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PODCAST: The Soul Reason for Drinking on Purim

Mar 18, 2019 | by Heather Dean

PODCAST: The Soul Reason for Drinking on Purim

Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb explains what we are actually celebrating on Purim.

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Heather Dean’s career as a broadcast journalist began in 1988 at MTV: Music Television’s news division in New York City. In 1992, she began producing celebrity interviews and news stories for other outlets, including the Associated Press (AP) Radio Network; E! Entertainment Television; TV Guide; People Magazine Online; Teen People Magazine; and Family Circle Magazine. Heather has also been interviewed on camera for such networks as NBC News, MSNBC, Fox News and Fox 5 New York to comment on various breaking entertainment news stories. She became a regular student at Aish NY in the late 1990s, and traveled to Israel many times on Aish NY trips. Heather met her future husband in Israel, less than a month before 9/11, and made Aliyah in 2001. They remain in Israel, and it is the birthplace of all of their children. She speaks to many audiences about her incredible career interviewing celebrities – and especially why she walked away from it. Her memoir, “Searching for Heather Dean” is now available for purchase.

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(1) Gary Colwill, March 20, 2019 4:01 PM

Amelek and T'shuvah

At about 8:20, Rabbi Dr Gottlieb says that nothing in G-d's world is made to be destroyed, that descendants of Amalek can do t'shuvah, and that the Talmud says the descendants of Haman taught Torah and B'nei Brak. These are fascinating comments and I'd like references, if possible, so I can read up.