16. Postscript Commentary (from conversation with Meir Kessler)

A follow up conversation with Chezzi Denebeim, unpacking some of the discussion in the previous episode. Intro/Outro Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swXKCDz0gC8Dovid Leiderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1-U8-0ayZE&t=13sFrank-the Tank-Fleming https://www.youtube.com/user/NJTankQuestions/comments & sponsorship:[email protected] Facebooks:https://www.facebook.com/extrasaucepodcast/

What if what we're looking FOR, we're actually looking WITH?" Chezzi Denebeim shares some of his journey and insights found along the way. Recorded on January 12th, 2020 Intro Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSuJkRYu92c Outro Musichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVc_l8a6Sws Questions/comments & sponsorship:[email protected] The Facebooks:https://www.facebook.com/extrasaucepodcast/

A recording of ‘A Nakht in Shtetl’ Yiddish music recital from September 22, 2016 at Chevra Ahavas Yisroel in Crown Heights Preformed by Chaim Kohn, Cantor Yanky Lemmer, Cantor Ayeh Leib Hurwitz, Isaac Tiefenbrun, and special guest Zalmen Mlotek Musical by Avremi G, Zisl Slepovtich, Deborah Strauss, Taylor Bergren-Chrisman, and Laura MelnicoffProduced by Chaim Kohn 

A conversation with Rabbi Shais Taub recorded on March 3rd. It was just before Corona got real, but we discuss a lot of the issues that seem so very relevant now. Can we find our own stories within the experience of another? Is it possible to draw spiritual meaning from all the suffering around us without becoming deplorably selfish in the process? Soulwords by Rabbi Shais Taub https://soulwords.orgIntro Music https://rsa.fau.edu/track/49493Outro Musichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5negGqng_4Questions/comments & sponsorship:[email protected] Facebooks:https://www.facebook.com/extrasaucepodcast/

Gittel Follman shares some of her experiences as a single girl in the big city, her journey and work as a social worker, self care, and family life. Gittel Follman is the wife of Moe Follman and the mother of two wonderful children, Nash and Leora. Gittel is the Director of Social Work at Brooklyn Defender Services, where she has worked for the past 20 years. She also serves as the Associate Director of The Living Room NY, since 2003.Intro Music: Hey Zhankoye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-0JGDM7pAIOutro Music: A Meidl In Di Yorenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwsKOf3ofZ4Questions/comments & sponsorship:[email protected] Facebooks:https://www.facebook.com/extrasaucepodcast/

An alternative perspective to replace the fear of "outside ideas" with a confidence in finding commonality. Postscript from previous episode (And Where's Your Normal Card?) Key facts of AA history https://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/aa-timelineThe Jung letters https://speakingofjung.com/blog/2015/11/13/the-bill-w-carl-jung-lettersOutro music - Ki M'tzion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8_3u9dUbIsQuestions, comments & [email protected] Facebookshttps://www.facebook.com/extrasaucepodcast/

An honest conversation with Rabbi Meir Kessler about addiction, recovery, and the spiritual principles that make one man’s ‘dubious luxury’ another man’s poison. Note: Contains some Yiddish & Hebrew that isn't translated.  More about Rabbi Kessler and the JRC: https://www.jewishrecovery.com/Intro Music: Hishbati https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTDJOW0mzcsOutro Music: B’cha Botchu (Shlomo Carlebach) by Mordechai Gottlieb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfX_3z-SEJAQuestions/comments & sponsorship:[email protected] The Facebooks: https://www.facebook.com/extrasaucepodcast/

To close out this first season of Extra Sauce, here's a nice selection of five Yiddish Chanukah songs as well a short introduction to my own interest in Yiddish music. Wishing you all a Zissen Chanukah and a Happy New Year! Intro music: https://rsa.fau.edu/album/41004Oy, Ir Kleine Lichtelech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wb1UUZ5XtMTzint On Lichter:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntyoVaAHWM8&feature=youtu.beHot a Gut'n Chanukah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fk6j_-g5CADrei Dreidel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fk6j_-g5CALichtalech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZbPi4OtwS0Questions/comments & sponsorship:[email protected] 

An honest, open, and free flowing conversation with Meilech Kohn. Get a glimpse into the riveting journey of Meilech Kohn. From the highs to the lows and everything in between, there's one soul-stirring question that cuts through it all: "U'mi Yodea"? Who knows? Perhaps it was for this very reason that you were brought here.  (Megillat Esther) More about Meilech: meilechkohn.com Intro Music: L'kvod Shabboswww.youtube.com/watch?v=tjSr3k67ogkOutro Music: Mi Yodeawww.youtube.com/watch?v=U5negGqng_4Questions/comments & sponsorship:[email protected] 

Yehudah DovBer Zirkind is a spiritual seeker and an academic of the first order. I sat down with him for an impromptu conversation about many issues related to his growing up and journey within the Chabad Chassidic community and the Yeshiva system.Yehudah DovBer Zirkind grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York and studied at various Chabad Yeshivos around the world before making Aliya in 2006. He is currently a senior research fellow at David Cardozo Academy in Jerusalem. In addition, he is a researcher, writer and lecturer on a wide range of topics in the field of academic Jewish studies. Yehudah is currently a graduate student of Yiddish literature at Tel Aviv University. The topic of his forthcoming thesis is entitled "The Sacred, the Secular and the Sacrilegious in the Life and Literary Works of Chaim Grade" His research interests include: contemporary Jewish thought, Yiddish and Hebrew literature, neo-Chassidism, Yiddish music and folklore, and Jewish bibliography. Some of his papers are accessible online at: https://telaviv.academia.edu/YehudahZirkind Yehuda can be contacted at: [email protected] Music: Oyfn Veg Shtayt a Boym https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq6LMaFu2OI&t=85sOutro Music: Kanfei Ruach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ieg5AvyikfA&t=13sQuestions/comments & sponsorship:[email protected]