Cleveland Schmooze
A bi-weekly podcast about the people who make up Jewish Cleveland.
Episodes
54 episodes
Research & Survey Methodologist Darby Steiger
This week, we are talking to Darby Steiger, Director of Qualitative Research and Survey Design at SSRS. Darby tells us about her Jewish upbringing, how she landed in Cleveland and how it's become increasingly difficult to get people to particip...
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Season 7
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Episode 55
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39:19
Rabbis Joshua Jacobs & Alex Rosenbaum
This week, we are talking to B'nai Jeshurun Congregation's newest rabbis, who also happen to be married. Rabbi Joshua Jacobs and Rabbi Alex Rosenbaum tell us the story of how they met, their paths to becoming rabbis and how they both landed in ...
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Season 7
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Episode 54
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41:17
Dr. Bob Katz
This week, we are talking to Dr. Bob Katz, who worked for over half-a-century as an ear, nose and throat doctor. He spoke to us about the history of the Cleveland medical community, as well as his own medical journey. We recorded this con...
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Season 7
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Episode 53
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31:54
Genealogist Daniel Horowitz
This week, we are talking to Daniel Horowitz, a genealogy expert at My Heritage. He lives in Israel but was recently in town as a speaker for the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland's 40th anniversary kick-off event. We recorded t...
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Season 6
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Episode 51
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21:45
Ohio Debate Commission Executive Director Jill Zimon
This week, we are talking to Jill Zimon, the executive director of the Ohio Debate Commission. Jill tells us about her Jewish upbringing and her decades of work in public service. We recorded this conversation with Jill Zimon at B'nai Jeshurun ...
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Season 6
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Episode 51
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35:00
Writer and Volunteer Lauren Freiman
This week, we are talking to Lauren Freiman about her Jewish upbringing and how she landed in Cleveland. Lauren also shares her life as a writer, parent, and volunteer at B’nai Jeshurun congregation and Mandel JDS. We recorded th...
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Season 6
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Episode 50
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37:06
The Rosners
This week, we are talking to Nina and Larry Rosner about their Jewish upbringings and how they both arrived in Cleveland. Nina talks about her evolving relationship to her Jewish faith, and Larry tells us about his parents, who were Holocaust s...
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Season 5
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Episode 49
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33:04
Dr. Laura Shefner & Max Warren
This week, we are talking to Dr. Laura Shefner and her husband, Max Warren, about their Jewish upbringings and their careers. Laura is a pediatrician at MetroHealth, and Max is a Software Developer. We also asked them what it was like getting m...
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Season 5
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Episode 48
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29:17
Early Childhood Director Dr. Rebekah Dorman
This week we are talking to Dr. Rebekah Dorman, the president of B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, and Director of the Cuyahoga County Office of Early Childhood as well as Invest in Children. We talked to Rebekah about her path to becoming a more ob...
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Season 5
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Episode 47
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35:33
Librarian Dr. Rafi Simon
This week we are talking to Dr. Rafi Simon, the librarian at B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, and a longtime public school educator. We asked Rafi about what brought him to library science, and about his mission to deliver Jewish books around the w...
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Season 4
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Episode 46
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24:50
Funeral Director Bart Bookatz
This week we are talking to Bart Bookatz, who has been a funeral director for over 50 years. Bart is a principle of Berkowitz-Kumin-Bookatz Memorial Chapel. We talk to him about what got him started in the funeral business, some of the traditio...
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Season 4
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Episode 45
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41:02
The Brodskys
This week we are talking to Jerry and Cindy Brodsky, who are two active members of B'nai Jeshurun Congregation. Jerry is the president of the Men's Club and Cindy is on the board of the Sisterhood. We talk to them about their Jewish upbringings...
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Season 4
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Episode 44
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27:50
Therapist Joanna Hardis
This week we are talking to Joanna Hardis, a therapist who specializes in anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. She tells us about her complicated relationship to her Jewish faith and about her career working in mental health. She also dis...
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Season 4
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Episode 43
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29:32
End of Year Chat with Shaina Rood
This week we brought the first Rood daughter into the mix for a fun end of year chat. She turns the tables and asks the hosts a few questions about the making of this podcast and the year ahead. We recorded this conversation with Shaina R...
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Season 4
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Episode 42
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23:38
College Senior Emily Einhorn
This week we are talking to Emily Einhorn, a senior philosophy major at DePaul University. She is spending her last semester of school back home in Cleveland due to the pandemic. She tells us what it's been like being a student about to ente...
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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24:03
Rabbi Josh Foster
This week we are talking to Rabbi Josh Foster at B'nai Jeshurun Congregation. He oversees the congregation’s Youth & Learning Center and Bessie Hershey Religious School. He tells us about how he became a Rabbi and how the pandemic has impac...
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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25:22
Family Doctor Michael Rabovsky
This week we are talking to Dr. Michael Rabovsky, a family physician with the Cleveland Clinic. He tells us about how he came to become a doctor, and shares his thoughts on the pandemic. We taped this conversation with Dr. Michael Rabovsky six ...
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Season 3
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Episode 39
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26:54
Tikkun@Home with Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria
This week we are talking to Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria of B'nai Jeshurun Congregation about this year's community-wide Tikkun Leil Shavuot, which has gone virtual this year due to the pandemic. Many people were involved in transforming this an...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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9:48
Business Owner Estra Grant
This week we are talking to the co-owner of Stone Oven Wholesale Bakery, Estra Grant, who runs the business with her husband James. She told us about having a bat mitzvah at age 40 and how her family landed in Cleveland after many moves. In kee...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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25:40
Philanthropist Barbara Kupps
This week we are talking to philanthropist Barbara Kupps, who calls herself a promoter of positivity. She told us about her work supporting organizations like the Friendship Circle of Cleveland and investing in people she believes in. And she t...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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25:49
Social Worker Leslie Robbins
This week we are talking to Leslie Robbins, a social worker with University Hospitals. She told us about growing up in an interfaith home and getting married to an interfaith partner. She also discussed what it's been like working in a hospital...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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18:25
FTC Regional Director Jon Miller Steiger
This week we are talking to Jon Miller Steiger, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's, East Central Region. He told us about his career in consumer protection, including during the coronavirus. He also discusses his love of musical theater...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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28:08
Katz Family Reunion
This week we are talking to two branches of the Katz family, who recently held a large reunion in Cleveland. We met with Deborah Katz and Elise Norman Cundiff who are both descendants of the same family that immigrated to the US from Lithuan...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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24:47
Cantor Aaron Shifman
This week we are talking to Cantor Aaron Shifman, who’s been with B'nai Jeshurun for over two decades. He is a sixth generation cantor and we talk to him about growing up in South Africa and about his involvement in the
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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27:58
Child Life Specialist Allie Kneitel
This week we are talking to Allie Kneitel, a certified Child Life specialist at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. She tells us about working with children and their families to make sure they have an advocate in the h...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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28:44