Mike’s been there and done it all: starring and directing Hollywood, Broadway, off-Broadway, Yiddish Theater, Television – even his own show!
Loved and respected by some of the biggest names in entertainment and politics, Mike has some of the loveliest friends.

These zoom fireside chats endear...

Elon Gold is an American comedian, television actor, writer and producer. Known for his brilliant original stand-up comedy.

The son of Israeli parents, Elon is one of my most talented friends. We get to laugh a lot during our "smooze."

Raviv is the senior Washington correspondent for i24 News, headquartered in Tel Aviv and New York. Previously he was with CBS News as their national correspondent and was heard regularly on the CBS Radio Network. He had also done TV reports from Washington, D.C. on the CBS Evening News.

Our conv...

No individual in the history of broadcasting has had more influence through the medium of television in its 50-year history.
We've been friends since meeting in Israel in 1977.

JAKE EHRENREICH is a musician, author and playwright. A Brooklyn born child of Holocaust survivors, Jake is best known as star and creator of his record breaking musical "A Jew Grows In Brooklyn."

I was a guest recently on his TV series "The Jake Ehrenreich Show" on JBS. We have a ball enjoying...

Joel Zwick is an American film director, television director, and theater director. Known for the television series Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters, and directed the films My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Second Sight, and Fat Albert.
Joel shares with me unique stories about working with s...

The Bronx-born actor/singer/musician has been a familiar name thanks to his handsome, brush-mustachioed titular cop the popular 70's TV show Barney Miller.
On the occasion of his upcoming 90th birthday, we discuss the early days of working together in New York and the many roles we both performed...

Mike’s been there and done it all: starring and directing Hollywood, Broadway, off-Broadway, Yiddish Theater, Television – even his own show!
Loved and respected by some of the biggest names in entertainment and politics, Mike has some of the loveliest friends.

These zoom fireside chats endear...

Daniel "Danny" Ayalon is an Israeli diplomat, columnist and politician. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister and as a member of the Knesset. He was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2002 until 2006.
From his home in Israel, he gives me an intimate look into the challenges Israel fa...

Oudi Recanati is a scion of one of the most well-known families of the Israeli business world. Among the many positions he has held have been Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of IDB Holdings, Chairman of Discount Investment Corporation Ltd. and Board Member of the family-owned OSG shipping company - and th...

The American lawyer and activist. He served as the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League from 1987 to 2015, and is currently the League's National Director Emeritus.
We discuss how he has spent his life fighting bigotry. But how he fights, and whom he's fighting, are now the issues.

The accomplished businesswoman, fundraiser and philanthropist, Nancy Spielberg has in recent years turned her energy and talents to producing documentary films. Spielberg grew up surrounded by the film industry, where she worked on her brother Steven’s early films. We reminisce about our friendsh...

David Suissa is President of Tribe Media/Jewish Journal, where he has been writing a weekly column on the Jewish world since 2006. In 2015, he was awarded first prize for "Editorial Excellence" by the American Jewish Press Association.

Among the topics we discuss are our mutual interests in the...

Mike’s been there and done it all: starring and directing Hollywood, Broadway, off-Broadway, Yiddish Theater, Television – even his own show!
Loved and respected by some of the biggest names in entertainment and politics, Mike has some of the loveliest friends.
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Sharon Farber, Composer: The Young and the Restless. She is a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures, Four - time Emmy Award Nominated. Winner of the 2013 Society of Composers and Lyricists Award for "Outstanding work in the Art of Film Music."

A dear friend and colleague, she has composed the...