Jason Ingber

Daniel Forouzan is trial attorney and podcast host. We discuss how to make more money, what drives people's decisions, and better ways to communicate.

A rabbi, a doctor, and a lawyer podcast cures for cancer, medical assisted death questions and abortion rights issues, through Talmudic stories, and Dr. Sedighim's hospital experiences.

Michelle Kallen is the former Solicitor General of Virginia. Michelle served as Special Litigation Counsel in the US House of Representatives, representing the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol. She defended the Committee against attempts to block subpoenas and efforts to compel testimony from lawmakers and congressional staffers. Michelle is a mentor and friend; she describes unique perspectives with refreshing articulation.

Get to know Bill Baroni and his perspective on federal prison after he sat in prison until the Supreme Court overturned his conviction! Bill was convicted in the New Jersey Bridgegate scandal.

He describes his path to success as a politician, his current classes as a law professor, and his advice to people that want to be involved in public service.

Extremely positive outlook, inspiring words and a lot of insight.

I review My Cousin Vinny (nay) Being John Malcovich (nay but whoa) Lion King and The Birdcage with Robin Williams (yay) and describe my new case against Donald Sterling on constituional grounds.

Rabbi Dr. Irving Lebovics helped pass laws and chair various comittees to support and improve the Jewish community in Los Angeles and California. Dr. Lebovics is a dentist, politician, and lecturer. In this episode you'll hear steps to create bills and pass them into laws and stories and perspectives to live an ethical life.

Ariela Moskowitz worked as an exec for Disney and is now an associate for an entertainment law firm. She has a unique perspective on how Hollywood strikes ought to resolve and the future of studios and networks.

I brief you on: my grandmother just died, so I speak about her life, Andrew Friedman's passing; the results in the two jury trials I just fought; some ancient talmudic concepts regarding how to manage your real estate; and Austin Powers.

Andrew Friedman has served as a Los Angleles commisioner for over 30 years. He is a local legend and civil personal injury trial attorney. We explore the real story behind the LA Sheriff Lee Baca scandal and Mr. Friedman's firsthand knowledge of the Hungarian president's stance on the Russia Ukraine conflict (pro Russian). I was joined by my friend Johnny and we learned a lot from Andrew and his well of wisdom that he accumulated over the past 50 years serving Los Angeles n various capacities and his love and hopes for LA moving forward.

As I wrangle Rabbi Boyarsky from his office to the podcast studio, he asks me if I kept my end of our deal and if I put tefflin on every day for a hundred days. I responded, "I'm not perfect, but I substantially complied." Rabbi Boyarsky snaps at me, "I disagree. You are perfect."

I have recorded over 100 episodes in the studio where we filmed this one. Never has anyone remembered the studio engineer's name. Rabbi Boyarsky interacted with him and thanked him on a first name basis as we closed. I kept that in at the end of the episode.

Rabbi Zvi Boyarsky has a lot on his shoulders. He's a director for the Aleph Institute –or Aleph– as their employees and clients call it. Aleph is a humanitarian nonprofit org for prisoners' rights.

Rabbi Boyrasky's signature is an unfailing smile. But the first night I began to do work for Aleph, he looked like he hadn't slept or smiled in a week.

I asked what has been keeping him up all night. The question energizes him.

"There's a Holocaust going on right now in Afghanistan."

This was the summer of 2021. The United States had for decades artificially shored up Afghanistan, and suddenly the U.S. military presence vanished. I knew this much from the news but didn't understand the urgency in Rabbi Boyarsky's dark green eyes.

He said: "Taliban gunmen control Kabul's airport. These terrorists are going door to door hunting down judges that prosecuted them, especially the women judges. Taliban are slaughtering women for having the audacity to be judges. We're trying to get them out."

Reb Zvi was talking about using political connections Aleph had developed with Qatar, a rich neighboring Arab country with influence over the Taliban, to coordinate bus transport of a hundred women judges and their dependents to Pakistan. I wanted to help.

"What can I do?"

I learned that Aleph had been working on this nonstop since Rabbi Boyarsky saw the news unfold. They had linked with a Baroness in London (Helena Kennedy, Queens Counsel, and President of the International Bar Association) as well as U.S.-based, International Association of Women Judges who had their members in Afghanistan at mortal risk.

The Taliban had publicly called for the killing of many of these judges. The terrorists were bombarding the judiciary members' phones with death threats and videos of them murdering other judges. They were out for blood. Their lethal attacks were aimed on these judges because they had ordered them behind bars for rape, murder, or lesser crimes. Now these criminals were free and suddenly in power. Under chaos, darkness, and gunfire the women were running with their families to safehouses to avoid capture.

Rabbi Boyarsky's efforts with many others chartered planes filled with refugees to Greece and the U AE. Next, Aleph and the IAWJ are linking families with government officials for visas. Many judges found refuge in Germany and Canada who have been more receptive to admitting Afghan refugees. Justice Susan Glazebrook, acting Judge for the Supreme Court of New Zealand and President of the IAWJ, as well as the immediate past president of the IAWJ, Judge Vanessa Ruiz of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals led this endeavor with Aleph. Aleph turned its focus on the United States to lift asylum red tape. (Notice how in a big way this was a women-helping-women effort, which is its own dimension of inspiration.)

One Aleph donor is a Hasidic Jew that prefers to keep a low profile. He provided the primary resources to assist one chartered plane. He wished to refer to the evacuation operation as "Schmendel" a nonsensical Yiddish word. His goal was to draw attention far away from his involvement, associates, and money he generously contributed to the mission. This resulted in some broken telephone that made the Afghan refugees believe that the person's actual name that funded the plane was Schmendel. Thus, they held signs and took pictures of themselves on the plane and in Greece thanking Aleph and Mr. Schmendel.

These Afghan judges were at the height of their society, and they had risked a lot to get there, and suddenly they found themselves with nothing, with a new need to rebuild lives from scratch in foreign lands. My grandparents survived the Holocaust and had to do this with no outside help. Nothing can erase the events that caused the plight of these people but knowing that there are people are out there fighting to help and doing whatever they can to help must be inspiring to them. It's inspiring to me.

Rabbi Boyarsky embodies the Aleph slogan: No one forgotten. No one left behind.

I was introduced to Rabbi Boyarsky through Rabbi Yitzy Horowitz. A special person that has created community for me and my family and for whom I'm very grateful.

To donate to Aleph, click here: https://aleph-institute.org/wp/donation/