The Jewish Women Entrepreneurs & Leaders Podcast

In this episode, Charlotte Thalmay, guide and owner of Jewish-Copenhagen.dk, tells the story of how Denmark saved 97% of Danish Jews from the Nazis during WW2. She owes her life to her grandfather who was in the Danish resistance and who sent her father away before returning to save more Jews. Today, she is actively talking about her Jewish roots by sharing her story with Jews and non Jews alike who come to visit Copenhaggen. Listen to her full interview to hear how Jews live in Denmark until today.

In this episode, Beth Nydick, founder of Beth Nydick Media, talks about how she took her knowledge and skills to pivot and create a PR & Media digital agency.  She teaches, collaborates, and uses her genius to get her clients the exposure they need to reach their media goals based on strategic decisions.  Beth is a role model and provides inspiration to other women proving that leadership in the field of media is possible.  With honesty – she talks about the challenges women and entrepreneurs face and how her Jewish identity is a guiding factor.  Listen to the full episode to hear Beth’s tips on what you need to do to make your company visible online.  

In this Episode, Angela tells us how she wanted to build a different kind of publishing business, one that adhered to the author’s vision every step of the way. She shares with us how, through her experience in other Publishing houses, she realized what was missing and created an original and unique publishing house for authors who have a unique voice. Being Jewish herself, she realized how she was always defending many causes but had never been outspoken about her Jewish identity and roots. Until lately when she decided to raise her voice against the rise of antisemitism in the US and to create a safe space for Jewish Women authors who needed exactly what she offers. Listen to the full interview to learn more about Angela’s journey.  

Tally is the perfect illustration of what a true entrepreneur is - she sees a problem and she finds a solution. In this case, the solution is helping hundreds of Jewish Families across Europe by providing a Jewish Education for their kids. It all started from a solution she wanted to bring to her kids in Venice. When she started the Zehud online Jewish school they were 6 kids and today they are 100s coming from 6 countries across Europe. Tally explains how it all became possible once she shifted her mindset with the help of Nathalie and her Program. 

In this Pre-Passover episode, Myriam talks about women's leadership in Egypt, which is what we are celebrating on Passover. She describes their courage in standing up against the tyranny of Pharaoh by seducing their husbands to have more children. They wanted to ensure the continuity of the Jewish People, even if Pharaoh had decided to kill all the Jewish baby boys. She reminds us of the Prophetess Miriam who was the one who convinced her father to conceive baby Moses who later became the leader who took the Jewish People out of Egypt. 

Listen to the full episode to see how Myriam Ackerman brings different examples of how women saved the Jewish people on many occasions - from having babies in Egypt to being the first one to believe that they would go out of Egypt and refusing to give their gold to serve the idols and you will rediscover a dimension of the feminine leadership of the Women in the history of the Jewish People. 

In this inspiring and powerful episode, you will meet Orly Wahba, who is the founder of the global non-profit Life Vest Inside and the award-winning film creator of “Kindness Boomerang” with over 100 million views going viral.  In this interview, Orly shares her inspiring journey on how she took big dreams and broke them down into small tangible steps in order to achieve her biggest goals - and the results are here to prove it! She explains how self-care is a high priority for her since it’s during those breaks that she is the most creative, that the magic happens.  Listen to the full interview and find out why Orly believes that knowing your “WHY” is so important, and to understand the importance of revenue stream, especially in non-profit organisations.

In this episode, Ruth Perednik, CEO of the Selective Mutism Treatment Center, talks about how she went from being a 40-years-old-stay-at-home-mom with a trilingual son who did not talk, to being the founder and director of a Treatment Center that help thousands of children with Selective Mutism from all over the world. 

She explains how everything started when she allowed herself to shift her mindset from "I have to do everything myself", to "I need to hire people to help me in my mission". 

She takes us behind the scenes of her journey to when she first joined the Born To Do Business Program and she translated her method into service tracks, she started to train therapists, she took her method online, and how she got really familiar with systems, hiring and managing finances. 

Today, she is the proud owner of a multiple 6 figures business in $, she has 3 admins and 15 therapists working for her, she trained 100s of therapists to her method, her book is translated in many languages and she is helping parents and children with Selective Mutism all over the world. 

Ruth’s advice to entrepreneurs – believe in yourself and dare to dream.

In this unique interview, Anastasiya is sharing all the details of her journey to Freedom, leaving her home in the Eastern part of Ukraine behind her and traveling for hours and hours towards the western part of Ukraine with her partner Dima and their 2 little kids Stepan and Roman. Even in a state of war and even after having to flee their home in a panic, Anastasiya still finds the strength to smile, to patiently describe their journey, talking about her loved ones who had to leave the country and about those who had to stay in the eastern part facing all the dangers. Without any drama, Anastasiya stays strong and has faith because she knows that her country is on the right side of the war and because she is confident that light will prevail over darkness

In this episode, Sophie Bigot-Goldblum, a Jewish Educator, talks about the transformation of Queen Esther in the Book of Esther in the Jewish Tradition. In the Book of Esther, Esther starts from being a passive character who does what she is told, and progressively she becomes this strong Leader, facing her fears and taking on the responsibility of saving the Jewish People. Esther uses her vulnerability as a strategy to help her save the Jewish people.  Sophie sheds new light on Women's Leadership when she compared the approaches of Esther and Vashti dealing with the King in the Book of Esther. Listen to the full episode to see how Sophie connects the teaching of the Book of Esther with Women's Day and the world of entrepreneurship. 

In this episode, Melissa Goldwag, CEO and Co-founder of Pack for Camp, talks about how she grew her business in the past year, doubling her revenue to multiple 6 figures, and hiring a team of more than 7, all the while creating additional revenue streams. 

She started this Business with her partner in life and business Gaby Fachler, in their living room in Israel, packing and delivering goods for Camps to Moms who were sending their kids to Camp in the US. The idea came from her Parents business who own a brick and mortar store and it was supposed to stay a "small business" with the 2 of them making it work. 

Until they joined the Born To Do Business Program and hired Nathalie as their Business Mentor, and that's when their mindset started to shift from scarcity to abundance and their vision started to expand from entrepreneur to CEO, and they started to hire and scale their business. Today, they have 2 brands and 2 warehouses with 100s clients in the US and in Israel.   

If you want to know more about the behind-the-scenes of Melissa's journey to scaling her business, listen to the full episode.