Is it good for the Jews – Dave's Gone By

Dave’s Gone By #156 (1/5/2006): BACKTRACKS

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Here is the 156th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Jan. 5, 2006. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: Highlights of the previous year and a “Best of 2005” compilation of previously aired material.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:02:00 GUEST: Chris Smither
00:05:00 GUEST: Al Aronowitz
00:10:00 GUEST: Wreckless Eric
00:16:00 GUEST: Christine Lavin
00:21:00 SKIT: “Is It Good for the Jews – The Pope” (w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon)
00:28:00 GUEST: Philip Lefkowitz
00:30:00 DAVE GETS TRIVIAL – MSUD
00:40:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon and Mandy Patinkin
00:43:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon and Jill Sobule
00:46:00 Peter Fitzgerald and Paulette Attie
00:48:00 GUESTS: theater critics Jeff Goodman & Charles Gross
00:53:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 5, 2006 Playlist: “The Worst Date I Ever Done Had,” “Dead Popies,” “99 Barrels of Oil” and “Many Ways.” (Dave).

Dave’s Gone By #117 (3/3/2005): GROSS POINTS FARMED

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Here is the 117th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, March 3, 2005. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guests: theater critic Charles Gross and Rabbi Sol Solomon, spiritual leader of Temple Sons of Bitches, Great Neck, NY.

Featuring: Dave chats with theater critic Charles Gross. Plus: the satirical News Gone By and the skit, Is it Good for the Jews, with Rabbi Sol Solomon.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:04:00 DAVE’S GONE CULTURAL – w/ theater critic Charles Gross
00:24:00 NEWS GONE BY
00:46:00 SKIT – “Is It Good for the Jews” w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon on the ailing Pope
00:52:00 DAVE GOES OUT

March 3, 2005 Playlist: “Caroline, No” & “Good Vibrations” (Beach Boys, excerpts).

Dave’s Gone By Song (12/9/2004): IS IT GOOD FOR THE JEWS? w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon

ZZ-Song-IsItGoodfortheJews A song of questioning from Rabbi Sol Solomon.

Segment originally aired Dec. 9, 2004, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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IS IT GOOD FOR THE JEWS?

by Rabbi Sol Solomon (as transcribed by David Lefkowitz)

Is it good for the Jews?
Do we win? Do we lose?
Should we laugh? Should we cry?
666 or maybe chai?

Is it righteous
Is it wrong?
Is it relevant to this song?
Weigh the subtext and the clues
As they pertain to Jews.

Ask the Rebbe, ask the mohel
Is it good for Yisroel?
Do we dance or sing the blues
Is it good, goddammit, for the Jew?

Does it mollify? Does it harm?
Does it qualify for alarm?
Is the danger far or near?
Is it joy or oy vey iz mir?

Is it heaven? Is it hell?
Do we gasp, or do we kvell?
A mound of gold or a pile of shoes
Is it good . . . ?

Dave’s Gone By #101 (11/11/2004): GRIZZLED VETERAN

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Here is the 101st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Nov. 11, 2004. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: Javier Magruder, patriotic singer.

Featuring: Dave Goes Off on the elections in a darkly satirical mode, with the News Gone By and singing visitor Javier Magruder. Plus: Inside Broadway (`Night Mother and The Good Body) and Rabbi Sol Solomon asks, Is it Good for the Jews?

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:16:00 DAVE GOES OFF – The Elections
00:28:00 INSIDE BROADWAY – `Night Mother & The Good Body
00:39:30 SKIT: “Is It Good for the Jews?: Arafat” w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon
00:46:00 DAVE’S GOT GUESTS – Javier Magruder
00:51:00 DAVE GOES OUT

November 11, 2004 Playlist: “The Times They Have Changed” (Art Paul Schlosser), “America the Beautiful” (Javier Magruder; lyrics: Katharine Lee Bates; music: Samuel Ward; 49:00), “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” (Pete Seeger).