting this Talmudic phrase, there's almost the recognition that we're not just telling stories here that either the stories actually occurred but they have deeper symbolic meaning. Or it's not that important that every one of them occurred because the symbolic meaning is what drives us. And if you think about that for a second, I'm not sure that is that different from what Rashi ends up answering, which is okay, the reason we need this is because these stories justify the Jewish people's coming from another place and coming into the land that was at the time that they came in occupied by another people. And the ethical, moral, or you could even say political message, the "siman" that we are getting from these stories is that you know what, no one owns anything. The earth belongs to the Lord. And he can give and he can take and that's a big message, I think for life. But but really they're all kind of on the same page from the fact that none of them, correct me if I'm wrong, is interested or believes that these stories by themselves as a historical record, belong in our holy book, they have to symbolize something, they have to inspire us in some way. Would you agree to that? Adam Mintz  06:51 I would agree. Now, the idea of myths is a fascinating idea. I actually spoke about this right before Yizkor. There's the new book by Dara Horn. the book by Dara Horn is some title like people, "Why do people love dead Jews?" It's a provocative title. But she has a collection of essays. She raises the following idea, which is a great idea. You know, we're all brought up Geoffrey with the idea that the way that we all got our American names is our forefathers, our grandparents came to Ellis Island, and they only knew Yiddish. So they were asked by the by the representative at Ellis Island: "What's your name?" And they answered, "shoyn Forgesin", which means in Yiddish "I forgot". And the representative said, okay, your name is "Shawn Fergeson"And that's how everybody got their American names. They didn't know any English so they made up something and that became their American names. Dara Horn, the author points out that that is not true. We know that that's not true. What's true is that in the 1930s, we have multiple court records about Jews who actually went to courts in America, especially in New York, to change their names, because there was so much anti semitism in America, and they couldn't get jobs and they couldn't get into schools, and they couldn't get into colleges. And therefore they they asked to change their names. She said, Where does the myth come from? The myth comes from the fact that we as American Jews want to protect America, we want to protect the Jewish relationship with America. So therefore, that myth of Ellis Island is a much better myth than the truth. And I think Geoffrey, that's a very interesting idea here. When you talk about the myth of the stories in the book of Genesis. Did they happen? Did they not happen? The point is, it doesn't make any difference whether they happened or they didn't happen. But each one of them grapples with a moral issue. And not all of them are easily resolvable. Let's take Geoffrey the most difficult one of all, God says to Abraham, I want you to sacrifice your son. Now, the question is not whether that actually happens, or not, the question is why Abraham said, Okay, I'll sacrifice my son. What right did he have to sacrifice his son even at God's Word? So the entire book of Genesis is made up of these  "Ma'aseh avot, siman l'banim" these stories, these myths that come to teach us a moral lesson. So I think Dara Horn is really on to something, that sometimes the myth is more important. Then the fact because it comes to teach us something important. Geoffrey Stern  10:05 I think that's great. And clearly, these are myths that resonated, certainly when the Torah was edited, put together, and then re-read over and over again, these are myths that work picked for a reason. And then by simply being repeated so many times they take on a life of their own. And you get to see how different generations and different people react and interact with them. I have to say, as an aside here, that Elie Wiesel wrote a book on Rashi. And it struck Elie Wiesel that the first Rabbi that Rashi quotes is named Rabbi Yitzchok. And of course Rahi's name is Shlomo ben Yitzchak. So the truth is, this is a rabbi that comes from the Yalkut Shimoni it was not his father. But again, it does give another rendering to  "Ma'aseh avot, siman l'banim" that we are looking almost like a Rorschach inkblot at the same stories that were looked at, by our forefathers, our forbearers in the case of Judaism, by Christians, by Muslims, by scholars. And that's kind of fascinating, too, I just find that the term that the stories of our past are a sign to us is so so pregnant with meaning, and makes it all so exciting. And getting back to your point about the sacrifice of Isaac, you know, another way to look at myths, and we're gonna start talking about how the psychoanalysts looked at it is like a dream as well. And, you know, the thing about a dream, especially a nightmare, is it's made to resolve certain things, talking about it, hearing it, repeating it over and over again. And then we can manufacture the ending sometimes. So the ending does become important. So I've always thought that the punch line of the sacrifice, or the binding of Isaac was that he wasn't sacrificed. But that is a story that we are going to discuss in the future. What I want to spend the rest of today's discussion talking about is something that I thought about for the first time this year. And that is that when Rashi  brings up this point, that why do we need the stories? And he answers with a seemingly very provincial, national answer saying, well, it's in order that we should not be called colonizers, because we're going to come and we're going to, at a certain point in time, take this land that we admit, we are not originally from. And we need these stories to justify that land grab, so to speak. But what it really comes down to, and this is the insight that I want to spend the rest of the day talking about, is that the earth belongs to the Lord. And I would say, it's arbitrary that we own this, or we sit here or we live there. And then there's this other issue, which I really want to focus on, which is that none of us belong to a particular place in the sense we're all alienated from it. From the beginning of the Torah, we're going to see more than I think any of us ever expected. The theme of exile, over and over again in the first, just four chapters of Genesis. And Rashi is even here talking about this concept of exile and return that comes up much later in the narrative. But he brings it to the beginning of the Torah and that I think is not provincial is not partisan, but actually is one of the primary themes of the Bible. So in terms of the Bible itself, we all know that Adam in the second chapter, it has the story of man being created by himself. Maybe he was androgynous we don't know. But after looking for a helpmeet throughout the animal kingdom, God fashioned his rib in 2: 22 And it says, "and he had taken from the man into the woman, and he brought her to the man, then the man said, this one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh, this one shall be called woman." So here you have this beautiful image of the unity of mankind of a man cleaving to his wife. And then it goes on to say, "for from men, she was taken. Hence, a man leaves his father and mother, and clings to his wife, so that they shall become one." So we have already in the second chapter, the first instance of this tension between being unitary, whole, complete, and being separated. And there's almost this sense of the separation is a necessary part of our identity. Ever think, and I'm not even talking about the amount of times in the process of creation itself. We had God is doing "havdalah" where he's creating by separating Earth from land, sky from the abode. Have you ever thought about it this way Rabbi Adam? Adam Mintz  16:21 Yeah, well, the idea of separating.... you brought up a whole bunch of different things here. Let's talk about the last thing, the idea of separating the entire story of the six days of creation, is the story about separating, separating night from day, light from darkness, animals from people, the sun and the moon, everything has its opposite. What do you make of that? Why do you think that's so important, that in the story of creation, everything has its opposite? Geoffrey Stern  17:03 Well, I think again, it gives us an insight into the biblical mind, the mind of the Bible's sense of God. And so many things about Genesis is about either dividing or choosing and when you choose, you also are selecting one thing and rejecting something else. It just seems so written in to the fabric. You can almost make the case that creation itself was not so much out of nothing, which is a Greek term, a modern term, but was this act of separating and repositioning. And it does become something that if you use it as a lens, enables you to understand much about the different narratives. In this particular case. I focused first upon man and wife, which is kind of, you know, the beginnings of society, separate from their father and mother, who is the father and mother of Adam and Eve. It's God in a sense, and of course, that story gets picked up a few verses later, in chapter three, when the famous Original Sin occurs. And at this point, God says to the woman, I will give you birth pangs, "b'etzev tilady", you shall give birth in pain, when you bear children, and your husband will rule over you, but also will struggle to pull crops from the ground, "by the sweat of your brow, shall you have bred to eat". Some of the modern day psychologists look at this whole story as the beginning of the "trauma of birth", that here, man was first created without those birth pangs. And he was first created without needing to separate the crop from the earth and to create creation, so to speak. And the first story of creation is this major separation where we are thrown out of the Garden of Eden. So again, everything that we've been talking about till now has focused on this separation. You can even call it alienation That we are torn apart. And that's how on the one hand, you could make an argument creation happens. But certainly it's the source of a lot of anxiety. Adam Mintz  20:12 I mean, there's no question that that's right. A couple of things you brought up, number one, the idea of Adam and Eve not having parents. But then you have the story in chapter three of the sin. And God really takes the position of Adam and Eve's parents in the sense that he's the one who reprimands them, and he's the one who punishes them. I was always wondering, Geoffrey, the rabbis say an amazing thing. The rabbis say that Adam and Eve were created, they were put in the Garden of Eden, but they never actually slept a night in the Garden of Eden. They couldn't even make it one night, before nightfall they had already sinned. Why do you think it is that there was somehow a need for the Torah to tell us that they sinned so quickly, that part of the nature of human beings is to sin? What do you make of that? Geoffrey Stern  21:16 Well, it's certainly the source or the intention of that type of explanation of the myth would come from the fact that it was it was just a taste, it was just so fleeting. And it happened in an instant. And I think that what I kind of come up with is, first of all, how final the divorce, how final the expulsion from the Garden of Eden was, you have these Cherubim, you have these angels with a sword, standing guard over it. It almost sounds as if it was part of the birth pang. It was a rupture, it had to occur, that everything that lies ahead, is after this fact. And that this story was there less to tell you about the bliss of the Garden of Eden, but more to focus you on the project that begins after the expulsion. That's my read. But it's true. We don't spend a whole lot of time on the pearly gates, the beauty of the Garden of Eden, it's almost as though On the flip side, the Torah doesn't spend much time, or any time at all, I would argue on describing a heaven. on describing a pearly end it's all about what lies ahead of us.. Adam Mintz  23:08 That point is such a good point. Because the Garden of Eden is much more important symbolically as the place where they will go back to, right? When we say when somebody dies, "b'gan eden t'he menuchatam"  that their resting place will be in the garden of Eden. So the Garden of Eden becomes a place we're going back to not a place that we spend very much time in. That's a fascinating idea. Geoffrey Stern  23:42 So that's a great segue for me to talk a little bit about the psychoanalytic analysts and Otto Rank, wrote two two books 10 years apart. One was called "The myth of the birth of the hero", and the other was called "The trauma of birth". And in the myth of the birth of the hero, he gives much credit to Freud and Freud actually, I wrote on this subject in a book he wrote called "Moses and Monotheism" and that is, and we'll discuss this when we get to Moses, is how almost to a "T" in every one of the ancient mythologies whether it's Romulus and Remus, or whoever. There's this story about the Royal heir, the prince who is expelled from the home, maybe it's because the father is afraid that he's going to come and usurp the throne, has to go out .... many times he's put into a raft through a boat,  is raised by animals or simple people. And then you have like Odysseus, a whole way of coming back. Ultimately, if you get to the Oedipus story, he then comes back and he kills his father. He gets his mother and all is resolved. And that's what Rank writes about in this "myth of the birth of the hero". But he makes a major change when he talks about "the trauma of birth". And what he says there is that there's something even more primal, then this, Oedipus and this hero, and what that is, we are all born of women, so to speak, we all are ruptured and thrown into the world. And we are separated from that warm place of our origins. And unlike the Oedipus myth, he claims and I think he's right, and that's why I'm bringing it up now is that it doesn't necessarily or it does necessarily not get resolved. In other words, none of us can go back into the womb. And he brings the Cherubim outside of Eden, because he does see the creation of Eve from Adam, as a way to, to kind of detour around the birth of of humans as it actually occurs. And he does talk about taking the apple off the tree as giving birth to it and separating it. And what he talks about is the whole sin, the whole original sin that all of us human beings have to try to address and not necessarily resolve is this original disruption in our lives. And what argues is that you do not go back to Eden. And I do think you're absolutely right, that we talk about "Gan Eden Mi'Kedem". And we talk about in our prayers going back to Eden, but Eden does not feature as much in Judaism as in Christianity, the Fall does not feature as much. But certainly, there's this sense that the trauma of birth is something that we can't put back, you can't put the genie back inside of the bottle. And that's what kind of is intriguing to me. And again, when we look at myths, some myths, you can wrap with a bow, and they resolve themselves, and others are ones that are just the human condition that we have to deal with. Adam Mintz  27:29 Yes, that is right. And you say that here in the in the very beginning of the Torah, we're really introduced to different kinds of myths. Now we talk about myths. Then you talk about the story of fratricide where Cain kills Abel. That's very much not a myth. That feels very real, doesn't it? Geoffrey Stern  27:56 Well, it absolutely does. But thank you for bringing it up. Because that, I would say is the fourth instance, in our parsha this week, where we have this sense of being a wanderer on the earth, the punishment that Cain gets goes back to the same thing that happened with Adam. It says, If in Genesis 412, it says, "If you till the soil, it shall no longer yield its strength to you." So this birth process will no longer be natural. And then it says you shall become a ceaseless wanderer on the earth. "Na v'nad ti'hiye b'aretz" Then he goes on to say that I "geyrashta" I will divorce you from the face of the earth. And it uses the phrase that we discovered in Deuteronomy at the end of the story, and it goes "umipanecha Ester" and I will hide my face from you. So again, these themes that we thought developed all the way at the end, were there all the way at the beginning as kernels. And then finally, where does Cain go to live and This to me is discovering humor in the Bible as well. "veYashav b'eretz Nod", and he settled he dwelt in the land of Nod.  Nod is the same word for Na v'nad", that is he settled in the land of wandering. Adam Mintz  28:05 Which means he never settled.   Geoffrey Stern  29:34 He absolutely never settled. He felt responsible for death, he had that guilt. And again, you can say yes, it's a real story. It's not a myth. But if you look at it in terms of all of the narratives that we've seen in Genesis, so far, through this lens, in the first four chapters, it's all about being sent into exile, alienated from one's source ripped away from whether it's the tree, whether it's the father, be it God or one's parents.... cleaving on to each other, to me, it just is so amazing that even though we're not talking about the story of the Jewish people that Rashi focused us on to, the idea is in humanity is this same trope of, of literally from the beginning, we are separated. And if you ask the same question that Rashi asks, from that perspective, then the answer is it needs to start here, because the journey is all about somehow regaining that unity that  wholeness, that, that completion. So what what I also discovered is this amazing essay by Bialik, and it's called "Jewish Dualism". And he looks at all of Jewish history, he picks up on where Rashi left off. And he says that, you know, we've been out of the land more than we've been in it. Every time we've left, we've expanded, we've grown. He talks about "a group which adapts itself to the ways of life of the whole world, but nonetheless remains a people dwelling apart." And that's part of the other narrative. And he talks about this strength that it gives us. And I think he wrote it in the same year, as Otto Rank, wrote his book, and they both come to an interesting conclusion. And that is that it's not all a negative thing, that from each expansion and contraction from each exile and return. We enrich ourselves and we enrich others. And Bialik, who is considered the poet Laureate of Zionism, even ends his essay with the following statement, which is mind blowing, he says "And who knows, perhaps after hundreds of years, [of living in the State of Israel], we will be emboldened to make another Exodus, which will lead to the spreading of our spirit over the world, and assiduously striving towards glory." So he really sees it as a pathway going forward of enrichment that is intrinsic to the biblical project. And Rank talks about artists and philosophers and religionists who are able to take this trauma of being born against one's will being passed out and separated from one's natural mother parents from God from this sense of unity and he sees it also as a potential for amazing creation. And He therefore doesn't call the hero the hero anymore he calls it the artist which is kind of fascinating to me so I really do think that the the question is a good one Why do we read these stories? It's a question we all have to ask ourselves and how we answer it really says a lot about ourselves and the direction we want to go in but certainly having multi generations talk about the same texts like Rashi and his father Yitzchok and like you and I and like our listeners is part of the creative project which I think brings us together so anyway, I just love discovering these themes of exile and return so early in the mythological narrative, and I hope you do as well.   Adam Mintz  34:11 What a good star Geoffrey. We thank everybody enjoy the parsha Bereshit, and we look forward to continuing Noach next week. And we look forward to a great year of studying parshiyot together with you on Madlik. So thank you, everybody. Shabbat Shalom and enjoy the parsha.

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Parshat Ki Teitzei - When was the last time you listened to the lyrics, poetry and sounds of the mitzvot? Join Geoffrey Stern, Rabbi Adam Mintz and special guest poet, Haim Nachman Bialik in a live recording of our weekly disruptive Torah on Clubhouse.  We are told that there never was nor never will be a case of the Biblical Rebellious Son and that we are simply to be rewarded for its study. We explore how all of the commandments provide similar rewards for those willing to listen to their lyrical nature. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/342083 Transcript: Geoffrey Stern  Madlik is weekly disruptive Torah on clubhouse. But we record every week. And we then publish as a podcast. And we're available on all of the major podcast platforms. And you are welcome to give us a few stars and give us a review. And this week, I want to thank our faithful listener Bob, for doing just that giving us some stars, five stars, you can't get better than that, and a beautiful review. So thank you, Bob. And I invite all of you even if you've been on the clubhouse, to check out Madlik on your favorite podcast platform, and give us a review and a few stars and thank you for that. So this week, the name of the Parsha is Ki Teitzei  and as Rabbi Adam said in the introduction, it has more commandments more Halachot and mitzvot than any other parsha. And I am only going to focus on one Halacha and it might be considered the most unique Halacha in the Torah and before I tell you why it's unique. Let me read it to you. It's called Ben sorer u'morer otherwise known as the Rebellious Son, and it goes as follows in Deuteronomy 21. "If a man has a wayward and defiant son, who does not heed his father or mother and does not obey them, even after they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the public place of his community. They shall say to the elders of his town, this son of ours is disloyal and defiant. He does not heed us. He is a glutton and a drunkard, thereupon the men of his town shall stone him to death. Thus you will sweep out evil from your midst, all Israel will hear and be afraid." Boy, that's a powerful one, especially this week when we are reading about the Taliban. It certainly brings parallel to a very fundamentalist strict notion of the law and how one keeps people observant. So why is this unique? It's unique because the Talmud in Sanhedrin says that there has never been, and there will never be a ben sorer u'morer; a rebellious son, it was given to us this halacha, this law, this practical injunction was given to us so that we made "darosh umekabel schar" we may expound and receive reward. So first of all, Rabbi, is this a mainstream opinion? Or is this a unique opinion? And what's at issue here?   Adam Mintz  So, first of all, it's a great topic. I mean, there's nothing like ben sorer u'morer. The idea that you have a wayward son, and that you put him to death, actually, before he commits any crime, because better he should die innocent than die guilty. That the first point which is amazing. But the second point is that it never happened. And the reason we studied isDrosh vekabel schar, which really I would translate to mean, let's learn a lesson from it. What lessons can you learn from how you handle a rebellious son? But it happens to be Geoffrey that if you go on in that Gemora, the opinion of Robbie Yochanan, who was a rabbi who lived in Israel in Tiberius, around the year 400, he says, quote, "ani rei'iti" I saw a wayward son in my life, "veyashavti al kivro". And I sat on his grave, meaning it did happen. And he was punished. So actually, there were two opinions. I don't know which opinion is more prevalent. But there were two opinions. One opinion is it never happened.... And one opinion is yes it happened, and I saw it with my own eyes, and I sat on his grave. And I thought we were going to talk about what are those two opinions.  They're so different in their views? One opinion is that it never happened. The other opinion is I saw it and I sat on his grave, how do you come two such different opinions?   Geoffrey Stern  Well, and that also begs the question of what does it mean to "sit on his grave"? Did he sit on his grave and cry? So the question then becomes this that we say, "never happened and never will happen? Is that descriptive or is it prescriptive? Is it to say it never should happen. And it reminds me of the Mishnah actually in Makkot that literally talks about the death penalty in general. And you know, those of you who have read the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible know that it is full of Mot Yamut "Die you shall certainly die". But this is what the Mishnah says in Sanhedrin. "It says the Sanhedrin that executes someone once in seven years, is characterized as a destructive tribunal. Rabbi Eliezer b. Azaria says, once in 70 years, Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva say, if we had been members of the Sanhedrin, we would have conducted trials in a manner whereby no person would have ever been executed." So here too I don't know whether the Talmud that you quote, which is beautiful, about the rabbi who said he actually saw a ben sorer u'morer whether that is distinct from or an agreement with, because of the fact that he sat on his grave. And at least in my mind, I think he cried.   Adam Mintz  Good. I liked that a lot. Now, of course, the question of whether or not they ever actually carried out the death penalty is the same debate that we have in 2021. whether or not we're in favor of death penalties. And basically, what the rabbis say is that we don't want to actually carry out the death penalty. But we want you to think that if you violate Shabbat, you deserve to get the death penalty, we're not going to kill you. Because that's not what we do, because that is counterproductive to kill you. We want to try to rehabilitate you. But the idea is that we have the death penalty on the books. And maybe that's what Rabbi Yohanan says, I saw, I sat on his grave, I cried. It really happened. Or maybe it didn't really happen. The point is that we need to know that we need to rehabilitate those kinds of children.   Geoffrey Stern  So so far, we've really discussed, I would say, black and white, life or death. But in this parsha that you so aptly said, contains so many laws, many of the laws refer to personal status. And the one word that I think, puts shudders down, anyone who follows Jewish laws of identity is the word bastard or Mamzir. And that occurs in Deuteronomy 23. And basically, it says that someone who is a Mamzir, and that we'll describe in a second, cannot enter into the congregation, even to the 10th generation. And it is as close to a social death sentence as you can get. And just as you brought up the death penalty is something that reflects on a current discussion, it's a very heated area of debate, even till today, in Israel, this law of status where a child is born, and maybe the parents didn't get a proper divorce and had a child and the child is then called a Mamzir. Again, it is something that there are many, many people that look at and say, well, it's a law, it's on the books, and it has to be enforced. And of course, like anything that relates to power, there's the potential for it to be misused. And in the in the source papers that I shared with you, Rabbi, I had heard many years back and I think it was in a lecture by Rabbi Riskin, the colloquialism or the phrase Ain Mamzerim B'Yisrael"  that there are no bastards in Israel. And what was meant by that was that any Rabbi worth his or her salt would find a way, some way, any way to make sure that this law was really in the same category as the rebellious son in the sense that it might be on the books, but it never was put into practice. Have you heard this notion of "Eyn Mazmzerim B'Yisrael" and even if you haven't, does that resonate with you in terms of Jewish learning?   Adam Mintz  Geoffrey, that I heard that phrase "Eyn Mazmzerim B'Yisrael" from the same source you did: Rabbi Riskin and when you asked me earlier this week, to find the source, so I was able to do something that we weren't able to do in the early Rabbi Riskin days. And that is I googled it to see where'd Rabbi Riskin come up with it. And, you know, he's very creative and very good Rabbi Riskin, but I couldn't find it anywhere. So I think that the explanation that you gave is really right on the mark, what Rabbi Riskin was telling us  "Eyn Mazmzerim B'Yisrael" It's not a comment about sexual relations between man and woman and whether they got divorced or whether they didn't get divorced, or all of that. Nothing to do with any of that. What it has to do with is about the rabbis, Are the rabbis willing to be creative and courageous enough to always find a way to get people not to be called Mamzerim. I think that's a very, very important voice. And what Rabbi Riskin was saying was exactly like you said, if you're worth your salt, you can figure out how not to have someone be a Mamzer. And that's exactly the same idea. As if you're worth your salt, you're going to make sure that there's no such thing as a Ben Sorer u'morer and maybe Geoffrey, that even follows to the other opinion. "I saw a Ben Sorer u'morer" , and I sat on his grave, and I cried because I wasn't able or the rabbi's weren't able to get him out of that status. And that's a tragedy, because "Eyn Mazmzerim B'Yisrael", the rabbi's need to have the ability, the creativity, the courage to get these people out of that situation.   Geoffrey Stern  And I would like to interject a personal story an account that I have that puts some meat on this concept of if you are worth your salt. I have a friend a roommate from yeshiva came from a town. Norwich Connecticut, his father was the Orthodox Rabbi there. And about 15 years ago, he was living in Israel, he came to see me and I said, Well, what are you up to? He says, Well, I'm going to Norwich, Connecticut. And I'm going to make a marriage improper to disallow a marriage. And he explained to me, and this is just I think, interesting. So we can all understand how these things work. A student showed up to the yeshiva, and his parents had been remarried. And his mother's first marriage was in Norwich, Connecticut. And he had not gotten an orthodox divorce. So my friend Shmuel was going back to his hometown, and he found people who knew one of the witnesses for that first wedding. And he wanted to invalidate the marriage by invalidating the witness... And he would ask, Well, did he ever gamble? Did you ever see him playing cards, and he would find some way that would make the first marriage nullified. And again, you have to do what you have to do. And the Halacha is something that can be and seem very splitting of hairs, full of minutia and technical, but in a sense, what he was doing was full of humanity. And the challenge, of course, is there aren't enough rabbis who have the learning, who are dedicated to doing it for not only a student that shows up at the Yeshiva, but for any Jew. And that's and that's really the challenge.   Adam Mintz  Well, Rabbi Riskin would love that story. Because"Eyn Mazmzerim B'Yisrael", your friend had the courage to make sure that this child was not going to be called a Mamzir.   Geoffrey Stern  We could spend probably the rest of the half hour just talking about how maybe Judaism, or laws that seem more rigid or dated or even Taliban-like, have been nullified and changed. And that would be a perfectly good use of our time. But I want to take the discussion in a totally different direction. Because I am intrigued by the fact that the rabbis said that this Halacha of the rebellious son was there only for us to discuss and learn. And it seems to me that there's an aspect of what some consider the dry halakhah or the daily practice of the Jew, that we all need to listen to, that it is a language in and of itself, looking at the Halacha at Jewish observance, as a language more than even a religion or a code. And every Shabbat when I say my prayers, there's one verse that I say after the Shema, that I think of in this regard, and it says Ashrei Ha'Ish Shyishma l'mitzvotecha"  "Happy is the person who listens to the commandments". And what I want to do for the balance is to explore not only capital punishment and not only questions of status and these earth-shattering laws, but potentially how every one of the Jewish traditions and customs can be looked at in a whole new way. And we're given a license by this kind of takeaway, throwaway comment of the rabbi's to look at the whole corpus of Jewish observance as a lyric as a language as something that we can smile to, dance to, struggle with, but interact with in the way that we do maybe with a poem.   Adam Mintz  Okay, great.   Geoffrey Stern  So I'm inviting a third player to our to our panel today. Unfortunately, he's not alive, but his name is Haim Nachman Bialik. And he was considered the national poet of Israel. He actually made Aliyah, lived in Israel, but he died in the 20s before the state. But what you might not know about him is that he started as a very observant Jew, he went to the Yeshiva in Velozhin. And he actually went there. So his grandfather would think that he was studying and then he went, and he became the great poet that he was. And he saw in the paper that they closed the Yeshiva in Velozhin, and so he had to rush home because he knew his grandfather would know that he wasn't at the Yeshiva so to speak. But he in his later days, when he was no longer observant, wrote a three-volume tome on the Aggadah. And the Aggadah is the legends of the Jews. The Aggadah is always contrasted to the halakhah. There's the law and there's the fable, there's the practice, and there's the narrative and the stories. So you would expect that someone like him, would really be a major fan of the legends of the Jews, and not so much for the Halacha. But he has an article that he wrote called the Halacha and Aggadah, and in the source feet, if you if you go to the podcast when it issues early in the week, you'll see the source sheet there. I have the full text in both English and Hebrew, and it's worth reading. It's very lyrical, but in it, he actually makes an argument that the Halacha is as much a song, a poem a lyric as anything else. So with your permission, I'm going to read a little bit and then I welcome all of us to to kind of discuss, he says "halakhah and Aggadah the law and the legends are two things which are really one two sides of a single shield. The relation between them is like that of speech to thought and emotion or the action and sensible form to speech. Halacha is the crystallization the ultimate and inevitable quintessence of the Aggadah legend. The legend is the content of Halacha. The legend is the plaintive voice of the heart's yearning as it wings its way to its Haven, Halacha is the resting place where for a moment the yearning is satisfied and stilled. As a dream seeks its fulfillment in interpretation, as will in action as thought in speech as fruit. So Aggadah in Halacha. But in the heart of the ruit, there lies hidden the seed from which a new flower will grow. The Halacha which is sublimated into a symbol and much Halacha there is, as we shall find becomes the mother of a new Aggadah, a new legend, which may be like it or unlike it, a living and healthy law is a legend that has been or will be. And the reverse is true. Also, the two are one in their beginning and their end." So it's really so lyrical. And I had to read it in his words because he is a poet. But here was a man who literally and we'll see he gives some concrete examples of how he saw the song in the minutiae of the law. Does this resonate with any of you in terms of the music in Jewish custom and activity?   Adam Mintz  I think what he's telling you is that Halacha means the way we live. The minute you describe the way we live, all of a sudden, that's a legend. All of a sudden, that's a story. That's the tradition. Everything in this week's parsha...  all these 77 laws are part of the way we live. If it's the way we live, it's a legend. This week's parsha tells us if you get divorced, you have to write a get (divorce document) if you get married, you go through the formalities of a marriage ceremony of a Chuppah? Those aren't laws, those are legends. So it's the stories, how many stories have come out of those two laws? And he can't distinguish between the two? Is it a law? Is it a legend? Is it a legend? And is it a law. And the truth of the matter is that the law leads to the legend. And then the legend leads right back to the law. I feel exactly what he says.   Geoffrey Stern  So I was thinking of this, when a week or two ago, we discussed vegetarianism. And this whole concept of eating meat Basar Ta'aiva" (meat of desire), only on special occasions. And again I was struggling with the fact that so much in the Bible seems to lean towards vegetarianism. And I was wondering, where does it bear itself out? Where does it come through? And then I started thinking of all the laws that I've studied whether it's for Hanukkah, whether it's for Shabbat, of if you have limited resources, what do you spend it on? If it's on Shabbat? Do you use the money that you have for the candle for the wine for the meat? And it seemed to me that again, this was looking at the life of the Jew. And you really understood then, in ways that you and I never could, what Baser Ta'aiva"  what the meat of desire... that moment of when every pintela Jew, every poor little peasant could feel something and it was that treat, not a part of everyday life. So to me that was an example of where the minutiae of the Halacha that might be dealing with something very monotone and trivial, actually bore within it, a whole weltanschauung of the Jewish people and their relationship, to poverty, to spirit to a little treat once in a while. And to me, it was the answer. I really felt that in my heart that no, our tradition has spoken about the place of eating meat at special times at Holy times. And it's spoken loud and clear, even if I don't find one piece of prose, or one piece of narrative that directly touches upon it.   Adam Mintz  I think that's a beautiful example. I mean, I think right off the mark, poetry and prose, narrative and law. What he's saying is, those are just words, really, they merge into one entity, and that's really Jewish life.   Geoffrey Stern  So I'll give one more example that he brings. And he talks about a law of carrying on Shabbat... you're not allowed to carry in a public domain. And it says, a man may not go out on the Shabbat with a sword or a bow or a shield or a club or a spear. Rab Eliezer says, they are ornaments, and therefore may be worn. But the sages say they are only a disgrace, as it is said, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. Here we have, and this is Bialik. Here we have ideas about beauty and ugliness in dress-and whence are they taken? From the words of the sweet singer and the great seer. And in what connection? In connection with carrying on the Sabbath. So again, what he's saying is that in these minutia, if we listen to the commandments, .... and let's not neglect to say that there's no question that Judaism is an orthopraxy it's correct practice more than an orthodoxy correct belief. And so much of what we do is dictated by how we do it and what we do but in that seems to me to be just a beautiful song. And I think that's the flip side of saying that some laws are just written on the book. They're just for us to study. And actually, isn't that what we do on Madlik?   Adam Mintz  That's right. I mean, it's hard, though, Geoffrey to know how you distinguish between the different kinds of laws?   Geoffrey Stern  Well, absolutely. But I would argue that really, we should not relegate this to different laws, but that every law has this element within it. And that's, I think, what my big takeaway is. Bialik goes on to say, he says, "not all laws, Halachot are equal or are the same and unproductive. Another bears fruit and fruit that reproduces itself. one is like an empty vessel that is put away in a corner till it is wanted. Another is like a vessel that is uninterrupted use, always being emptied and filled again with something new." So I think what we do is we look through our narrative to find practices that have fallen into disuse, or misunderstood or taken in one direction. And we have the license to take it in a totally new direction. Lately, I've been very stiff. And I've been doing a lot of yoga. You know, many of the yoga teachers give you a thought to think about and give you a practice to aim for. And I just thought wouldn't it be magnificent to combine yoga and Tefilla, I want to call it yogafilla. The idea is to take the bowing that we do already in the tefilla. It's there, ... When we are thankful we say "modeem anachnu Lach" and we bend our knees and our knees are "berchayim", which is the same word for "bracha" to bless. So I'm just saying this is kind of little things that have come up in my past week, where I look at the Halacha, I look at the practice at the minhag. And I'm saying these are vessels that might have been emptied. But they're there for us to fill up.   Adam Mintz  I think that's right, first of all, tell you that I think there's a synagogue on the west side, Romamu where they have yoga on Saturday morning, followed by tefilla, so come to the west side. And you can do yoga and tefilla.  But the idea is really exactly right. And I think that's the idea that the law, what you sometimes think of ..... you needed to relax. So you're doing yoga. And what Bialik would say is no follow the Halacha. Because even though the Halacha feels rigid, but actually the Halacha gives us the ability to play out that narrative, and to live our lives in a special way. Jessica, you asked to come up?   Jessica  Oh, I just wanted to quickly say that the Cantor from Romamu is here on Fire Island. And she's amazing. So that's all thanks. I   Adam Mintz  Send her our regards and tell her she got a shout out on Madlik this afternoon.   Jessica  I will do that. Thank you.   Adam Mintz  So Geoffrey, the ability and the choice of Bialik's poem this week, when the Parsha  is so filled with laws. I think it's so special, and really gives us something to think about. We started today with ben sorer u'morer and whether or not that really happened. And we go from there to the question about generally, about what the role is of law within the halakhic system. And Bialik really gives us kind of a poetic view of what law is all about. And I think we can use that in ben sorer u'morer, and we can use it in so many other places.   Geoffrey Stern  I totally agree. And if you haven't sensed from the tone of my voice, I discovered Bialik recently, but it's so personal with me. He has a poem that he calls "Before the Book Closet". And it was written while the secular Jew was spending three years aggregating all of the Aggadot and it's coming back to the Beit Midrash, to the study hall. And he says "Do you still know me? I am so and so. Only you alone knew my youth. You were my garden, I learned to hide in your scrolls." And then at the end of the poem, he says, "and now after the change of time, so my wheel of life has brought me back and stood me once again before you hiders of the closet, and once more my hand turns among your scrolls and my eye gropes tired among verses." And so with me, I studied Torah in my youth. And when I study Torah at this stage in my life, it is revisiting my youth and I am trying to see if I have that relationship. But I would argue that all of us studied our texts when we were young. And we need to find ourselves and to see if we are recognized once again in those texts. And that is, I think, the invitation that the rabbi's give us about the ben sorer u'morer.. . And the last thing that I will say is, you know, Bialik, was a rebellious son. He was told by the head of the Velozhin Yeshiva as he left, just don't write anything bad about us. But the truth is, we are all also rebellious sons, even though the rebellious son doesn't exist and if we aren't, maybe we should be, but we have to rediscover ourselves and rediscover the mystery and the magic of our ancient texts. And with that, I bid you all Shabbat Shalom.   Adam Mintz  Shabbat Shalom, Geoffrey. That was an amazing discussion today and Bialik was beautiful as he always is, and  ben sorer u'morer. Shabbat Shalom to everybody. Enjoy and we look forward to seeing everybody next week. Be well, Shabbat Shalom,   Geoffrey Stern  Shabbat Shalom.

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Special Tisha Ba'av Episode   The 1903 Kishinev Pogrom was a tragic massacre, with reverberations within the wider Jewish world remaining until this very day. Goaded on by anti-Semitic newspapers with cries of 'Death to the Jews', a blood libel was fabricated and a mob was unleashed on Easter Sunday, April 19, 1903. Leaving 49 killed, hundreds maimed and injured in its wake, Jewish property was destroyed and looted as well. Claims of complicity of the police and government were voiced in many quarters. But it was primarily the after effects of this pogrom which had a long term transformative effect on Jewish society in Russia and worldwide. The great immigration to the United States was already long underway, but it significantly intensified in the years following Kishinev and the subsequent 1905 revolution. American Jewry was galvanized to assist the victims, and this cemented the relationship US Jewry was to have with their brethren back in Eastern Europe. Within Russia, many of the Jewish youth became radicalized as a result of the massacre, joining clandestine revolutionary organizations with the goal of overthrowing the Czar. The most profound impact was felt within the nascent Zionist movement. Chaim Nachman Bialik was dispatched by the historian Shimon Dubnow to gather testimonies from survivors. Following his five week stay in Kishinev, Bialik penned 'Be'ir Hahareiga' - In the City of Death, a poem about the pogrom. Powerfully written, it also included strongly worded accusations in regards to the perceived passivity of the victims. The poem and its message was to have an immense impact, as it was published and translated and became immensely popular. Vladimir Jabotinsky's conclusion was to organize Jewish self defense, and Theodore Herzl's conclusion was the Uganda proposal at the Sixth Zionist Congress.  The shadow of the Kishinev tragedy was to hover over the many subsequent, and ever greater tragedies of the bloody 20th century.   For sponsorship opportunities about your favorite topics of Jewish history contact Yehuda at:  yehuda@yehudageberer.com   Subscribe To Our Podcast on:    PodBean: https://jsoundbites.podbean.com/   Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at @Jsoundbites You can email Yehuda at yehuda@yehudageberer.com

消失了八个月后，糊糊回来了。 在回归的节目中，她将带你像尼采那样，「重新品尝」三个在过去大半年时间里让她反复思考的人生议题——成长、叙述与怀旧。 【开播词】 1. Radiolab今年3月发布了一集很酷的节目「Elements」 (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/elements)，着重介绍了三种化学元素锂、碳与氙。在「碳」的篇章中，主持人们着重介绍了瑞典卡罗林斯卡学院 (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%A1%E7%BD%97%E6%9E%97%E6%96%AF%E5%8D%A1%E5%AD%A6%E9%99%A2)的科学家们利用碳十四断代法 (https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E6%94%BE%E5%B0%84%E6%80%A7%E7%A2%B3%E5%AE%9A%E5%B9%B4%E6%B3%95)计算人体不同细胞（尤其神经元）年龄的神奇研究； 2. 1945年至1963年间，地球上超过四百次核弹实验释放出巨量的碳十四，这一现象称为「bomb pulse」 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_pulse)，译作「炸弹脉冲」； 3. 2013年科技杂志The Wired关于利用碳十四揭开人脑神经元新生秘密的报道 (https://www.wired.com/2013/06/atomic-bomb-brain-mystery/)，同年PBS发表的相关报道，题为《冷战核弹实验帮助解开最大的生物学谜团》 (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/bomb-pulse/)； 4. 今年1月引进出版的哲学杂志《新哲人：我是个现代人，我需要平衡》 (https://book.douban.com/subject/35307049/)，尼采对病痛与康复、死亡与重生的精彩诠释选自这本杂志中的文章《平衡的生活》； 5. 哲学家John Kaag 的著作Hiking with Nietzsche (https://www.amazon.com/Hiking-Nietzsche-Becoming-Who-You/dp/0374170010)，台译名为《在阿尔卑斯山与尼采相遇》 (https://book.douban.com/subject/34861161/) 【推荐一：Mayim Bialik, “I started crying when I realized how beautiful the universe is”, 选自播客节目 People I Mostly Admire】 1. 推荐集收听地址一（iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/en/podcast/i-started-crying-when-i-realized-how-beautiful-universe/id354668519?i=1000490140860)），收听地址二（Listen Notes (https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/people-i-mostly/2-mayim-bialik-i-started-7wSdlLgxtXm/)），收听地址三（节目网站 (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/pima-mayim-bialik/)）； 2. Mayim Bialik的youtube频道 (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTOocPnDh2YQZZwh86K2OxA)，个人播客Mayim Bialik's Breakdown (https://www.bialikbreakdown.com/)，个人博客及线上社区Grok Nation (https://groknation.com/)； 3. Mayim Bialik为科技杂志The Wired录制的「twitter网友神经科学你问我答」 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLsnWHvFHCo)超级有意思，糊糊强烈推荐； 4. 上世纪七八十年代美国推行「校车计划」 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desegregation_busing)，又称「种族融合校车计划」，目的为消除种族隔离政策带来的负面影响，有趣的是，在2019年美国民主党总统初选辩论中，现副总统哈里斯女士翻出旧账，指责现美国总统拜登当初对「校车计划」的反对立场 (https://cn.nytimes.com/culture/20190716/wod-busing/)； 5. Mayim Bialik的访谈文章很多，但好看的巨少，英国《卫报》2015年对Bialik的采访 (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/sep/11/mayim-bialik-star-big-bang-theory)还不错； 6. 2015年，在Freakonomics Radio成立十年之际，《卫报》对两位主播Stephen Dubner和Steven Levitt的采访 (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/15/freakonomics-10-years-on-stephen-dubner-steven-levitt-interview)，同样精彩； 7. 如果你喜欢Steven Levitt的主持风格，请观看他在节目中提到的TED演讲 (https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_the_freakonomics_of_crack_dealing)； 8. Mayim Bialik的研究课题——Prader-Willi Syndrome (https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh/%E6%99%AE%E7%91%9E%E5%BE%B7%E5%A8%81%E5%88%A9%E7%97%87%E5%80%99%E7%BE%A4)（小胖威利症），一种由第十五号染色体缺失导致的先天遗传性疾病 【推荐二：The Story of Your Life，选自播客节目Hidden Brain】 1. 推荐集收听地址一（iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-story-of-your-life/id1028908750?i=1000513988116)），收听地址二（Listen Notes (https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/hidden-brain-hidden-brain-wXJWtqMk9GV/)），收听地址三（节目网站 (https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/the-story-of-your-life/)）； 2. Hidden Brain关于推荐集的一篇newsletter (https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/the-story-of-your-life/)，补充了推荐集提到的但没完整介绍的案例； 3. 加拿大约克大学心理学教授Raymond Mar关于叙事对认知能力影响的研究 (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0963721417749654)； 4. 「叙事型写作疗法」的提出者、美国社会心理学家James Pennebaker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Pennebaker)； 5. 「写作疗法」的维基页面 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_therapy)，以及2011年哈佛医学院发表的一篇短文 (https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/writing-about-emotions-may-ease-stress-and-trauma)，文章肯定了Pennebaker的主张，支持表达情绪的写作练习有助于缓解压力与创伤； 6. 做客节目的心理咨询师Gillie Bolton的个人网站 (https://www.gilliebolton.com/)； 7. 「catharsis」的词源学及哲学释义 (https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/catharsis)； 8. 亚里士多德在巨著Poetics（《诗学》） (http://web.mnstate.edu/gracyk/courses/web%20publishing/AristotlePoeticsEdited.htm)中，详述悲剧作品对观众的净化作用； 9. Hidden Brain叙事迷你系列的其他两集同样精彩：第一集题为「The Story of Stories」 (https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/the-story-of-stories/)，拆解叙事的构成，第三集题为「Made of Honor」 (https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/made-of-honor/)，分析叙事对文化叙述的巨大作用，揭示了「荣誉文化」（honor culture） (http://psychology.iresearchnet.com/social-psychology/cultural-psychology/culture-of-honor/)对社会的影响 【推荐三：When Exactly Were “The Good Old Days”，选自播客Build For Tomorrow】 1. 推荐集收听地址一（iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/gt/podcast/pessimists-archive-podcast/id1104682320?l=en&mt=2)），收听地址二（Listen Notes (https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/build-for-tomorrow/when-exactly-were-the-good-X-fCjoOu5y1/)），收听地址三（节目网站 (https://pessimists.co/the-good-ol-days/)）—— 这档节目在2020年完成改版，改版前的名字是「Pessimists Archive」，节目的封面是半杯水，相比现在的名字和封面，糊糊个人更喜欢改版前的风格； 2. 豆瓣小组「时代的眼泪」 (https://www.douban.com/group/old-time/?ref=sidebar)与「假装活在1980-2000年」 (https://www.douban.com/group/694539/?ref=sidebar)里，随处可见时空旅行家和人们对过去的依恋； 3. Woody Allen的电影《午夜巴黎》 (https://movie.douban.com/subject/4319218/)及导演本人关于本电影的访谈一篇 (https://www.filmcomment.com/article/woody-allen-the-film-comment-interview/)——有趣的是，伍老本人想通过本片戳破人们对过去的幻想泡沫； 4. 保守的科技评论人Nicolas Carr反自动化的作品《玻璃笼子》 (https://book.douban.com/subject/26644961/)及发表在The Atlantics上的文章Is Google Making Us Stupid (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/)——这篇文章读起来有一股古朴的韵味； 5. 特朗普的标志性口号「MAGA」其实不是他原创的，NBC的文章 (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/make-america-great-again-who-said-it-first-n645716)梳理了都有哪些政客把「MAGA」挂在口头上过； 6. 一度畅销的美国科普杂志Science and Inventions的绝美封面大赏 (https://www.pinterest.com/YarsPhotography/science-and-invention-magazine/)； 7. Hugo Gernsback决定将Electrical Experimenter杂志改版为Science and Inventions的宣言 (https://manifold.umn.edu/projects/the-perversity-of-things)； 8. Hugo Gernsback的神奇脑洞集合 (https://www.zhihu.com/column/p/26411144)； 9. 1923年，《纽约时报》发表了长文 (https://www.nytimes.com/1923/10/21/archives/-american-life-is-too-fast-scientists-support-hughes-speed-called.html)《美国人生活节奏过快：速度损害思维与进步》； 10. 十九世纪末的美国似乎人人都有神经衰弱——对于这段历史的回顾，The Atlantic 2016年发表的一篇文章 (https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/03/the-history-of-neurasthenia-or-americanitis-health-happiness-and-culture/473253/)分析得相当全面； 11. 时政评论人Andrew Sullivan去冥想疗养中心，戒断互联网的经历与反思 (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/09/andrew-sullivan-my-distraction-sickness-and-yours.html)； 12. 2020年一项心理学研究 (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01133/full#B18)称「怀旧是一种以未来为导向的积极情绪」； 13. 做客推荐集的Alan Levinovitz 2016年的文章 (https://aeon.co/essays/nostalgia-exerts-a-strong-allure-and-extracts-a-steep-price)，他激烈地批评了各种形式的怀旧情绪与行为。 【小海豚广播】 十分感谢大家的等待与支持！特别鸣谢小海豚新logo的设计师：南番女士！ 推荐大家使用通用播客app收听Casticle，拥有不打折扣的收听及阅读体验。 欢迎大家与小海豚通过以下渠道互动： 1. 微博 (https://weibo.com/6812416860/) （直播聊天室的时间安排会在微博通知） 2. 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Ralston College presents a conversation between Stephen Blackwood and Alan Dershowitz, followed by an audience Q & A. The discussion begins with Professor Dershowitz describing the early influences that awakened his appreciation for civil liberties—particularly free speech—and the origins of his fiercely independent thinking. The subsequent conversation and response to questions touches on the decline of meritocracy, the principles of the Civil Rights Movement, the role of universities and intellectuals in revolution and tyranny, and the ways in which a culture of free inquiry is fundamental to human flourishing. The event took place online on April 28th, 2021. Works and Artists mentioned: H.N. Bialik, "The City of Slaughter," Adolf von Hildebrand

The Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik talks about her latest sitcom Call Me Kat, her new mental health podcast Mayim Bialik's Breakdown and more. Music journalist Dalton Higgins remembers the life and legacy of rapper DMX, who died on Friday at the age of 50. On this week's screen panel, Kelly Boutsalis and Justin Wu reflect on the end of Kim's Convenience as the beloved Canadian sitcom airs its final episode tomorrow. Award-winning children's author and illustrator Jon Klassen discusses his latest book The Rock from the Sky, and shares a simple trick he uses to tell stories with pictures.

A child star who “Blossom’d” into a respected neuroscientist then went BACK into acting to PLAY a neuroscientist on a hit TV show… It doesn’t get more meta than that!  Mayim Bialik has had a lot on her plate…and not just her Passover Seder plate. In her podcast, Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, she dissects the myths about mental health. We’re going to dip into Bialik’s brain in this episode of Easy Listening, a podcast about podcasts.  Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser welcome you to the show.

Mayim Bialik is an American actress, neuroscientist, and author. From 1991 to 1995, Mayim played the title character of the NBC sitcom Blossom. Mayim later played neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory and has a new show called Call Me Kat. along with a new mental health podcast called Mayim's Bialik breakdown..

Happy Pre-April-Fool's Day!. And in honor of the occasion, Trenton Carlson has produced a crossword that fooled, well, one of us, with a  virtual-natick at the corner of 48A, Dance move that went from trendy to cringe in the 2010s, DAB, and 50D, Mayim who played Amy Farrah Fowler on "the Big Bang Theory", BIALIK. Said cohost also had  problems in the middle of the puzzle, briefly contemplating 59A, Key of Beethoven's ninth, to be NMINOR (a really, really low (high?) note). The other cohost found the entire puzzle to be a breeze.For the full lowdown, and to discover which cohost was in the know and which was in lexiconic distress,  download today's episode and listen up!

You may know her from her Emmy nominated character Amy Fowler on "The Big Bang Theory." Mayim Bialik says the only reason she auditioned for "The Big Bang Theory" was because her health insurance was running out. We were first introduced to Mayim Bialik as a child star in the popular 90s sitcom "Blossom." In between gigs she went and got a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Dennis and Bailik talk a little chromosomes before getting into her brand new show on FOX. Bialik stars in a BBC adaptation "Call Me Kat." She talks about how coronavirus has changed how she and Jim Parson's thought they would be working together and the aspects they pulled from the original British comedy. Bialik tells Dennis not only the differences between working as a child actor and working as an adult but also how social media and paparazzi have in general changed how actors work.

Our weekly SBS Australian Jewish update with Shane Desiatnik, senior journalist at the AJN.

Mayim Bialik is a multi talented actor, producer, director, educator, neuroscientist, and author who got her start in classic 80s TV series including “Beauty and the Beast” and “Facts of Life” before landing her breakout role at age 12 as a young Bette Middler in the 1988 film “Beaches.” Two years later, she nabbed the lead role in the super popular teen sit-com “Blossom” which ran from 1990 through 1995 and once that series ended, she went to UCLA for 12 years where she earned a PhD in Neuroscience and completed her doctorate in 2007. Bialik returned to TV in a big way in 2010 when she joined the cast of “The Big Bang Theory” where she was a fan favorite and was nominated for four Emmys before the series ended in 2019. And now, together with her “Big Bang Theory” co-star Jim Parsons, she’s executive producing the new Fox show “Call Me Kat,” which she also stars in as a single woman in her late 30s who runs a cat cafe. In this very special 100th episode of BUST’s Poptarts podcast, she rejects Spanx, embraces feminism, and reflects on a past that includes Woody Allen.

Eric Bialik got his first restaurant job when he was 15. Over his career, he's been everything from a dishwasher to an owner. His academic career went off the rails shortly after he graduated from a prestigious high school, but he kept coming back to the restaurant industry he loves so much. He shares what he's learned about starting and running a business, working with employees from other generations, dealing with his own stress and guilt, and lots of other stuff. Plus he strategically slept through parts of the SAT on two separate occasions.

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Some celebrities are tremendous actors and musicians, and some actors and musicians are also tremendous scientists and mathematicians. Who are these brainiacs?! You might be surprised! For more information about some of these celebrities, including their works in science, please visit me at www.MathScienceHistory.com. And while you're there, feel free to buy me a cup of coffee to support the podcast and the blog! Until next time, carpe diem! Gabrielle

Alex Bialik has spent a lot of time in the corporate world, including stints at three major companies selling everything from freight transportation to chocolate and Lysol. She been an intern, waitress, and a telemarketer, and in this episode she shares her considerable experience with us, including insights into sales, managing people, working in teams, and the importance of mentors.

School has begun, and once again children are learning how to read, encountering the alphabet for the first time. Hopefully it is a pleasant and magical time, but here is a story of a boy who feared his teacher, although he loved the alphabet. It’s a chapter called The Alphabet and What Lies between the Lines, from Hayim Nahman Bialik’s unfinished Novella, Random Harvest. Text Random Harvest and other Novellas by Haim Nachman Bialik. Translated by David Patterson & Ezra Spicehandler. Toby Press, 2005.

Since 2015, the Israeli writer and translator Hillel Halkin has published a series of ten essays in Mosaic on the seminal Hebrew writers of the 19th and early-20th centuries. They dealt with everyone from Bialik to Agnon, Rahel to Ahad Ha’am. Those essays have now been brought together in Halkin’s newly published book, The Lady of Hebrew and Her Lovers of Zion. The act of writing such a book is an act of cultural preservation, safeguarding the literature, poetry, and essays through which the Jewish people sought to understand themselves as a modern nation in the modern world. In this podcast, Halkin joins one of his longtime interlocutors, Professor Ruth Wisse, for a wide-ranging discussion about Israel, aliyah, tradition, religion, cultural fidelity, and, of course, Halkin’s new book. This conversation is but a snapshot of a long-running conversation between these two giants of modern Jewish letters. Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble. This podcast was recorded over Zoom at a digital event co-sponsored by Beit Avi Chai and Mosaic.

Mayim Bialik was the child star on the hit show Blossom, who went on to become part of The Big Bang Theory. Her career took a fascinating turn when she became a neuroscientist, earning her PhD from UCLA. Dr. Alan Campbell talks to Bialik about her online and offline life, and new entertainment ventures in Celebrity Showoff and Call Me Cat. Then, we delve into the secret history behind a hit show with Andy Greene, author of The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History. Greene is senior writer at Rolling Stone magazine.

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Behind the Screens podcast! Our first guest, Jeanne Bialik, comes from the world of non-scripted, reality TV. In this episode we take a deep dive into The Matrix, a movie that inspired a lot of her passions around cinematography and to get into the industry in the first place.

Recap 0:47 True Crime Chaser 39:09 **This episode was recorded in 2019 – We’re not currently hanging out or recording together during quarantine. Instead we’re squealing at high-pitched frequencies across the horizon to communicate. This episode has everything: cross contamination, single tomatoes, Munch being annoying, misogyny, shitty dads… Trigger Warning: Psychiatric sexual misconduct, incest, sexual abuse of a child Call 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) to be connected with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area.            

1 - You're a Builder-Upper - Ted Fio Rito NBC Broadcast Kraft – 19342 - Anu Olim (We Go to the Land) and Mi Yivne (Who Will Build) - Saul Meisels3 - The Little Man With The Hammer - Casa Loma Orchestra - 19354 - You Hit the Nail Right on the Head - Ernest Tubb – 19475 – Raising the Roof – the Beale Street Gang - 19466 - Ge Mej En Kyss Sa Jag Kan Dromma (A Kiss To Build A Dream On) - Staffan Broms with the Andrew Burmans Orkester (Sweden) - 19527 - Jeg Vil Bygge en Verden (I Want to Build a World) - Victor Cornelius with Elo Magnussen og Hans Softkvintet (Denmark) – 19408 - I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise - Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra – 19229 - Da streiten sich die Leut'herum (The Carpenter's Plane) - Karl Jorn (Germany) – 191510 - The Plumber - Winifred Hare and Percy Clifton – 190811 - Plumber's Revenge - Les Brown and his Orchestra – 193912 - Jig Saw Puzzle Blues - Joe Venuti & His Orchestra - 193313 - Rip Saw Blues - Art Landry and His Orchestra - 192414 - Saw Mill River Road - The Columbians Dance Orchestra De Luxe – 192315 - Powerhouse - Hal Kemp and his Orchestra - 193716 - Electric Girl - Tanzorchester Dajos Bela – 192717 - Electric Polka - Henry Broze and his Orchestra - 194518 - My Electric Girl (The Great European Sensation) - Lange's Symphonic Dance Orchestra – 192319 - Painting the Clouds with Sunshine - jim Andrews with the Golden Gate Orchestra - 192920 - Dip Your Brush in the Sunshine (And Keep On Painting Away) - Ted Lewis and his Band – 193121 - I'll Build a Nest - Ted Holt with the Bert Lown Orchestra – 193322 - Building A Nest For Mary - Herman Kenin's Ambassador Orchestra – 192923 - Nigun Bialik (Song of Bialik) and Onu Bonu Artso (We Build Our Homeland) - Dave Tarras' Palestinian Dance Orchestra - 194724 - Build a Little Home - Leon Belasco Orchestra - 193325 - Build a Little Home - Barney Rapp New Englanders - 193326 - Building a Home for You - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians – 193127 - I'm Building a Sailboat of Dreams - Dick Todd – 193928 – Big Building - Dragnet - June 14th, 1951

Don Van Natta Jr., host and executive producer of the new ESPN show Backstory, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the debut episode of his new show, on the 2018 US Open women's final. Won by Naomi Osaka over Serena Williams, the match was overshadowed by chair umpire Carlos Ramos's officiating and Williams's reaction. Van Natta and Bialik talk about the controversy's impact on tennis, why new footage adds to the case that Williams received the barred coaching instruction, and what happened when Williams and Ramos met privately immediately after the match's conclusion. Listen to Don's 2017 appearance on Thirty Love. Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Our Year 1 choir have been practicing two songs this term with their music teacher, Tanya. They were very excited to record these songs for our Podcast.

Tanner Loebel and Eric Bialik from Pacific Counter is the featured interview. We devour Abby's Chorizo Tacos Recipe. Ashley Smith & Nick Ewing from Ashley Smith and the Random Occurrence Interview & Music.

Disney fans rejoice! Another installment of PrimeTime at the Parks is here and this time we discuss the hit 90's sitcom Blossom and their visit to Disneyland. That and so much more on this episode. PATREON: Get Rewarded https://www.patreon.com/DCTC THIS EPISODES CO-HOST: https://www.instagram.com/imrileycostello/ Website - http://www.dizneycoasttocoast.com Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/dizneyctc Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/dizneyctc Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DizneyCTC/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/DCTC  

. Jerusalem stabbing victim passes away After yesterday's stabbing attack in the old city of Jerusalem, thirty-two year-old Adiel Kolman, a Jewish father of four has succumbed to his wounds and passed away in the hospital. Does P.A. President Abbas encourage terrorism? Dr. Col. (Ret.) Reuven Berko, Middle East Expert speaking at ILTV Studio about the refusal to denounce attacks and payment of terror-salaries as suggested 'yes'. French national suspected of arms smuggling Shocking details about an employee at the French consulate in Jerusalem who abused his position in order to smuggle weapons from Gaza to the West Bank. Israeli officials have named Romain Franck who works as a driver for the consulate as the prime suspect. U.N. secures $100 million for U.N.R.W.A The United Nations relief and works agency, or UNRWA is facing a grim future., last Thursday in Rome, the U.N. convened an emergency conference to try to save the floundering aid organization. Israeli soccer star summoned by police One of Israel's star soccer players is embroiled in a disturbing case of sex abuse, Antony Varenne, who plays as a striker for the Beitar Jerusalem team has just been summoned by police for questioning. Putin wins election in apparent landslide Russian President Vladimir Putin has just been elected to a historic fourth term. Putin will now lead Russia for another six years making him the longest-running leader in Russia's history. Flights over Saudi Airspace officially a ‘go' Air India has just announced that starting next week, the airline will offer new, faster direct flights between Tel Aviv and New Delhi by flying directly over Saudi airspace. Israeli Eurovision song goes viral worldwide The Israeli song submission for this year's Eurovision is taking the world by storm. Neta Barzilai's performance of the original song “toy” is evening drawing support from the Arab world with supporters from Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Iraq. The Holy Land's worst kept secret Jonny Stark, Founder Of Secret Tel Aviv speaking at ILTV Studio about the Facebook group Secret Tel Aviv, that serves as one-stop shop for anything an Israeli might need. Israel breaks solar power production record Israel has officially broken its solar power record, on Saturday, solar energy produced 13.4 percent of the total electricity being consumed in the country. Big Bang theorist hits the Holy Land The famous modern-orthodox Jewish actress - Mayim Bialik is in the Holy Land. Bialik is perhaps most known for her incredible performance in the hit show “the big bang theory”, and it looks the Israeli President may be a fan himself, because she just visited him in his residence. Hebrew word Of The Day: TZA'ATZUA | צעצוע = TOY Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today's word is "Tza'atzua" which means "Toy" The Weather Forecast Tonight should be clear and somewhat warm with a low of about sixty, or sixteen degrees Celsius. Tomorrow you can expect more sunny skies but with a slight drop in temperatures to a high of seventy-five, or twenty-four degrees Celsius. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mayim Hoya Bialik is best known for her lead role as Blossom Russo in the early-1990s NBC television sitcom “Blossom” and now appears regularly on the #1 comedy in America, CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” playing neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler, a role for which she has received one Screen Actors Guild nomination and four Emmy nominations. In 2014, Mayim joined Peter Funt in the relaunch of the original hidden camera reality show, “Candid Camera,” which airs on TVLand. Bialik was born in San Diego, California to first generation Jewish American parents, documentary filmmakers and teachers. She played the young Bette Midler in “Beaches” at age 12 and also has had guest roles on some of television’s most beloved shows of the 1980s and 1990s, such as “MacGyver,” “Webster,” “Facts of Life,” and “Murphy Brown.” She has appeared in Woody Allen’s “Don’t Drink the Water” in 1994, HBO’s “Fat Actress,” “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,”, and in several episodes of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Bialik earned a BS from UCLA in 2000 in Neuroscience and Hebrew & Jewish Studies, and went on to the Ph.D. program in Neuroscience, also at UCLA. She completed her doctorate in the Fall of 2007, which examined the role of oxytocin and vasopressin in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome. Bialik was a dedicated student leader at UCLA Hillel, leading and starting a Women’s Rosh Chodesh group, chanting and blowing shofar for High Holiday services, and conducting and writing music for UCLA’s Jewish a cappella group.

We end this week discussing the finer point of tyrannical behavior, both in public opinion and private. Also some thoughts on the market, the politicization of a solider's death and the reemergence of Hillary Clinton as a viable political force.*Bialiks Apology*Handler and Netflix*Clinton Taking Over Party*Fusion GPS and the Fifth*Politicizing Death*The Market and You*The Lies about Tax Cuts100 percent of the money pledged thru Patreon.com will go toward show costs such as advertising, server time, and broadcasting equipment. If we can get enough listeners we will expand the show to two hours and hire additional staff.

We end this week discussing the finer point of tyrannical behavior, both in public opinion and private. Also some thoughts on the market, the politicization of a solider's death and the reemergence of Hillary Clinton as a viable political force.*Bialiks Apology*Handler and Netflix*Clinton Taking Over Party*Fusion GPS and the Fifth*Politicizing Death*The Market and You*The Lies about Tax Cuts100 percent of the money pledged thru Patreon.com will go toward show costs such as advertising, server time, and broadcasting equipment. If we can get enough listeners we will expand the show to two hours and hire additional staff.

Mayim Bialik is one of the most recognizable faces around the world thanks to the hit comedy series "The Big Bang Theory." But she says her success as a TV star and as a neuroscientist came despite a socially awkward childhood. Bialik talks to Peter Travers about what she's learned and shares advice she thinks every young woman needs to hear. Like what we're doing? Leave a review! ----> http://bit.ly/2kIbsjV Check out our other podcasts: http://bit.ly/2eBJMNa * ABOUT PETER TRAVERS: Peter Travers an American film critic, author and journalist. For some 25 years, Travers has written for Rolling Stone. He personally screens nearly 400 movies per year and releases weekly reviews. Travers is the nation's most blurbed film critic, according to eFilmCritic.com. Travers is also host of ABC's "Popcorn With Peter Travers," where he interviews actors, directors and Broadway performers about their roles and their lives. Popcorn on Twitter: http://abcn.ws/2gGYRiD Popcorn on Facebook: http://abcn.ws/2f3iHDw Popcorn on YouTube: http://abcn.ws/2gyswtx Popcorn on Instagram: http://abcn.ws/2fC0Ak2

Minx addresses Bialik's misconceptions about open relationships. 0:00 Introduction and host chat Under 18? Stop listening now and visit http://www.scarleteen.com 1:30 Announcements Lusty Guy’s My Swinging Origin Story 2:10 Topic: Responding to Mayim Bialik’s video post on open relationships A few weeks ago, Mayim Bialik made a video post about how she doesn’t get open relationships. Here’s my response video on YouTube and on Facebook (with 22,000 views already!) She has quite a few misconceptions! Here are the top six misconceptions I created a response video to clear up: Most primates are monogamous Not true! 97% of mammals are nonmonogamous. Among the primates, a few monkeys and one ape, the gibbon, are monogamous. Every other species is nonmonogamous. It’s all about the sex. She says she gets it’s not all about the sex, but then proceeds to spend six out of seven minutes talking about the sex. So… who’s making it all about the sex here? Male sexuality always equals promiscuity, and female sexuality always equals monogamy and lack of sexual interest. This isn’t about sexual dimorphism; it’s about people’s individual orientations. Male sexuality doesn’t equal promiscuity, and female sexuality doesn’t equal monogamy and a lack of sexual interest. In fact, did you know that, when approaching poly from the point of view of a couple, it’s usually the woman’s idea to open up? If a lifestyle wouldn’t work for me, it couldn’t possibly work for anyone else. Mayim talks about how relationships take time and energy, and she couldn’t imagine having enough focus for another partner in addition to her spouse and kids. Great! But, just as she chose how many kids she could bring into her life and love and care for, consenting adults also get to choose how many partners they can bring into their lives to love. Poly practitioners are at higher risk for STIs. Wrong! The people at highest risk for STIs are those who are uneducated about transmission methods, who prefer lying or cheating to honest communication and who don’t get tested regularly and share those results with their partners. In fact, STI rates tend to be lower among polyamorists because we educate and communicate without shame about STIs. People only practice polyamory because they are unhappy in their existing relationships. Wrong again! Well, OK. Sometimes this does happen. But most people practice polyamory, non-monogamy or relationship anarchy because it’s the truest expression of themselves. And by the way, not all non-monogamy starts with a couple. Plenty of people are solo poly. 9:45 Feedback on episode 518 A listener calls in to say that she was interrviewed for that NYT Magazine article and is glad her story wasn’t included with those who came to poly from cheating AggieSez chastises the journalist for not following journalism 101: not getting direct quotes from people who were not the married partners. If the whole premise is that other people are involved but you never interview or quote those partners, you’re leaving out a huge part of the story! She’s putting together a media guide for journalists wanting to cover poly! 14:40 Happy Poly Moment Free wrote in to share an HPM about helping out a partner’s sick kid. Parenting happy poly moment for the win! 17:30 How to make this podcast better Questions? Comments? Feedback? Email polyweekly@gmail.com and attach an audio comment or call the listener comment line at 802-505-POLY. Friend us on Twitter or Facebook, leave a comment here. Check out Poly Weekly podcasts at polyweekly.libsyn.com. Share this with a friend or write an iTunes review!  Our intro and outro music is courtesy of Pacemaker Jane, “Good Suspicions.”

If you are not sure who Mayim Bialik is, you may not have been a young girl growing up in the 90's watching Blossom dancing on your TV screen listening to her on screen brother Joey say “Whoa!” You are more than likely familiar with her role as Sheldon's love interest Amy on the Big Bang Theory. What you MAY not know however is that she is a scientist in real life. Like a really real scientist with a B.S. in neuroscience. She also created a site called GrokNation which caters to women and includes wide-ranging topics such as religion, popular culture, parenting, and Hollywood. Man this lady has a lot going on – including launching a brand new book! Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular looks to be an amazing book and one I will likely be purchasing for my daughter. It tackles a lot of issues for little girls from a scientific perspective breaking down many of the things that as a little girl I wondered about. Hell, some of them I still wonder about. The book has 6 chapters: How Our Bodies WorkHow We GrowHow We LearnHow We LoveHow We CopeHow We MatterAnd that last chapter is one that I am so very excited to read to my daughter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with the Sylvia Bialik, organizer of the "Yiddish Idol" ("Der Yidisher Idol") in Mexico City, a Yiddish singing and songwriting competition whose submission deadline comes later this month (April 23, 2017). See also "Der Yidisher Idol" web site (in Spanish and English): http://deridisheridol.com Also on this week's show: Pesach music and Pesach greetings from sponsors and friends. Hasia Segal: Di Veltlekhe Hagode (highlights of the Arbeter Ring haggadah; from 1991) Air Date: April 12, 2017

The more sophisticated I think our world gets, the more I realize we are still cavemen picking our boogers.  

Mayim Bialik sits down withDanny Lobell, star of The Big Bang Theory and Blossom, was trained as a neuroscience. That's why Alex picked philosopher Karl Popper to discuss with her. They talk medical school, religion, faith and science and whether or not they agree with Popper's writings. 

Lost in Translation - Parsha Toldot Notes "Reading the Bible in translation is like kissing your new bride through a veil." famously quipped Haim Nachman Bialik. I would love to see this quote from Bialik as published or documented verbatim and in the original Hebrew. I'm suspicious that what I find attributed to Bialik as it may just be a translation or paraphrase: תרגום דומה לנשיקה מבעד לצעיף I’m sure that reading Bialik in translation is a similarly less-than sensual experience.  Did he say bride or girl, did he mean just a kiss or was he suggesting something more intimate and finally was it a veil or the proverbial sheet?  In any case, I do agree with Bialik that learning Torah can be like sex and in this regard it should not be practiced safely with an interfering translation… it should be done … in the original Hebrew. While we’re on the subject of kosher sex, let’s consider one of the best examples of lost-in-translation in the Bible. Genesis 26 sets the stage wherein Isaac fibs about his wife and tells Abimelech that Rebecca is his sister. 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. וַיְהִי, כִּי אָרְכוּ-לוֹ שָׁם הַיָּמִים, וַיַּשְׁקֵף אֲבִימֶלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ פְּלִשְׁתִּים, בְּעַד הַחַלּוֹן; וַיַּרְא, וְהִנֵּה יִצְחָק מְצַחֵק, אֵת, רִבְקָה אִשְׁתּוֹ. The Hebrew word that the text uses for “sporting” is metzahek which comes from the same Hebrew root as does Isaac’s name: listen: “Yitzhak metzahek”.  It is clear that the biblical writer, along with Isaac, was having some fun here. This is the only place[i] in the Bible that metzahek is used to imply sexual activity…. Unless, of course, we now re-read the texts associated with the original association of Yitzhak’s name with the laughter of Sarah and Abraham ….. and realize that his parents laughed at the thought of procreating a child…. (see Gen 17:17, 18:12,13 and 15 and 21:6).  So maybe Yitzchak’s “sporting” makes us realize that there was always sexual innuendo in the glee, gaiety, and amazement with a-touch-of-self-mockery that his parents, he and maybe we feel at the joy of sex. Hey.. It’s not me… it’s the Hebrew talking. The modern day scholar who focuses most closely on the original Hebrew sounds of the biblical text is Everett Fox, who has written a translation of the Torah following on the heels of Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig.  Fox takes the Bible, if not as an oral document, certainly as an aural one.  Fox believes that using echoes, allusions, and powerful inner structures of sound, the text of the Bible is often able to convey ideas in a manner that vocabulary alone cannot do.  Fox argues that virtually every major (usually male) character in Genesis has his name explained by a play on words many time hinting at an eventual fate or character trait. Let’s listen to the story of Jacob in Genesis 25:26 26 And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was threescore years old when she bore them. וְאַחֲרֵי-כֵן יָצָא אָחִיו, וְיָדוֹ אֹחֶזֶת בַּעֲקֵב עֵשָׂו, וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ, יַעֲקֹב; וְיִצְחָק בֶּן-שִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה, בְּלֶדֶת אֹתָם The association of Jacob – Yaakov with a heel is strange.  Jacob is not the only mythical hero with a famous heel, but in Achilles case, he was the owner of the heel.  Jacob’s relationship with his brother’s heel is vicarious.  If the biblical author, let alone his parents, want to be flattering, they do a lousy job.   Jacob is to be known, at best, as a “hanger on”. Fox’s translation: "Heel-Holder" Even if we choose to think of Jacob as a bootstrapper, we can’t forget that he pulls himself up by a bootstrap attached to his brothers heal.  And let’s not forget that Esau’s heal, like Achilles, is his most vulnerable body part. Metaphorically, the heel[ii] is the exposed rear of an army (see Joshua 8:13 and Genesis 49:19).  When God curses the snake for tempting Eve, it is on the snake's metaphorical heel that man shall forever stamp (Genesis 3:15).  Attacking an enemy’s heel is an insult to both the attacker and the victim. Our unflattering association is echoed by Esau himself latter in the story.  After Jacob steals the birthright, Esau taunts (Genesis 27:36): And he said: 'Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.' And he said: 'Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?' וַיֹּאמֶר הֲכִי קָרָא שְׁמוֹ יַעֲקֹב, וַיַּעְקְבֵנִי זֶה פַעֲמַיִם--אֶת-בְּכֹרָתִי לָקָח, וְהִנֵּה עַתָּה לָקַח בִּרְכָתִי; וַיֹּאמַר, הֲלֹא-אָצַלְתָּ לִּי בְּרָכָה. Here Ekev-heel is used in the sense of “to throw one down, to trip one up, to supplant, to circumvent, to defraud.[iii]  Fox’s translation: "Heel-Sneak". Check out Jeremiah 9:3 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother acteth subtly, and every neighbour goeth about with slanders. אִישׁ מֵרֵעֵהוּ הִשָּׁמֵרוּ, וְעַל-כָּל-אָח אַל-תִּבְטָחוּ:  כִּי כָל-אָח עָקוֹב יַעְקֹב, וְכָל-רֵעַ רָכִיל יַהֲלֹךְ Jeremiah is pulling no punches, he uses “ekov Yaakov” the “heel of Jacob” as a synonym for acting subtly. What kind of parents would the biblical author have Isaac and Rebecca be?  Who gives a child such a name? Clearly, Jacob is in need of a name change… and in fact, this is what happens after he wrestles with the Angel at the River Jabbok (literally: wrestling river). There is nothing flattering that one can say about Yaakov’s name.  His name can only portend a change.  A change from a swindler, a scrapper, a kniver… someone who by choice or circumstance is forced to steal his blessings and eke out a living and a life.  Yaakov is the outsider, the Ghetto Jew, but his name portends another name, where he crosses the river into his homeland and can stand on his own feet and pull himself up from his own bootstraps ... attached to his own heel.  This is what hopefully lies ahead for him in his future name and this is what presumably is up for grabs in the blessing that he steals. So far in the text, you don’t have to listen to the Hebrew words of the text, you can look the words up in a dictionary or Biblical Lexicon… but when it comes to the patrimony and blessing that Jacob coveted… you have to listen: (Genesis 26: 3-5) 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father; 4 and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and by thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves; 5 because that Abraham hearkened to My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.' גּוּר בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת, וְאֶהְיֶה עִמְּךָ וַאֲבָרְכֶךָּ:  כִּי-לְךָ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ, אֶתֵּן אֶת-כָּל-הָאֲרָצֹת הָאֵל, וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת-הַשְּׁבֻעָה, אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִיךָ. וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֶת-זַרְעֲךָ, כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְנָתַתִּי לְזַרְעֲךָ, אֵת כָּל-הָאֲרָצֹת הָאֵל; וְהִתְבָּרְכוּ בְזַרְעֲךָ, כֹּל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ. עֵקֶב, אֲשֶׁר-שָׁמַע אַבְרָהָם בְּקֹלִי; וַיִּשְׁמֹר, מִשְׁמַרְתִּי, מִצְו‍ֹתַי, חֻקּוֹתַי וְתוֹרֹתָי. The word translated as “because” is our old friend “ekev”[iv]. Used in this fairly rare sense, it has the sense of “as a consequence, a gain, a reward, end”.  It is that which results from a long, tedious, painful, tortuous and circuitous journey. A pilgrimage full of blisters and maybe a touch of plantar fasciitis.  Esau, might have been, like Achilles, the golden boy and favorite son and Yaakov, the parasite, but Yaakov struggled with what little he had.  Esau may have been well heeled, but Yaakov had the fortitude and faith in a God of history to grab steadfastly for a better future[v].  He deserved the blessing… it had his name on it. Listening to the lyricism of the words in the original Hebrew and opening our ears to the playful and suggestive way the writer weaves one word; ekev into the narrative, we can do what Fox[vi] suggests we do; move explanation and commentary from the footnotes, back to the body of the text and in so doing.. we can finally… kiss the bride.  [i] See Strongs Biblical lexicon tsachaq H6711  Lexicon :: Strong's H6711 - tsachaq  [ii] See Strongs Biblical lexicon aqeb H6119  Lexicon :: Strong's H6119 - `aqeb  [iii] See Stongs Biblical Lexicon aqab  H6117  Lexicon :: Strong's H6117 - `aqab  [iv] See Strongs Biblical Lexicon 86118  Lexicon :: Strong's H6118 - `eqeb  [v] It is no surprise that this last sense of Ekev, came to represent the promise of the future and messianic times.  The bad times and trial preceding the coming of the messiah were referred to as the “footsteps [heel steps] of the messiah”  Sotah 49a-b R. ELIEZER THE GREAT SAYS: FROM THE DAY THE TEMPLE WAS DESTROYED, …. THERE WAS NONE TO ASK, NONE TO INQUIRE. UPON WHOM IS IT FOR US TO RELY? UPON OUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE MESSIAH   עקבות המשיח  INSOLENCE WILL INCREASE AND HONOUR DWINDLE;  …  THE GOVERNMENT WILL TURN TO HERESY  AND THERE WILL BE NONE [TO OFFER THEM] REPROOF; THE MEETING-PLACE [OF SCHOLARS] WILL BE USED FOR IMMORALITY; …. THE WISDOM OF THE LEARNED6  WILL DEGENERATE, FEARERS OF SIN WILL BE DESPISED, AND THE TRUTH WILL BE LACKING; YOUTHS WILL PUT OLD MEN TO SHAME, THE OLD WILL STAND UP IN THE PRESENCE OF THE YOUNG, A SON WILL REVILE HIS FATHER, A DAUGHTER WILL RISE AGAINST HER MOTHER, A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, AND A MAN'S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD;  THE FACE OF THE GENERATION WILL BE LIKE THE FACE OF A DOG,  A SON WILL NOT FEEL ASHAMED BEFORE HIS FATHER. SO UPON WHOM IS IT FOR US TO RELY? UPON OUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN. [vi] Although I must admit that Fox does not pick up on the ekev of the blessing, possibly because it does not appear directly in the blessing, but in the patrimony preceding and in the narrative.  I would argue that it is nonetheless intentionally placed in the literary piece.   Music lyrucs: http://www.hebrewsongs.com/song-eliezerbenyehuda.htm Zeh hab'chor, ekra lo Ben Yehuda, Itamar' Shemiyankut v'ad k'mila, Miyom bo'o bivrit mila   v'ad moto – K'ruta lo brit im ha'ivrit,   From the day of his entering the covenant   (brit-milah) until his death Will have a covenant, with Hebrew

Called 'Lashonsky' for his comic wit, linguistic innovations and irrepressible puns, every child in Israel knows Avraham Shlonsky's version of the German Rumpelstiltskin fairytale: Utzli Gutzli. His upbringing was one of religion and agricultural labor, which is evident in his work; host Marcela Sulak reads from his exquisite poem 'Toil,' which compares working the land to prayer. Despite the fact that his poetry wasn't taught in Israeli schools because of his rebellion against Bialik's generation, together with Natan Alterman and Leah Goldberg, he influenced and aided many of the younger generation of poets and writers. Text: The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself, Ed. Burnshaw, Carmi, etc. al.Poems Found in Translation, A.Z. Foreman Music: Arik Lavie – Boker Tov (from Utzli Gutzli)Yaffa Yarkoni – No Caravan Of CamelsArik Einstein – Blue Handkerchief

Yocheved Bat Miriam is unique among Hebrew language poets for holding the land of her birth and the land of her life in equal esteem. Born in Russia in 1901, she published her first book of poetry, Merahok ("From a distance"), in Palestine in 1929. A critic has said of her work, "One always feels a vibrant tension between daring syntax and astonishing metaphorical leaps on the one hand, and artful, conservative prosody on the other." Perhaps because her work is challenging only two of her poems have been translated into English, including this from Cranes from the Threshold. She stopped writing poetry after she lost her only son in the 1948 War of Independence, but later went on to be awarded the Brenner, Bialik and Israel prizes. Text: The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself, Ed. Burnshaw, Carmi, etc. al. Poems Found in Translation (blog), A.Z. Foreman Music: The Same Streets Again – Tzila Daga Cranes – written by Rasul Gamzatov, translated into Russian by Naum Grebnyov

Hayyim Nahman Bialik was one of the pioneers of Hebrew poetry.  Hear the National Poet of Israel sung by Arik Einstein, who created the"Soundtrack of Israel." Find out about the fascinating Bialik house, and his songs and activities for children.   Music: Nad-Ned [See-saw], performed by Shula Chen Take me Under your Wing, performed by Arik Einstein   Take Me Under Your Wing Take me under your wing,be my mother, my sister.Take my head to your breast,my banished prayers to your nest. One merciful twilight hour,hear my pain, bend your head.They say there is youth in the world.Where has my youth fled? Listen! another secret:I have been seared by a flame.They say there is love in the world.How do we know love’s name? I was deceived by the stars.There was a dream; it passed.I have nothing at all in the world,nothing but a vast waste. Take me under your wing,be my mother, my sister.Take my head to your breast,my banished prayers to your nest. 

Emmy-nominated actress Mayim Bialik (think “Big Bang Theory” and “Blossom”) also happens to be a neuroscientist and, oh yes, an observant Jew. In this interview, conducted by Maya Bernstein, director of education and leadership initiatives at Upstart Bay Area, Bialik discusses the delicate balancing actof being a mother, actress and observant Jew in Hollywood.

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