Weinstein Podcasts

Meet me at the cemetery.

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

Meet me at the cemetery.

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

Twilight zone

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

Twilight zone

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.

Geerz: Mountain biking in Israel aimed at mentoring teen boys. Designed to build confidence, leadership and a love of the land of Israel.

What's in the lift?

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

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

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

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

The Big jump

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

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

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

Sparklers

Trying my hand at pyrotechnics in my teen years.

Fifteen Shades of Gray

playing nice.

Dr. First

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

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

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

A Tribute To My Sister Ruth.

Memories of times shared with my sister Ruth.

Baby Steps

A trace of the early memories of My Jewish Journey.

The Bloomberg Expedition

On a trip to the east coast prior to heading out to Portland Or. for grad. school, I crashed on the side of the road; having survived the experience I was left with a strength I carry with me even today.

Two Shots of Octane

Brother Gary comes through in a big way to get me on time for my first day on the job at BSL.

Lying my way out

Sometimes lying is the only option that makes any sense.

Bob"s Bar Mitzvah

Back in collage we dedicated one Shabbot dinner to our friend Bob, who missed out on having his Bar Mitzvah party when he was 13 years old, back in Nebraska.

The Perfect Storm

The simple task of meeting my parents at the airport and taking them to their winter home, turned out to be a real nail bitter.

Red Dog Saloon

Weinstein family's hospitality

Four Seasons

LA,Calf. does have four seasons per year, they're just not the same ones we have back east.

Nicknames

tagged with a nickname.

Additions to the Lexicon

Words you are not likely to find in any dictionary.

Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover

Pre-judging people can lead to personally embarrassing situations.

Little league

my season coaching little league, and the key to a good game day.

Coo Coos Nest

Some situations are just so embarrassing, you can't believe it actually happened. But you just can't make this stuff up.

Stupid Questions

Who says there is no such thing as a stupid question, I've asked many, this story tells of just two of my favorite.

Pin him Fish !!!

High school wrestling match between myself and the head school geek. My classmates were rooting for the fish.

Fishing In A Barrel & Toxic Carp

Brother Ken and I on a fishing weekend in Calf. AND My father's big catch from the water hazard at the 14 hole.

Get off the grass

A teenage blunder leads to near life long enmity between two friends.. simple message: forgive others and move on. Not because life is short, but because as the torah teaches us the best type of person is one who is slow to get angry and quick to forgive..

Pre-GPS

My bad sense of direction meant likely arriving late if i had never been there before.

The Angry Squire

This is the story of how and where I met my wife, and our path of dating.

Memorial Weekend

After accidently formatting the company hard drive, finding the courage to face the music. Real personal growth is never easy.

Looking for a Angel

Following the tragic deaths of my brother gray's family I looked for the guardian angel who had saved gary's life early in his childhood.

Hoot & Hollering

How I learned to define " sudden and immediate danger", here's the story.

Michael H. Gold

A tribute to my dear friend and adviser Michael Gold.

Two Chamber Heart

Tells the story of my coworker's sister gets life saving new heart, after waiting 21 years, and his connection to the return of a lost article found in NYC subway.

An Ounce of gold or A Pinch of Mazel

the one question my father put to me upon my graduation from college.

Look who's walking in from the woods

non-stop drive from Portland to Detroit, a mother's day surprise.

Lost In Paris

While in Paris doing an appraisal of the Chaumet inventory, I found myself with the owner of the company I worked for, lost at night on thestreets of Paris with no Idea of where we were staying, or even how to get back to where we had come from.

Hashavas Aveidah (Return a lost object)

Returning a lost object and the Satan's attempts to keep me from carrying it out.

My Collage Roommates (The Good, The Bad and The Snow Queen)

A summary of my collage roommates, The Good, The Bad and the Beautiful Snow Queen)

Homeless

19 years old and I'm living on the street, need I say more?

The Nature of the Human Bond

In an effort to help Shoshi with her Chemistry homework, we discovered the parallels to the nature of the Human Bond.