The Big Switch

𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗝𝗘𝗪 | 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝟯 | 𝗥𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗙𝗘𝗨𝗘𝗥𝘈 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 In this captivating episode, host David Goodwin sits down with Rav Mike Feuer to explore a life marked by profound spiritual searching and transformation. From growing up in a Zionist, Holocaust-survivor family to wandering the wilderness of America and Australia, Mike’s story is one of seeking belonging, confronting identity, and wrestling with faith. He shares how early experiences in nature, philosophical explorations, and encounters with Jewish tradition shaped his understanding — or lack thereof — of true Jewish practice and identity. His journey takes him from Colorado’s mountains to Israel, where he studied, traveled, and faced moments of deep realization. Despite initial hesitations about making aliyah, life’s twists and profound personal loss pushed him toward a renewed commitment to Judaism.From studying Torah with Orthodox communities to leading groundbreaking projects on Jewish history and heroism, Mike's story reveals a relentless pursuit of understanding humanity’s role and purpose within the Jewish story. His insights delve into the crises and inspirations that define modern Jewish identity and destiny. Join us for a candid and inspiring conversation about faith, resilience, and the search for one’s true place in the world. Whether you’re curious about spiritual awakening or interested in Jewish history and destiny, this episode offers a rich tapestry of ideas and personal revelations. Hosted by David GoodwinA Shmoozin' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: ⁠⁠⁠https://glowfilmsisrael.com/💙 SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channels❤️ LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast

𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘃𝘂𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹In this episode I shmooze with 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗸 about: 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘶𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩Hosted by David GoodwinA Shmoozin' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: ⁠⁠⁠https://glowfilmsisrael.com/💙 SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channels ❤️ LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗼𝘀 | 𝗘𝗽𝘀 𝟮𝟰 | 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗶In this episode I shmooze with 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗸 about: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 | 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴Hosted by David GoodwinA Shmoozin' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: ⁠⁠⁠https://glowfilmsisrael.com/💙 SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channels❤️ LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast 👀 See also Rabbi Menachem Salasnik's YouTube Channel ⁠⁠⁠@menachemsalasnik⁠⁠⁠

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗼𝘀 | 𝗘𝗽𝘀 𝟮𝟯 | 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝗿In this episode I shmooze with 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗸 about: 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘖𝘮𝘦𝘳 | 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘑𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘮 | 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘩Hosted by David GoodwinA Shmoozin' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: ⁠⁠⁠https://glowfilmsisrael.com/⁠⁠⁠ SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channels LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast See also Rabbi Menachem Salasnik's YouTube Channel ⁠⁠⁠@menachemsalasnik⁠⁠⁠

𝗦𝗵𝗺𝗼𝗼𝘇𝗶𝗻' 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 #𝟭𝟱After years of deep Torah study in an Israeli yeshiva, in the late 90s American born 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶 𝗡𝗼𝗮𝗺 𝗞𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗴𝘀𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 moved with his young family to a flourishing religious Jewish community in Gaza. Then, in the year 2000 everything changed, the second intifada began and life in Gush Katif was never the same again. By 2005 Jewish presence in Gaza was completely eradicated following the Israeli government's fateful disengagement policy. In this highly emotionally charged episode, Rav Noam and I discuss the impact of his strong religious Zionist upbringing, his making aliyah, Gush Katif experiences and what it was like in those dark days of disengagement which culminated in him literally being dragged from his home by Israeli security forces. Sad but true unfortunately. Amongst many fascinating spiritual topics, we delve into the foundational Jewish mindset of 'emunah' - faithfulness to God and its true meaning. We hope this show inspires and uplifts you as it did me.Thanks for tuning in, David GoodwinHosted by David GoodwinRecorded in Jerusalem, IsraelA Shmoozin' podcast produced by 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹, ⁠⁠⁠www.glowfilmsisrael.com⁠⁠💙 SUBSCRIBE on Shmoozin' YouTube Channel & on Spotify or Apple podcast channels❤️ LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast

𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝘄 | 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟮 From a secular Jewish family, 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 grew up in the notorious streets of East London and Essex in a tough, aggressive non Jewish world where fighting, racism, antisemitism and bullying were an every day thing. Working long hours in a casino and surrounded by violence, football hooliganism, drugs and gangsters, David's life was empty and meaningless. And then, at his lowest point, everything changed....This podcast is his inspiring story of how he turned his life around and discovered what it means to be and live as a Jew. Hosted by David GoodwinA 𝗦𝗵𝗺𝗼𝗼𝘇𝗶𝗻' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: ⁠⁠⁠https://glowfilmsisrael.com/⁠⁠⁠SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channelsLIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗼𝗼𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗼𝘀 | 𝗘𝗽𝘀 𝟮𝟮 | 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗵In this episode I shmooze with 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗸 about: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 | 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 | 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥Hosted by David Goodwin A Shmoozin' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: ⁠⁠⁠https://glowfilmsisrael.com/⁠⁠⁠SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channels LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast See also Rabbi Menachem Salasnik's YouTube Channel ⁠⁠⁠@menachemsalasnik⁠⁠⁠#parshamishpatim#jewishpodcast#shabbat#torah#parasha#parashah#god#weeklyparasha#shabbos#parashathashavua#hashem#bible

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗼𝘀 | 𝗘𝗽𝘀 𝟮𝟭 | 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗺In this episode I shmooze with 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗸 about: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 | 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 | 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘩Hosted by David Goodwin A Shmoozin' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: ⁠⁠⁠https://glowfilmsisrael.com/⁠⁠⁠SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channels LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast See also Rabbi Menachem Salasnik's YouTube Channel ⁠⁠⁠@menachemsalasnik⁠⁠⁠

Something for Shabbos | Eps 20 | Parashat YitroIn this episode I shmooze with 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗸 about:𝘠𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘑𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 | 𝘠𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘰'𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘯𝘦𝘪 𝘠𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 | 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦'𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 | 𝘉𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵Hosted by David GoodwinA Shmoozin' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: ⁠⁠⁠https://glowfilmsisrael.com/⁠⁠⁠SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channels LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast See also Rabbi Menachem Salasnik's YouTube Channel ⁠⁠⁠@menachemsalasnik⁠⁠⁠

In this episode I'm joined by the Rav of my shul 𝗥𝗮𝘃 𝗔𝘃𝗶 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗶. I was keen to learn deeper ideas and significance about the Jewish 'festival of fruits' Tu B'Shvat and what it can teach us about Am Yisrael's connection to our ancestral homeland the Land of Israel. Rav Kannai revealed some beautiful stories and amazing insights into this little holiday that arrives in the Jewish calendar just as we're beginning the transition from winter to spring.𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗠𝗬 𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗔𝗩 𝗔𝗩𝗜 𝗞𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗔𝗜Rav Avi Kannai is the Rav of the Mitzpe Ramot Congregation, a thriving and diverse community, in Ramot Bet, Jerusalem. He is a clinical psychologist in private practice and in the psychiatric department of the Herzog Hospital in Jerusalem. He is a popular lecturer at both the Herzog College and Lifshitz College.Rav Kannai, a graduate of Yeshivat Har Etzion in which he studied for nine years, spent his military service as a paratrooper where he fought and was injured in a military operation in Lebanon. He earned his BA in Humanities (an interdisciplinary study combining Philosophy and Talmud) and Psychology from Hebrew University and an MA in Clinical Psychology from Hebrew University. He was a research fellow in the Shalem Center for 3 years and the scientific editor of the Hebrew edition of the book “Freud’s Moses” by Prof. Yosef Yerushalmi. He served as a Torah MiTzion Rosh Kollel in Memphis Tennessee for three years, in which he had an intensive experience of Torah teaching and communal work in the American Jewish community.Fluent in both English and Hebrew, Rav Kannai is a sought after scholar in residence who lectures on a range of topics especially focusing on the intersection between Jewish thought, halachah, psychology, education and general philosophy.Hosted by David GoodwinRecorded at The Jerusalem Film StudioA Shmoozin' podcast produced by 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹, ⁠⁠⁠www.glowfilmsisrael.com⁠⁠💙 SUBSCRIBE on Shmoozin' YouTube Channel & on Spotify or Apple podcast channels❤️ LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast