Lamplighters

Lamplighters

Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier. Narrated By: Gary Waleik Produced by: Shneur Brook & Gary Waleik A project of Machne Israel

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July 6, 2025 29 mins

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Two Converts, One Mission: Reviving Jewish Life in Stellenbosch: Rabbi Chananyah & Eliana Duthie

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“For the first 19 years of my life, I didn't know a Jew ...

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Chabad's Return To Mumbai: Rabbi Israel & Chaya Kozlovsky

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“I can't bear it. I will go anywhere in the world but India.” But, how does the expression...

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Finding the Frozen Chosen: Rabbi Mendy & Chaya Greenberg

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"He told me... he never felt so happy. He said, "At my funeral, tell everybody it's ne...

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The Rabbi Who Would Give Anything to a Fellow Jew — Even a Kidney: Rabbi Aizik Baumgarten & Terri Davgin

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""Hi, this is the Presbyterian Hospital. Yo...

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Connecting in Copenhagen: Rabbi Yitzi & Rochel Loewenthal

This Lamplighters episode is dedicated by Jonathan Pikoff, in honor of Raymond Schinazi for his amazing support of the Los Cabos Jewish Community. Thank you, Jonathan! 

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El Rabino of Cabo: Rabbi Benny & Sonia Hershcovich

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"Two, three months in, we had our foot halfway out the door already. You know, ‘This was a m...

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The Outpost In Oklahoma: Rabbi Yehuda & Etel Weg

Exciting news! This is Episode 50 of Lamplighters. Amazing! But we won’t celebrate that milestone for too long. There are about 5,000 Chabad emissary families in more than 100 countries. So, 50 episodes down, only 4,950 to go! To keep our series going strong, please consider dedicating one! Email us at podcast@lubavitch.com to explore dedication opportuniti...

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From Karlin to Wellesley: Rabbi Moshe Bleich

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Wellesley is a town that didn't have a Shabbos observant Jew since the six days of Creation. Since Ada...

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Black, Jewish and Proud: How Rabbi Yossi Kulek Promotes Inclusion 

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“I told my mother, ‘I'm ashamed. I'm ashamed to be Black. I look in the mirror and I ...

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Putting “Hospitality” in “Hospital”: Rabbis Dovid, Shloime & Rebbetzin Chana Greene

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“Everybody is looking for their miracle to take place when they ...

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The Myrtle Beach Makeover: Rabbi Doron & Leah Aizenman

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"You should go to a place that has no other Shluchim." And the first place that cam...

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Creating Jewish Ambassadors in the KKK’s Backyard: Rabbi Levi & Chaish Mentz

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"I asked, ‘Hey, what's Jewish life like up here?’ And she lau...

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The Black Fedora in the Cowboy State: Rabbi Zalman & Raizy Mendelsohn

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"I knew that Jackson Hole, being a tiny little town, would be somewhat ov...

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A Sub-Saharan Brit Milah: Rabbi Moshe & Yocheved Raskin

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"What’s the chance … that two people will come in the time of quarantine to Uganda, and...

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Fighting Fires and Pedaling Wine Bicycles: the Portland Jewish Oasis - Rabbi Chayim & Simi Mishulovin

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"It was a Friday night. We were just going to sleep, and all of a sudden I hear banging on the front door of my house. So we go to open the door, and we're told that the Chabad house is on fire." - Rabbi Ch...

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Holy High: How Milwaukee Became Home to a Revolutionary Jewish Prep School - Rabbi Yossi & Ilana Bassman

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"There was one instance where a bunch of kids over there brought this bag of chips, they gave it to me. And I was like, "You know, what could be wrong with chips?" And ate it. And then, afterwards, they ...

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Rabbi Refoel & Chani Silver: Sparkling Beaches, Tiki Torch Menorahs & Jewish Outreach in Curaçao

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In June of 2017, Rabbi Refoel and Chani Silver boarded a plane for Curaçao on a fact-finding mission. 
"We had a meeting one evening at the Shul, and we called upon local members to come. And they had set up a lot...

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From Beaches And Basketball To Torah And Mitzvahs: The Story of Perth’s “Meshugenahs”

Featuring: Rabbi Dovid Birk, Michoel Ogince, Gilad Lurie, Yitz Feigenbaum & Aaron Lazer Goodman

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 "I couldn’t understand. I was like, "One second; I saw a wetsuit in your bathroom." He says, "Yeah, I was out s...

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Rabbi Zalman & Nechama Tiechtel: Growing Jewish Souls In The American Heartland

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"My phone was blowing up from the students. "You gotta come to campus. You gotta come to campus. And no one's telling me why. And I got worried.” - Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel

"When someone enters our Chabad house, and n...

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Rabbi Chaim & Kaila Danzinger: The Radical Move from Pasadena to Rostov-on-don

"We drove cross country, sold my car on the East Coast, and we boarded a flight, a one way ticket, from JFK to Moscow and onto Rostov... We gave up the surfing boards … and we switched them for ice skates” - Rabbi Chaim Danzinger

"I didn't speak the language, so there was a lot of hand motions and just h...

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