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 Interview (9/21/2024): BARRY PRIMUS & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor Barry Primus

Topics include: Francesca Primus, Soup in the Second Act, Robert DeNiro, Elia Kazan, Jerome Robbins

Segment aired Sept. 21, 2024 as part of the 961st episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #961 (9/21/2024): OPTIMUS PRIMUS

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Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Barry Primus and offers his Rabbinical Reflection of Hezbollah jokes; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Ayer); Wretched Pun of Destiny (coroners); Dave’s Big Dictionary (paraphernalia).

Guest: actor and director Barry Primus

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: potato shark and other novelties
00:45:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Barry Primus
01:28:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #189: Hezbollah Jokes
01:39:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: Paraphernalia
02:02:00 GREELEY TIMES
02:28:30 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY: coroners
02:33:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:43:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Ayer
02:45:00 DAVE GOES OUT: Hitler Saavedra and Moo Deng

Barry Primus

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 #960 (9/14/2024): GET CARTER

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Here is the 960th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, Sept. 14, 2024.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Carter Calvert; Dave’s Big Dictionary (succor); Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Axial)

Guest: cabaret’s Carter Calvert

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: frogs, napkin
00:48:30 GREELEY TIMES (w/ IgNobel Awards)
01:34:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Carter Calvert
02:20:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: Perry Farrell
02:32:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: succor
02:47:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:56:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Axial, CO
02:59:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Carter Calvert
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Axial schoolhouse

Dave’s Gone By Interview (9/14/2024): CARTER CALVERT & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer Carter Calvert

Topics include: Sally Struthers, Patsy Cline, George HW Bush, It ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues

Segment airs Sept. 14, 2024 as part of the 960th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (9/7/2024): TIM ENGLISH & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author Tim English

Topics include: The Kennedys, New York, Popology, Thomas Merton

Segment aired Sept. 7, 2024 as part of the 959th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #959 (9/7/2024): ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

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Here is the 959th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, Sept. 7, 2024.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews author Timothy English; Dave’s Big Dictionary (vilify); Greeley Times; Wretched Pun of Destiny (scrapbook); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Atwood).

Guest: writer Timothy English

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: womp-womp trombone, AM Radio, rib eye, Joey vs. Kobi
01:00:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tim English
01:50:00 GREELEY TIMES
02:11:00 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #95: scrapbook
02:13:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: vilify
02:35:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:44:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Atwood, CO
02:50:00 DAVE GOES OUT: R.I.P.otato Day

Tim English
Rabbi Sol Solomon
scrapbook

Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/31/2024): ANNIE KORZEN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress Annie Korzen

Topics include: Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Stiller, storytelling

Segment aired Aug. 31, 2024 as part of the 958th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #958 (8/31/2024): OF KORZ

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Here is the 958th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, Aug. 31, 2024.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Annie Korzen; Dave’s Big Dictionary (byzantine); Greeley Times; Bunion Watch; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Ashcroft)

Guest: actress Annie Korzen

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: new keyboard, tiny plant, hot dog!
01:11:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:47:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Annie Korzen
02:39:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: byzantine
02:54:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:02:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Ashcroft
03:07:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Annie Korzen
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Byzantine
Ashcroft, CO