Let there be Light - The American Israelite Newspaper Podcast

Ted is joined by Pam Richards Saeks and YY Davis as co-hosts while Julie is out of town.

Ted and Julie are joined by Cathy Heldman, named one of the persons of the year by The American Israelite for all her dedication and hard work for the Jewish community.

Ted and Julie are joined by Ukrainian Jewish GI Jane - Eugenia "Jane" Nemirovska De Santos to discuss the many ways that we can help our fellow Jews in Ukraine.  More info on facebook - search for Ukrainian Society of Greater Cincinnati and Dayton.

Ted and Julie are joined by Chelsea Standford from Ilan's Chocolates to discuss how she became a Kosher Chocolatier and all the fun stuff that goes into making chocolate. You can purchase the chocolates at ilansrawchocolate.com

Ted and Julie cover the interesting articles in this weeks paper more in-depth, including the many ways that the Jewish community is Cincinnati is related. Music is the Ukrainian  National Anthem. 

Ted and Julie continue the popular column Conversations with a Rabbi with in-studio guest Rabbi Karen Thomashow. They discuss her journey to becoming a Rabbi as well as some fun facts about her daily life. 

Ted and Julie have a lot of news and fun to share with special guest host - Robert Brant of Katz Teller Brant and Hild. He was named one of the Persons of the Year.

Ted and Julie are joined by Richard Behrman in studio. He tells about the extensive project to geomap all of the Jewish Headstones in partnership with JCGC. 

Ted and Julie share the excitement this week while discussing the Cincinnati Bengals heading to the Superbowl. Julie interviews Rabbi Wise  and we find out his favorite music.

Ted and Julie have Rabbi Drew Kaplan in studio to be our very first Conversations with a Rabbi. Rabbi Kaplan shares the history of his journey to becoming a Rabbi and many other fun tidbits about his life. Music courtesy of  Ari Lesser - Purim 2020 - L'chaim!

Ted and Julie share all the interesting articles from this weeks The American Israelite Newspaper and Julie reveals her HUGE announcement. Julie also interviews 2 special guests, Gail Silver and Rabbi Ben Chaidell about Kosher Vegetarianism. The birth name of Moses is also revealed.

Ted is back from Key West and has some amusing vacation tales. Julie interviews Sari Feldman on her becoming a bas mitzvah. 

Julie has 3 in studio guests this week while Ted is gone on vacation. Carol Hershenson, Assistant Editor - Zachary Ziv, Assistant Editor and Melissa House - Graphic/Production. They discuss their favorite things about working at The American Israelite Newspaper as well as all the changes that were made this past year. Julie also interviews  David Gershuny on the 50th anniversary of becoming a bar...

Julie is joined by our very own Joan Rivers of the podcast, Pam Saeks and Lainey and Yair Richler who recently moved back to Cincinnati to plant some roots - literally and figuratively! They all talk about their connections to the 4 Persons of the Year and discuss a new exciting kosher restaurant coming soon to Cincinnati called Cafe Alma.

Ted and Julie are joined by our very own royal, YY Davis. They go over the paper and discuss all the improvements happening at Marx Bagels.

Ted and Julie reminisce about some favorite childhood memories with members of the Jewish community while going over all the interesting articles in this weeks The American Israelite.

Ted and Julie are joined by special guest, Rabbi Ezra Goldschmiedt from Congregation Sha'arei Torah. They go over all the interesting articles in this weeks The American Israelite Newspaper while learning more about Rabbi Goldschmiedt and his love of Cincinnati.

Ted is joined by Pam Saeks, our very own Joan Rivers, who is filling in for Julie while she is out of town. They announce a new exciting initiative  in Cincinnati to bridge the gap between the sects of the local community as well as the many interesting articles found in this week's issue of The American Israelite.

Ted and Julie are joined by Brandt Schulz,  Communications Project Manager for Jewish Federation of Cincinnati. Brant shares his path to working for the Jewish community and all the fun Jewish stuff he has learned along the way while going over fun and interesting articles from the hue double Chanukah issue.

Special Co-hosts Pam and Sonny Saeks take over the podcast this week to share some great stories and go over the exciting news in The American Israelite Newspaper. The podcast gets a special visit from a local celebrity. Alex Gold, the 2021 winner of the Flying Pig Marathon joins the team to share his experience running the marathon.

Ted and Julie are joined by Rabbi Drew Kaplan. They discuss beer and some interesting facts about beer in Israel. 

Ted and Julie are joined by Rabbi Moshe Smolkin from Adath Israel to discuss some very exciting events coming up in the Jewish Community as well as some history about  Rabbi Smolkin's adventure to becoming a Rabbi.

After holidays, illnesses and an unexpected surgery, this crew is ready to get back into the regular schedule for the weekly podcast. Stay tuned for the missed episodes to be available soon. Thank you to everyone for your patience. This week Ted and Julie go over the articles that can be found in The American Israelite Newspaper.

Ted and Julie are back from a few weeks off for observing the holidays and a mysterious illness Ted had. The fun picks right back up when discussing the paper and all the things they missed.

Ted and Julie interview David Lichtenstein, a retired FBI agent who tells some great tales of his time chasing down criminals. Happy Sukkot from The American Israelite.