Today I get the honor and pleasure of talking to Sara Bogomolny, my new co-worker at Jewfolk where she joined us last week as our new director of engagement. Sara talks about what brings her to the Twin Cities, how her theater background will help her in the job, and what creating a community means to her on this week's Who The Folk?! Podcast.

The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to [email protected]. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast

The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to [email protected]. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast

This week we sit down with Alex Fisher, who recently started a new job as the director of community education for the Hopkins School District. We talk about what community education is, how it's beneficial to the community – even empty nesters – and how the principles of community education apply to Judaism, on this week's Who The Folk?! Podcast.

The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to [email protected]. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast

People have friends and family over brunch all the time. But for many years, Roni Falck and her family host brunches and dinners with a twist. Roni talks with us about the brunches that her and family host several times each year as a way to raise money for organizations and causes around the country. Roni tells us how these got started, how she uses them to teach her kids about tzedakah and tikkun olam, and why what's happening on the southern border has become important for her, on this week's who The Folk? Podcast.

The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to [email protected]. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast

What brought a lifelong Wisconsinite to Minnesota? Zane Gayle saw nothing but opportunities. Gayle recently graduated with a master's in architecture degree from the University of Minnesota. His master's project focused on a theoretical redesigning of Minnesota Hillel's building, however he has also been involved in the very real process that Hillel is now going through to renovate its space. Zane talks about that process, where Judaism comes into his architecture, and the lessons he learned along the way, on this week's Who The Folk?! Podcast. 

The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to [email protected]. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast

As Cecil's Deli celebrates its 70th anniversary today, there is one person who has been involved since the beginning: Sheila Leventhal. As the daughter of the founders, Cecil and Faye Glickman, Sheila started as an 8-year-old helping around the market before the restaurant even opened 15 years later. Sheila reflects on a life shaping the family business and what it's like to have three generations all working together on this week's Who The Folk?! Podcast. 

The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to [email protected]. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast

Why, in the midst of working on your doctorate dissertation, would you go and write a book that has nothing to do with your dissertation topic? That's a question Noam Sienna wrestled with, but nonetheless went ahead and did it anyway. Noam talks about his book A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969, why he wrote it, some fascinating stories he learned in the research, and what's next after he finishes his Ph.D. next year, on this week's Who The Folk?! Podcast.

The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to [email protected]. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast

This week we sit down with newly inducted Jewish professional Hannah Gilfix, who's upgrading her longtime Jewish community involvement at Adath, USY and Herzl Camp with a new job at the Foundation for Jewish Camps. Hannah talks with us about being the leadership development fellow at the FJC, her ongoing work at Herzl Camp, and what it means to be a young Jewish professional, on this week's Who The Folk?! Podcast.

The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to [email protected]. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast

This week we were lucky enough to catch up with Congressman Dean Phillips. The representative of Minnesota's 3rd District was home on a brief Congregational recess, where we discussed the expectations of the job versus reality, the perpetual campaigning, and has mind changed on impeaching the president, on this week's Who The Folk?! Podcast. 

The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to [email protected]. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast

How does a high school junior find time to act, sing, create art, start a business, and still up great grades? Sara Shiff says that she's still working on time management, but it's clear that she isn't daunted by a heavy workload. We talk to the Armstrong High School student about where she got her start, selling her beautiful artwork in an unsuspecting medium, and getting ready for Rimon's annual P'Chotchka event, on this week's Who The Folk?! Podcast.

The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to [email protected]. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast