The Road from Carmel Jill Kenton and Doron Junger

Joining Jill and Doron on our 20th episode, the second of our second season, to tell us his story, is Mark Sabah, an international political activist and lobbyist, and former Head Boy at Carmel.
 
Mark was born in London and raised in Africa as the son of a diplomat for the European Union.  After Carmel, he studied Politics and Social Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University, and eventually became a public affairs advocate for human rights against authoritarian regimes.  He is credited with the passage of the Magnitsky Law, which is now carried in 35 countries.  Currently he is a Director of a foundation that promotes freedom in Hong Kong.  His work has made him a persona non grata in both Russia and China - but he is most welcome here, on “The Road from Carmel” podcast.
 
Hear Mark talk about keeping kosher in Africa, Jewish discus-throwing, becoming Head Boy, being chased on the North Circular, and how he came to work for Lord Jeffrey Archer.
 
Thank you, Mark Sabah, for turning us again to Carmel days!
 
Dedication: at Mark’s request, this episode is dedicated to the memory of Ari Tjarden, one of Mark’s first friends at Carmel and former table tennis partner, who passed away in Berlin in 1991 at the age of 14 from a lung disease.

Personal mentions in this episode:
Philip Skelker (Headmaster)
David Jones (Mongewell Housemaster & Football Coach)
Pam Matfield (Drama)
Peter Morrison (Sherman Housemaster & PE)
Dr.Sally Carr (English)
Liz Goodall (English & Music)
Gila Lepar
Anick Sabah
David Norman
Sabina Kardonski
Hayley Kluman
Ilana Brandwain
Eitan Kachtan
Jonathan Apfel
Lloyd Tythe
Joel Camissar
Rebekah Saunders
Claire Cowan
David Dangoor
Claudia Laing
Daniel Bennis
Daniel Benamu
 
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In this bonus content episode, Rabbi David Rosen discusses the evolution of his interfaith work and its Carmel connections.
 
Personal mentions in this episode:
Rabbi Dr. Kopul Rosen (Founder and Principal)
Rabbi Jeremy Rosen (Headmaster)
Houda Nonoo
Jonathan Fried
Daniel Seal
 
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Joining Jill and Doron on the 19th episode of the podcast, the first of our second season, to tell us his story, is Rabbi David Rosen (1958-67), the youngest son of Carmel College’s founders Rabbi Dr. Kopul and Bella Rosen, and brother of Rabbis Jeremy Rosen and the late Micky Rosen.
 
David, known to his old school friends as Buster, is currently Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi.  He is the former Chief Rabbi of Ireland, and previously Senior Rabbi of the largest Jewish congregation in South Africa during the apartheid era.  For his interfaith work, he has received a papal knighthood and was named a Commander of the British Empire by the late Queen Elizabeth II.  David lives in Jerusalem and is married to Sharon, with whom he has three children and seven grandchildren, ranging in age from 2 to 23.  
 
Hear David talk about sibling rivalries, playing cricket with the Chief Rabbi, hearing Danny Kaye sing Hebrew in Wallingford on Faye Day, and his IDF service.
 
Thank you, Rabbi David Rosen, for turning us again to Carmel days!
 
Dedication: at David's request, this episode is dedicated to the memory of his late mother Bella Rosen, who made often unrecognized yet invaluable contributions to Carmel College as its co-founder.  In the school's early years, she shouldered responsibilities as Catering Manager and Household Supervisor.   During one of the institution's dire financial periods she selflessly pawned her engagement ring to ensure breakfast for the school's boys, an act that resonates with profound dedication.  She later joined the Board of Governors.  Sadly, Bella Rosen passed away in Jerusalem in 1999.

Personal mentions in this episode:
Rabbi Dr. Kopul Rosen (Founder and Principal)
Bella Rosen (Co-founder)
Rabbi Jeremy Rosen (Headmaster)
Ron Evans (Mathematics)
Mary Evans (Mathematics)
Rabbi Sidney Leperer (Jewish Studies & Ancient History)
Miriam Leperer
Moshe Dover (Preparatory School Head & Jewish Studies)
Zahava Dover
Timothy Healey (History & Cricket)
Joshua Gabbay (French)
Mrs. H. Whitfield (French)
John Bunney (Physics)
Jacob “Jacky” Epstein (Chemistry)
Alexander “Toby” Tobias (Jewish Studies & History)
Abraham Carmel (English & Classics)
Hugh “Baldy” Crossthwaite (Latin)
Micky Rosen
Angela Fay Rosen
Rachel Feuerstein
Joe Feuerstein
Matthew Engel
Daniel Dover
Stuart Cohen
Michael Sternberg
David Duke
Mordell Klein
Victor Weingarten
Shimon Weingarten
Avrom Sherr
Jonathan Rosshandler
Ami Federmann
 
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As the first season of The Road from Carmel podcast comes to an end, hear from some of its listeners with feedback on the podcast, and from Jill and Doron with their Season 1 highlights.
 
Wishing everyone a chag sameach - we will see you down The Road from Carmel!
 
Personal mentions:
 
Jack Mizel
Lindsay Simmonds
Ashley Perry
Adam Sherridan
Debbie Collins
David Sheldon
Fiona Sandyk
Martin Kaye
Alan Bloom
Fanni Prais
Philip Powell
Simon Jackson
Neomi Junger
Rabbi Jeremy Rosen
Ray Schinazi
Dana Shaul Malmstrom
David Dangoor
Toby Tenenbaum
Zoe Waxman
Kenny Wax
Joanna Marcus Landau
Daniel Marcus
Stephen Endelman
Rachel Feuerstein
Joe Feuerstein
 
Special thanks to Sam Williams at SWSV Productions for his professional editing services and consistently sleek artwork throughout Season 1 of The Road from Carmel podcast - we appreciate your many contributions, and are grateful to have been working with you 🙏🏼
 
 

Joining Jill and Doron on the 18th episode of the podcast, the last of our first season, to tell us their story, are siblings Rachel Feuerstein (1981-88) and Joe Feuerstein (1981-87), whose devout mixed-faith parentage made for a highly unusual Carmel experience never before publicly discussed.
 
Rachel, now known as RD (short for Rochel Dina) Rubin, is a former classmate of Jill and Doron’s, and Head Girl of their year.  She is the founder of a Judaica business, “The Shabbat Collection”, and after living in half a dozen different cities in North America and Asia, settled in Jerusalem, where for the past fifteen years she has lived with her three children. She wrote a manuscript about her interfaith upbringing and journey.
 
Joe studied medicine in London and Cambridge, served as a combat physician in the IDF’s navy, and completed his family and integrative medicine training in the United States, including at Columbia University in NYC, where he is an assistant professor of medicine.  Joe has treated over 45,000 patients with serious medical conditions using only natural approaches. He authored the books “Dr. Joe’s Man Diet” and “The Cannabinoid Cookbook”.  He is a regular guest on a TV show produced for a faith-based African-American audience, and co-host of the award-winning internet cooking series “Condition Kitchen”.  Joe lives in Connecticut with his wife and five children.
 
Hear Rachel and Joe talk about being admitted to Carmel (and Rachel becoming Head Girl) before being recognized as Jewish by the Beth-Din, Rachel discovering centrifugal force, Joe making a theater erupt in laughter, and how the Almighty works in mysterious ways.
 
Thank you, Rachel and Joe Feuerstein, for turning us again to Carmel days!
 
Dedication: at Rachel and Joe’s request, this episode is dedicated to the memory of our Carmel contemporary Dr. Daniel Cammerman (1980-87), an Oxford graduate and pediatrician in NYC, who at the age of 50 tragically died in a traffic accident in Central Park in December 2019.  He is survived by his wife and their two children, and by his younger siblings Gideon and Rachel, both also Carmel alumni.

Personal mentions in this episode:
Rabbi Jeremy Rosen (Headmaster)
Philip Skelker (Headmaster)
Joel Silver (Housemaster & Computer Studies)
Reverend Mordechai Berkovitch (Jewish Studies)
Alan Edmondson (Chemistry)
Martin Edmonds (French)
Jill Johnston (Music)
Dr. John Addis (History)
Mary Evans (Mathematics)
Abraham Nonoo
Jeff Benjamin
Penina Borisute
Sean Rogg
Timothy Rogg
Anabel (Petter) Junger
Fiona Grankin
Joanne Miller
Nava Corin
Lindsay Simmonds
Nikki Borisute
Ashley Perry
Emma Goldstone
Isaac Levy
Natalie Solomon
Jackie Sharp
Mel Elias
Jonathan Feigenbaum
Gavin Geminder
Rebecca Wernick
Colin Nahon
Michael Nahon
Jamie King
Daniel Epstein
Leila Djemal
Judith Djemal
Abby Borisute
Sean Casper
Houda Nonoo
Trevor Simon
Ernst Kastner
Abigail Simon
Toby Simon
Adam Gumbiner
Daniel Cammerman
Gideon Cammerman
Rachel Cammerman
 
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Joining Jill and Doron on the 17th episode of the podcast, to tell us his story, is composer and film producer Stephen Endelman (1973-77), a resident of Los Angeles in California.

Stephen earned Grammy and Golden Globe nominations for crafting music for a multitude of films across a range of genres.  His album De-Lovely, for the eponymous movie on the life of Cole Porter, with Kevin Kline in the lead role, went platinum.  He has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Robert DeNiro, Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford and Martin Scorsese.  He was a Composer-in-Residence at the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and collaborated with renowned artists such as Alanis Morissette, Elvis Costello, and Renée Fleming.  Stephen wrote and produced the award-winning short movie A Boy, a Man and a Kite (https://vimeo.com/312631183), in which a comatose man explores his boyhood trauma at an English boarding school.
Hear Stephen tell us about the beginnings of his musical career at Carmel, how true to life his movie is, his role in the conviction of Trevor Bolton, and the redemptive power of yoga classes with Demi Moore.Thank you, Stephen Endelman, for turning us again to Carmel days!
 
Dedication: at Stephen’s request, this episode is dedicated to the memory of his former classmate and friend Stephen Rister, who died 11 years ago in his sleep of a heart attack in his home in Bushey.
 
Personal mentions in this episode:
Rabbi Jeremy Rosen (Headmaster)
Keith Pusey (Music)
Rabbi Eric Hoffman (Jewish Studies)
Anthony Barr Taylor (Biology)
Ron Evans (Mathematics)
Geoff Lebens (English)
Trevor Bolton (Housemaster)
Mark Granat
Simon Liebens
Paul Taylor
David Taylor
Adam Samuelson
David Wolfe
Ricky Green
Stephen Corrick
Jacques Safra
Stephen Rister
Kati Barr Taylor
 
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