David Weinstein

Weinstein Podcasts

Society EN ↓ 103 episodes

Stories about my childhood growing up in Detroit, my college and graduate school years in chemistry living in Portland OR, my clinical chemistry research years spent in LA, my gemologist years spent in New York City, and lastly my years in Israel with my wife. Theseare the stories, Ideas and events which shaped my life as an orthodox jew, and those who helped me find my way...

Author

David Weinstein

Category

Society

Podcast website

www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

The step up to the podium. 09.07.2026

A story about my life as a swimmer starting from the beginning up to today.  The true meaning of step up to the podium.

Railroad tracks 28.06.2026

An early childhood memory of a family outing that shaped my teen and young adult hiking years. 

Special phrases attributed to my father. 30.04.2026

My father use to say many phrases which we, his children became well familiar with, here are a few of the phrases which come to mind.

It's a small world 12.09.2025

 Explain the relationship between our hopes and our reality. Does prayer have an affect on our world?

Special gift 12.09.2025

In the early 90's  Rav Dovid Fegin, a dear friend, presented me with a special gift which i cherish to this very day.

Moonwalk 04.09.2025

July 20, 1969,  the night of the first moon walk, the unexpected turn of events which nearly caused me to spend the night in the Southfield Police station.

Mt. Rainer 03.09.2025

In my late 20s I attempted to climb Mt. Rainer. I came to know the meaning of sudden and immediate danger. B'H I'm here to tell the story.

Pumpki 03.09.2025

Rescuing a Saint Bernard from the trail at Bold Mountain, CA  

Message at Bob's diner 27.08.2025

Entering my junior year at collage, I got a message at Bob"s diner that changed the direction in life.

Stand by me 24.08.2025

Along the journey towards learning to live a modern orthodox life, it  turns out to be more than just learning Torah, doing mitzvot, and giving tzedakah. Its the people you meet along the way and how they enrich your life.

Meet me at the cemetery. 06.12.2022

A beautiful bike ride off road turns into a life saving experience. 

Twilight zone 07.10.2022

On this Yom Kippur morning, when  I expected only normality,  I found myself completely alone with only the Creator. 

Geerz: Mountain biking in Israel aimed at mentoring teen boys. Designed to build confidence, leadership and a love of the land of Israel. 10.03.2022
What's in the lift? 29.04.2020

The story of our lift to Israel, it was expected to arrive the week before passover, then corona happened; passover came and went, then the lift arrived with all our passover stuff. I guess the 30 haggadahs will just have to wait until next  passover....  and more.

Dayenu 17.04.2020

The Passover Seder song of  Dayenu calls out to me this year as our unique situation of having just moved to Israel coincides  with the first global pandemic. 

Shoshiiiiiiiii 01.04.2020

Several years ago I traveled to Israel to visit my daughter. My arrival was met with unexpected challenges, but with a cry  into the heavens for help, all worked out just fine. 

Apostille 27.03.2020

One of the first hurtles in the Alyiah journey you won't be able to avoid is  getting your documents apostilled. 

The Big jump 26.03.2020

Karen and I made the Big jump to Israel. The world is faced with a pandemic. Everyone on the planet is staring into a huge unknown..

Competition at Brennan Pools- Pies & Flies 10.07.2015

During my late teen swimming years, I spent my summer months swimming at Brennan Pools in Detroit. Once a summer we elected to forgo the training, for a competition of a different sort.

The Big Hill 06.07.2015

A bike outing with my brother Shel, that ended in a crash.

Sparklers 02.07.2015

Trying my hand at pyrotechnics in my teen years.

Fifteen Shades of Gray 29.06.2015

playing nice.

Dr. First 26.06.2015

Those mischievous days in my organic lab. at Eastern, and the practical joke we played on the freshman ladies enrolled in the per-nursing program.

Kill Switch 25.06.2015

When two friends and I went on a hiking trip to the adirondacks, we didn't get far before I flick the kill switch on the car, well the story takes off from there.

Old Smoothies 17.06.2015

The story about my parents' retirement activity of square dancing, and how it kept their romance alive.

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