🎧 Jewish Grit | A Podcast by Olami Mentorship: Hosted by Rabbi Shlomo Landau and Abbey Wolin

Jewish Grit
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What does it take to succeed as a Jewish professional in today’s world? Jewish Grit is a powerful new podcast that goes beyond the resumes and success stories. Each episode features raw, real conversations with accomplished Jewish leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and innovators. We dive deep into the struggles, the doubts, the resilience—and the grit—that shape meaningful success. ✅ Real-life career journeys ✅ Faith-driven leadership ✅ Lessons in resilience, purpose, and personal growth ✅ Jewish

  1. 🎙️ Episode 29: A WINNER'S MINDSET with professional athlete Tania Friedlander.

    3D AGO

    🎙️ Episode 29: A WINNER'S MINDSET with professional athlete Tania Friedlander.

    If winning is your only motivator, you won’t stay in the game. Before coaching leaders at Google and Facebook, Tania Friedlander was a professional athlete. Catch her sage advice: ✔️ Pursuit of perfection will burn you out. ✔️ Don't live in the gap. Stop defining yourself only by how far you still have to go. ✔️ Get a mentor — you can’t see your own blind spots. ✔️ Anchor yourself in purpose. Tania's view on failure? It’s not the end of the book. It’s just the end of a chapter.

    21 min
  2. 🎙️Episode 28: The Supreme Court and The Rebbe. With leading national trial lawyer Josh Kahane.

    FEB 26

    🎙️Episode 28: The Supreme Court and The Rebbe. With leading national trial lawyer Josh Kahane.

    He’s argued before the United States Supreme Court. He’s also gifted a Boston Celtics jersey to a Chassidic Rebbe. Josh Kahane is a partner at Glankler Brown PLLC in Memphis who lives at the intersection of ambition and faith. In this episode of Jewish Grit, he shares: ⚖️ What it felt like to win a constitutional case at the highest court in the land 🏀 How a high school basketball tournament became a vehicle for Jewish unity ✡️ What it means to be the first Shomer Shabbat partner in a 103-year-old law firm 🔥 Why success should always stay just out of reach A conversation about leadership, sacrifice, visibility — and carrying responsibility with dignity. Listen now on Apple, Spotify and YouTube.

    23 min
  3. 🎙️Episode 27: What is money without meaning? With Curtis Lane, Founding Partner of MTS Health Partners & Executive Chair at Elements Health Investors.

    FEB 16

    🎙️Episode 27: What is money without meaning? With Curtis Lane, Founding Partner of MTS Health Partners & Executive Chair at Elements Health Investors.

    After losing his mother at seven, resilience became part of his DNA. From Wall Street to launching his own firm, he climbed fast — only to discover that money without meaning isn’t success. In this episode: •⁠ ⁠The loss that shaped his drive and how grit is daily. •⁠ ⁠The career move mistake that forced him to rethink everything •⁠ ⁠Why success is never linear •⁠ ⁠His blunt advice to his sons and any other young professionals A candid conversation about ambition, identity, Jewish survival, and building a life you actually want.

    22 min
  4. 🎙️Episode 26: Breaking Gender Barriers Through Excellence with Fanny Hanono

    FEB 5

    🎙️Episode 26: Breaking Gender Barriers Through Excellence with Fanny Hanono

    In a world where the automotive industry is still very much a man’s game, Fanny Hanono is rewriting the rules. As the force behind GFX Automotive, she opens up on Jewish Grit about what it really takes to build a brand through the highs and the lows—without losing your soul along the way. ✔️ Leading with confidence as a woman in a male-dominated industry ✔️ Keeping her engine steady through prayer and faith under pressure ✔️ Building real employee loyalty while growing a powerful brand This episode is about grit, perseverance, and making sure your inner engine is aligned—even when the road gets rough. 🎙️✨

    19 min
  5. 🎙️Episode 25: How a chance encounter and Jewish conviction defined his career - with Andrew Herenstein, Vice Chairman of Monarch Alternative Capital

    FEB 2

    🎙️Episode 25: How a chance encounter and Jewish conviction defined his career - with Andrew Herenstein, Vice Chairman of Monarch Alternative Capital

    Stranded mid-flight with Shabbat minutes away, Andrew did something that would quietly change the course of his life. He borrowed a stranger’s phone on the plane. That decision — and his commitment to Shabbat — led to an unexpected connection, a career-defining opportunity, and ultimately, everything that followed. In this episode, Andrew shares: ✅ The chance encounter on a flight that became the pivot point of his career ✅ What it was like being young and junior when the financial crisis hit ✅ His decision to be a proud Jew in the workplace ✅ Why he invests not only in markets — but in people, education, and the future Today, Andrew runs Monarch Alternative Capital, one of the world’s leading distressed-debt firms — but his story begins with a moment of Jewish conviction when the path forward wasn’t clear. 🎧 Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

    21 min
  6. 🎙️Episode 24: Staying Calm When Everything Feels Uncertain - with Avi Schron

    JAN 23

    🎙️Episode 24: Staying Calm When Everything Feels Uncertain - with Avi Schron

    How do you stay steady when you don’t know what’s coming next? In this episode, Avi Schron, property magnate and Owner of Cammeby's Management Co LLC, reflects on faith, lifelong learning, and leadership — from a child’s hospitalization to navigating high-stakes business decisions. We talk about: ✅ Remaining grounded when outcomes aren’t clear ✅ Teaching yourself new skills instead of waiting for permission ✅ Why constant learning beats formal credentials ✅ Choosing clarity and honesty over shortcuts You don't want to miss this conversation about calm, curiosity, and moving forward without certainty.

    18 min
  7. 🎙️Episode 23: Your Ego Is Your Biggest Obstacle with Real Estate Entrepreneur Chaya Rosenzweig

    JAN 15

    🎙️Episode 23: Your Ego Is Your Biggest Obstacle with Real Estate Entrepreneur Chaya Rosenzweig

    How to leave fear, and your ego, at the door. In this episode, Chaya shares the mindset shifts that carried her from starting with nothing — no degree, no stability, no guarantees — to building a thriving real estate business. In this conversation, she unpacks: ✔️ How ego, disguised as caution, quietly blocks growth ✔️ What failure taught her that success never could ✔️ How faith changes the way you show up under pressure ✔️ When to stop asking for advice — and start trusting yourself

    20 min
  8. 🎙️Episode 22: Taking the Leap In Business Before You Feel Ready - Faigy Rabinowitz

    JAN 2

    🎙️Episode 22: Taking the Leap In Business Before You Feel Ready - Faigy Rabinowitz

    In this episode of Jewish Grit, Faigy Rabinowitz, founder of metziahs.com, shares what it really takes to build something from nothing — without waiting for certainty. You’ll hear how to: ✅ Stop overthinking — and grow without a perfect plan ✅ Push through dead ends and disappointment without letting them define you ✅ Build confidence while progress (and income) is still small ✅ Balance ambition, family life, and the need to recharge ✅ Anchor your work in honesty, purpose, and faith For anyone who feels stuck, underestimated, or unsure whether the thing they’re building is “real” yet — this episode is a reminder that momentum comes from action, not certainty.

    21 min
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What does it take to succeed as a Jewish professional in today’s world? Jewish Grit is a powerful new podcast that goes beyond the resumes and success stories. Each episode features raw, real conversations with accomplished Jewish leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and innovators. We dive deep into the struggles, the doubts, the resilience—and the grit—that shape meaningful success. ✅ Real-life career journeys ✅ Faith-driven leadership ✅ Lessons in resilience, purpose, and personal growth ✅ Jewish

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