The Juice with Jeff #106

On this episode of the podcast, Dana (Ellison) Mitchell conducts and co-produces an excellent interview with me thru Zoom.

 

After Dana and I give our introductions and express our excitement at being able to hear each other's voices in real time for the first time in 26 years, we proceed with this episode of the show as follows:

 

During the podcast interview, Dana asked me the following questions on several topics:

1.  What's something that you still carry with you from our Camp Ramah in Wisconsin days? I spend around 10 minutes or so discussing my thoughts on this.

 

2.  Do you think that the fact Ramah was a Jewish camp and that we did have regular meaningful discussion about ethics or religion, do you believe that helped facilitate really close friendships because we were talking about such deep things together?

 

3.  After you made the decision to become a religiously observant Jew, did you have any challenges in terms of trying to become more observant in your life?

 

4.  What have you been doing to still feel like a member of your synagogue during the earlier portions of the Covid-19 pandemic?

 

5.  Dana asked me to talk more about my Mister Rogers wardrobe and also about how I became more intensely interested in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and everything related to Fred Rogers o.b.m.? I spent about 8 minutes talking with Dana about this. 

6  Where can one get great Hamantaschen in the Des Moines, IA area? Hamantaschen are these special triangular shaped cookies with certain fillings in the middle that are traditionally served on the Jewish holiday of Purim.

 

7.  What's something you want to do or want to learn more about?

 

8.  What did you do over this past Shabbat (Friday nights at sunset thru Saturday nights at dusk)?

 

9. After the first 45 minutes of the podcast were spent answering these questions and our having plenty of two way conversation on all these topics, Dana and I spent the remaining 30 minutes of the show sharing memories and our favorite moments from our Ramah Wisconsin days, and I also share with Dana a couple tidbits/trivia items about the history of Ramah Wisconsin's buildings and the roads which led to camp.

We had plenty of two way conversation throughout the interview. This interview was recorded on March 13, 2022, and it lasts for around 1 hour 18 minutes. As is the case with all of "The Juice with Jeff" podcasts, funding for this podcast is provided by Realty With Ahart and RandomKid. Enjoy!!