Getting To Know Jew
26 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWhich Jews are doing or creating fascinating things in Kansas City? Whose job is something that everyone else thinks is pretty great? And who’s raising a family while simultaneously saving the world? There’s one way to find out (and to get the secrets to their success): tune in to “Getting To Know Jew,” the new conversational podcast from The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle.
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25. Adam Weindling
September 22, 2022 12:30 - 18 minutes - 17 MBOn the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Adam Weindling. Weindling is a real estate professional at Terra Management, a family business, where he runs his own part of the company called Kinner properties. So we chat about what real estate in Kansas City is like, his family’s Holocaust survivor background, and being involved in the Jewish Federation’s real estate professionals group.
24. Ally Fabes
September 08, 2022 12:30 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBOn the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Ally Fabes. Fabes is a saxophonist and singer in Glass Bandit, a band that grew out of the University of Kansas and just moved to Austin, Texas, to make it big. But Fabes also was recently the program director at KU Hillel. So we chat about her musical and Jewish professional career, and at the end of the podcast, we’ve even got some music from Glass Bandit. Check out Glass Bandit: https://www.glassbanditmusic.com/
23. Jodi Perelmuter
August 25, 2022 12:30 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBOn the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Jodi Perelmuter. Perelmuter is the new family life education director at the Jewish Family Services of Kansas City. So we talk about how she’s approaching that role, what kind of support families need from the Jewish community right now, and her involvement in programs like PJ Library and B’nai Tzedek, which helps teens learn about philanthropy.
22. Alex Brown
August 11, 2022 12:30 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBOn the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Alex Brown. Brown is a partner at the legal firm Lathrop GPM, where he specializes in insurance law. Using that knowledge, he helped pioneer a new way to get compensation for people who have been wrongfully imprisoned. So we chat about why insurance law matters, how he came to work on civil rights cases, and why he loves the JCC.
21. Tamara Falicov
July 28, 2022 12:30 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBOn the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Tamara Falicov. Falicov is the inaugural dean of the new School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. So we chat about the way higher education is changing; how Falicov’s Jewish experience informs her work as a dean; and how the KC Jewish community helped her meet her husband.
20. Mark Edelman
July 14, 2022 12:30 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBOn the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Mark Edelman. Edelman is the founder and president of the Theater League, a theatre management company that has been bringing Broadway shows and all manner of other performances to Kansas City for over 40 years. We talk about a new arts management program named after him, and what it’s like being a matzah brie and gefilte fish kind of Jew.
19. Joel Goldberg
July 01, 2022 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBOn the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, Lonny talks to Joel Goldberg. Goldberg is in his 15th year as part of the Kansas City Royals broadcast team. Goldberg is also an author, podcast host, and keynote speaker on areas of leadership, among other things.
18. Lisa Pelofsky
June 16, 2022 12:30 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBOn the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Lisa Pelofsky. Pelofsky is the co-founder and CEO of Byrne, Pelofsky, and Associates, a firm that helps clients fundraise for their causes and institutions. Philanthropy is what makes the Jewish community run, so we chat about why Pelofsky’s work is so important to Kansas City. https://byrnepelofsky.com
17. Nicole Emanuel
June 02, 2022 12:30 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBOn the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Nicole Emanuel. Emanuel is the founder and art director at InterUrban ArtHouse, a collaborative artist space. You’ll get to hear an audio tour of her studio, stories of her immigrant family members who escaped the Nazis, and why she is choosing to settle down permanently in Kansas City. https://www.interurbanarthouse.org/
16. Sen. Ethan Corson
May 19, 2022 12:30 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBOn the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with State Senator Ethan Corson. Ethan represents the 7th district, which includes Fairway, Mission, Mission Hills, Mission Woods, Prairie Village, Roeland Park, Westwood, Westwood Hills, and part of Leawood and Overland Park.
15. Savannah Kannberg
May 05, 2022 12:30 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBThis week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Savannah Kannberg. Kannberg is the donor relations and communications director at KU Hillel, and while she’s originally from Cleveland, she now considers Kansas City her hometown. We chat about her Jewish professional journey, and what she’s learned from her work.
14. Coleen Dieker
April 21, 2022 12:30 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Coleen Dieker. Dieker is a multi-instrumentalist songleader who records Jewish music with Rabbi Josh Warshawsky, plays Spanish and Portuguese music with Ensemble Iberica, and rocks out with her group Flanigan’s Right Hook. So we chat a lot about music and Jewish songleading. https://www.coleendieker.com Instagram: @la_colina_violinista https://instagram.com/la_colina_violinista?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tnJJOYYTp8
13. Ken Sonnenschein and Brenda Ruppel
April 07, 2022 12:30 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBThis week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Ken Sonnenschein and Brenda Ruppel. Both are involved in the Kansas City Mitzvah Garden, where Sonnenschein is a co-founder and chairperson, and Ruppel is the garden and farm coordinator. So we chat about everything from trees to bees and, of course, Judaism. https://www.mitzvahgardenkc.com/ https://kcjc.com/section-blog/1819-news/archived-news/3275-harvesting-for-good-mitzvah-garden-continues-to-help-others-while-finding-ways-to-be-green-and-s...
12. Matt Boxer And The Kansas City Jewish Community Study
March 24, 2022 12:30 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBThis week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Dr. Matt Boxer. Boxer is an assistant research professor at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University, and he just finished leading a Jewish community study of the Greater Kansas City Area. So we cover some of the takeaways of the study, from welcoming intermarried families, to addressing mental health, and how the Kansas City Jewish population is looking pretty different from what many community members might expect. htt...
11. Elizabeth Rosin
March 10, 2022 13:30 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThis week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Elizabeth Rosin. Rosin is CEO of Rosin Preservation, which works on and consults for historic preservation projects, reviving old or run down buildings. We talk about Rosin’s work on the Empire State Building, being a transplant to Kansas City, and Jewish guilt. https://rosinpreservation.com/
10. Jason Kander
February 24, 2022 13:30 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBThis week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Jason Kander. Kander is a Kansas City native and former Missouri Secretary of State turned veteran advocate working with the Veterans Community Project. He is also a bestselling author, with his second book, Invisible Storm: A Soldier’s Memoir of Politics and PTSD, coming out in July. https://www.veteranscommunityproject.org/ https://jasonkander.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Storm-Soldiers-Memoir-Politics-ebook/dp/B09722SCKL https://wond...
9. Bailey London Nakelsky
February 10, 2022 13:30 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBThis week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Bailey London Nakelsky. Nakelsky is the Associate Vice President of Leadership Giving at Hillel International, a role she took after six years as the executive director of Hillel at the University of Southern California. But two years ago she left California for her new home in Kansas City, so we chat about that journey and the field of Jewish philanthropy.
8. Sari Lowenstein
January 27, 2022 13:30 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBThis week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Sari Lowenstein. Lowenstein is a photographer who runs KCbySari, an instagram account where she showcases local businesses and brands in the Kansas City area. We chat about what it’s like being an influencer and how her Jewish background, particularly as a former Leadership Tomorrow intern through the Jewish Federation, has affected her work. https://www.instagram.com/kcbysari/
7. Abby Magariel
January 13, 2022 13:30 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBThis week on the Getting To Know Jew podcast, we talk with Abby Magariel. Since 2019, Magariel has been the curator and educator at the Michael Klein Collection at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah. The collection has around a thousand jewish ritual objects that come from all around the world and many different centuries which are used to teach people about Judaism.
6. Brian Platt
December 30, 2021 13:30 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBThis week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Brian Platt. Platt is celebrating his first year as Kansas City’s city manager, a role he took on after being business administrator in Jersey City. Since his arrival, he’s successfully dealt with a $70 million budget shortfall, and is working to set Kansas City on a more sustainable and equitable path.
5. Josh Levine
December 16, 2021 13:30 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBThis week, we speak with Josh Levine, the newly-hired Executive Director of Herzl Camp. Levine had been the executive director of Camp Alonim, an independent pluralistic Jewish camp in California, and he will be moving to Minnesota to start his new role in January. https://tcjewfolk.com/herzl-camp-hires-josh-levine-as-new-executive-director/
4. Jeremy Terman
December 02, 2021 13:30 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBThis week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Jeremy Terman. Terman is a tech guru who works for Lunchbox, a company that helps restaurants manage the digital experience for customers, and he is an owner of the Kansas City Pioneers, an esports team.
3. Ethan Helfand
November 18, 2021 13:30 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBIn this latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Ethan Helfand. Ethan is a native Kansas Citian who is back in the area as the new Director of Jewish Experiences at the J. He comes to the job bringing a wealth of experience from working in the Jewish world at a number of organizations around the country.
2. Hilary Singer
November 04, 2021 12:30 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBOn this week's Getting To Know Jew podcast, we’re talking with Hilary Cohen Singer, the executive director of the Jewish Vocational Service. The JVS was established in 1949 to help resettle Holocaust survivors, and today works to empower anyone in need, like refugees and people with disabilities, to become self-sufficient.
1. Dr. Andrew Schlachter
October 21, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBOn the premiere episode of Getting To Know Jew, hear from Dr. Andrew Schlachter, a native Kansas Citian and a pulmonologist and critical care physician at St. Luke’s where he’s been on the front lines of COVID for the last 19-plus months.
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