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This is the Podcast home of Jewfolk's Who The Folk?! Podcast. Hear from interesting Members of the Tribe from all over the Minneapolis and St. Paul area.
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29 JUN 2025 · This week I talk with educator Sami Saltzman Savin. We talk about her work at the Jewish non-profit https://jewishsacredspaces.org/, finding opportunities that combine her various passions, and the family ties to the St. Paul Jewish community, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.
Sponsor: https://tcjewfolk.com/shabbat-in-the-park/
22 JUN 2025 · This week we talk with author, artist and laugh-enthusiast Sarah Routman. We talk about her book “Discover the Power of Laughter,” which she co-authored with her twin sister Rachael Siegelman, what laughter yoga is, and channeling her creative energy, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.
http://www.laughhealthy.com/
http://www.throughsarahseyes.com/ - look for the paint pouring page: https://www.throughsarahseyes.com/paint-pouring-photographs
http://www.discoverthepoweroflaughter.com/
People can connect with Sarah via any of the websites or via email at either mailto:Sarah@LaughHealthy.com or mailto:SRoutman7@gmail.com
Sponsor: MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger (https://mazon.org)
15 JUN 2025 · This week I talk with Rabbi John Carrier. We talk his journey from to both Judaism and the rabbinate, why he tends to enjoy being an educator vs. on the pulpit, and if the book he wrote in 2018 still holds up, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.
Sponsor: TC Jewfolk's Stories from the Tribe storytelling show.
Stuff we discussed:
Rabbi Benay Lappe's ELI Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBWIEAR_GQY
Rabbi Carrier's podcast/YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/rabbijohncarrier
Rabbi Carrier's book: https://www.amazon.com/Promised-Life-Overcome-Time-Tested-Tradition-ebook/dp/B07B6BG9QM
8 JUN 2025 · Welcome to this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast, I’m Lonny Goldsmith, the editor of TC Jewfolk. This week I talk to journalist, cheesemonger and printmaker Jared Kaufman. We talk about how he got interested in writing about food, where his passion for cheese started, and how he infuses his Judaism into his art, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.
Website: https://jaredkaufman.com/
Zamler Press https://www.etsy.com/shop/zamlerpress/?etsrc=sdt
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1 JUN 2025 · This week I talk with Melissa (Lissie) Rappaport Schifman and Jim Schifman, the husband-and-wife team behind Project Hive Pet Company. We talk about what led them to start their business, how their individual backgrounds mesh well for the venture, and creating a company with a social mission while also being a capitalist, on this week’s Who the Folk?! Podcast.
Plus, for a limited time, when you order from the https://projecthivepetcompany.com/, use the code TCJEWFOLK15 to save 15% on your order.
25 MAY 2025 · This week I talk with Geoff Sudit, an orthodontist and owner of Mint Orthodontics in in the Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis. We talk about the challenges of starting your medical practice, finding ways to innovate the patient experience, and starting A List Entertainment, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.
https://mintortho.com/
Sponsored this week by: https://mazon.org/
18 MAY 2025 · This week I talk with Janessa Prower, who is returning to be a storyteller in the second annual Minnesota Mammalehs: Stories From The Tribe show. Janessa gives a little behind-the-scenes glimpse into the show, her work in the business of health care, and starting her home business, Tiny Art With Heart, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.
Tiny Art With Heart: https://tinyartwithheart.com/
Janessa and her daughter on KSTP: https://kstp.com/special-coverage/minnesota-live/crochet-club/
Tiny Art with Heart store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TinyArtWithHeart
Stories from the Tribe tickets: https://storiesfromthetribe.com/
Sponsor: Shabbat in the Park (https://tcjewfolk.com/events)
11 MAY 2025 · This week I talk with Katie Kline, the senior director of Jewish arts and culture at the Minnesota JCC. We talk about settling into the new role, the challenge of curating this fall’s Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival, and some of the amazing Jewish arts and culture programming to come, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.
Sponsored: TC Jewfolk's storytelling show, Stories From The Tribe, on June 23. Tickets: https://storiesfromthetribe.com
4 MAY 2025 · This week we talk with attorney Jon Geffen about the remarkable law firm/education program he leads called https://www.allsquarempls.com/the-law-firm/about. We talk about his journey towards starting this new type of practice, working with an underserved population, and finding brilliant legal minds in prison, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.
The Legal Revolution: https://www.allsquarempls.com/the-law-firm/about
This week's sponsor: Minneapolis Jewish Federation: https://www.youtube.com/@MJFOffical/videos
27 APR 2025 · This week, I talk to Financial adviser and Jewish community volunteer at-large Adam Garen. We talk about his journey back to Minnesota and his current line of work, the importance of his volunteer work with Maayanot, the egalitarian Mikveh here in the Twin Cities, and how Mount Zion helped his father come to Minnesota 77 years ago, on this week’s Who The Folk Podcast.
This is the Podcast home of Jewfolk's Who The Folk?! Podcast. Hear from interesting Members of the Tribe from all over the Minneapolis and St. Paul area.
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