Cleveland Schmooze

This week we’re talking about sports with Sports Medicine Doctor Aaron Wolkoff. He tells us about his love of playing soccer and helping his community become healthy and active. 

We're back from holiday break! This week we’re bringing you an interview with Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria of B'nai Jeshurun Congregation. We talk about his journey to becoming a rabbi and how the Cleveland…

This week we’re bringing you an interview with another mom and daughter team, Kay Greenwald and Natalie Winer. They are co-owners of Cake Bites and Other Delights, and we talk to the duo about what i…

This week we’re bringing you an interview with archivist Sean Martin, who’s not Jewish, but he is the Associate Curator for Jewish History at the Western Reserve Historical Society. Martin tells us a…

This week we’re bringing you an interview with acclaimed local chef, Doug Katz. He’s the owner of Fire food and drink at Shaker Square and caters all around Northeast Ohio. Chef Katz tells us about h…

We’re bringing you an interview with conservation activists, Dave Partington and Barbara Zaas Partington. Their mission is to preserve the Geauga Parks and get the greater community engaged with the …

We bring you a conversation with someone with a passion for continuing education, Brian Amkraut. He’s the Executive Director of the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, which is part of …

We talk with Bernie and Carolyn Stulberg about the string competition created in honor of Bernie’s father Julius, and how it’s grown from its humble origins in Kalamazoo, Michigan to become an intern…

We talk with entrepreneur and kitchen manager of Bnai Jeshurun Congregation, Paul Fierman. Paul is currently working to become a chef at Cuyahoga Community College and is hoping to get his horseradis…

We talk with Faye Sholiton, a standout writer and director in the Cleveland theater scene, and the founding artistic director of Interplay Jewish Theatre.

We talk to young professional Kelly Fedak about her decision to join the Jewish faith through conversion. 

We talk with the director of the Anne Frank Moral Courage Project, Fern Levy, about what drew her to Anne's story, and made sharing it a life-long passion. She also talks about the parallels between …

Cleveland Schmooze hosts Rachel and Robin Rood walk you through the conception of this podcast and why they wanted to learn more about Jewish Cleveland. 

We talk to Gregg Levine about his work fighting for LGBT equality in Cleveland not only in the secular community, but in the Jewish community as well. And we'll learn about his own journey navigating…

We chat with historian Jeff Morris about his recently published book, Haymarket to the Heights, which tracks the movement of Synagogues from Downtown to the East side, and discuss where the populatio…