The Juice with Jeff #236

On this episode of the podcast, Cecilia conducts and co-produces a fantastic and really conversational interview with me thru Zoom. This is Cecilia's first time on the podcast.

 

Cecilia's conversation with me is divided into two parts:

 

1. Cecilia and I have a two way conversation about her Taltrix: Surviving the Gauntlet. I share my thoughts on the book and how I see several similarities between the Harry Potter series of books and Taltrix: Surviving the Gauntlet. Cecilia also shares some things about her book as well.

2. The remainder of the podcast is spent talking about how we both grew up in Des Moines and central Iowa, and how we saw each other at synagogue and Jewish community events during our childhood and teenage years. I talk in detail about the significant changes that have occurred in the Des Moines Jewish community over the last several decades (e.g. Central Iowa's Jewish community facility named Caspe Terrace being built in the early 2000's, the former Beth El Jacob synagogue building having to be sold to a Christian Orthodox church in early 2017, Tifereth Israel having to tear down its 1930's main sanctuary building and 1955 religious school building in 2009-2010 and re-configuring/remodeling its 1970's building to have nearly everything for the synagogue plus a new Mikvah/ritual bath addition).

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday July 14, 2024 and it runs 1 hour and 18 minutes long. Our opening and closing theme music is provided by Oleg Kyrylkovv courtesy of Pixabay. Funding for this podcast is provided by RandomKid, Ann Kaatz LoBue, Fran Parr, Sarah Stokes, and Renee Whisnant. Enjoy!!