Teller From Jerusalem

TFJ: Series 1 Episode 23: Character Workshop

With Special Guest Dr. David Pelcovitz

Dr Pelcovitz is a universally renowned psychologist, famed for his uncanny ability to offer advice that is always useful, unimpeachable and heavily supported by statistics. No matter what the problem, Dr. Pelcovitz, holder of the Straus Chair of psychology at Yeshiva University, is the go to. TFJ could not be more blessed than to bring our listeners some trenchant pearls from the expert who knows best how to embrace a life of character and convey this message and direction to youngsters.

Edited and Produced by Alex Drucker

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TFJ: Series 1 Episode 22: The Birth of Israel

Follow me on a journey from Elihu Yale and the school that bears his name to co-ed bathrooms and dormitories and right the way back to the British Mandate in Palestine.

We will meet underdogs and authorities and question the truth of in the adage that "everyone has the right to their own opinion".

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TFJ: Series 1 Episode 21: The Birth of Israel

At the beginning of the 1900s new settlers arrived in Israel who were very different from the earlier, pious settlers living in Israel. In garb, outlook and conduct the differences were vast, and it was Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, better known as Rav Kook who attempted to bridge the gap by not veering from tradition, but also not writing off the new immigrants. Rav Kook was exiled from Israel during WWI and spent the duration in London at the time of the Balfour Declaration. Jewish parliamentarians, afraid that they might be accused of dual loyalty for supporting the creation of a Jewish state in Israel, shamelessly asserted that Judaism does not require a Jewish homeland. This commenced a discussion that will last through three episodes regarding man's ability, and sometimes even predilection, to render an opinion whether or not they are qualified to do so.

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TFJ: The Birth of Israel: Episode 21

The issuance of the Balfour Declaration required a number of factors, several key players and significant Divine Intervention. The declaration electrified Jews the world over.

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Teller From Jerusalem: The Birth of Israel Series Episode 19

For those concerned for the future Jewish state, it became apparent that the first priority was to wrest the land from the brutish Ottoman regime. This would entail the Aaronsohn spy ring supplying information to Allenby's Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Dr. Chaim Weizmann developing a method to create acetone by fermenting chestnuts, and British determination that poor Jews fleeing persecution in Russia should not settle on their shores.

Edited and Produced by Alex Drucker

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Teller From Jerusalem Series 1 Episode 18: Character Workshop

To habituate good habits, avoid an environment where they are not the norm. Disciplined people do not have heroic will power; they avoid tempting situations.

This podcast is heavily based upon the instructive book, Atomic Habits by James Clear. "Habit-stacking" is a phrase that James Clear employs.

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TFJ: Series 1 Episode 17: The Birth of Israel

The new wave of immigrants to Israel at the beginning of the twentieth century were primarily secular, committed to rebuilding the land and radically different from the pious Jews that had preceded them.  

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TFJ: Series 1, Episode 16: The Birth of Israel

Eliezer Ben Yehudah is the father of modern Hebrew and succeeded in getting a reluctant people and government to adopt the language.  

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TFJ: Series 1 Episode 15: The Birth of Israel

Over six thousand gathered for Herzl’s funeral in Vienna. In 1949 the State of Israel honored Herzl’s request and brought his bones to be buried in the state that he envisioned. Assimilated Herzl did not appreciate the meaning of the Land of Israel to the Jews, and was more concerned about acquiring a pragmatic solution – even if it would not be in Israel. TFJ takes a look at other lands that were offered to the Jews such as Birobidzan in far-eastern Siberia. Herzl’s family did not follow in his path, leaving his legacy to be treasured by those who moved to the land that he foresaw.

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TFJ Character Workshop – Series 1 Episode 14

The securest way to improve is not through goals, but via a system. This will entail “action” (which produces results) more importantly than “motion” (planning) 

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