Shmoozin'

David Goodwin

Jews love a good shmooze and I'm no exception! Shmoozin' is where I get to have a natter with people about all things Jewish, Torah, Israel and life as a thinking human being on planet earth. We're here to have a meaningful experience and build a better world, so let's shmooze about it! | David Goodwin, Founder of Shmoozin'

  1. I was lost - the inspiring story of Rav Mike Feuer

    06/05/2025

    I was lost - the inspiring story of Rav Mike Feuer

    ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—๐—˜๐—ช | ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——๐—˜ ๐Ÿฏ | ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฉ ๐— ๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—™๐—˜๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐˜ˆ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ In this captivating episode, host David Goodwin sits down with Rav Mike Feuer to explore a life marked by profound spiritual searching and transformation. From growing up in a Zionist, Holocaust-survivor family to wandering the wilderness of America and Australia, Mikeโ€™s story is one of seeking belonging, confronting identity, and wrestling with faith. He shares how early experiences in nature, philosophical explorations, and encounters with Jewish tradition shaped his understanding โ€” or lack thereof โ€” of true Jewish practice and identity. His journey takes him from Coloradoโ€™s mountains to Israel, where he studied, traveled, and faced moments of deep realization. Despite initial hesitations about making aliyah, lifeโ€™s twists and profound personal loss pushed him toward a renewed commitment to Judaism. From studying Torah with Orthodox communities to leading groundbreaking projects on Jewish history and heroism, Mike's story reveals a relentless pursuit of understanding humanityโ€™s role and purpose within the Jewish story. His insights delve into the crises and inspirations that define modern Jewish identity and destiny. Join us for a candid and inspiring conversation about faith, resilience, and the search for oneโ€™s true place in the world. Whether youโ€™re curious about spiritual awakening or interested in Jewish history and destiny, this episode offers a rich tapestry of ideas and personal revelations. Hosted by David Goodwin A Shmoozin' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: โ โ โ https://glowfilmsisrael.com/ ๐Ÿ’™ SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channels โค๏ธ LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast

    1h 26m
  2. Work to live or live to work? God's role in your income

    05/19/2025

    Work to live or live to work? God's role in your income

    ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜€ | ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ | ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ In this episode I shmooze with ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ธ about: ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด | ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด Hosted by David Goodwin A Shmoozin' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: โ โ โ https://glowfilmsisrael.com/ ๐Ÿ’™ SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channels โค๏ธ LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast ๐Ÿ‘€ See also Rabbi Menachem Salasnik's YouTube Channel โ โ โ @menachemsalasnikโ โ โ 

    10 min
  3. Be the best version of yourself | Life changing lessons from Parashat Emor

    05/12/2025

    Be the best version of yourself | Life changing lessons from Parashat Emor

    ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜€ | ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ | ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ In this episode I shmooze with ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ธ about: ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜–๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ | ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ | ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ Hosted by David Goodwin A Shmoozin' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: โ โ โ https://glowfilmsisrael.com/โ โ โ  SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channels LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast See also Rabbi Menachem Salasnik's YouTube Channel โ โ โ @menachemsalasnikโ โ โ 

    10 min
  4. 04/29/2025

    The Rabbi Expelled From Gaza | Rav Noam Koenigsberg

    ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป' ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ #๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ After years of deep Torah study in an Israeli yeshiva, in the late 90s American born ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ถ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด moved with his young family to a flourishing religious Jewish community in Gaza. Then, in the year 2000 everything changed, the second intifada began and life in Gush Katif was never the same again. By 2005 Jewish presence in Gaza was completely eradicated following the Israeli government's fateful disengagement policy. In this highly emotionally charged episode, Rav Noam and I discuss the impact of his strong religious Zionist upbringing, his making aliyah, Gush Katif experiences and what it was like in those dark days of disengagement which culminated in him literally being dragged from his home by Israeli security forces. Sad but true unfortunately. Amongst many fascinating spiritual topics, we delve into the foundational Jewish mindset of 'emunah' - faithfulness to God and its true meaning. We hope this show inspires and uplifts you as it did me. Thanks for tuning in, David GoodwinHosted by David Goodwin Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel A Shmoozin' podcast produced by ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น, โ โ โ www.glowfilmsisrael.comโ โ  ๐Ÿ’™ SUBSCRIBE on Shmoozin' YouTube Channel & on Spotify or Apple podcast channels โค๏ธ LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast

    56 min
  5. How does God live inside every Jew? | Life changing lessons from parashat Terumah

    02/26/2025

    How does God live inside every Jew? | Life changing lessons from parashat Terumah

    ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜€ | ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ | ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ต In this episode I shmooze with ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ธ about: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด | ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ | ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ Hosted by David Goodwin A Shmoozin' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: โ โ โ https://glowfilmsisrael.com/โ โ โ  SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channels LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast See also Rabbi Menachem Salasnik's YouTube Channel โ โ โ @menachemsalasnikโ โ โ #parshamishpatim#jewishpodcast#shabbat#torah#parasha#parashah#god#weeklyparasha#shabbos#parashathashavua#hashem#bible

    17 min
  6. Five star rehab for naughty Jews | Why did God make Jewish slaves?

    02/18/2025

    Five star rehab for naughty Jews | Why did God make Jewish slaves?

    ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜€ | ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ | ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ In this episode I shmooze with ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ธ about: ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ | ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฆ'๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ | ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ Hosted by David Goodwin A Shmoozin' podcast produced by Glow Films Israel: โ โ โ https://glowfilmsisrael.com/โ โ โ  SUBSCRIBE to our Shmoozin' YouTube, Spotify and Apple channels LIKE/FOLLOW us on Facebook: @shmoozinpodcast See also Rabbi Menachem Salasnik's YouTube Channel โ โ โ @menachemsalasnikโ โ โ 

    13 min

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Jews love a good shmooze and I'm no exception! Shmoozin' is where I get to have a natter with people about all things Jewish, Torah, Israel and life as a thinking human being on planet earth. We're here to have a meaningful experience and build a better world, so let's shmooze about it! | David Goodwin, Founder of Shmoozin'