Shimrit Hanes Back on Bagels and Blessings

What a joy to reconnect with Shimrit Hanes from Zemer Levav.  Shimrit is a songwriter, vocalist and harpist.  When chronic illness forced her and her husband to stop touring, they settled in Florida and Shimrit turned to writing novels.  Music is still important to her and she continues writing new songs and playing her harp.  This interview focuses on her novels and will feature the music of Zemer Levav.  

Shimrit Hanes-Zemer Levav

You are in for such a treat!   Today's show features the music of Zemer Levav and an interview with Shimrit Hanes.   She sings beautifully and plays the harp too!   Also she just wrote her first book, The Dreamers, the Terra Colony Project Book 1.

Shimrit is a songwriter/vocalist/harpist and never intended to become an author. A home school mom of five, her three adult daughters challenged each other to write a book in a month. Desiring to be helpful, she read “No Plot, No Problem” by Chris Baty aloud to her busy middle daughter while she worked. Suddenly an incredible story idea came to mind. Now she had a plot, and a problem. This was her girls thing! MOM!
At the end of the month she and one other daughter had their manuscripts finished. After three years of re-writes and fine tuning, Shimrit had a finished book, and outlines for a second and third! Thus “The Terra Colony Project” series was born.

Enjoy!!

Elizabeth Black Interview

I met Elizabeth Black at the Beth Zion Women's Retreat January 27-29 this year.   She was one of the speaker's on Saturday night and I was very impressed with her!

Elizabeth currently serves with Jews for Jesus in New York City.  Jewish ministry was her lifelong goal, growing up in a Jewish community in Baltimore Maryland. She received a BA in biblical studies from Washington Bible College and has been serving in formal Jewish ministry for over 5 years. She serves alongside her husband Eryn Black and has two young boys, Jude and Ezra.

Enjoy wonderful music from Sue Samuel, Liberated Wailing Wall, Zemer Levav and Greg Silverman too!

Ethel & Diane Again!

Don't you love surprises -- the unexpected??   It looked like I was just going to play music and talk, and then, at the last minute, my bestie, Diane Beaudoin decided to join me in the studio!

We had such fun chatting about parenthood, the Jewish holidays....and more!

Plus you'll enjoy the music of Jonathan Settel, Barry & Batya Segal, Deborah Kline Iantorno, Sally Klein O'Connor, Nate Benjamin, Paul Wilbur, Zemer Levav and Natasha Kraus-Reynolds!

Enjoy dahling, enjoy!

Mother's Day 2016

No guilt, just a lot of love and reflection on motherhood!   Enjoy my special Mother's Day Show which includes a tribute to my dear departed mother, Bernice, and some humor along the way.

Enjoy the music of Zemer Levav, Meha Shamayim, Ted Pearce, Beckah Shae & kids, Sharon Wilbur, Marty Goetz and Sue Samuel...just to name a few.

Enjoy!!

Robyn Putney Interview

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It was a last minute thing.   I didn't have a guest lined up and announced it at Shabbat Service at Congregation Shema Yisrael.   After service my new friend Robyn volunteered to be my guest.

Robyn is refreshing and smart for her young age of twenty-four.   She grew up in a believing home and made her own conclusions about Messiah Yeshua at the age of nineteen.   In this interview she shares her faith journey and her attraction to the Jewish roots of the faith.  After a DNA test Robyn discovered what she already suspected -- that her mother's side of the family is Jewish.  

In this interview Robyn shares her victory over depression and her positive outlook on life.   You'll enjoy her charm and humor, as well as the music of Zemer Levav, Sally Klein O'Connor, Marty Goetz, Ray Chernoff and Nate Benjamin.

Enjoy dahling, enjoy!

Robin Citron Interview

Two nice Jewish girls get together and anything can happen!   Robin grew up in a Jewish home in Brooklyn, NY and in this interview she shares her journey of faith.     Robin is a dear friend and I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with her and learning more about her life.

You'll also enjoy some wonderful music from Sue Samuel, Ted Pearce, Zemer Levav, Barry & Batya Segal, Jonathan Settel and Joshua Aaron.

Kerah Oliverira Interview

What a joy to speak with Kerah Oliveira at the Beth Zion's Women's Retreat on February 7.  
Kerah has been helping lead worship since she was nine, as well as a contributing member of her family's band, Zemer Levav. Her first performance on stage was when she was 13. The band has averaged at least two concerts a week for the past ten years. She has been performing her own material for the past nine. Kerah is in the process of compiling her debut solo album. Her sound is rooted in folk with some alternative and indie influences. Subject wise, the material is all based on life experiences, and her faith in God is one of her biggest and most consistent inspirations for writing, playing and sharing music.
"I just want to take people on a journey through the good and bad things I've experienced in life, and share about the love Yeshua has shown me again and again through every situation," she says on her website. "All the music I share is to bring glory to God and magnify His creativity."

For more information about Kerah Oliveira, please visit www.keraholiveira.com.

Mark David Smith Interview

Mark David Smith is the producer of LAMB Messianic Radio.  He was born to a non-practicing Jewish father and a Baptist mother and was raised in the Baptist faith.  He used to be a "Hell Fire and Damnation" preacher and he decided to visit Israel so he could walk where Jesus walked.  While there, he met a cantor on the tour from a Messianic congregation in Fort Worth, Texas who questioned Mark on his doctrine.  This was a turning point in his life, when he "flipped" to Messianic Judaism.

An author and worship leader, Mark has a passion for communication. When he was fourteen years old, he boldly went to the owner of a local radio station and told him he wanted his own radio show on his station. The station manager gave it to him. It lasted for three and a half years. Mark has been behind the scenes and in front of people since that day. Thirty six out of fifty eight years of his life he has served God.  Lamb Radio was launched September 4, 2012.  

Enjoy the music of Paul Wilbur, Sue Samuel, Zemer Levav, The Schleps and Daniel Kopp/Sarah Liberman!

Stewart Winograd Interview

This show features my interview with Messianic Rabbi Stewart Winograd, of Reach Initiative International (RII).  RII is a ministry dedicated to reaching out with the good news of Yeshua to Israel and the nations, serving the poor and needy, equipping believers for effective ministry, and mobilizing the next generations to impact their world.

In a world where poverty and hunger are rampant, they are personally committed to living a simple and modest lifestyle. RII is bringing Yeshua's love to the poor and needy by providing them with practical and material help – no strings attached. G-d's love is unconditional, and, in Stewart's words, "though we are weak and broken vessels, we are wholeheartedly committed to following His example of unconditional love for all people. It is this kind of love, G-d's love that touches and turns hearts to Him!"

Through Generation Next Stewart and his wife Chantel are mobilizing and training a host of believers to impact their world. They are passionate about imparting to young people a vision for an intimate walk with Yeshua, which in turn births a lifestyle of compassionate outreach to their peers.   They have planted many congregations in the former Soviet Union and G-d continues to enlarge their tents.

Today's program features the music of Jonathan Settel, Ted Pearce, Sue Samuel, Zemer Levav, the Schleps and Rivka Whitten.   Enjoy!

David Moscowitz Interview

David Moscowitz, originally from Long Island, was raised in a Jewish family. By the age of 15 he was already experimenting with drugs and seeking spirituality. One night the L-rd unmistakeably made Himself real to David and his friend Paul. David began to read the New Testament and discovered that Yeshua is the Messiah! You'll enjoy this exciting testimony and the music of Sue Samuel, Zemer Levav, Jonathan Settel and Ted Pearce.

Mother's Day 2012

Diane Beaudoin co-hosts this Mother's Day show with me and we have a great time talking about our mothers -- and being mothers! You'll laugh and you'll cry as we reminisce about the good old times and the funny things our Moms said and did. Also featuring an adorable skit called "A Call from Long Island" from the CD "You Don't Have to Be Jewish," and music from Meha Shamayim, Zemer Levav and Nathasha Kraus Reynolds. Enjoy!