The Immigrant: Working Hard, or Hardly Working?

My mother and father's parents were immigrants.  My wife's mother and father were immigrants.  Guess what folks, we (and all of our aliya - olim brethren) are immigrants, also.  It's kind of like what goes around comes around.....but the fact is that this is the (unstressed, unpublicized) Aliya experience. Moving from somewhere, ostensibly some home-land, and now trying to integrate yourself in a new society.  Ok, so we know why we're here, and that goes a long way.  Emigrating on one's own instead of being expelled is a bit different but still, especially when your parnassah (cash to survive) options are a no match to the younger-native population. Doctors, Chemists, Information System Anaylsts, accomplished professionals often "give it up" to come and work as telemarketers, clerks, underpaid professionals, and even security guards and maintenance men. (Some people even start internet radio stations, but we know that's not for profit!). So, I have joined the ranks of the immigrants. And now I've even joined the ranks of the gainfully employed (bli ayin harah)immigrant, physically working for a living.  And you  know, even if it's manual labor, I'm happy to be able to contribute to the rent.  But suddenly, with achy muscles and chapped hands i realize that I am an immigrant. How do I feel about that? I don't know yet -- it just hit me (4 years later) -- but i think it's worth exploring.
You want to explore with me?  Cookin' for Shabbos is the place to be -- Tonight, Thursday at 10:00 PM, let's leave home and arrive at the Promised Land, together.

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It's Wednesday. We're all going to be in Studio B - do you know where you'll B?

That's right.
Tonight, Studio "B" will be rockin' - I hope the Neighbors like music!!!!

Not only will we be having an all day Wednesday Jazz Fest sandwiched between a couple of  Grateful Dead show, but tonight we will bring you Brainwaves (and Son of Brainwaves) between 7:00 and 9:00 PM live from Studio "B". Yes, Brian and his son Aviv, taking the queue from Mark and Ilai Lazar, will bring us Aviv's favorite music, between 7 and 9.  Hmmm, I wonder if he likes the same stuff as his Dad?  Maybe he'll surprise us and play 2 hours of Jerry and the Dead!!!! Probably not, but we'll just have to wait and see.

And then at 9:00, the Best of the 90's with, none other than Maya.  I mean, who else will play the best of the 90's on Radio Free Nachlaot. I mean, who else remembers their music by decades? Hey, i've got too many decades (bli ayin harah, poo poo poo) to keep track of, but the young'uns, I mean how many decades do they have to worry about????  Well, don't worry, Maya won't be playing the music from Titanic, Boy Bands or Britney Spears. Don't we feel better already?!!!
Of course we do. And why? Because it's Radio Free Nachlaot, that's why. The best Music, talk and Torah, coming at you 24/6 from undisclosed locations in Jerusalem/ Tzfat, and even Nachlaot!!!!

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Fantuzzi, Birthday Surprises, Week 5 of the 9 Weeks of Shlomo, and More!

It's Sunday, December 11th - it's Lorelai's Birthday! She's 9 for the 6th time - because she only believes that a person goes from one to nine, over and over again. Do the math, people! L'kavod "The Happiest Day of the Year" (at least on the Solar calendar - her Hebrew birthday is 18 Kislev) we're having a wild and wonderful day of special programming.

Lorelai is going to play some of the albums that were the "most-listened to" during the previous "9" years of her life - the lineup goes like this:

9 (9 for the 1st time) – 1966 – The Beatles Revolver

18 (9 for the 2nd time) – 1976 – The Grateful Dead “Europe ‘72”

27 – (9 for the 3rd time) - 1984 – Carly Simon “Hello Big Man”

36 – (9 for the 4th time) - 1993 – Jerry Garcia Band “Garcia”

45 – (9 for the 5th time) - 2002 – Norah Jones “Come Away with Me”

Not only that - around 3pm, FANTUZZI is stopping by "Undisclosed Studio Tzadik" in Tzfat to hang out with Lorelai and Benzion, play some music, chat and enjoy "Birthday Afternoon." How lucky can we get? Fantuzzi is one of the "Reshonim" of the Rainbow Gathering chevre, a musical force in his own right who has been bringing light, love and music to folks all over the world for decades. Join us LIVE around 3pm for FANTUZZI - LIVE from Benzion's Returning Light Healing Center (a.k.a. our Northern Israel broadcast location!)

Not ONLY Fantuzzi - but tonight is Week 5 of the 9 Weeks of Shlomo - and our special guest is SHMA YISROEL WITT, who will remember Reb Shlomo with us LIVE at 8pm Israel time. Yes, another Witt - but if we had EVERY Witt child on we'd have to do the 14 weeks of Shlomo! It's all good, it's all great, it's all HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEASON here on Radio Free Nachlaot!

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It's John's Yahrzeit.

We'll honor John after 9:15 PM (or so ) - right after Lorelai's interview with Rabbi Moshe Schlass at 8:00 PM, and right before Steve's "Cookin' for Shabbos" show, at 10.
John, we miss you!

 

8pm Jerusalem time tonight - our interview with Moshe Schlass - original "flower child," founder of The Cauldron (NY's first-ever Macrobiotic restaurant), confidante of beatnick icons Kerouac, Ginzburg & Ferlinghetti, lifetime VIP backstage pass-holder to the Fillmore East, traveling companion of Baba Ram Dass, the prototype wandering Jew and finally - peerless Chassidic guru-to-the-gurus of Jerusalem's Old City. Fascinating AND historical! 8pm tonight - then, the John Lennon Yartzeit tribute show, and then ... "Cookin' for Shabbos" with Steve Levine ... it's THURSDAY NIGHT, LIVE! Only on Radio Free Nachlaot!

Wednesday's Here, Catch it before it's gone!

I know how Wednesday's just kind of sneak up on us, and then, next thing we know, it's Thursday.
Well, I think you just have to Stop, Look and Listen to Radio Free Nachlaot extra carefully on Wednesdays, just so you don't miss out!

We started after the Rock and Roll Show from studio "B" with the Grateful Dead --> Jazz --> Lorelai driving the bus from Tzfat --> Back to Studio "G" for Steve at 6:00, Brainwaves at 7:00 PM with Brian Blum and then at 9:00 PM, Maya, leading us into the world of Night Music until sometime before Thursday A.M. we go back to Studio "B" with Steve to take us through the day until our special interview with Moshe Shloss at 8:00 PM, and then "Cookin' for Shabbos" at 10 -- you see what I mean... it's like one big game of catch.... or maybe tag, yea, that's the ticket -- TAG - You're IT!
Hey, so who's driving the Magical Musical Bus?

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It's a Boy!

Announcing New Release:  Coren Version 4.0!

Yes, indeed.  A new grandson has been born into the Coren Family / Levine Family which means that the Radio Free Nachlaot Family has a new grandson, as well! Yeah Nava and Yehoshua! Way to go.
...and yes this is a Great Grandson, as well as a nephew and Great Nephew and brother and cousin --
so wonderful that a new Neshama has entered the world and is a YERUSHALMI!  That's right. Born right in Yerushalayim - Deep in the Heart of Nachlaot - Mamash! Home Birth and everything!!!!

Well, needless to say, we're going to celebrate the birth --
first - Torah from Benzion Eliyahu Lehrer and Lorelai from Tzfat at 6:00
Homegrown (talk about homegrown!) at 7:00 which will morph into the NewGrass/BlueGrass show which will become "That's Rock and Roll" Show around 9:30 PM which will play music all about, you guessed it, births, babies, etc. -- at least one elongated set......

So, stay tuned for baby updates, Torah, and of course Great Music, all day and all night long!

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Shavua Tov

It's a new week! Shavua Tov, Shavua Tov.Predictions? Directions? Where will be going this week?  We all know that even though Steve and Lorelai drive the Radio Free Nachlaot Bus down here in this world, this is only part of the picture.  And what the Master of the World has in store for us?  Right now, we don't know.....however... we know that we're going to keep bringing you Music, Talk and Torah from Yerushalayim, Ir Hakodesh, 24/6 Im Yirtzah Hashem - As long as Hashem blesses us to do so!

Having said that, this week's schedule looks like this:

Motzoei Shabbos - Melave Malke meets Saturday Night - dedicated to  our dear friend R' Yitzchak Aisenstadt who left the world before Shabbos.
Sunday Night Live with Sharya Witt

 Monday Night  - Rabbi Trugman on the video side and the Show Tunes show on the radio side
Tuesday Night - Benzion, Homegrown, Newgrass/bluegrass and That's Rock and Roll
Wednesday Night - Brainwaves and Maya
Thursday Night - Cookin' for Shabbos
Friday - Not for Kids Only Childrens' Hour and Going Down the Road to Shabbos

Not bad  -  hey, after 2 years we have a schedule.  Time to make some changes? You never know - stay tuned!!!!

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