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Here is the 873rd episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, Dec. 10, 2022. Info: Davesgoneby.com.
Guests: actors Erik Jensen and Ronald Rand; theater critic Eva Heinemann.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Erik Jensen; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Jefferson); Today/Yesterday Trivia Quiz (Dec. 10 w/ Erik Jensen, Ronald Rand, Eva Heinemann).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (furniture, the look) 00:31:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 00:54:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Dec. 10 w/ Eva Heinemann, Ronald Rand, Erik Jensen) 01:42:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Erik Jensen 02:47:00 Friends of the Daverhood 02:53:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Jefferson, CO) 02:56:30 DAVE GOES OUT
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RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #177 (10/6/2022): Dave’s Gone By 20th Anniversary
aired Oct. 6, 2022 on Dave’s Gone By.
Shalom Dammit, this is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for October 6, 2022 — 20 years to the day that Dave Lefkowitz, the producer of this program, started to produce this program.
I was there that fateful night when we got off the train in the most romantic, exciting town in the world, Merrick, Long Island, to begin the two-decade odyssey that would become Dave’s Gone By. Reading mostly from notes and holding onto his wife for support — or possibly grabbing her tuchas, I couldn’t see that well — Dave took to the microphone like I take to a brisket. And for 57 glorious minutes, Dave gave us comedy, a little social commentary, a bissel music, and something truly different on the radio. Like static but a good static.
Most importantly, Dave brought me onto the program as his very first guest. He didn’t interview me or anything — no, that he saves for big hoo-hahs like Carol Channing and Charlotte Rae and Charles Grodin and other people who are dead — but he did give me a chance to talk aboutthe holiday of Simchas Torah, the first chapter of the Old Testament, Genesis,and women’s boobs. Yes, this was an informational segment tied to breast-cancer awareness month, but honestly, I just like to talk about women’s boobs.
But from that very first episode — October 6th, 2002 — I have been proud to be a part of the Daverhood. In my interviews, I have chatted with the high and the mighty and the low and the lowly. I’m working on the mid and the middly. Also, I have now recorded 177 of these Rabbinical Reflections, my mini-sermons on life, current events, Judaism, ethics, and women’s boobs — or, as I like to call them, “tits.”
Dave has seen me through many life events these twenty years. He directed my TV show, Shalom Dammit! Rabbi Sol Solomon Peace, Love, and Acid-Reflux Hour, episodes of which are completely unknown to the Paley Center. Dave co-wrote and directed my one-man off-off-Broadway show, Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Me, which was received rapturously on two coasts. Well, Colorado isn’t a coast, but what, you’re gonna quibble with me over semantics? Go to hell!
But Dave will always be heavenly in my book for being my friend, my editor, my collaborator, my poison-tester (because, you know, I get hate mail). If anybody deserves to be broadcasting twenty more years, it’s Dave.
Be nice if he was paid. Be even nicer if he paid me. But I’m not one to complain. I am here merely to say Mazel Tov, Dave Lefkowitz, on your longevity, your comedy, your show. This is your holiday: Simchas Duvid.
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches, in Great Neck, New York. And gone by.
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Here is the 867th episode — a special 20th anniversary edition — of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Thursday night, Oct. 6, 2022. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Guests: actress Vicki Quade, theater critic Leslie (Hoban) Blake, musician Eddie Hug, old friend Ozer Teitelbaum.
Featuring: Special 20th anniversary episode! Dave chats with musician Eddie Hug and shares memories with Vicki Quade. Ozer Teitelbaum,, Leslie (Hoban) Blake and his wife Joyce; Clips from the very first Dave’s Gone By episode; Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Dave’s show anniversary.
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (special show) 00:10:00 GUEST: Eddie Hug 00:26:00 More Memories 00:30:00 GUESTS: Vicki Quade & Leslie (Hoban) Blake 00:58:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #177 (Dave’s Gone By 20th Anniversary) 01:06:30 GUEST: Ozer Teitelbaum 01:19:00 Even More Memories (w/ Joyce) 01:32:00 DAVE GOES OUT
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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with theatrical composer SETH BISEN-HERSH
Topics include: cabaret, Love Quirks
Segment aired April 30, 2022 as part of the 847th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 838th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Feb. 19, 2022. Info: davesgoneby.com
Guests: musician Judy Collins; actress Vicki Quade; theater critics David Sheward and Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer-songwriter Judy Collins; Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on Poems for Valentine’s Day; Today/Yesterday Trivia Quiz (Feb. 19 w/ David Sheward, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Vicki Quade); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Model, CO).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (space heater, Gerri Curls, masking rules) 01:00:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Judy Collins 01:35:30 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Feb. 19 w/ Vicki Quade, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward) 03:25:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 03:49:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #174 (Poems for Valentine’s Day) 03:59:00 Friends of the Daverhood 04:13:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Model, CO) 04:17:00 DAVE GOES OUT
RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #174 – Poems for Valentine’s Day
Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a special poetical Rabbinical Reflection for Gingold Theatrical Group’s Virtual Open Mic Night on this Valentine’s Day, 2022.
You know, poetry is central to the Jewish people, from biblical psalms to Leonard Nimoy’s “Warmed by Love.” Since poetry expresses love, I wish to share with you some classic Jewish poems of romance and arousal. For example, Rabbi Tseitlin of Detroit gave us this most appetizing sonnet:
Shall I compare thee to a hot knish?
Thou art more tasty and much cuter
With boobs as plump as gefilte fish
And scrumptious nipples on each hooter.
A knish is square, but thou do curve
With far more spice than hot pastrami
Thy sexiness makes me a perv
When thou dost swallow my salami
Thou art chicken soup for my soul
and matzoh farfel for my heart
Your kugel makes me lose control
In a good way — not like when I shart
So long as Jews can shlep and kvetch and daven
I eat you up and give you all my lovin’.
Is it any wonder Rabbi Tseitlin has restraining orders in twelve different Michigan counties?
Let us consider this poem from the great Rabbi Vogel of Omsk:
Roses are red, violets are thrilling me
I love you so much,
but my prostate is killing me.
Inspired by Rabbi Vogel, I, too, have written short verse, many in the haiku form. For example, this Chanukah-ku:
Dreidels made of clay.
When they’re dry, it’s time to play.
Women? The reverse.
Of course, not all poems about love are so refined. For an earthier exploration of desire, we turn to Rebbetzin Meyrowitz, widow of the great Estonian Rabbi, Leroy. Here’s a gem from her shocking blue period, shocking because it was her first period since her thirties.
There was a young girl from Tiberias
whose horniness made her delirious
They found her in Gaza
Undressed in a plaza
Her pregnancy ain’t that mysterious
In her latter years, Rebbetzin Meyrowitz became more audacious, disgusting even, as when she wrote:
In order to brighten his sukkas
Reb Mendelsson hired three hookas
They pulled on his payess
and sat on his fayess
and jammed an etrog in his tukas.
My friends, somewhere in the Torah — I’m not sure where — it says “Love Thy Neighbor.” — not possible. But we can still aspire to love, if only as a poetic ideal.
My hope for all of you during these times is that you receive love. And when you do, may you have enough money to pay the girl and her pimp.
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York. Happy Valentine’s Day.
Here is the 829th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Dec. 18, 2021. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Guests: actor Ronald Rand, actress Vicki Quade, theater critics David Sheward, Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor Ronald Rand; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Paonia, CO); Today/Yesterday Trivia Quiz (Dec. 18 w/ Ronald Rand, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Vicki Quade, David Sheward).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (understudies, Omicron)
00:42:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ronald Rand
01:23:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Dec. 18 w/ Vicki Quade, Ronald Rand, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward)
03:05:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:20:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:29:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Paonia)
03:34:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (the saturated iPad)
03:44:30 DAVE GOES OUT
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Here is the 824th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Nov. 13, 2021. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Guests: author Alexis Greene; Rabbi Sol Solomon.
Featuring: Dave chats with theater critic Alexis Greene; Rabbi Sol Solomon attends a Bat Mitzvah; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; My Sick Mind (Travis Scott); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Sterling).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Bat Mitzvah) 00:15:30 GUEST: Alexis Greene 00:53:00 Friends of the Daverhood 01:07:00 MY SICK MIND (Travis Scott) 01:20:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:32:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Sterling) 01:39:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON ATTENDS A BAT MITZVAH (Adam & Stefanie Sheflin) 02:02:00 DAVE GOES OUT
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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright KEN LUDWIG
Topics include: Lend Me a Tenor; Dear Jack, Dear Louise; Harvard; Leonard Bernstein, Judaism.
Segment aired Oct. 30, 2021 as part of the 822nd episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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