STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon Reads “The P Word,” Part 3
For this week’s StoryTime segment on Dave’s Gone By, Rabbi Sol Solomon continues to read from David Hu’s book, “The P Word.”
This segment aired June 8, 2024 as part of the 947th “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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Segment aired June 8, 2024 as part of the 947th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com.
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Here is the 947th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, June 8, 2024.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Natalie Douglas, offers his Rabbinical Reflection on Maldives and Mexico, and continues StoryTime (“The P Word, part 3”), Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Alexander); Dave’s Big Dictionary (incognito).
Guest: singer Natalie Douglas
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: frozen gefilte fish, smoked pastrami 00:42:30 GREELEY TIMES 01:03:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Natalie Douglas 02:08:30 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “The P Word,” part 3 02:31:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: Pat Sajak 02:42:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: incognito 02:51:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #186: Maldives n’ Mexico 03:01:30 Friends of the Daverhood 03:10:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED 03:12:00 DAVE GOES OUT
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RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #186 (6/8/2024): Maldives n’ Mexico
airs June 8, 2024 on Dave’s Gone By. Youtube video:
I am mmmmarveling at the news this week involving two countries with mmmmarkedly different responses to the mmmmadness in the Mmmmiddle East. I am talking about the Maldives and Mexico. One of them is meretricious, the other marvelous.
So as the patient says to the doctor: “Bad news first.” The Maldives. It even has “mal,” a prefix meaning “bad,” in its own name. What are the Maldives? They’re a teeny Republic in South Asia, about 115 square miles of land with the rest in the Indian Ocean. And considering all the things Indians do in the ocean, it’s best not to drink the water. Or visit the Maldives.
Not that you could visit the Maldives right now if you were an Israeli. President Mohamed Muizzu — who belongs in a zoo — has banned anyone with an Israeli passport from entering the country, this in response to the war in Gaza. Why any Jew would visit this place in the first place is a puzzlement. Maldives is a country so Muslim that the practice of any other religion is forbidden by law. This is also a land that not only prohibits homosexuality but reprimands anybody kissing or even holding hands in public. So, basically, if you wonder what the Bahamas or Aruba would be like if they took away the fun and relaxation and replaced it with totalitarian jihad, you’ve got the Maldives.
In 2023 about 5,000 Jews visited the various Maldive islands. Maybe they were Orthodox and appreciated the modest-clothing rules and pork-free eating. Maybe they just wanted to watch other Semites inflict suffering on themselves for once instead of being tormented by others. Even prior to this ban, only 500 Yids Maldived themselves this year, and one hopes that goyim, in solidarity with Israel, will put Maldives on their “fuck-it” list. But hey, there’s sand and palm trees and, thanks to climate change, more and more and more water. It’s an Arcadia—and a perfect spot to relocate a few thousand displaced Palestinians! What? Dr. Muizzu? Not returning their calls? Well, at least you support them in theory.
But what gives me joy in reality is the result of a Presidential election held this week in Mexico. Replacing current honcho Andrés Manuel López Obrador is someone with a shorter name, thank God, but also a highly promising name. Winning a landslide victory is Mexico’s first female leader and first Jewish leader: Claudia Sheinbaum! I’m not kidding — Claudia Sheinbaum! Her heritage is a mix of Ashkenazic Lithuanian and Sephardic Bulgarian, and she’s a scientist with a PhD—a Jewish doctor will be running Mexico!
They should get her to deal with climate change in the Maldives because she’s an expert—she was part of a Nobel Prize-winning UN think tank on the topic—and she’s pro-choice, pro LGBT, big on mass transit and bicycle paths—yeah, she’s kind of a lefty. And a landsman.
The cheeriest aspect of this political event is that despite Jews being despised seemingly everywhere in the world, Mexicans looked beyond that and picked a Shein-a maidel! She was the outgoing president’s choice, and because the peso has been in decent shape, and because the drug cartels have been killing only every third tourist, voters are giving Sheiny the sheeny a shot.
Please let us support her by purchasing all things Mexican: jumping beans, refried beans, bootleg t-shirts of Mr. Bean. Also, spend your vacation dollars South of the Border. And I don’t mean getting a pubic wax, I mean Guadalajara, Cancun, Oaxaca, Acapulco, and lest we forget, charming Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl.
Oh, my friends, we are forever asking: Is it good for the Jews? If Judaism has taught us anything, it’s that things can change in a blink. But right now: viva México! And Maldives? ¡Vete a la mierda!
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York. ¡Arriba!
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For this week’s StoryTime segment on Dave’s Gone By, Rabbi Sol Solomon continues to read from David Hu’s book, “The P Word.”
This segment aired June 1, 2024 as part of the 946th “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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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com
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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with jazz musicians JANIS SIEGEL and YARON GERSHOVSKY
Topics include: Bobby McFerrin, Cy Coleman, Manhattan Transfer
Segment aired June 1, 2024 as part of the 946rd episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com
More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com.
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Here is the 946th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, June 1, 2024.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews jazz musicians Janis Siegel and Yaron Gershovsky; StoryTime with Rabbi Sol Solomon (“The P Word, part 2”), Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Alder); Dave’s Big Dictionary (svelte).
Guest: jazz singer Janis Siegel and musical director Yaron Gershovsky
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: glowy squid, who killed New Poo?, smoked pastrami 00:47:00 BUNION WATCH 01:00:00 GUESTS: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Yaron Gershovsky and Janis Siegel 01:39:30 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “The P Word,” part 2 02:03:30 GREELEY TIMES 02:25:00 Friends of the Daverhood 02:39:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Alder, CO 02:47:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: svelte 02:59:30 DAVE GOES OUT: a poem is an egg with a horse in it
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Dave’s Gone By Skit (5/25/2024): STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon Reads “The P Word,” Part 1
For this week’s StoryTime segment on Dave’s Gone By, Rabbi Sol Solomon reads the first part of David Hu’s book, “The P Word.”
This segment aired May 25, 2024 as part of the 945th “Dave’s Gone By” video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. Full episodes also available on youtube, Facebook (davesgoneby), and on DavesGoneBy.com.
All content (c)2024 TotalTheater Productions.
More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com
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Here is the 945th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, May 24, 2024.
Featuring: Dave chats with retired theater professor Robin Huber. Plus: StoryTime with Rabbi Sol Solomon (“The P Word”), Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Akin); Dave Says Bye (Morgan Spurlock).
Guest: director Robin Huber
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: Kandide, lobster, Mr. Trashwheel, fox den, The Ring 00:56:00 GREELEY TIMES 01:18:00 BUNION WATCH 01:24:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “The P Word” 01:44:00 GUEST: Robin Huber 02:25:00 Friends of the Daverhood 02:37:00 SONG: “Stupid Pupil” 02:40:00 DAVE SAYS BYE: Morgan Spurlock 02:52:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Akin, CO 02:54:00 DAVE GOES OUT
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Podcaster JESSICA TAGHAP interviews Dave Lefkowitz
Topics include: radio, Miracle of Long Johns, Rabbi Sol Solomon, theater criticism.
Segment was recorded Nov. 10, 2015 for Jessica Taghap’s “Spotlight” podcast and rebroadcast (with permission) May 18, 2024 as part of the 944th episode of the Dave’s Gone By radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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More information on Dave’s Gone By: davesgoneby.com
