Tale 5: Chosen Family - Deuteronomy

Tale 5: Chosen Family - Deuteronomy

"We work, and we work, and we work; and we wait, and we wait, and we wait; but we're always thrown out of the Old New Land."

Welcome to the latest episode of Tales From The Old New Land, featuring host A.C. Charlap continuing his fifth tale, Chosen Family, while bringing in a lawyer to deal with Rabbi Swamley. 

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Tale 5: Chosen Family - Numbers

Tale 5: Chosen Family - Numbers

Welcome to the latest episode of Tales From The Old New Land featuring host A.C. Charlap continuing his fifth tale, Chosen Family. Good news! Charlap has left the hospital and has now started the long, slow path of recovery through physical therapy. And he has a good therapist to help him through it, until Rabbi Swamley comes to pick him up.

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Tale 5: Chosen Family - Leviticus

Tale 5: Chosen Family - Leviticus

Welcome to the latest episode of Tales From The Old New Land featuring host A.C. Charlap continuing his fifth tale, Chosen Family. It appears something has happened to Charlap after the last episode and Swamley now attends his hospital bedside. What will this mean for the future of the podcast?

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Tale 4: Just Steve

Tale 4: Just Steve

"We work, and we work, and we work; and we wait, and we wait, and we wait; but we're always thrown out of the Old New Land."

Welcome to the fourth episode of Tales From The Old New Land featuring host A.C. Charlap reading his fourth tale, Just Steve. The great length of the tale and the pressing for time as this episode is now several weeks late, leave little time for music or guests. Even Rabbi Swamley is eager to hear the whole story.

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Tale 3: Microaggressions

Tale 3: Microaggressions

"We work, and we work, and we work; and we wait, and we wait, and we wait; but we're always thrown out of the Old New Land."

Welcome to the third episode of Tales From The Old New Land featuring host A.C. Charlap reading his third tale, Microaggressions, as well as an original musical number. He is joined for a special live interview with Wayne Swamley, father of Rabbi Herbert Swamley, The episode opens with a performance of “One Pogrom” by Lifshe Schaechter-Widman, included courtesy of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, www.yivo.org.

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Tale 2: Carmen Chavez

Tale 2: Carmen Chavez

Welcome to the second episode of Tales From The Old New Land featuring host A.C. Charlap reading his second tale, Carmen Chavez, as well as an original musical number. He is joined by Rabbi Herbert Swamley special guest lecturer Dr. Martin Vitebsk, and Rabbi Shapseh Kichelfarb, The episode also includes a performance of “Oy, I like she” by Aaron Lebedeff.

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Tale 1: His Own Father

Tale 1: His Own Father

Welcome to the first episode of Tales From The Old New Land featuring host A.C. Charlap reading his first tale, His Own Father, as well as an original musical number. He is joined by Rabbi Herbert Swamley and special guest, economist Dr. Robert K. Chubstein, The episode also includes a performance of “A Yiddishe Mameh” by Yossele Rosenblatt.

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