On this special edition of The Meaningful People Podcast, Rabbi Dr. Ben Epstein guides an extraordinary meditation experience for people in preparation for Rosh Hashana. Rabbi Dr. Benjy is an experienced psychologist who blends traditional Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) with cognitive-behavioral, spiritual, and acceptance techniques. He is the author of Living in the Presence: A Jewish Mindfulness Guide to Everyday Life. In addition to his private practice and mindfulness seminars, h...
Sep 24, 2022•27 min
Two Lungs, Two Hearts, One Soul. This is the Story of Alter A"H and Rivky Morel. ____________________________________ **SPONSORS** This episode is brought to you by Touro University! To learn more about how you can excel at Touro University, Visit Touro.edu/more ____________________________________ Book an IV Infusion or Wellness Injection in the Comfort of Your Home! Visit: https://bit.ly/3Bk9IVL or call / text 917-334-4134 Quality. Efficient. Care #BougieService _______________________________...
Sep 17, 2022•1 hr 18 min
Ari Schonbrun was the Chief Administrative Officer of Cantor Fitzgerald, and is an author, speaker and 9/11 survivor. Ari was on the 78th floor of Tower One when the first plane hit on September 11, 2001. He helped a colleague suffering third-degree burns to safety and was thrown into the national spotlight thereafter. His miraculous first-hand account of survival has been retold in newspapers, magazines, broadcast outlets, and books. Mr. Schonbrun is a native New Yorker. He is passionate about ...
Sep 10, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Kayla Levin is the creator of How to Glow, the podcast and membership community for Jewish women who want a fresh take on relationship development. She lives in Beit Shemesh with her husband and five kids. You can find her at kaylalevin.com and subscribe to her podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts . ____________________________________ This episode is brought to you by Touro University! To learn more about how you can excel at Touro University, Visit Touro.edu/more _____________________________...
Sep 03, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Yoshi Falber is the CEO of The Chessed Fund, and has extensive experience in fundraising and business development, having worked in both non-profit and for-profit sectors. Previously, he was VP of Sales and Marketing at the Chesed Fund. After experiencing success in marketing for major motion pictures, and projects in the music and fashion industries, his passion and purpose became the development and success of great causes within the Jewish community. He was previously Director of Education of...
Aug 28, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Berel Solomon has been a professional salesperson for 15 years and has built 7-figure companies. When Berel was 18 years old he started his first business, More To Life Entertainment, which brought celebrities to nightclubs in Montreal. When he was 21 years old he became more observant of his Jewish roots and stepped away from the nightclub business. Berel went to go work for his father in their family business of Metal Recycling. He helped grow the business from $7 Million in sales to $40 Milli...
Aug 20, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Jamie Geller influences millions every day. Dubbed the “Queen of Kosher” and the “Jewish Rachael Ray”, she is a 7-time best-selling author. After graduating magna cum laude from NYU, she enjoyed an illustrious career as an award-winning TV producer and marketing executive for HBO, CNN, and FOOD NETWORK. Jamie is the Founder and CEO of Kosher Network international, the #1 Global Kosher Food Media Company and the World's Most Watched Jewish Food Network with almost 1 Billion Views. In 2020, Jamie ...
Aug 13, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Rabbi Ari Bensoussan grew up in Brooklyn, before attending Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, Mir and Beis Medrash Govoah. A Musmach of the Yerushalayim Rabbinate and Rav Yitzchok Berkowitz, Rabbi Ari co-founded Yeshivas Ruach Chaim, and was a Senior Lecturer at Derech before moving with his wife and 4 boys to Los Angeles, where he heads a branch of Chazak International. A renowned lecturer and sought-after speaker, Rabbi Ben Soussan inspires and teaches all over the world. He is the co-host of the wildly...
Aug 06, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Rabbi Naftali Miller is the director of development for Agudas Yisroel of America, catering to the evolving needs of the Jewish community from coast to coast. He previously served as director of development at Yeshiva Derech Chaim and Artscroll. He is the co-founder of Chasdei Lev, an organization that helps teachers nationwide alleviate the financial strain of the yomim tovim. _________________________________________ This episode is brought to you by Touro University! To learn more about how y...
Jul 30, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Akiva Perlman, PhD, LCSW is an international expert and speaker on topics of school counseling, addiction treatment, compulsive sexuality, and trauma. He has educated and trained thousands of social workers from the Orthodox community and is currently serving as a professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social work. Dr. Perlman is also the Clinical Director of ODA’s Wellness Institute, a clinic serving the chassidic community in Williamsburg. He maintains a small practice in Fresh Meadows where he...
Jul 23, 2022•1 hr 39 min
Rav Shlomo Katz is a renowned Torah teacher & Musician who has led hundreds of people on transformative journeys through Torah, Jewish history, Kivrei Tzadikim, and the foundations of Chassidus. His unique style empowers individuals to explore, grow, and form new connections to themselves, others, and Hashem. Shlomo was born in New Jersey before his family subsequently moved back and forth between Los Angeles and Israel. While studying in a Raanana yeshiva, Katz was introduced to the music a...
Jul 16, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Sruli Besser is a bestselling author and one of the premier journalists of the Jewish world. He has published numerous books and reaches over 200,000 readers weekly with popular in-depth Mishpacha Magazine features and profiles. Along with interviewing revered Rebbes and roshei yeshiva, Jewish leaders, and prominent politicians — including the President of the United States and Prime Minister of Canada — Besser has found the unique storylines behind ordinary facades, building a devoted cadre of ...
Jul 09, 2022•1 hr 30 min
Yehiel Kalish is a former Illinois House of Representatives member and currently serves as the CEO of Hatzalah, the largest volunteer ambulance service in the United States. Kalish is the only rabbi to serve in the Illinois state legislature. He is a chazzan at Shaarei Tzedek Mishkan Yair in Chicago, and the brother of Dafna Michaelson Jene t , a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. A member of Agudas Yisroel of America’s board of trustees, he established an Aguda office in the Chica...
Jul 03, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Originally from New York, Rabbi Gavriel Friedman has spent the last 2 decades teaching and learning in Eretz Yisrael. He is currently teaching at Aish HaTorah, where his lectures highlight the entire gamut of Aish programs. A star of the Jewish speaking circuit, Rav Gav has lectured in dozens of cities around the globe. His infectious energy and humor captivates audiences of all ages and inspires men and women across the Jewish spectrum. His unique ability to present Torah concepts in a deep yet...
Jun 25, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Gedale Fenster is a teacher and motivational speaker with followers all over the world. His teachings are based on the writings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. Originally from Cali, Colombia, Gedale is the founder and CEO of the People’s Insurance Claim Center and Evolutions Treatment Center in Florida. He has also established the Breslov Center, and has helped thousands of Jews from across the religious spectrum with achieving success in business and personal life, as well as dealing with trauma a...
Jun 18, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Conservative columnist and podcaster Ben Shapiro is a best-selling author, syndicated columnist, and Harvard Law School graduate. He is a committed Orthodox Jew, an avid baseball fan, and a loving husband and father. He has become famous for his razor-sharp intellect and uncompromising political values. Ben is editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and host of "The Ben Shapiro Show," the top conservative podcast in the nation. His work has been profiled in nearly every major American publication. ___...
Jun 11, 2022•36 min
In this episode we are taking a look back at some of the most inspiring stories that were said on these episodes! Story #1: Yaakov Shwekey Story #2: Shloime and Chani Bochner Story #3: Joey Newcomb Story#4: Charlene Aminoff Story#5: Shloime and Chani Bochner Subscribe to our Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2WALuE2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39bNGnO Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/MPPGooglePodcasts Or wherever Podcasts are available! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meaningfu...
Jun 06, 2022•29 min
Raquel Kirszenbaum was born in Isla de Margarita, part of Venezuela, before moving to Panama. After a life-changing experience at Neve Yerushalayim, she chose for herself a life pulsing with vibrant Judaism. After studying in Israel for some time, she began teaching in Panama where she started her career teaching Judaic studies at a local high school and at Midrasha Horev. She has extensively developed her career teaching Judaism to people from all paths of life, becoming an internationally soug...
May 28, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Rabbi Shais Taub is a world-renowned columnist, author and lecturer and is known for his work in the field of addiction recovery. NPR dubbed him “an expert in Jewish mysticism and the 12 Steps” and The New York Times has deemed him “a phenomenon.”. He wrote a popular weekly column in Ami Magazine for 8 years and is the author of the bestselling book, G-d of Our Understanding: Jewish Spirituality and Recovery from Addiction as well as several groundbreaking works on Tanya. Rabbi Taub’s interest i...
May 21, 2022•1 hr 34 min
The name Ishay Ribo has become synonymous with heart-rending melodies, sweet vocals, depth, vibe, holy rhythm, and soaring visions of Moshiach reflected in the shining eyes of Israeli concert-goers of every background, from the most chareidi to the most secular. But who is Yishai Ribo really? What is the source for his passion, the messages powering his gift? What does he hope to accomplish on his upcoming US tour? And to what does he attribute his phenomenal success? In this heart-to-heart inte...
May 18, 2022•36 min
Avraham Shabsi Friedman, better known by his stage name, Avraham Fried, is a tremendously popular singer and shaliach. Avraham was encouraged to pursue a music career by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. His career was jump started with the release of his first album No Jew Will Be Left Behind in 1981 Avraham is the youngest of eight children of the illustrious Friedman family. It has been said that “Avraham Fried is the least lazy person in the industry, the constant prac...
May 14, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Rabbi YY Jacobson is a premier scholar in Torah and Jewish mysticism and one of the most sought after speakers in the Jewish world today, lecturing to audiences on six continents and in forty states, and serving as a teacher and mentor to thousands across the globe. He is one of the most successful, passionate, and mesmerizing communicators of Judaism today, culling his ideas from the entire spectrum of Jewish thought and making them relevant to contemporary audiences. Rabbi YY founded and serve...
May 07, 2022•1 hr 33 min
Mordechai Shapiro was born in 1989 in Monsey, New York. Born into a musical family, his father is a chazzan and his mother has a background as a trained opera singer. He learned in yeshiva in Ashar, Netiv Aryeh, and Yeshivas Bais Yisroel. Shapiro made his musical debut as the star soloist of the Miami Boys Choir. After leaving the choir, Shapiro took a break from music until his voice transitioned sufficiently. He was a student of legendary voice teacher William Riley. He worked in other jobs an...
Apr 30, 2022•1 hr 23 min
R' Pinchos Lipschutz is the publisher of the Yated Ne'eman. The Yated is one of the largest weekly publications in the orthodox world. Subscribe to our Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2WALuE2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39bNGnO Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/MPPGooglePodcasts Or wherever Podcasts are available! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meaningfulpeoplepodcast Like us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/MPPonFB Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/MeaningfuPplPod Editor: ...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr
This is a special editon of Meaningful People featuring an open converation between Jewish music stars Eli Schwebel & Abie Rottenberg Subscribe to our Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2WALuE2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39bNGnO Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/MPPGooglePodcasts Or wherever Podcasts are available! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meaningfulpeoplepodcast Like us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/MPPonFB Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/MeaningfuPplPod Edito...
Apr 10, 2022•1 hr 1 min
R' Leiby Burnham, MSW , is a Rabbi, psychotherapist, and writer. R' Burnham is the senior educator for the Weiss Family Partners Detroit program of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, where he does community outreach, and leads Jewish travel experiences in the US and abroad. He taught learning-disabled high school students for eight years in NYC, while receiving Rabbinical training at Shor Yoshuv Institute, and obtaining his Masters in Social Work from Yeshiva University. To round out his Jewish communal expe...
Apr 09, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Dan Butler is a District Judge in the Municipal Court of Pittsburgh, as well as on Pittsburgh’s specialized, Domestic Violence Court. He is also a judicial law clerk, a prosecutor, a family court hearing officer, and a family court meditator. Dan is an active Board Member of many charitable organizations and is Past Chairman of the Holocaust Commission of Greater Pittsburgh, and is an Executive Board member of the Orthodox Union. He has lectured thousands of times around the country from Radio C...
Apr 02, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Avraham Yaakov Terkeltaub is an American journalist and humorist who writes under the pen name Turx. Born in Borough Park, Terkeltaub is the eldest of eleven children. As a child, he attended Yeshiva Bnei Tzion of Bobov. Terkeltaub and his family eventually moved to Los Angeles, California where learned in Hamesivta of Los Angeles before joining the Telshe Yeshiva of Chicago. Terkeltaub began his professional career as a head counselor in Camp Yeshivas Hakayitz. Terkeltaub was a teacher in the L...
Mar 27, 2022•1 hr 15 min
This episode is a little different. First off, Twitter’s @AimHumor unmasks himself! Also, Dovid Bashevkin returns and we get to talk to him and AY about classic jewish characters, make some jokes and more. This is our first Purim episode. Hope you enjoy!
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 27 min
The Story of Rabbi Zev Leff - Moshav Matisyahu | Meaningful People #75 Rabbi Zev Leff is one of Israel’s most popular Torah educators. He is the Rabbi of Moshav Matisyahu, a small religious community located in central Israel. Rabbi Leff was born in the Bronx, where he attended public school before his family relocated to Miami, where he enrolled in a conservative school before subsequently transferring to a yeshiva. He received semicha from the Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland Ohio, where he studied...
Mar 12, 2022•1 hr 21 min
