Dave’s Gone By Skit (11/16/2024): STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: BAGEL IN LOVE

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Dave’s Gone By Skit (11/16/2024): STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon Reads “Bagel in Love”

For this week’s StoryTime segment on Dave’s Gone By, Rabbi Sol Solomon reads Natasha Wing’s “Bagel in Love” 

This segment aired Nov. 16, 2024 as part of the 967th “Dave’s Gone By” video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. Full episodes also available on youtube, Facebook (davesgoneby), and on DavesGoneBy.com. 

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INDEX – GUIDE TO RABBI SOL SOLOMON on Dave’s Gone By

GUIDE TO RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S APPEARANCES ON DAVE’S GONE BY

This index comprises Rabbi Sol’s Interviews, Rabbinical Reflections, and Other Appearances on Dave’s Gone By.

INTERVIEWS
Since Dave’s Gone By began broadcasting in October 2002, Rabbi Sol Solomon has interviewed many notables. Here’s a chronological listing:
Nov. 2, 2024: Tim Cavanagh (comedian)
Oct. 19, 2024: Lisa Faith Phillips (actress)
Oct. 5, 2024: Hamilton Clancy (director)
Sept. 21, 2024: Barry Primus (actor)
Sept. 14, 2024: Carter Calvert (singer)
Sept. 7, 2024: Tim English (writer)
Aug. 31, 2024: Annie Korzen (actress)
Aug. 24, 2024: Brandon Maggart (actor)
Aug. 17, 2024: Mark Miller (comedy writer)
Aug. 10, 2024: Richard Barone (musician)
Aug. 3, 2024: Suzan Owens (travel writer)
July 27, 2024: Carol Hollenbeck (actress)
July 20, 2024: Mindy Fradkin (performer)
July 6, 2024: John Jiler (playwright)
June 8, 2024: Natalie Douglas (cabaret singer)
June 1, 2024: Janis Siegel and Yaron Gershovsky (musicians)
May 11, 2024: Carolyn Montgomery (cabaret singer)
May 4, 2024: Bruce Vilanch (actor and humorist)
April 27, 2024: David Willinger (playwright and director)
April 20, 2024: Bob Spiotto (actor)
April 6, 2024: Melvin G. Mintz (politician)
March 30, 2024: Charlynne Boddie (minister and film critic)
March 23, 2024: John Suzuki (author)
March 16, 2024: Michael Garin (cabaret pianist)
March 2, 2024: Samuel L. Leiter (theater critic)
Feb. 24, 2024: Deb Margolin (playwright)
Feb. 3, 2024: Nina Conti (comedian)
Jan. 27, 2024: Evelyn McDonnell (author)
Jan. 13, 2024: Marissa Mulder (singer)
Jan. 6, 2024: Stephanie Trudeau (actress)
Dec. 16, 2023: Al Parinello (entrepreneur)
Dec. 2, 2023: Steve Wolf (pyrotechnics expert)
Nov. 4, 2023: Helen Wright (rugby coach)
Oct. 21, 2023: Armando Camina (broadcaster)
Oct. 14, 2023: John DeNicola (songwriter)
Sept. 23, 2023: Steven Ditmyer (director)
Sept. 9, 2023: Jimmy Tingle (comedian)
Aug. 12, 2023: Richard Holbrook (cabaret singer)
Aug. 12, 2023: Nancy Redman (playwright and comedian)
Aug. 5, 2023: Mark Steven Porro (actor and author)
July 22, 2023: Bill Ervolino (writer and comedian)
July 15, 2023: Kathryn Leigh Scott (actress and author)
July 1, 2023: David Spero (rock-band manager)
June 17, 2023: Steven Maglio (singer)
June 10, 2023: Daniel Wise (playwright and producer)
June 3, 2023: Daniel Gwirtzman (dancer and choreographer)
May 27, 2023: Mary Fahl (singer)
May 20, 2023: Quinn Lemley actress and singer)
May 13, 2023: Judi Mark (actress and singer)
May 6, 2023: Richard Dresser (playwright)
April 29, 2023: Lee Wochner (playwright and producer)
April 15, 2023: Leslie Grigg & Steve Grigg (Ore-Ida descendents)
April 8, 2023: Pitz Quattrone (didgeridoo musician)
March 25, 2023: Steve Epstein (actor and playwright)
March 18, 2023: David Kirshenbaum (composer and lyricist)
March 11, 2023: KT Sullivan (actress and singer)
Feb. 18, 2023: Irena Patar (vintner)
Feb. 11, 2023: Bea Franklin (educator)
Feb. 4, 2023: Larry Blank (orchestrator and musician)
Jan. 28, 2023: Julie Halston (actress)
Jan. 28, 2023: Julian Schlossberg (producer and writer)
Jan. 21, 2023: Richard Vetere (playwright)
Jan. 7, 2023: Reesa Woolf (public-speaking coach)
Dec. 24, 2022: Debbie Peterson (writer and politician)
Dec. 10, 2022: Erik Jensen (actor and playwright)
Nov. 5, 2022: Eddie Brill (comedian)
Oct. 29, 2022: Kathleen Turner (actress)
Oct. 1, 2022: Robert Viagas (arts journalist)
Sept. 17, 2022: Hal Linden & Bernie Kopell (actors)
Sept. 10, 2022: Roger Hendricks Simon (director and actor)
July 23, 2022: Andrea Bell Wolff (actress)
July 16, 2022: Jim R. Moore (photographer)
July 2, 2022: Gary Morgenstein (playwright)
June 25, 2022: Tony Sportiello (playwright and producer)
June 18, 2022: Aedin Moloney (actress)
May 28, 2022: Becca Kidwell (singer)
May 21, 2022: Ricky Ritzel (cabaret musician)
May 14, 2022: J. Elijah Cho (actor)
May 7, 2022: Michael Takiff (actor and playwright)
April 30, 2022: Seth Bisen-Hersh (playwright and musician)
April 16, 2022: Steven Brinberg (actor)
April 9, 2022: Robert Bannon (actor)
April 2, 2022: Tamar (Tammy Faye Starlite, Tammy Lang) (actress and singer)
March 26, 2022: Peter Noone (singer)
March 19, 2022: Rosemarie Reed (filmmaker)
March 12, 2022: George Clinton (musician)
March 5, 2022: Gary Bohan, Jr. (author)
Feb. 26, 2022: Liza Gennaro (choreographer)
Feb. 19, 2022: Judy Collins (singer and songwriter)
Feb. 12, 2022: FRIGID Festival: Keith Alessi, Grant Bowen, Mike Lemme, Brian Schiller, Julia VanderVeen (playwrights and actors)
Feb. 5, 2022: Sharon Gless (actress)
Jan. 22, 2022: John K. Hartman (author)
Jan. 15, 2022: Tom Papa (comedian)
Dec. 18, 2021: Ronald Rand (actor and author)
Dec. 11, 2021: Ishmael Reed & Carla Blank (playwright / director)
Dec. 4, 2021: Marcus Goldhaber (musician)
Nov. 27, 2021: Mischa Dani Goodman (actress)
Nov. 20, 2021: Christine Lavin (musician)
Oct. 30, 2021: Ken Ludwig (playwright)
Oct. 16, 2021: Melanie Greenberg (actress)
Oct. 9, 2021: Klea Blackhurst (actress and singer)
Oct. 2, 2021: Elliot Mintz (broadcaster)
Sept. 25, 2021: Amanda Green (theatrical songwriter)
Sept. 18, 2021: Ben Sidran (musician)
Sept. 4, 2021: Marie J. Kilker (theater critic)
Aug. 28, 2021: Moshe Denburg (musician)
Aug. 21, 2021: Jami Bernard (arts critic)
Aug. 7, 2021: Robert Dubac (playwright & actor)
July 31, 2021: Timothy Douglas (director)
July 24, 2021: Lillias White (actress)
July 17, 2021: Ann Greyson (author)
July 10, 2021: Jose Rivera (playwright)
July 3, 2021: Cliff Eberhardt (musician)
June 19, 2021: Michael Gotch (playwright & actor)
June 12, 2021: Rachelle Elie (comedian)
June 5, 2021: Peter Stampfel (musician)
May 22, 2021: Art Paul Schlosser (musician)
May 15, 2021: Kimberly Faye Greenberg (actress)
May 1, 2021: Christiane Noll (actress)
April 24, 2021: Michael Citriniti & Louise Lasser (actors)
April 17, 2021: Frank London (musician)
April 10, 2021: Stacy Widelitz (composer)
April 3, 2021: Andrew Farriss (musician)
March 27, 2021: Rob Clement (restaurateur)
March 20, 2021: Hershey Felder (musician & actor)
March 13, 2021: Bill Kirchenbauer (comedian)
March 6, 2021: Bob Dishy & Judy Graubart (actors)
Feb. 27, 2021: Matthew Sweet (musician)
Feb. 20, 2021: John Pielmeier (playwright)
Feb. 13, 2021: Raquel Bitton (singer)
Jan. 30, 2021: Jessica Sherr (actress)
Jan. 16, 2021: Shawn Wickens (comedian)
Jan. 9, 2021: Woodie King, Jr. (director)
Dec. 26, 2020: Sean Altman (Jewmongous) (musician)
Dec. 19, 2020: Karen Ziemba (actress)
Dec. 12, 2020: Jim Knable (musician)
Dec. 5, 2020: Dr. Susan Horowitz (songwriter)
Nov. 28, 2020: B.J. Thomas (musician)
Nov. 21, 2020: Lenny Schultz (comedian)
Nov. 7, 2020: Henry Sapoznik (musicologist)
Oct. 31, 2020: Vince Giordano (musician)
Oct. 24, 2020: Larry Kirwan (musician)
Oct. 17, 2020: Kevin James Doyle (comedian)
Oct. 10, 2020: Tammy Pescatelli (comedian)
Oct. 3, 2020: Charles L. Mee (playwright)
Sept. 12, 2020: Troy Coverdale (broadcaster)
July 25, 2020: Willie Nile (musician)
July 4, 2020: Vicki Quade (playwright & actress)
May 30, 2020: Stuart Zagnit (actor)
May 16, 2020: Ted Greenberg (comedian)
May 9, 2020: Greg Alprin (podcaster)
May 2, 2020: Don Perl (educator)
April 25, 2020: Jeffrey Lewis (musician)
April 18, 2020: Roy Sander (critic)
April 11, 2020: Annie Golden (actress)
April 4, 2020: Keith Sherman (publicist)
March 28, 2020: Ben Katchor (cartoonist)
March 21, 2020: Charles Busch (playwright & actor)
March 7, 2020: Beth Malone (actress)
Feb. 29, 2020: Jenni Raney Edwards (author)
Feb. 22, 2020: Scott Siegel (theatrical producer)
Feb. 8, 2020: Lou Liberatore (actor)
Feb. 8, 2020: Lonny Price (actor & director)
Feb. 1, 2020: Steve Kaplan (director)
Jan. 18, 2020: Raymond Bokhour (actor)
Jan. 11, 2020: Raquel Cion (musician)
Jan. 4, 2020: Bob Brader & Suzanne Bachner (playwrights & actors)
Dec. 21, 2019: Marty Brounstein (author)
Nov. 30, 2019: Steve Forbert (musician)
Nov. 23, 2019: Katsura Sunshine (actor)
Nov. 9, 2019: Pete & Maura Kennedy (musicians)
Nov. 2, 2019: Darren Lee Cole (director)
Oct. 19, 2019: Edward Einhorn (director)
Oct. 12, 2019: Lee Roy Reams (actor)
Oct. 5, 2019: Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano (singers)
Sept. 28, 2019: Tandy Cronyn (actress)
Sept. 21, 2019: Lucie Arnaz (actress)
Sept. 14, 2019: Al Tapper (playwright & producer)
Sept. 7, 2019: Jill Eikenberry & Michael Tucker (actress / actor & playwright)
Aug. 31, 2019: Wendy A. Schmidt (playwright)
Aug. 24, 2019: David Broza (musician)
Aug. 17, 2019: Iris Dorbian (writer)
Aug. 10, 2019: Richard Shore (musician)
Aug. 3, 2019: Angie Kristic (director)
July 27, 2019: Robyn Schall (comedian)
July 20, 2019: Cady Huffman (actress)
July 6, 2019: Adam Pascal (actor)
June 29, 2019: Melissa Errico (actress & singer)
June 15, 2019: Ann Harada (actress)
June 8, 2019: Tony Orlando (singer)
May 4, 2019: Nellie McKay (musician)
April 27, 2019: Julie Budd (actress & singer)
April 20, 2019: Chauncey Howell (broadcaster)
April 6, 2019: Tom Jones (theatrical lyricist)
March 30, 2019: Robyn Hitchcock (musician)
March 23, 2019: Kim T. Sharp (director)
March 16, 2019: Phil Johnson (actor)
March 2, 2019: Renee Taylor (actress & writer)
Feb. 16, 2019: Jay Leonhart (musician)
Jan. 5, 2019: Samuel Whitehill (actor)
Dec. 22, 2018: Joseph Rotenberg (author)
Dec. 15, 2018: Bob Brader & Suzanne Bachner (actors & playwrights)
Dec. 10, 2018: Romola Hodas (author)
Dec. 1, 2018: Tracy Newman (musician)
Dec. 1, 2018: Laraine Newman (actress)
Nov. 24, 2018: Thomas G. Waites (actor & director)
Nov. 10, 2018: Jill Sobule (musician)
Nov. 3, 2018: Will Durst (comedian)
Oct. 20, 2018: Capathia Jenkins (actress)
Oct. 13, 2018: Stevie Holland (actress)
Sept. 29, 2018: Vincent James (musicians)
Sept. 1, 2018: Carl Gottlieb (screenwriter)
July 21, 2018: Stevie GB (comedian)
July 14, 2018: Dick Hyman (musician)
July 14, 2018: Susan Shumsky (author)
July 7, 2018: Tony Dufresne (podcaster)
June 30, 2018: Karen Finley (actress & playwright)
June 23, 2018: Wilson Jermaine Heredia (actor)
June 16, 2018: Adrienne Truscott (comedian)
June 2, 2018: Laurence Luckinbill (actor)
May 26, 2018: Jim Kweskin (musician)
May 19, 2018: Tom Melcher (theater entrepreneur)
May 5, 2018: Sidney Myer (cabaret performer)
April 7, 2018: Iris Rainer Dart (author)
March 31, 2018: Billy Cote (musician)
March 24, 2018: Jackie Martling (comedian)
March 17, 2018: Penny Arcade (playwright & actress)
March 4, 2018: Phoebe Legere (singer)
Feb. 17, 2018: Michele LaRue (author)
Feb. 3, 2018: Aaron Feldman (film director)
Jan. 27, 2018: Marie Wallace (actress)
Jan. 13, 2018: Andre De Shields (actor)
Dec. 16, 2017: David Cale (actor & playwright)
Dec. 9, 2017: Brooke Moriber (actress & singer)
Dec. 2, 2017: Richard Nelson (playwright)
Nov. 25, 2017: Little Fyodor and Babushka (David Lichtenberg & Lauren Swain) (musicians)
Nov. 17, 2017: David Mandelbaum (artistic director)
Nov. 11, 2017: Betty Corwin (theater archivist)
Nov. 4, 2017: Donna Mills (actress)
Oct. 21, 2017: Steve Ross (cabaret singer)
Oct. 14, 2017: Jay O. Sanders (actor)
Oct. 14, 2017: Robert Galinsky (director)
Sept. 23, 2017: Ralph Lewis (director)
Sept. 23, 2017: Trav S.D. (playwright)
Aug. 12, 2017: Stephanie D’Abruzzo (actress)
Aug. 5, 2017: Willard Manus (playwright & critic)
July 22, 2017: Peter Yarrow (musician)
July 15, 2017: Tony Trischka (musician)
July 8, 2017: Leslie Jordan (actor)
July 1, 2017: Dylan Brody (author & actor)
June 24, 2017: Amanda McBroom (singer & songwriter)
June 17, 2017: Jonathan Sanger (film producer)
June 3, 2017: Clay McLeod Chapman (writer)
May 13, 2017: Carlyn Montes de Oca (film editor)
April 15, 2017: Dave Davies (musician)
April 8, 2017: Michael Merschel (author)
March 25, 2017: Mary Wilson (singer)
March 11, 2017: Ron Fassler (author)
March 4, 2017: Tom Toce (musician)
Feb. 25, 2017: LaChanze (actress)
Feb. 18, 2017: Tonya Pinkins (actress)
Feb. 11, 2017: Irene Backalenick (critic & poet)
Feb. 4, 2017: Allen Lewis Rickman (actor)
Jan. 28, 2017: Iris Dorbian (author)
Jan. 21, 2017: Velvel Pasternak (musicologist)
Jan. 7, 2017: Marcy Heisler (theatrical lyricist)
Jan. 7, 2017: Zina Goldrich (theatrical composer)
Nov. 5, 2016: Jen Coken (comedian)
Oct. 1, 2016: Seth Rudetsky (musician)
Sept. 17, 2016: Sally Mayes (actress)
Sept. 17, 2016: Jeff Harnar (singer)
Sept. 3, 2016: Bob Moss (theatrical director)
Aug. 27, 2016: Michael C. Bernardi (actor)
Aug. 20, 2016: Mark Nadler (cabaret performer)
Aug. 6, 2016: Robert Hammond (author)
July 30, 2016: Beck Lee (publicist)
July 23, 2016: Austin Pendleton (actor & director)
July 16, 2016: Richard Eyre (theatrical director)
July 2, 2016: Phil Johnson (playwright & actor)
June 18, 2016: Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker (of Wussy) (musicians)
June 4, 2016: Sam Harris (singer)
May 28, 2016: Al Ducharme (comedian)
May 28, 2016: Bernadette Pauley (comedian)
May 21, 2016: Dylan Brody (actor)
May 14, 2016: Zalmen Mlotek (musical director)
April 30, 2016: Molly Ringwald (actress)
April 23, 2016: Bob Kaynes (bronze shoemaker)
April 2, 2016: Tom Chapin (musician)
April 16, 2016: Graham Parker (musician)
March 26, 2016: Vincent Pastore (actor)
March 19, 2016: Alicia Dattner (comedian)
March 12, 2016: Paddy Maloney (of The Chieftains) (musician)
Feb. 27, 2016: Douglas McGrath (writer & director)
Feb. 20, 2016: Penny Fuller (actress)
Feb. 13, 2016: Gabriel Barre (actor & director)
Jan. 30, 2016: Ann Hampton Callaway (singer & songwriter)
Jan. 16, 2016: Mike Agranoff (musician)
Dec. 26, 2015: Edward Asner (actor)
Dec. 5, 2015: Michael Colby (theatrial lyricist)
Nov. 28, 2015: Charlotte Rae (actress)
Nov. 21, 2015: Little Anthony (Gourdine) (musician)
Nov. 14, 2015: Barbara J. Simon (voice teacher)
Nov. 7, 2015: Megan McGinnis (actress)
Oct. 17, 2015: Tamara Tunie (actress)
Sept. 5, 2015: Julie Budd (singer)
Aug. 15, 2015: Christina Pickles (actress)
Aug. 8, 2015: Gary Waldman (actor & director)
Aug. 2, 2015: Louise Harrison (author)
July 25, 2015: Kathryn Crosby (actress)
July 18, 2015 Sue & Lloyd Ecker (producers)
June 13, 2015: Rain Pryor (comedian)
May 30, 2015: Jessica Molaskey (singer)
May 30, 2015: Karl Wallinger (musician)
May 23, 2015: Syd Straw (musician)
May 16, 2015: Betsy McFarland (author)
May 9, 2015: Ray Stevens (musician)
May 2, 2015: Steve Gottlieb (photographer)
April 11, 2015: Elliot Tiber (author)
April 4, 2015: Greg Marcus (life coach)
March 28, 2015: Lisa Loeb (musician)
March 21, 2015: Paulette Frankl (author & mime)
March 14, 2015: Juul Haalmeyer (costume designer)
Feb. 14, 2015: Stewart Lane (producer)
Feb. 7, 2015: Lloyd Cole (musician)
Jan. 31, 2015: Valery Orr (author)
Jan. 17, 2015: Harry Wayne Casey (musician)
Jan. 10, 2015: Daphna Levy (life coach)
Dec. 27, 2014: Ari Roth (playwright & producer)
Dec. 20, 2014: Elli Mayer (King of Broadway) (performer)
Dec. 13, 2014: Sophie B. Hawkins (musician)
Dec. 6, 2014: Nan Bauer (cinephile)
Nov. 29, 2014: Baby Jane Dexter (cabaret singer)
Nov. 22, 2014: Chazz Palminteri (actor)
Nov. 15, 2014: Daniel Cainer (musician)
Nov. 1, 2014: Ian Finkel (musician)
Oct. 18, 2014: Brad Zimmerman (actor)
Oct. 11, 2014: Vicky Kuperman (comedian)
Sept. 27, 2014: Freda Payne (singer)
Sept. 20, 2014: Ivor Davis (journalist)
Sept. 6, 2014: Janis Ian (musician)
Aug. 30, 2014: Sandy Hackett (comedian)
Aug. 9, 2014: Barry Levey (playwright)
Aug. 2, 2014: George Ball (actor & singer)
July 19, 2014: John Bucchino (songwriter)
July 5, 2014: Eric Andersen (musician)
July 5, 2014: Patricia Ward Kelly (author & dancer)
May 24, 2014: Swoosie Kurtz (actress)
May 17, 2014: Hal Linden (actor)
May 10, 2014: Frank Ferrante (actor)
April 26, 2014: Joe Corcoran (theatrical producer)
March 22, 2014: John Gorka (musician)
March 15, 2014: Kathy Garver (actress)
March 8, 2014: Armando Riesco (actor)
March 1, 2014: Sherry Eaker (journalist & producer)
Feb. 22, 2014: Jack Casady (musician)
Feb. 15, 2014: Tippi Hedren (actress)
Feb. 8, 2014: Dee Wallace (actress)
Feb. 1, 2014: Mike Ball (humorist)
Jan. 25, 2014: Jerry Blavat (broadcaster)
Jan. 8, 2014: Dawn Wells (actress)
Jan. 11, 2014: Greg Kotis (playwright)
Jan. 4, 2014: Tom Toce (musician)
Dec. 21, 2013: Larry Kaye (theatrical producer)
Dec. 28, 2013: Philip Chaffin (singer)
Dec. 14, 2013: Carol Lawrence (actress)
Dec. 7, 2013: Donna McKechnie (actress)
Nov. 30, 2013: Sarah Kaufmann (cheese artist)
Nov. 2, 2013: Susan L. Schulman (press agent)
Oct. 26, 2013: Sylvie Simmons (writer and musician)
Oct. 12, 2013: Kelly Carlin (broadcaster)
Oct. 5, 2013: Mario Fratti (playwright and theater critic)
Sept. 28, 2013: Brian Gari (songwriter)
Aug. 10, 2013: Eddie Whitlock (author and broadcaster)
Aug. 3, 2013: Jill Skeem (broadcaster)
July 27, 2013: Mark Cohen (author)
June 29, 2013: Jay Rogers (actor)
June 22, 2013: Alan Menken (theatrical composer)
June 1, 2013: Gary U.S. Bonds (musician)
May 25, 2013: Danny Abosch (theatrical composer)
May 25, 2013: Susan DiLallo (librettist and lyricist)
May 11, 2013: Carl Reiner (actor and director)
May 4, 2013: Yvonne Constant (singer)
March 30, 2013: Roslyn Kind (singer)
March 16, 2013: Debby Boone (singer)
March 16, 2013: Julie Halston (actress)
March 9, 2013: David Herskovits (theatrical director)
March 2, 2013: Chuck Muckle (actor and singer)
March 2, 2013: Avner Eisenberg (The Eccentric) (actor)
Feb. 23, 2013: Stephen Schochet (author)
Feb. 9, 2013: Martin Charnin (theatrical director and lyricist)
Jan. 26, 2013: Ray Cooney (playwright)
Jan. 12, 2013: Peter Marshall (broadcaster)
Dec. 29, 2012: Michael Kantor (filmmaker)
Dec. 15, 2012: Lindy S. Hudis (author)
Nov. 24, 2012: Rick Lenz (actor)
Nov. 17, 2012: Frank DeCaro (humorist)
Oct. 27, 2012: David Yazbek (composer)
Oct. 27, 2012: Jeffrey Gurian (comedian)
Oct. 13, 2012: Rabbi Samuel Intrator (rabbi)
Sept. 22, 2012: Stephen Schochet (author)
May 26, 2012: Dr. Hana Solomon (physician)
May 5, 2012: Jake Ehrenreich (actor)
April 14, 2012: Gretchen Cryer (director)
April 14, 2012: Miriam Kulick (actress)
April 14, 2012: Andrew Goffman (actor)
March 31, 2012: Elza Zagreda (actress)
March 24, 2012: Steve Solomon (comedian)
March 3, 2012: Richard Shore (musician)
Jan. 14, 2012: Rami Shapiro (rabbi)
Jan. 14, 2012: Gary Morris (actor and singer)
Dec. 17, 2011: Sean Altman (musician)
Nov. 26, 2011: Peter Schickele (humorist)
Aug. 20, 2011: Joe Salzone (radio host)
Aug. 20, 2011: Aaron Berg (comedian)
July 2, 2011: Dave Konig (comedian)
April 30, 2011: Shecky Greene (comedian)
March 26, 2011: Rusty Warren (comedian)
March 12, 2011: Dan Bern (musician)
March 5, 2011: Elliot Tiber (author)
Nov. 1, 2009: Theodore Bikel (actor and singer)
Sept. 22, 2009: Burt Edwards (actor)
March 8, 2009: Avi Hoffman (actor)
Dec. 14, 2008: Gina Beltrami (songwriter)
Dec. 14, 2008: Lisa Alcalay Klug (humorist)
Nov. 16, 2008: Stephen Sorrentino (comedian)
Sept. 21, 2008: Greg Purnhagen (actor)
Aug. 31, 2008: Julius Novick (author)
July 20, 2008: Sarah Jane Cion (musician)
May 4, 2008: Eleanor Reissa (actress)
April 13, 2008: Neal Karlen (author)
March 9, 2008: Tovah Feldshuh (actress)
July 1, 2007: Jill Sobule (musician)
Feb. 11, 2007: Karina Kittles-Karsten (life coach)
Jan. 28, 2007: Wajid (Swami Baldi Gee) (comedian)
Dec. 17, 2006: Bruce Adler (actor)
Dec. 10, 2006: Mark & Jeanne Simon (authors)
April 30, 2006: Blanche Baker (actress)
April 30, 2006: Lorca Peress (director)
Dec. 22, 2005: Ron Clancy (author)
Oct. 20, 2005: Jeff Janning (musician)
Oct. 20, 2005: Mike Burstyn (actor)
Sept. 22, 2005: Jill Sobule (musician)
June 16, 2005: Mandy Patinkin (actor)
Feb. 3, 2005: Tom Peric (marketer)
Nov. 18, 2004: Hillary Kanter (author)
Sept. 23, 2004: Dottie Burman (songwriter)
July 22, 2004: Andrea Kolb (actress)

RABBINICAL REFLECTIONS

Rabbi Sol Solomon’s mini-sermons, called RABBINICAL REFLECTIONS, air on the Dave’s Gone By radio program (Saturday mornings on facebook: (facebook.com/davesgoneby). When available, the archives include text, audio, and/or video.

#189 (9/21/2024): Hezbollah Jokes / on youtube
Subject: Rabbi Sol offers one-liners to celebrate Mossad’s page-turning triumph.

#188 (6/22/2024): The New Aristocrats Joke / on Archive.org / on youtube
Subject: Rabbi Sol rewrites the “Aristocrats” joke for modern times

#187 (6/15/2024): Tonys 2024
Subject: Rabbi Sol offers his thoughts on this years Tony Award nominees

#186 (6/8/2024): Maldives n’ Mexico
Subject: Rabbi Sol is mad at the Maldives but mad for Mexico!

#185 (5/4/2024): Three Cheers for the NYPD
Subject: Rabbi Sol commends the New York Police Department on their handling of the Columbia radicals

#184 (4/27/2024): A Passover Prayer / on Archive.org
Subject: Rabbi Sol offers a timely prayer for the holiday

#183 (4/20/2024): Passover 2024 / on Archive.org
Subject: Rabbi Sol offers reflections and a timely poem on this particularly potent Passover

#182 (3/23/2024): Jokes for Purim 2024
Subject: Rabbi Sol offers jokes for the Purim holiday

#181 (1/13/2024): New Jokes
Subject: Rabbi Sol offers topical jokes for the times

#180 (12/31/2023): Farewell 2023
Subject: Rabbi Sol bids a fond-ish farewell to 2023

#179 (4/1/2023): Passover 2023
Subject: Rabbi Sol extols the virtues of a modern-day Passover

$178 (12/31/2022): Farewell 2022
Subject: Rabbi Sol bids a fond farewell to 2022

#177 (10/6/2022): Dave’s Gone By 20th Anniversary
Subject: Rabbi Sol congratulates Dave Lefkowitz on his long-running radio/podcast show, Dave’s Gone By

#176 (6/11/2022): 2022 Tony Awards
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Broadway’s 2022 Tony Awards

#175 (3/17/2022): James Joyce
Subject: Rabbi Sol celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with the poetry of James Joyce

#174 (2/14/2022): Poems for Valentine’s Day (for Gingold Theatrical Group Valentine’s Day slam)
Subject: Rabbi Sol takes part in Gingold Theatrical Group’s 2022 virtual Valentine’s Day slam

#173 (12/25/2021): 2021 Farewell
Subject: Rabbi Sol bids a bitter farewell to 2021

#172 (10/22/2021): Brown Sugar
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the Rolling Stones retiring “Brown Sugar.”

#171 (9/14/2021): How to Fast on Yom Kippur
Subject: Rabbi Sol offers advice on how to fast on Yom Kippur

#170 (7/24/2021): Ben & Jerry’s
Subject: Rabbi Sol goes sour on Ben & Jerry’s ice cream

#169 (4/30/2021): Meron
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the Lag B’Omer tragedy at Meron

#168 (4/10/2021): Normalcy
Subject: Rabbi Sol wonders when post-pandemic normalcy will return

#167 (2/25/2021): Purim Jokes 2021
Subject: Rabbi Sol shares jokes for the Purim holiday

#166 (1/28/2021): Make Them Hear Me
Subject: Rabbi Sol contributes to the New York Theater Workshop and Poetic Theater Workshop’s virtual open-mic night.

#165 (1/17/2021): Free Speech
Subject: Rabbi Sol looks at censorship in the age of insurrection

#164 (12/31/2020): 2020 Farewell
Subject: Rabbi Sol bids a bitter farewell to 2020

#163 (6/7/2020): Broadway 2020
Subject: Broadway’s 2020 Tony Awards

#162 (5/2/2020): Social Distancing
Subject: Rabbi Sol has choice words for those who disregard isolation orders during a pandemic

#161 (4/25/2020): Rabbi Sol Solomon Reads Shakespeare’s Sonnet #30
Subject: Rabbi Sol contributes to Irondale Ensemble’s Sonnet Marathon

#160 (4/10/2020): Shaking Hands
Subject: Rabbi Sol discusses shaking hands in the age of COVID-19

#159 (6/1/2019): 2019 Tonys
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Broadway’s 2019 Tony Awards

#158 (1/2/2019): 2018 Farewell
Subject: Rabbi Sol bids farewell to 2018

#157 (12/15/2018): Cold Outside
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on musical censorship

#156 (8/11/2018): Joke Time
Subject: Rabbi Sol tells and analyzes some Jewish jokes

#155 (6/10/2018): 2018 Tony Awards
Subject: Broadway’s 2018 Tony Awards

#154 (3/24/2018): DimonaLand
Subject: Rabbi Sol mulls the idea of an Israeli theme park

#153 (1/14/2018): Jokes for the New Year
Subject: Rabbi Sol tells and analyzes some Jewish jokes

#152 (1/1/2018): Farewell 2017
Subject: Rabbi Sol Solomon offers a poetic recap of a tumultuous year

#151 (12/23/2017): Jerusalem
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

#150 (8/20/2017): On Both Sides
Subject: Rabbi Sol Solomon reflects on Donald Trump’s reaction to the Charlottesville marches

#149 (8/13/2017): Trump & Trannies
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the decision to ban transsexuals from the military

#148 (8/6/2017): Roger Waters
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Roger Waters’s anti-Israel sentiments

#147 (7/9/2017): Wailing Wall
Subject: Rabbi Sol Solomon reflects on separating the sexes at Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall

#146 (6/11/2017): Tony Nominations 2017
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Broadway’s 2017 Tony Awards

#145 (3/11/2017): Purim Jokes Anew
Subject: Rabbi Sol tells and analyzes some Jewish jokes

#144 (3/5/2017): Playboy
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the removal of nudity from Playboy magazine

#143 (1/8/2017): Obama and the U.N.
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on President Obama snubbing Israel at the U.N.

#142 (12/25/2016): 2016 Farewell
Subject: Rabbi Sol Solomon bids a fond farewell to 2016

#141 (11/6/2016): Electile Dysfunction
Subject: Rabbi Sol Solomon looks at Trump vs. Clinton in the 2016 election

#140 (6/12/2016): Tony Awards 2016
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Broadway’s 2016 Tony Awards

#139 (5/8/2016): Donald Trump
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Donald Trump becoming the Republican frontrunner for President

#138 (4/24/2016): Shmura Matzohs
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the glory of simple matzohs

#137 (3/6/2016): Astronaut Scott Kelly
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on brave American astronaut, Scott Kelly

#136 (2/28/2016): Hitler’s Junk
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Hitler’s little problem

#135 (1/17/2016): David Bowie
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the passing of icon musician David Bowie

#134 (12/31/2015): Farewell 2015
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the year gone by
#133 (12/20/2015): Word of the Year
Subject: Rabbi Sol has an issue with Webster’s dictionary

#132 (12/12/2015): Hanukkah Haiku
Subject: Rabbi Sol offers some holiday poems

#131 (8/22/2015): Jimmy Carter
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the mixed legacy of former president Jimmy Carter

#130 (8/2/2015): Cecil the Lion
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on The killing of Cecil the endangered African lion by a rich American hunter

#129 (7/12/2015): With a Little Help
Subject: Rabbi Sol deconstructs The Beatles’s “With a Little Help from My Friends”

#128 (6/28/2015): Scalia
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on conservative Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia

#127 (6/21/2015): Jenna Jameson
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Jenna Jameson’s decision to convert to Judaism

#126 (6/7/2015): The 2015 Tony Awards
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Broadway’s 2015 Tony Awards

#125 (5/23/2015): Harry Shearer
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Harry Shearer’s possible absence from The Simpsons

#124 (5/17/2015): What’s in a (Baby) Name?
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the year’s top ten baby names for boys and girls

#123 (5/3/2015): Popeyes
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a fast-food franchise’s reaction to a robbery

#122 (4/19/2015): Campaign 2016
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on pretenders to the political throne

#121 (4/5/2015): Passover
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the Passover holiday

#120 (3/29/2015): Bibi’s Back
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the surprise reelection of Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel.

#119 (3/8/2015): Dave’s 500th
Subject: Rabbi Sol congratulates Dave Lefkowitz on the 500th episode of his radio show and podcast, Dave’s Gone By

#118 (3/1/2015): New Purim Jokes
Subject: Rabbi Sol shares some new jokes and interpretations

#117 (2/22/2015): Oscars 2015
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the year’s Academy Award nominations

#116 (2/8/2015): UC Dervish
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on BDS fever infecting a college campus

#115 (2/1/2015): Letters, I Get Letters
Subject: Rabbi Sol responds to letters from parishioners and fans

#114 (1/11/2015): Political Cartoons
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the terrorist murders of cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo

#113 (12/20/2014): Little Yomo and the Corned Beef Sandwich
Subject: Rabbi Sol shares a story for Chanukah

#112 (12/7/2014): Cos
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the downfall of comedian Bill Cosby

#111 (11/23/2014): Murder in Jerusalem
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a particularly savage terrorist attack

#110 (11/15/2014): Christmas in November
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Christmas overtaking the American calendar

#109 (10/19/2014): Ebola
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the spreading ebola virus

#108 (9/28/2014): Opiyum
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the Chinese chef who made his noodles a little too tempting

#107 (9/21/2014): Gwyneth
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Gwyneth Paltrow’s religious affiliation

#106 (9/4/2014): Uzi Does It
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on why little girls and big guns don’t mix

#105 (8/31/2014): Eventful August
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a busy and difficult month

#104 (8/3/2014): Great Guns in Gaza
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Israel showing muscle in Gaza

#103 (7/6/2014): Brothers’ Keepers
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers by Hamas

#102 (6/8/2014): The 2014 Tony Awards
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Broadway’s 2013-14 theater season and Tony Awards

#101 (5/25/2014): Gabriel Diaz
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Gabriel Diaz, New York City’s Nazi cabdriver

#100 (5/18/2014): Boko Haram
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Boko Haram kidnapping teenage girls in Nigeria

#099 (4/20/2014): Utz vs. Butler
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the ramifications of an office prank

#098 (3/30/2014): Fred Phelps
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the homophobia of the Westboro Baptist Church

#097 (3/23/2014): Hearing Voices
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Ebony Wilkerson, who tried to drive her family into the ocean

#096 (3/16/2014): 2014 Purim Jokes
Subject: Rabbi Sol shares jokes for the Purim holiday

#095 (3/9/2014): Upskirt
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on public privacy for our privates

#094 (3/2/2014): Kiev
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on unrest in the Ukraine

#093 (2/22/2014): RadioShack
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the failing fortunes of RadioShack

#092 (2/16/2014): Sochi
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the Winter Olympics in Russia

#091 (2/9/2014): SodaStream and ScarJo
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Scarlett Johansson’s defense of SodaStream

#090 (2/1/2014): Justin Bieber
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on pop star Justin Bieber’s youthful indiscretions

#089 (1/26/2014): Hiroo Onoda
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the passing of perennial Japanese soldier, Hiroo Onoda

#088 (1/19/2014): Ariel Sharon
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the passing of Israeli statesman Ariel Sharon

#087 (1/12/2014): Duck Amuck
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the dummies of “Duck Dynasty.”

#086 (12/29/2013): New Year 2014
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the year gone by

#085 (12/22/2013): Passings in 2013
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on notables who passed in the year gone by

#084 (12/8/2013): Ronnie Smith in Benghazi
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a murdered missionary

#083 (11/30/2013): Thanksgiving Meets Chanukah
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a Jewish holiday intersecting with a secular one

#082 (11/19/2013): Crystal Spa
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a German’s spa’s bad advertising campaign

#081 (11/10/2013): Chocolate-Covered Chips
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a new Lay’s food product

#080 (11/3/2013): Redskins
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on politically incorrect nomenclature

#079 (10/13/2013): Motorcycle Mayhem
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a biker melee in New York

#078 (10/6/2013): Shutdown
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on political gridlock

#077 (9/29/2013): Syria
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Syria’s use of chemical weapons

#076 (9/8/2013): Fast Food on Strike
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on minimum-wage fast-food employees going on strike

#075 (9/1/2013): Egypt Again
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on political chaos in Egypt

#074 (8/18/2013): Baby Messiah
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on parents’ rights to name their children

#073 (7/29/2013): Abortion in Texas
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on new abortion laws in Texas

#072 (6/30/2013): Shalom Dammit in Greeley
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the performance of his stage show in Colorado

#071 (6/23/2013): Michael Karkoc
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the capture of a former Nazi living in Minnesota

#070 (6/16/2013): Michael Douglas
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Michael Douglas’s claim that he contracted cancer from oral sex

#069 (6/9/2013): The Tonys 2013
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Broadway’s 2013 Tony Award nominations

#068 (5/26/2013): Angelina Jolie
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy

#067 (5/19/2013): Tax Evasion
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on selective scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service

#066 (5/12/2013): Jodi on HLN
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on cable news’s coverage of the Jodi Arias trial

#065 (5/5/2013): Joking Around
Subject: Rabbi Sol shares some jokes and their interpretations

#064 (4/21/2013): The Brothers Tsarnaev and the “M” Word
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the Boston marathon terrorists

#063 (4/14/2013): Jew in a Box
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a controversial exhibit in a Berlin museum

#062 (4/7/2013): Roger Ebert
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the passing of film critic Roger Ebert

#061 (3/17/2013): Sugar Sugar
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ban on supersized soft drinks in New York City

#060 (3/10/2013): Whose Line Returns
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the return of TV’s improv show, “Whose Line is it Anyway?”

#059 (3/3/2013): Disappearing Delis
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the closing of Kosher delicatessens across the country

#058 (2/24/2013): More Purim Jokes<
Subject: Rabbi Sol shares jokes for the holiday.

#057 (2/17/2013): Pope Benedict Resigns
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the legacy of Pope Benedict

#056 (2/10/2013): Valentine’s Day
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the history and meaning of Valentine’s Day

#055 (2/3/2013): Oldies but Goodies
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on aging rock stars still rocking.

#054 (1/27/2013): The Battle of Algiers
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on terrorism in Algeria

#053 (1/20/2013): Lance Armstrong
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on doping and bullying allegations against bicyclist Lance Armstrong

#052 (1/13/2013): Al Gorezeera
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Al Gore selling Current TV to Al Jazeera

#051 (12/29/2012): 2012 Farewell
Subject: Rabbi Sol bids a rueful farewell to 2012

#050 (12/23/2012): Gun Control
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the N.R.A. versus common sense

#049 (12/16/2012): Molest We Forget
Subject: Rabbi reflects on the arrest of Reb Nechemya Weberman – child rapist

#048 (12/9/2012): Chanukah
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the meaning of Chanukah

#047 (11/25/2012): Gaza Gaza Hey
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on new bloodshed between Israel and the Arabs

#046 (10/07/2012): Dave’s Gone By Anniversary
Subject: Rabbi Sol pays tribute to Dave Lefkowitz’s long-running radio show, Dave’s Gone By

#045 (9/30/2012): Subway Savagery
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a pro-Israel subway advertisement causing controversy in New York

#044 (9/22/2012): Atonement
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the meaning of Yom Kippur

#043 (9/9/2012): New Reviews
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the reviews he received for his off-off-Broadway show, Shalom Dammit!

#042 (6/10/2012): 2012 Tony Awards
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Broadway’s 2012 Tony Awards

#041 (5/13/2012): Arresting the Molesting
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the secrecy over child molestation in the Orthodox community

#040 (4/8/2012): Mezuzah Meshuggah
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a co-op board’s restrictive policies

#039 (3/25/2012): Rave Reviews!
Subject: Rabbi Sol kvells over a rave review for his stage show, Shalom Dammit!

#038 (2/19/2012): Shalom Dammit! Live in NYC!
Subject: Rabbi Sol plugs his upcoming theatrical musical, Shalom Dammit!

#037 (2/5/2012): More Jokes
Subject: Rabbi Sol shares some Jewish jokes and their interpretations

#036 (1/28/2012): Jewish GPS
Subject: Rabbi Sol promotes a Hebraical SatNav

#035 (1/22/2012): Gay Tel Aviv
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Israel’s pro-gay policies

#034 (1/15/2012): Mitt Romney
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Mitt Romney becoming the Republican presidential front-runner

#033 (12/18/2011): Newt Gingrich
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on politician Newt Gingrich’s staunch defense of Israel

#032 (12/11/2011): Post Office
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on rising postage rates

#031 (12/4/2011): Coca Cola
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a marketing stumble by Coca Cola

#030 (11/27/2011): Questions
Subject: Rabbi Sol answers questions following his performance of Shalom Dammit in Colorado

#029 (11/13/2011): Shalom Dammit! Live
Subject: Rabbi Sol promotes his live performance in Northern Colorado of Shalom Dammit!

#028 (11/6/2011): Kardashian Divorce
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the split between Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries

#027 (10/30/2011): Blackout
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a snowstorm’s effect on Colorado.

#026 (10/22/2011): Occupied
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the Occupy Wall Street movement

#025 (10/2/2011): Days of Awe
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the High Holy Days

#024 (9/24/2011): Statehood?
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the idea of Palestinian statehood

#023 (9/17/2011): Ten Years
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11

#022 (8/28/2011): Reb Levin
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on homophobic Rabbi Yehuda Levin

#021 (8/20/2011): Downturn
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on a Wall Street slump

#020 (7/3/2011): July 4th
Subject: Rabbi Sol celebrates America, even during tough times

#019 (6/25/2011): Ryan Dunn
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the passing of “Jackass” TV star, Ryan Dunn

#018 (6/18/2011): Father’s Day
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on fatherhood

#017 (6/11/2011): 2011 Tony Awards
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the 2011 Tony Award Nominations

#016 (5/14/2011): Israel’s Birthday
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Israel’s 63rd birthday

#015 (5/7/2011): Dead! Dead! Dead!
Subject: Rabbi Sol celebrates the killing of Osama bin Laden

#014 (5/1/2011): Royal Wedding
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the nuptials of Prince Harry and Princess Kate

#013 (4/24/2011): Easter
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the Christian holiday, Easter

#012 (4/10/2011): Killer Whale
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Sea World’s Tilikum earning the title, “killer whale”

#011 (4/3/2011): Circumcisions
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the tradition of brises

#010 (3/27/2011): Tsunami Tweet
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Gilbert Gottfried, political correctness, and the Aflac duck

#009 (3/19/2011): Purim Jokes
Subject: Rabbi Sol shares jokes for the Purim holiday

#008 (3/11/2011): Gas Prices
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the latest spike in gas prices

#007 (3/06/2011): The Pope
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Pope Benedict’s proof that the Jews didn’t kill you-know-who

#006 (2/26/2011): Charlie Sheen
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Charlie Sheen’s latest rantings

#005 (2/20/2011): Presidents Day
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on the inconstancy of American holidays

#004 (2/12/2011): Egypt
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on political turmoil in Egypt

#003 (1/29/2011): Taco Bell
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on mystery meat

#002 (1/23/2011): Regis Philbin
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on Regis Philbin leaving his morning show

#001 (1/16/2011): Martin Luther King
Subject: Rabbi Sol reflects on MLK’s legacy

Apocrypha

Before Rabbi Sol Solomon began doing official “Rabbinical Reflections” for the Dave’s Gone By show in 2011, he made periodic appearances on the program offering his thoughts on the Jewish holidays and other topical issues. Since these came before the Reflections, they’ve been labeled “Apocrypha.”

#004 (11/24/2002): News for Jews / on youtube
Subject: Rabbi Sol takes over the “News Gone By” segment on Dave’s Gone By.

#003 (4/13/2003): Pesach
Subject: Rabbi Sol explains the Passover holiday and sings his version of “Dayenu.”

#002 (3/16/2003): Purim
Subject: Rabbi Sol celebrates Purim with a poem, a song, a joke, and the whole megillah.

#001 (10/6/2002): Women’s Issues
Subject: Rabbi Sol debuts on the Dave’s Gone By show with some advice for women and their health during breast cancer awareness month.

SKITS & SKETCHES

Sept. 28, 2024: StoryTime: David and Goliath / on youtube

July 27, 2024: StoryTime: Secrets of the Octopus, part 2 / on youtube

July 6, 2024: StoryTime: Secrets of the Octopus / on youtube

June 29, 2024: StoryTime: Schmegoogle / on Archive.org / on youtube

June 8, 2024: StoryTime: The P Word, part 3 / on Archive.org / on youtube / Full Episode #947

June 1, 2024: StoryTime: The P Word, part 2 / on Archive.org / on youtube / Full Episode #946

May 25, 2024: StoryTime: The P Word, part 1 / on Archive.org / on youtube / Full Episode #945

April 13, 2024: StoryTime: Intifada and My Little Picture Bible (Full Episode #939)

Sept. 16, 2023: StoryTime: My Little Picture Bible (Full Episode #913)

June 24, 2023: StoryTime: Boom Chicka Rock (Full Episode #900)

April 22, 2023: StoryTime: The Secret Seder (Full Episode #891)

March 4, 2023: Rabbi Sol Reads the Papers (Full Episode #884)

Jan. 14, 2023: Rabbi Sol Reads the Papers (Full DGB Episode #877)

June 11, 2022: Rabbi Sol Reads the Papers (Full DGB Episode)

Feb. 5, 2022: Rabbi Sol Reads the Papers (Full DGB episode)

Dec. 31, 2021: Promotional Video for Shalom Dammit (Full DGB episode)

Dec. 25, 2021: Rabbi Sol Reads the Papers (Full DGB episode)

Nov. 13, 2021: Rabbi Sol Attends a Bat Mitzvah / full episode

April 17, 2021: Miscast
Subject: Rabbi Sol Solomon’s self-audition for the MCC Benefit, Miscast.

Nov. 14, 2009: Full DGB Episode #320
Subject: Rabbi Sol’s thoughts on the Fort Hood massacre

Feb. 9, 2004: Valentine’s Day
Subject: Rabbi Sol celebrates Valentine’s Day and takes calls from Esther and Philip.

INDEX: https://davesgoneby.net/?p=25407

Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/5/2024): HAMILTON CLANCY & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with director Hamilton Clancy

Topics include: Wynn Handman, Lakeplay, Drilling Company, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot

Segment aired Oct. 5, 2024 as part of the 963rd episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Skit (9/28/2024): STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: David and Goliath

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STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon Reads “David and Goliath”

For this week’s StoryTime segment on Dave’s Gone By, Rabbi Sol Solomon reads Marlene Targ Brill’s “David and Goliath.” 

This segment aired Sept. 28, 2024 as part of the 962nd “Dave’s Gone By” video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. Full episodes also available on youtube, Facebook (davesgoneby), and on DavesGoneBy.com. 

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Dave’s Gone By Skit: RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #189 (9/21/2024): Hezbollah Jokes

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RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #189 (9/24/2024): Hezbollah Jokes

airs Sept. 21, 2024 on Dave’s Gone By.  

Shalom, Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the beginning of autumn, 2024.

Whether secretly, guiltily, worriedly, or flat-out joyously, every Jew is having a big “Who’s Your Daddy?” moment right now. After nearly a year of rooting out the Gaza animals of October 7th while trading fire with the opportunistic vermin of Southern Lebanon, Israel needed a shot in the arm. They got it by giving hundreds of our enemies a pow in the pants!

All these terrorists across Lebanon and Syria had been communicating through pagers—I guess because their mommies wouldn’t let them have cell phones like big-boy psychopaths. Well, those Israeli-made pagers were programmed to detonate, and detonate they did. The Arabs should have known something was up when they opened the box and the first thing they read was, “Para Explotar, Marque el Ocho.”

These paramilitary Islamists suffered hundreds of injuries to faces, eyes, hands, genitals — now they look as grotesque as they behave. And, yes, a couple of civilians and children died. I guess up in heaven they can mingle with all the dead Jews from the music festival. And, yes, we’re all anxious about this new brand of warfare and what method of retribution the Islamists will select. But from the Yom Kippur attack to 9/11 to the Supernova Festival, our nemeses have never displayed a hint of human decency. So, nu, you think this long-deserved punishment will suddenly turn them evil? I say, “Now’s the time to be proactive and invent some poison prayer mats.” 

But I can’t let this fantastic reminder of Mossad ingenuity and Jewish toughness go by without a little more levity. My friends, I bring you jokes: twisted punchlines for my Israeli brethren, who get knocked down but punch right back.

Why are Israeli pagers a bargain?
You get a lot of bang for the buck.

Do the Syrians listen to Spotify?
No, they carry a boom box.

Did Mossad make a list of all their targets?
Yes, and they paged through it. 

What was the most impressive thing Israel pulled off?
They pulled off dicks, lips, fingers…

Did Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil enjoy his time in Beirut?
He had a blast!

Did you know that Aqil had blue eyes?
Yeah, one blew this way, one blew that…

(Okay, that was an old one, but this next one’s mine): 
Why are the Lebanese such fine pool players?
Their balls go straight into the pockets.

At what part relay races do Lebanese men excel?
The hand off.

Why are Syrian generals feeling so lonely?
They lost all their privates.

(I didn’t write this next one, but I have to share it:)
What wireless carrier were the Lebanese using?
A-TNT.

Why was the Mossad attack like Nazis euthanizing the mentally ill?
They made all the nuts disappear.

What Broadway musical just came to Syria?
Maim.

What Italian movie just came to Lebanon?
Blowup.

Why shouldn’t Lebanese men drink?
After they feel a little buzz, they fly to pieces.

What will Syrian men use to avoid Covid?
Wrist sanitizer.

How can you tell when a Lebanese man is gay?
His vibrator goes up his ass.

What do Syrian genitals have in common with an English breakfast?
Bangers and mash.

What do a Lebanese man’s testicles have in common with The Flintstones?
Bam Bam. 

What’s the funniest thing about all these Hezbollahs being killed or disabled?
Everything.

Happy New Year, my friends! This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York. Time to turn the page!

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Dave’s Gone By Skit: STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS, Part 2

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Dave’s Gone By Skit (7/27/2024): STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon Reads “Secrets of the Octopus,” Part 2

For this week’s StoryTime segment on Dave’s Gone By, Rabbi Sol Solomon continues to read from Sy Montgomery’s book, “Secrets of the Octopus.”

This segment aired July 27, 2024 as part of the 953rd “Dave’s Gone By” video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. Full episodes also available on youtube, Facebook (davesgoneby), and on DavesGoneBy.com. 

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Dave’s Gone By Skit: STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon – “SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS”

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Dave’s Gone By Skit (7/6/2024): STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon Reads “Secrets of the Octopus”

For this week’s StoryTime segment on Dave’s Gone By, Rabbi Sol Solomon reads from Sy Montgomery’s book, “Secrets of the Octopus.”

This segment aired July 6, 2024 as part of the 951st “Dave’s Gone By” video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. Full episodes also available on youtube, Facebook (davesgoneby), and on DavesGoneBy.com. 

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Dave’s Gone By Skit: STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon – Schmegoogle

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Dave’s Gone By Skit (6/29/2024): STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon Reads “Schmegoogle”

For this week’s StoryTime segment on Dave’s Gone By, Rabbi Sol Solomon skims through Daniel Klein’s book Yiddish-friendly book, “Schmegoogle.”

This segment aired June 29, 2024 as part of the 950th “Dave’s Gone By” video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. Full episodes also available on youtube, Facebook (davesgoneby), and on DavesGoneBy.com. 

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Dave’s Gone By Skit: RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #188 (6/22/2024): THE NEW ARISTOCRATS JOKE

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RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #188 (6/22/2024): The New Aristocrats Joke

airs June 22, 2024 on Dave’s Gone By.  

Shalom, Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for late June 2024.

Just like new plots for movies, there’s really no such thing as a “new” joke, just old jokes packaged in a different way. For example: Why did the fireman wear red suspenders? Because he was shopping at Kohl’s, and it was all they had — plus it was on clearance. Why did the chicken cross the road? Because he heard all these people telling jokes about him and he got curious. 

Old Manischewitz: new bottles. So here’s a naughty little joke called “The Aristocrats” that’s been around for decades. Gilbert Gottfried made it famous, and they even did a documentary about it. But I doubt you’ve heard my version.

A guy goes into a talent agent’s office, and he says, “Buddy, have I got an act for you!” 

And the agent says, “Don’t waste your time. Novelty is dead. Nobody watches “Got Talent” anymore. I’m sorry, but — ”

“No, no, no,” says the guy. “This is huge. My family, my friends, strangers — it’s spectacular!”

“You’re wasting your time,” says the agent. “I’m not interested.”

“You will be!” says the guy. “Just gimme a chance. Please!”

The agent sighs and says, “All right, fine. Show me what you got.”

“Thank you!” says the guy. “It’s incredible, I promise!”

So the guy claps his hands, and shouts, “Allahu Akbar.” Suddenly thousands of Arabs appear. He blows a whistle, and the Arabs start attacking Israel. They’re firing rockets, they’re launching missiles, they’re hurling bombs and grenades.

Meanwhile, one group of Arabs go to an Israeli kibbutz where they’re having a music festival. And the Arabs start mowing down Jews with machine guns and rifles. They’re killing women, they’re hacking up children, dogs, pets, birds. And they’re shooting the men and then defiling the corpses and cutting off heads and pissing down the necks. Another group is taking hostages. And they’re torturing them, punching and kicking and stabbing and dragging and frogmarching them into tunnels.

And the women hostages are getting raped. Oh, they’re fucking these women with gun barrels and fists and korans. And they’re fucking the child hostages, too. They’re using dead kids as dildos to ass-fuck the live ones. So there’s blood and cum and baby teeth spraying every which way.

Meanwhile, the living hostages are dragged into daycares and hospitals and elementary schools, where the hidden Arabs are firing rockets and explosives to kill more Jews. This while thousands of other Arabs are butchering and killing and shitting on synagogues and smearing themselves with IDF soldier blood.

“But wait, there’s more!” says the guy to the talent agent. “That’s when all these college students come out and they run on campus with tents and banners and costumes. And they’re all screaming, `Death to Israel’ and `Free Gaza’ and `Stop the Palestinian Genocide’ while dancing around and crying and fucking each other even though they haven’t bathed in a month. And some of them break into hundred-year-old buildings and smash windows, trash furniture, crap on books. And then campus presidents come over, and they just watch. They don’t do anything; they just stand there like a 19th century French tableaux.”

But meanwhile the hostages are still dying in the tunnels, the Arabs are slaughtering every Jew in sight, the students are blocking highways, vandalizing Jewish homes, and jumping on subways to threaten anyone who looks like a kike. That’s when all these other countries around the world come in and start sanctioning Israel and banning Israelis from having passports. And the left-wing media applauds this and weeps for the refugees whose vote for a terrorist government started all this shit in the first place. 

And meanwhile the terrorists murder and torture and rape and kill and kill and kill and kill in a ritual orgy of sadism, savagery, and Islamic frenzy. 

With that, the guy in the office blows his whistle and says, “Well, what do you think?”

The talent agent sits for a minute and finally says, “Wow, that’s quite an act. By the way, what do you call yourselves?”

The college students all start cheering as the guy straightens himself up, Jewish blood still dripping from his sleeves, and says, “Hamas!”

Funny joke, ha? This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York.

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Dave’s Gone By Skit: RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #187: Tony Time 2024

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RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #187 (6/15/2024): Tony Awards 2024

airs June 15, 2024 on Dave’s Gone By.  

Shalom, Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for June 16—Tony Night—2024.

Oh, my friends, the time has come as it does every year (except the year of the pandemic) to celebrate and honor excellence in the Broadway theater. The Tonys are named for Antoinette “Tony” Perry, an actress and early female stage director who founded the American Theater Wing, which brought shows to our servicemen in World War II. In 1947, Tony Perry and producer Brock Pemberton cooked up the idea of giving out prizes at the end of the season. Here we are, 77 events later, and the Tonys are a ritual, a commercial for Broadway, and an excuse to complain when musical numbers all sound the same or a performer we love gets egregiously overlooked. 

For me, the Tonys are also a time to remember, with pride, just how crucial Jewish people were in creating Broadway, and how they are still—even in this age of trannies and Sudanis and Kardashian fannies—a theatrical force to be reckoned with. For example, “Mary Jane” may be the most goyische name for a character ever, but Mary Jane the Tony-nominated play is by Amy Herzog. She’s half-Jewish on her mother’s side and comes from a long line of Marxist, far-left socialist, and other politically wrongheaded but super-Jewish beliefs.

Speaking of 50/50 Jewesses, Paula Vogel is back on the Tony roster with Mother Play, about a mama who smokes and drinks gin. Okay, not Jewish, but we don’t want her to be. Plus, last decade, Vogel wrote Indecent, that lovely play about Yiddish theater and lesbians, two subjects I can’t think about without reaching for a box of tissues, albeit for different reasons. 

Now, another nominated playwright, David Adjmi, is American-Syrian. (worried pause) Syrian-Jewish! (happy dance) Adjmi’s play Stereophonic, about a rock band in crisis, looks to be the one to beat for the Tony statuette. The competition is Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, by schvartze-shickseh playwright Jocelyn Bioh—hey, Jews can’t hog every nomination—and also a new play by Joshua Harmon, who wrote a comedy years ago called “Bad Jews!” 

Well, Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic is a three-hour Jewfest, a heartfelt exploration of why Jews never feel safe anywhere for very long. If you can believe it, the play was written two years before the latest cataclysm and before every putz walking a college campus turned into a billboard for Hamas. One of the show’s characters is a progressive Jewish chick who rails against Israel because she doesn’t understand that without Israel, Holocaust II is just a sequel waiting to happen. For making that case alone, Joshua Harmon deserves an award—not from the Tonys but from the B’nai B’rith.

But before we get too serious, let’s find some other Yids in the Tony tally. Songwriter Shaina Taub, the shayna maidel who wrote the musical Suffs, has said that the Jewish idea of tikkun olam, repairing the world, is a vital part of her ideology. Half-Jewish Liev Schreiber just played Anne Frank’s father in a TV miniseries,and Michael Stuhlbarg, raised as a Reform Jew, was the Rabbinically cursed Larry Gopnik in the Coen Brothers’ film, A Serious Man.

Now, this does bring us to actress Quincy Tyler Bernstine. She’s black. And I have no idea if… (mouths) Bernstine? However, both her parents were lawyers, and she went to Brown University, so even if Bernstine is not a Bernstein, she’s fine. The same goes for special Tony winner Abe Jacob, a legendary sound designer who’s probably Jewish, but I can’t prove it, and Alex Edelman, whose one-man show, Just for Us, brings us back to—you got it—anti-Semitism as an American pastime. Edelman, raised Orthodox, talks about assimilating and wanting to be like everyone else but still feeling unsure how he fits in. He also recounts attending a meeting of Neo-Nazis just to study their mindset. Actually, I could have saved him a trip; just go to your nearest university student government and watch them vote on divestment.

But Mazel Tov to Alex Edelman, Featured Actress nominee Shoshana Bean, Featured Actor Steven Skybell (whose last big role was a Yiddish Tevye!), and let’s not forget half-Jewish Daniel Radcliffe! Yes, Harry Potter’s magic wand is circumcised.

Not surprisingly, we see many landslayt in the Best Musical Revival category—remember when all musicals were Jewish even when they weren’t Jewish? (sighs) Anyhoo, there’s Cabaret, Gutenberg! The Musical!, Merrily We Roll Along, and The Who’s Tommy—all with some Jewish connection. Cabaret covers the rise of Nazi Germany and its effect on Jews and Gentiles alike. Well, not alike: Jews suffered worse. But the score was co-written by John Kander—Jewish, and still alive at 97!—and Fred Ebb—no longer alive but Jewish when he was!

Gutenberg! The Musical! was written by two shaygitzes, but the name “Gutenberg” sounds Jewish, and, hey, he printed the Bible, so he gets a pass. Pete Townshend, who wrote the music for Tommy, has always looked Jewish, so thumbs up for that. And how can we leave out the melech malchei hamlachim, Stephen Sondheim, whose Merrily We Roll Along finally became a Broadway smash? That musical shows how youthful idealism corrodes into cynicism, disappointment, and schadenfreude. What could be more Jewish?

And so, chaverim, we await Broadway’s big night: the teary-eyed speeches, black actresses thanking the Lord, gay directors thanking their husbands, viewers at home thanking God that Jo Koy isn’t hosting. My hope for the Tonys is that anyone wearing a Gaza pin on their dress accidentally sits on it, and that we are spared acceptance speeches that sneak in brainless homilies on ceasefire and two-state solutions and other subjects pampered Broadway snowflakes know less than nothing about. Stick to art, stick to entertainment! I just wish they’d stop sticking it to consumers by charging $200 for orchestra seats. (Go figure how all these socialists don’t mind a little free-market capitalism when it comes to their paychecks.)

But I can get only so angry at the theater, which has given me so much nachas over the years. May creativity and beauty always be replenished, and may Broadway, that Fabulous Invalid, which has survived world wars, assassinations, Covid, and even TikTok, forever go on with the show.

This has beena Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York. Curtain up!

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