Becky Tahel Bordo is an Israeli born, Philly bred, Los Angeles trained creator of conscious content. As a writer, producer, actress, and executive assistant to some of Hollywood's greatest, she got her footing in Los Angeles after some "lucky" breaks. (OK, she babysat her way to the middle, and works tirelessly towards her personal "top"). Today she runs her own production company, Go Tahel Productions, where she both joins in poking lighthearted fun at her birth name while simultaneously creati...
Oct 17, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Leslie Ginsparg Klein is a writer, educator and speaker. An accomplished scholar and author, Dr. Klein speaks on Jewish history, Tanach, leadership and communication skills across the United States and internationally. Dr. Klein received her Ph.D. from New York University, where she researched the history of Orthodox girls’ education in America and the Bais Yaakov movement. She is an alumna of Michlalah, Stern College for Women and the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, and a recipient of the New York ...
Oct 10, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 58
A Philadelphia artist who creates colorful works on paper that combine traditional printmaking, mixed media & digital technology based on her love of travel, the mystery of memory & the magic of place. Linda Dubin Garfield, an award-winning printmaker and mixed media artist, creates visual memoirs exploring the mystery of memory and the magic of place, using hand-pulled printmaking techniques, photography, collage and digital imaging. Her abstract and dynamic works use multiple layers of...
Oct 03, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 57
If you are someone you know is suffering from abuse - please reach out to https://www.jewishcommunitywatch.org/ To contact Franciska - franciskakay@gmail.com www.franciskamusic.com You can also try Facebook or Instagram and join the Franciska Show Podcast Facebook Group. #NOMORESILENCE #NOMOREABUSE
Sep 24, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Michelle Penn started dancing when I was 3 years old at Dance Dimensions in Fort Lauderdale, FL. She took ballet, tap and jazz and became more serious as she entered middle school. At 14, she joined the Fort Lauderdale Children's Ballet Theater, under the direction of Angela Mauti and danced soloist and principal roles, including the Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty and the evil stepsisters in Cinderella. After graduating from her Catholic high school, she attended Northwestern University in Evans...
Sep 17, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Rivka Nahari has had many years of training and performing experience in both music and dance. She began her ballet training at age 3 and studied in the pre-professional program at the Academy of Nevada Dance Theater where she continued until her graduation from high school. While at the Academy, she performed yearly in the "Nutracker" ballet and "Cinderella" with the Nevada Dance Theater professional company and danced in numerous performances with the Academy of Nevada Dance Theater Youth Comp...
Sep 10, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Fresh off her newly released album, Devorah Schwartz is one of the most popular Singers to hit the Music Scene for Jewish Women. Devorah grew up in Brooklyn NY attending BY of Boro Park Elementary school, and then her family moved to Monsey where she attended Breuers of Monsey. She confined her education gaining a Bachelors of Science and then a Masters in Business Administration. Devorah studied voice from a private instructor and is a professional vocalist and voice teacher residing in Jackson...
Sep 03, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 53
"Yonina” (a combination of names -Yoni and Nina Tokayer) Nina Tokayer is an Israeli-American singer-songwriter, known as part of the viral husband-wife duo “Yonina”. The two have released a debut original album, "Emet Pshuta" (Simple Truth) and have been performing for the past two years throughout Israel and abroad. Known for their positive music and soft harmonies, "Yonina" create a blend between Jewish, Israeli and International music. Nina currently lives in Pardes Chana with her husband Yon...
Aug 27, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 52
This special episode is here to bring clarity to a heavy and quite emotional topic for to us all. A comprehensive overview of the issue both from the halachik and psychological perspectives with our dear guests and co-hosts of the "Intimate Judaism" podcast - Rabbi Scott Kahn and sex therapist Tali Rosenbaum. A little bit about our guests: Talli Rosenbaum has decades of experience in the field of sexual health, and is a certified sex therapist and an individual and couple therapist. She is an in...
Aug 20, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 51
To celebrate the 50th episode on this podcast, the host of the Franciska Show, you guessed it- Franciska herself opens up about her struggles and aspirations in an episode special hosted by Neshama Carlebach. Franciska is a composer, producer and podcast host. She creates her masterpieces by weaving eternal words of prayer into soulful guitar melodies. Raised in religious school and in musical academy, Franciska's compositions reflect her commitment to bridging both worlds. Franciska started pl...
Aug 13, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Tziona Achishena has been performing women for the past 18 years. She has produced 10 albums of original music, including her best selling “Miriam’s Drum”, several music videos. Tziona has performed throughout Israel, across North America, and even has traveled as far as Moscow to inspire Jewish women with her soul-stirring voice. Tziona was blessed with a startling 4 octave range, and a voice that goes straight to the heart. Her most recent performance was before a crowd of 500 at the Geula Gat...
Aug 06, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Devra Aviva Seidel is a classical pianist, actor, singer and musical director. Favorite roles include Rosemary in How to Succeed in Business without really trying, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof and Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank. Devra appeared as the Challah Mom in an instructional video with the NYC Challah bake for kids and played a post apocalyptic scientist in the short film 'Seedling' with Mythic Bridge Inc. She is a frequent cabaret performer at venues such as the Triad Theater and ...
Jul 30, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Ricka Razel born in Jerusalem in 1975, to an American Mom and Dutch Father. Raised in Jerusalem with 3 brothers (Yonatan Razel Aaron Razel and Yehuda Razel). The house she grew up in was a musical household where the emphasis of education was through teaching music. Since Ricka was a little girl she studied piano, flute, recorder, and music theory. Ricka went to the hight school Musical Academy where she studied voice and flute. When they were 12, the Razel brothers formed a band where they pref...
Jul 23, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Avigail Gruzman is a London born artist as well as a mother and wife. She grew up in a large family, full of artistic and creative siblings and parents. Much of her childhood revolved around the arts. As well as doing GCSE and Alevels in art, Avigail studied graphic design in the LCC (London college of communications). In Israel she studied in Michlelet Emuna, a top rated art school for frum women. Once Avigail moved to Antwerp and settled down, she noticed a need in the community to teach and s...
Jul 16, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Neshama Carlebach is an award-winning singer, songwriter and educator who has performed and taught in cities around the world. A six-time entrant in the Grammy Awards, Neshama has sold over one million records, making her one of today’s best-selling Jewish artists in the world. She collaborates with musicians of different faiths, and partners with organizations, synagogues, and churches. Neshama has been a cornerstone of major Jewish music festivals across the U.S. and globally, performing in fr...
Jul 09, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Sara Kupfer, founder of Fit Jewess, is a fitness coach with the mission of empowering Jewish women worldwide through joyful movement and fostering a community united through body positive and weight neutral fitness. She is a CrossFit L1 trainer and HAES advocate, and coaches women and girls in person and online. https://fitjewess.com/ Please take the Survey to tell us how we are doing....
Jul 02, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Kerry Bar Cohn is a chiropractor, wife and mother to four sons. She has been involved in Jewish creativity for years. She is known as Rebbetzin Tap, a Jewish children's performer, making 5 DVD and performing all over the world. She started the popular FB group, "Kol Isha: For Jewish Women and Girls Only" where women sing and dance for each other. She also runs Kol Isha Radio, an online radio station of Jewish women's music. Recently she founded the Instagram account "Jewish Creative Women" which...
Jun 25, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Toby Klein Greenwald has founded, co-founded or directed more than 12 theater companies or educational theater projects in recent years. She is the artistic director and co-founder of Raise Your Spirits Theatre (RaiseYourSpirits.org), in which capacity she has co-authored or authored and/or directed 10 biblical musicals (including three revivals). Other theater projects include the Na’na Playback Dance Theater, the Brothers Troupe (2005), the Gush Etzion Playback troupe, and Dor L’Dor Theater Tr...
Jun 18, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Alexandra Fleksher has taught middle and high school Judaic Studies and English over the past 16 years, is a published writer on Jewish contemporary issues, and is an active member of her Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio. She is an op-ed columnist for Mishpacha Magazine, and her essays have been published in various blogs and publications including KlalPerspectives, The Forward, Times of Israel, The Lehrhaus, Cross-Currents, Hevria, The Five Towns Jewish Times and OU.org . She has spoken arou...
Jun 11, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Anita Waxman, co-founder and director of Ceras Health, has been involved with healthcare technology and the development of new modalities that have changed the course of medicine over the past thirty-five years. In 1975, Anita founded and served as CEO and Chairman of Howe-Lewis International, a management consulting and executive search firm. Howe-Lewis serves the biotechnology, medical electronics, and healthcare communities. It is dedicated to healthcare and not-for-profit communities and is ...
Jun 03, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt is the Life/Features editor at the Forward. She was previously a New York-based reporter for Haaretz. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, and Tablet, among others. Avital teaches journalism at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, and does pastoral work alongside her husband Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt in New York City. Email: avital@forward.com Follow her on Twitter @avitalrachel
May 28, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Becoming a mom and being a mom can be challenging. Between infertility, pregnancy loss, postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, and other isolating challenges, knowing when to reach out for support can be confusing.Dvora Entin, LCSW is nationally recognized as a specialist in Maternal Mental Health, including infertility, perinatal loss, post-hysterectomy support, fetal anomaly terminations, and postpartum depression/anxiety. Her passion for helping women "find their footing" through the challeng...
May 02, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Rivka Cohen lives in Boston, Massachusetts where she works as a video producer and photographer. She became a photographer after her grandpa, a director, was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer. She became his protege in the last year of his life and from there continued to grow as a photographer and videographer. Rivka loves taking photos of people, making videos that make a difference, and collaborating with other talented artists. https://www.rikareviva.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rikareviva/...
Apr 30, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Rochel Lazar is the founder and editor in chief of Nashim Magazine, a new frum women’s magazine dedicated to giving Jewish women the space to share their voices and their stories, and creating a community of support so no one ever has to feel alone in their struggles. She is also a full-time homeschooling mother of four—three rowdy boys and a little princess. When she is not staring at a computer screen, nursing a baby, or teaching a preschooler his letters, she can be found enjoying a child-fre...
Mar 27, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Batya Zachter (Age 22) grew up in Los Angeles, California and is the second to oldest of six children in her family. She went to Bais Yaakov Los Angeles and attended two years of seminary in Israel. Batya has been a Madricha for various dorms and camps during the past few years. She loves to enhance other’s experiences, and always strives to create a fun and comfortable atmosphere wherever she goes. It is in Batya’s nature to bring her ideas and imagination, and to make it a reality. She refers ...
Feb 18, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Estee Goldschmidt is the co-founder of ShopDrop app, a virtual GPS to sample sales. When working at Estee Lauder, Estee struggled to dress in designer clothes while on an Associate salary. After discovering her first sample sale, where $2,000 items were selling for $200, she got involved with ShopDrop – a single easy-to-use app to answer every sample sale need. Estee currently works for Spotlyte and has an MBA from NYU Stern. instagram.com/shopdropapp thespotlyte.com shopdropapp.com...
Feb 13, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Adina Miles aka FlatbushGirl has been publicly fighting for local issues and rights for the last 3 years. As FlatbushGirl on Instagram she champions issues ranging from minority & women's rights and religious freedoms, to just cleaning up the streets! She reaches tens of thousands of people in the local community on a daily basis on social media by sharing frustrations, humor, and empathy for everyone. Through her platform, she fosters personal relationships with Jewish members of every comm...
Jan 16, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Tobi Rubinstein is a fashion and marketing executive of 35 years with companies as fashion and marketing executive, Victoria Secret, JCPenny, Kmart and Disney. She has expanded currently to produce and market runway and lifestyle events for NYFW, specializing in Israel’s leading artists and designers. She is also the founder of The House of Faith N Fashion, fusing culture, art, and fashion with Torah. Tobi has been a guest expert for ABC, Geraldo Rivera, Huffington Post, Lifetime, NBC, Bravo, an...
Jan 02, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Ruchi Koval is the co-founder and Associate Director of Congregation JFX, an innovative community in Cleveland, Ohio. She has been a Jewish educator for two decades, leading mussar groups for adults and teens, and mentoring educators around the world. Ruchi is a certified parenting coach, motivational speaker, musician, author, and mother of seven. She is a Trip Leader for the JWRP, inspiring hundreds of women on their journeys in Israel. She is also a columnist for the Cleveland Jewish News, an...
Dec 17, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 31
In its original Latin, curriculum vitae means ‘course of life’. Thus far the course of my life can be summised as such; Rosa is an exceptional singer, a writer, and a skilled boxer. She has performed at fancy places around the world. And at not so fancy places around the world. The differentiating factor is not locality., despite the perceived ‘prestige’ of one place versus another. The only factor that makes one performance ‘worth’ more than another is how authentically, technically flawlessly ...
Dec 05, 2018•27 min•Season 1Ep. 30
