In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay reflects on the degree to which podcasts should be/need to be/should NOT be produced.

He talks about a number of podcasts and reflects on the degree of production used in each.

The podcasts he discusses include:

and our very own

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay sits down with Dr. John Ruskay, Executive Vice President and CEO of UJA Federation of New York, who announced last week his retirement in June 2014 after fifteen years as CEO and twenty years working for the Federation.

John reflects on his work, his successes and challenges, the role of New York Federation and the Federation system as well as his personal hopes for life after June, 2014.

We would like to congratulate Dr. Ruskay (aka Pops, or Saba) on his announcement, and we wish him great luck, and happiness in the next chapter of his life.

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay reflects on the blog he wrote for Darim OnLine in Early March and the mixed feelings he had when there didn’t seem to be a lot of response to the post.

Darone also invites you to consider making a donation to JCast Network, to show your support for the work that we do. Please visit our donation page to make a donation today.

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about his recent experience editing an episode of WORD, Amichai Lau-Lavie’s weekly podcast in which in one episode Amichai did not end with his traditional “Shalom”.

Darone talks about how he felt a bit like a torah scholar of old who read into texts from what was and what was not on the page, and assumed that the lack of “Shabbat Shalom” was a statement that Amichai was not feel particularly festive or hopeful as he prepared to enter Shabbos. When Darone checked with Amichai, he found that this may not have been the case. Listen to the full episode for the story.

Darone also invites you to consider making a donation to JCast Network, to show your support for the work that we do. Please visit our donation page to make a donation today.

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about taking the time for Shehecheyanu Moments, moments to feel grateful for reaching a point in time. Darone focuses on this, the 50th episode of JCast Journey as well as his childrens acceptance into Nursery School for next year.

He encourages us all to take moments in time to note the accomplishments we have made, and to thank god (however god is defined) for helping you to reach this moment.

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about a blog post he was invited to write for the Darim Online blog JewPointO about things to think about when considering starting a podcast.

Darone’s five tips are:

To read Darone’s full blog post please visit Darim Online’s blog

Darone also invites you to consider making a donation to JCast Network, to show your support for the work that we do. Please visit our donation page to make a donation today.

The opening and closing music for today’s episode was “All I Can Do Is Right About It”, by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about his latest experiences with video, and the ways that these experiences have made him reconsider the role of video within JCast Network.

To view the videos that he has been creating for RAVSAK, please visit http://YouTube.com/user/RAVSAKDigital

The music at the open and close of this episode is Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles.

The music at the open and close of this episode is Bliss by Phish.

As the fiscal year comes to a close, we invite you to make an end of year donation, by visiting http://JCastNetwork.org/donate.

The music at the open and close of this episode is Bliss by Phish.

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay thanks those of you who have donated to help sustain JCast Network, and talks about the wyas that you, the listener, can help decide the future direction of the Network.

Do you have an idea for a show, or for an area that we might want to focus on? Please let us know by eMailing [email protected] and telling us.

We also invite you to make an end of year donation, by visiting http://JCastNetwork.org/donate.