🎧 An Olami Mentorship Podcast with Rabbi Shlomo Landau and Abbey Wolin

How to leave fear, and your ego, at the door.

In this episode, Chaya shares the mindset shifts that carried her from starting with nothing — no degree, no stability, no guarantees — to building a thriving real estate business.

In this conversation, she unpacks:

✔️ How ego, disguised as caution, quietly blocks growth

✔️ What failure taught her that success never could

✔️ How faith changes the way you show up under pressure

✔️ When to stop asking for advice — and start trusting yourself

In a nonstop, always-on world, Ariel Feldhamer does something radical: *he anchors his day in faith.*

In this episode, Ariel shares:

✅ His daily 3:00 p.m. meeting with God — and why it’s non-negotiable

✅ How faith creates his financial success

✅ Why Shabbat is his weekly reset in a chaotic world

This conversation is a powerful reminder that true grit isn’t hustle alone — it’s knowing what holds you steady.

In this episode of Jewish Grit, Faigy Rabinowitz, founder of metziahs.com, shares what it really takes to build something from nothing — without waiting for certainty.

You’ll hear how to:

✅ Stop overthinking — and grow without a perfect plan

✅ Push through dead ends and disappointment without letting them define you

✅ Build confidence while progress (and income) is still small

✅ Balance ambition, family life, and the need to recharge

✅ Anchor your work in honesty, purpose, and faith

For anyone who feels stuck, underestimated, or unsure whether the thing they’re building is “real” yet — this episode is a reminder that momentum comes from action, not certainty.

At 19, Daniel moved from Israel to the U.S. completely alone. No roadmap. No backup plan. And when things fell apart, he hit rock bottom with no one to guide him.

Looking back, he’s sure of one thing: *a mentor would’ve changed everything.*

In this episode, Daniel gets real about:

✅ The hidden cost of figuring life out alone

✅ Hitting rock bottom without guidance — and why that hits harder

✅ A chance encounter that felt like mentorship in disguise

✅ Why he now drops everything to be the mentor he never had

This episode is powerful, honest, and a reminder that *guidance can change the entire trajectory of a life*.

Interested in Olami Mentorship — as a mentor or mentee?

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There was a life before.

And then there was everything that came after.

Maya Namdar is the founder of Maya’s Place, a modern women’s fashion brand that grew from custom pieces in her family home into a global business. But her story isn’t only about entrepreneurship.

It’s about choice.

In this episode of Jewish Grit, Maya speaks about building a brand while raising a family, navigating faith and identity, learning to delegate, and the devastating night that divided her life in two.

She shares what it means to choose life when sinking into darkness would have been easier, how faith can exist without answers, and why mentorship matters most when you don’t know how to move forward.

This is a conversation about loss, resilience, belief, and the quiet strength it takes to keep going.

How does a man trusted with billions also sit at a Vegas poker table to elevate the game?

Gershon Distenfeld—Director of Income Strategies at AllianceBernstein—shares how discipline, integrity, and purpose shaped both his career and unexpected success in poker, where he donates every win to charity.

In this episode:

🃏Managing risk in the markets and in Vegas

🃏Why poker became a platform for doing good

🃏Navigating some of the toughest market environments of his career

🃏The #1 trait he looks for when hiring

🃏The value that redefined his idea of success

A masterclass in Jewish leadership and living with intention.

Can AI Replace Marketers?

Only if they forget the one thing she says matters most.

In this episode, Tzivia Cohen, founder of 14 Minds, opens up about the unexpected turns that shaped her career, her confidence, her spirituality — and her voice as a proud Jewish woman navigating a complicated world.

Nothing about her path was linear.

Everything about it is inspiring.

She talks about:

✔️ The moment she finally “made it”… and why it didn’t feel the way she expected

✔️ The surprising weekly ritual that keeps her grounded

✔️ The future-proof skill she says has nothing to do with tech

✔️ What happened when she doubled her business — and why she had to rethink everything

✔️ The one habit that changed the way she thinks and works

✔️ The “boulder in the road” every entrepreneur eventually meets

Her story isn’t just about building a business.

It’s about building clarity, identity, and a purpose far bigger than marketing.

What happens when life’s biggest challenge becomes the spark for your deepest growth?

In this episode:

•⁠ ⁠How Marc shifted from a thriving real estate career toward a life of mindfulness and purpose

•⁠ ⁠The FBI investigation he was ultimately vindicated in—and how the experience deepened his sense of gratitude

•⁠ ⁠The transformative trip to Israel that helped him reconnect with his identity and values

•⁠ ⁠How Modah Ani and Shabbat now serve as his spiritual anchors and daily reset

A powerful story of resilience, clarity, and choosing a more grounded way forward.

How does a nurse from Brooklyn become one of the biggest names in women’s Jewish music?

In this episode, Bracha Jaffe opens up about:

✅ The unexpected link between nursing and creativity

✅ Pivoting her side gig into her career, and the fear that accompanied that shift

✅ Faith when you’re standing on the edge of the unknown

✅ The mindset shift to unlock anyone’s creativity

And finally, the powerful message to anyone with a talent they’re scared to own.

A conversation about purpose, vulnerability, and stepping boldly into who you’re meant to be.

What happens when everything you’ve built — billions worth — comes crashing down?

When failure stops being theory and starts being personal?

David Lichtenstein faced it.

And what he discovered after losing $500 million didn’t come from a boardroom — it came from something much deeper.

It’s about knowing where you come from.

Understanding what makes you one of a kind.

And finding the strength to rebuild when logic says you can’t.

🎧 Hear the story behind one of the boldest comebacks in business — and the mindset that made it possible.