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There are so many Jewish personalities and big people in the world. They all have a story on how they became who they are today. Deep, unboundedly interesting, fun and uplifting, Meaningful People Podcast is a weekly opportunity for Nachi Gordon to talk to the Jewish world's meaningful people.
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- 6 days ago1h 7m
Nessia: I Walked Away From a Record Deal to Become an Orthodox Jew
Nessia was a Mexican music artist who walked away from a promising music career to pursue a deeper connection to Judaism and Torah. Feeling a strong spiritual pull toward Israel, she moved there on October 6, 2023, just one day before the October 7 attacks. Through studying Torah, she completed her conversion and embraced a new life focused on modesty, humility, and serving Hashem. She also shares her personal struggles with dating and preparing for marriage, and her hope to one day use her musical talents in a way that aligns with her values and purpose. This episode is sponsored by: ► PZ Deals Never pay full price again when you download the PZ Deals app. https://app.pz.deals/install/mpp ► Colel Chabad Pushka App The easiest way to give Tzedaka. https://pushkapp.cc/meaningful ►Adopt a Soldier A personal connection to an injured IDF soldier https://adopt-a-soldier.org ► Ceremian Financial Advice built on experience. Moshe Alpert and Ceremian Financial are fiduciary financial advisors offering wealth management, financial planning, retirement planning, and estate and legacy planning for families, professionals and business owners, so you can have real peace of mind that your finances are taken care of. Schedule your first conversation today. https://ceremianfinancial.com/ Moshe@ceremianfinancial.com 718-644-1594 ► Town Appliance Visit the website or message them on WhatsApp. https://www.townappliance.com https://bit.ly/Townappliance_whatsapp _________________
- 1 weeks ago1h 19m
Ben Brafman: When Making Money Costs You Your Family
Nachi Gordon sits down with Ben Brafman, one of the most well known criminal defense attorneys in the country and a proud frum Jew. Ben opens up about sitting with clients at the worst moments of their lives, why he says he's "not the morality police," the Otisville visiting day he can never forget, and the hardest conversation of his career, with Super Bowl champion Plaxico Burress. They also get into the pressures and shortcuts that lead good people into serious crimes, the damage lashon hara does in our community, keeping Shabbos while representing Sean Combs, and the Brafman family legacy, from the Torah his father saved on Kristallnacht to the lives his brother, Rabbi Aron Brafman, changed at Yeshiva of Far Rockaway. This episode is sponsored by: ► PZ Deals Never pay full price again when you download the PZ Deals app. https://app.pz.deals/install/mpp _________________ ► Colel Chabad Pushka App The easiest way to give Tzedaka. https://pushkapp.cc/meaningful _________________ ► Touro Serious about your education and your Torah learning? Touro's Lander College for Men/Beis Medrash L'Talmud offers over 20 majors and pre-professional tracks, including finance, computer science, accounting, biology, psychology, pre-law, pre-dental and pre-med, plus honors pathways into New York Medical College and Touro College of Dental Medicine. Join the Open House on November 8. https://lcm.touro.edu/openhouse _________________ ► Ceremian Financial Advice built on experience. Moshe Alpert and Ceremian Financial are fiduciary financial advisors offering wealth management, financial planning, retirement planning, and estate and legacy planning for families, professionals and business owners, so you can have real peace of mind that your finances are taken care of. Schedule your first conversation today. https://ceremianfinancial.com/ Moshe@ceremianfinancial.com 718-644-1594 _________________ ► Town Appliance Visit the website or message them on WhatsApp. https://www.townappliance.com https://bit.ly/Townappliance_whatsapp Timestamps: 0:00 Intro: "I'm Not the Morality Police" 3:29 Ben Brafman on Talking Clients Out of Suicide and an Affinity Fraud in Shul 6:25 No Mussar and No Shortcuts: The Hard Work Behind the Job 8:31 His Father, Kristallnacht, and the Torah Saved From a Burning Shul 9:39 Law School, Stand-Up Comedy, and Humor in the Courtroom 11:46 What Gets Frum Business People in Trouble 13:26 Otisville Visiting Day: "Tatti, Kum Aheim" 16:28 COVID Loans, False Applications, and Federal Sentencing 20:34 Mesira, Cooperating With the Government, and Pardons for Sale 24:34 The Chesed of the Jewish Community and Hospital Shabbos Rooms 28:26 Lashon Hara: "Be Like Ben" 31:26 Yiddishkeit vs. Career: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and a "Heart Surgery" 35:30 Making a Name: In the Zone and No Summers Off 37:58 The Hardest Conversation: Plaxico Burress 41:40 How Do You Defend Someone You Think Belongs in Jail? 43:26 Smicha Is Not a PhD: Kollel, Financial Pressure, and the Cheder in Ramat Eshkol 48:42 The Art of Cross-Examination and the Evidence You Can't Cross-Examine 54:22 No Shortcuts to Success, and Lawyers Burned by AI 56:03 Not Picking Up on Shabbos for Sean Combs 1:01:18 The Mafia Cops Case That Should Be a Movie 1:05:36 Best and Worst Advice, and Learning Daf Yomi 1:09:26 Ben and His Brother, Rabbi Aron Brafman 1:15:50 Sullivan & Cromwell and Frum Lawyers in Big Law 1:18:08 Closing and Meaningful Minute Plus
- 2 weeks ago35 min
I Was on the Hijacked Flydubai Flight. This Is What I Saw.
On September 30, Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv was hijacked mid-air. A terrorist stabbed the pilot, the plane dropped 15,000 feet in under a minute, and for a few seconds nobody was flying it. Nachi Gordon sits down with Daniel Schlichter, who was sitting in the second row with his wife, two meters from the cockpit, and watched three Israeli passengers take the terrorist down while a dentist on board treated the pilot. Daniel handed them the headphones they used to tie him up. Daniel walks through every minute: the empty cockpit, the off-duty pilots who took over, the flight attendant who told them to let the terrorist go, the emergency landing in Saudi Arabia with part of the tail missing, and the first direct flight from Saudi Arabia to Israel. He also opens up about why a man who never considered himself religious now calls it a divine miracle, and what he believes all 174 people on that plane are still here to do. This episode is sponsored by: ► PZ Deals Never pay full price again when you download the PZ Deals app. https://app.pz.deals/install/mpp Timestamps: 0:00 Intro: "Nobody's Flying This Plane" 1:55 Daniel Schlichter on Boarding Flight FZ1073 Home From Japan 3:36 "Somebody Is Stabbing the Pilot": The Fight in the Cockpit 8:45 Losing 15,000 Feet in Under a Minute 11:31 The Miracles That Kept 174 People Alive and What It Did to Daniel's Faith 16:06 An Empty Cockpit and the Off-Duty Pilots Who Took Over 18:59 Not Trusting the Crew and Landing in Saudi Arabia 22:52 Am Yisrael Chai and the First Direct Flight From Saudi Arabia to Israel 25:05 "Kill Me, Kill Me": Why It Was Terror, Not a Fight Between Pilots 29:10 "I'm Not a Hero": Coming Home and Searching for Why 32:57 The Indian Pilot Who Opened the Door
- 2 weeks ago1h 13m
Arnold Roth: My Daughter's Killer Is Free-A Father's Fight for Justice
This is not a typical episode. Nachi Gordon sits down in Yerushalayim with Arnold Roth, whose 15 year old daughter Malki was murdered in the Sbarro pizzeria bombing on August 9, 2001. Arnold shares who Malki was, the last "I love you" she exchanged with her mother, and the twelve hours the family spent searching for her before the 2 a.m. phone call from her brothers. But the story doesn't end there. Ahlam Tamimi, the woman who planned the attack, was sentenced to 16 life terms, freed in the 2011 Gilad Shalit deal, and has been living openly in Jordan ever since, where she even hosted her own TV show. She is the only woman on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list, with a $5 million reward on her head, and Jordan still refuses to hand her over. Arnold explains why he calls the silence of governments and American Jewish leadership a betrayal, and what each of us can do about it. Sign the petition to extradite Ahlam Tamimi: https://www.change.org/p/we-urge-the-president-and-secretary-of-state-of-the-united-states-to-do-everything-necessary-so-that-jordan-which-has-thwarted-this-process-for-years-finally-complies-with-its-treaty-obligation-and-with-fundamental-notions-of-justice Learn more about the Malki Foundation: https://www.kerenmalki.org This episode is sponsored by: ► PZ Deals Never pay full price again when you download the PZ Deals app. https://app.pz.deals/install/mpp _________________ ► Colel Chabad Pushka App The easiest way to give Tzedaka. https://pushkapp.cc/meaningful _________________ ► Touro Serious about your education and your Torah learning? Touro's Lander College for Men/Beis Medrash L'Talmud offers over 20 majors and pre-professional tracks, including finance, computer science, accounting, biology, psychology, pre-law, pre-dental and pre-med, plus honors pathways into New York Medical College and Touro College of Dental Medicine. Join the Open House on November 8. https://lcm.touro.edu/openhouse _________________ ► Ness Vacation Homes Eden Gardens' largest luxury home collection. Handpicked, high end homes available exclusively through Ness. https://nessvacationhomes.com/ _________________ ► Daily 613 Daily 613 is writing Sifrei Torah in memory of the victims of October 7th. Every letter is a letter of remembrance, and the more that is raised, the more Sifrei Torah will be written. Be part of the next one. https://causematch.com/daily613 _________________ ► Nishmasi A new project from Rabbi Efrem Goldberg to strengthen your emunah. Eight WhatsApp communities, including shidduchim, fertility, finance, illness and more, with daily messages from Rabbi Goldberg tailored to your chapter in life. Find your community and join today. https://nishmasi.org _________________ ► Rothenberg Law Firm Personal Injury Law Firm for 50+ years! Reach out today for a free case evaluation. https://shorturl.at/JFKHH _________________ ► Town Appliance <p
- 3 weeks ago58 min
Singles Have Never Had More Options. So Why Can't Anyone Choose? | Matchmaker Rivkah Fox
The shidduch system says stay in your lane: same hashkafa, same schools, and wait for the shadchan to call. Rivkah Fox thinks that's exactly what's keeping so many people single. With Blind Fate, the matchmaking platform she started on Instagram, she's throwing out the boxes and labels with anonymous bios, blind video dates and caricature resumes, and setting up couples the system would never put together, like a yeshivish guy with smicha and a modern Orthodox Ramaz grad who are now married with kids. Hundreds of singles in eight countries have gotten married through her setups, and instead of pushback, rabbanim and even a Rebbe's gabbai are calling her for help. Nachi Gordon pushes her on all of it: whether crossing hashkafa lines puts someone's Yiddishkeit at risk, why she calls image the biggest problem in the shidduch world, how she gets paid without becoming a debt collector, and the week an entire family turned on her over one green check on the Loop app. This episode is sponsored by: ► PZ Deals Never pay full price again when you download the PZ Deals app. https://app.pz.deals/install/mpp _________________ ► Colel Chabad Pushka App The easiest way to give Tzedaka. https://pushkapp.cc/meaningful _________________ ► Ness Vacation Homes Eden Gardens' largest luxury home collection. Handpicked, high end homes available exclusively through Ness. https://nessvacationhomes.com/ _________________ ► Shopify Guru Store looks great but not selling the way it should? Shopify Guru's Daniel gets under the hood and makes it actually work, no developer needed every time you want to make a change. Call 732-534-1404 or go to shopifyguru.io. https://go.jcn.io/sgmp _________________ ► Rothenberg Law Firm Personal Injury Law Firm for 50+ years! Reach out today for a free case evaluation. https://shorturl.at/JFKHH _________________ ► Town Appliance Visit the website or message them on WhatsApp. https://www.townappliance.com https://bit.ly/Townappliance_whatsapp
- Sep 27, 20261h 3m
THROWBACK: The Unbelievable Story Of Rivka Shotkin
In this special throwback episode,Nachi Gordon sits down with Rivka Shotkin, a 16 year old from Passaic and the youngest guest in Meaningful People history. On January 31, 2021, a family ski trip in Tannersville ended when Rivka missed a turn on her last run of the day and went straight into a tree, breaking 11 bones, puncturing both lungs, and severing her spinal cord. She walks us through waking up in the ICU nine days later, three months of rehab during COVID without being able to see her family, and landing back in the hospital with septic shock just five days after finally coming home. What makes this one special is how Rivka talks about all of it. She opens up about how unhappy she was before the accident, the strange sense of peace she felt that weekend, why she now calls her injury a gift, and what she wants the community to understand about treating people in wheelchairs. It's funny, honest, and genuinely inspiring. This episode is sponsored by: ► PZ Deals Never pay full price again when you download the PZ Deals app. https://app.pz.deals/install/mpp _________________ ► Colel Chabad Pushka App The easiest way to give Tzedaka. https://pushkapp.cc/meaningful _________________ ► Shopify Guru Store looks great but not selling the way it should? Shopify Guru's Daniel gets under the hood and makes it actually work, no developer needed every time you want to make a change. Call 732-534-1404 or go to shopifyguru.io. https://go.jcn.io/sgmp _________________ ► Ness Vacation Homes Eden Gardens' largest luxury home collection. Handpicked, high end homes available exclusively through Ness. https://nessvacationhomes.com/ _________________ ► Rothenberg Law Firm Personal Injury Law Firm for 50+ years! Reach out today for a free case evaluation. https://shorturl.at/JFKHH _________________ ► Town Appliance Visit the website or message them on WhatsApp. https://www.townappliance.com https://bit.ly/Townappliance_whatsapp Timestamps: 0:00 Intro: Meet Rivka Shotkin, MPP's Youngest Guest Ever 4:02 Welcome to the Studio and Growing Up in Passaic 7:23 The Ski Trip to Tannersville That Changed Everything 10:10 Airlifted to Albany and Waking Up Nine Days Later 13:20 Learning Rivka Was Paralyzed and Eli Portell's Advice 15:49 Anger, Dark Humor, and Taking It in Stride 18:04 Three Months of Rehab During COVID 22:07 Punishment, Test, or Gift? 23:33 Coming Home, a Wedding Cake, and Septic Shock 27:29 How to Accept What You Never Signed Up For 29:45 Unhappy Before the Accident and a Strange Premonition 31:57 Choosing Happiness and Strength From Rivka's Parents 34:59 Brain Surgeon Dreams and How to Treat People in Wheelchairs 38:20 Emunah, Hashgacha, and Not Being Afraid of the Pain 42:36 Rivka's Second Rosh Hashanah 46:17 Camp Simcha and Rivka's Support System 49:06 Poetry, Dreams, and Determination
- Sep 19, 20261h 24m
The Conversation About Abuse We Can't Avoid
Nachi Gordon hosts a live panel on sexual abuse in the frum community, recorded at an event presented by Ray of Hope and Amudim right before Rosh Hashanah. He's joined by Amudim founder Zvi Gluck, Amudim's Director of Education Avi Landa, Amudim Clinical Director Dr. Miriam Lankry, and Ray of Hope founder Zelda Brody, who opens the evening by sharing her own story of abuse and the years of silent suffering that led her to build Ray of Hope. Using live audience polling throughout the night, the panel works through how well the community actually handles abuse, how young the conversation about bodies and boundaries with kids should start, and what to say and what never to say when someone discloses to you. From there the conversation moves into harder territory: which warning signs actually mean something, why going to a rav first is often not the full answer, when police need to be the first call, and how survivors navigate marriage, dating, and family relationships with relatives who still stay close to their abuser. Zvi, Avi, Miriam, and Zelda spend real time on why so many people still stay silent out of shame, push back hard on the idea that abusers often get more communal support than their victims, and close out the night on what they'd want every survivor in the room, and everyone listening at home, to walk away knowing.
- Sep 13, 20261h 19m
Charlie Harary on Toxic Parents, Estrangement & Teshuva
This week, Nachi Gordon sits down with Charlie Harari for a wide-ranging conversation about what it actually means to love someone, honor your parents, and do teshuva. Charlie unpacks how modern therapy culture has replaced the role of a rebbe for a lot of people, and argues that real love isn't validation, it's pointing someone toward Hashem even when that's uncomfortable to hear. From there the conversation moves through honoring parents even when the relationship is hard, why teshuva is really about identity rather than behavior, and why tragedy seems to shake people awake to Hashem faster than blessing does. Charlie also talks about Kelil, the app and upcoming book he co-wrote to help people work through jealousy, honoring parents, and other areas of avodas Hashem that are hard to figure out on your own. This episode is sponsored by: ► PZ Deals Never pay full price again when you download the PZ Deals app. https://app.pz.deals/install/mpp _________________ ► Colel Chabad Pushka App The easiest way to give Tzedaka. https://pushkapp.cc/meaningful _________________ ► Values Over Valuables A campaign encouraging people to live a value based life instead of buying whatever they can afford. Watch the video and take the pledge. https://valuesovervaluables.org _________________ ► Bench American-style food, treats, and gifts from vendors across Jerusalem, delivered straight to your kid in Israel. A taste of home when you can't be there yourself. https://benchjlm.com _________________ ► Ness Vacation Homes Eden Gardens' largest luxury home collection. Handpicked, high end homes available exclusively through Ness. https://nessvacationhomes.com/ _________________ ► Rothenberg Law Firm Personal Injury Law Firm for 50+ years! Reach out today for a free case evaluation. https://shorturl.at/JFKHH _________________ ► Town Appliance Visit the website or message them on WhatsApp. https://www.townappliance.com https://bit.ly/Townappliance_whatsapp
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