This week I talk to Rabbi Julie Schwarzwald, the Fiterman B-Mitzvah Program & Ritual Director at Beth El Synagogue. We talk about her mid-career decision to go to rabbinic school, what she’s looking forward as she starts working with a new group of learners, and coming back to the Midwest, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.


Sponsored by TC Jewfolk's SukkotGiving. Tickets are now on sale. Learn more at: bit.ly/sukkotgiving

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 I talk to Rabbi Jill Avrin, the founder of YourJewish. We talk about her transition from pulpit rabbi to non-profit founding director, Packers Football, and YourJewish being a part of TC Jewfolk’s Sukkot Giving on November 3, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.

Sukkot Giving: https://bit.ly/sukkot-giving

YourJewish: https://yourjewish.org

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

A special edition of the Who The Folk?! Podcast! St. Louis Park native Peter Himmelman was back in Minnesota for one night only to talk with TC Jewfolk Editor Lonny Goldsmith about his new book Suspended by no String: A Songwriter’s Reflections on Faith, Aliveness, and Wonder. We have a wide-ranging conversation about the book, the writing process, and hear Peter read some selections from the book.

(Watch the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGHYw1GF9p8)

Buy Peter's book! 

Sponsored by TC Jewfolk's SukkotGiving on November 3. Learn more here: https://tcjewfolk.com/event/tc-jewfolks-sukkotgiving/

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 I talk to Rabbi Eva Cohen, newly ordained and now the spiritual leader of Or Emet: The Minnesota Congregation for Humanistic Judaism. We talk about what humanistic Judaism is, what led her to the pulpit, and what it’s like leading a congregation that’s known her for almost 30 years, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.

Sponsored by TC Jewfolk's SukkotGiving. Tickets are now on sale. Learn more at: bit.ly/sukkotgiving


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 I talk to musican and technologist Lee Zukor. We talk about his wonderful band The Long Honeymoon, who are playing TC Jewfolk’s SukkotGiving on Nov. 3, his evolution as a songwriter, and how elements of his day job and his hobby co-exist, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.

Lee's Band: https://thelonghoneymoon.com

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 I talk to attorney Elliot Ginsburg. We talk about his legal specialties of beverage and cannabis law, how he found this niche to practice, and what drew him to the law in the first place, 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

We're back from a little late-summer hiatus to talk to Ron Krebs, a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. We talk about what it’s like to teach about global political and military events as they are happening, what led Ron to academia, and what could be a challenging start to the school year on campus, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.

U Regents vote on divestment protest policies: https://tcjewfolk.com/2024/08/27/u-of-m-regents-reject-israel-divestment/


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 I talk to Rabbi Sammy and Cantor Heather Seid, the new associate rabbi and Jewish educator, respectively, at Adath Jeshurun. We talk about each of their winding roads to joining the clergy, the good fortune of finding a synagogue for both of them, and the importance of ice cream, 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 I talk to artist and teacher Avigail Manneberg. We talk about what led her to becoming an artist, her father’s I told-you-so moment, and creating art on stage in front of an audience at the Rimon Annual Gala on Aug. 22, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. 

Avigail's work: https://www.avigailmanneberg.com/

Rimon Annual Gala: https://jewishminneapolis.tfaforms.net/77?mc_cid=d80f38369e&mc_eid=826b54511a

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 are doing something completely different for Who The Folk. On July 20, five of us came together to taste six different bagels for what has become the every-six-year TC Jewfolk Minnesota Bagel Showdown. The episode gets you inside the dining room as we taste, banter, question and laud some of the best bagels in Minnesota.


The 2024 Great Minnesota Bagel Showdown is sponsored by City Girl Coffee. City Girl Coffee is a sustainable and responsible coffee company who is working to bring awareness and equality to the women of the coffee industry. It’s also a TC Jewoflk fan favorite. Learn more about City Girl Coffee here.


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