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JM in the AM New Music Alert - Shmueli Ungar's "Horova!" and Much More!
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Nachum Segal welcomed singer-songwriter Shmueli Ungar to this morning's JM in the AM for the official JM in the AM debut of his latest single "Horova!" and for a comprehensive discussion about Shmueli's music, the importance of daily Torah study, the current wedding season, Shmueli's hassidic background and more.
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uh Tuesday morning broadcast JM in the
AM. Well, we promise you.
That's right. Finally, a discussion
about his brand new single. We'll find
out how things are going in general. I
want to ask him since we've had, let's
see, Sunday through Thursday last week,
Sunday, Monday this week. Seven nights
so far of a post Nakamu wedding season.
We'll find out how that wedding season
is going. He'll give us an insight into
that. And of course, we'll talk about
the brand new single and plenty more.
will star with a legendary selection
from the great schmoly younger on what
we'll have to call with the new single a
new music alert Tuesday at JM in the
A.M.
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Mah Abraa,
>> not only known as one of Schmool
Younger's uh absolute greatest hits,
arguably the greatest hit, but we could
sit and argue about that all day long,
but it was a remarkable video as well.
Remember that folks? A remarkable video
from Akabra. Uh with great pleasure on
this Tuesday morning, we welcome
Schmolyer to JM in the AM. Schmolyer.
Shalom. Shalom. Welcome back to your
favorite radio show, JM and the AM. How
are you on this Tuesday morning?
>> Good morning. Tuesday morning.
What a great day to be on with you.
>> You can say that again. And you've
declared many times that this is your
favorite radio show. Am I right about
that?
>> You know, you know you are.
>> Now, um, what year was it? I talk about
that video and how I mean I it wasn't
just a great video. It was sort of
revolutionary in a bunch of ways. What
year was that that you released that
Mahabra video?
>> Uh the video makaba with Mayor K and the
mayor I think it was maybe 2018
2018.
>> It's already eight years ago and still
as as as you and I were discussing off
the air uh in some circles that's for
sure your number one song. There are
others that are very close to it, but in
some circles, Mahabra like was a a
complete breakthrough hit for you.
>> Yes, absolutely. Many many people,
especially not guys, they stop me with
their children and they talk about how
the kids fall asleep to it, how they
must watch it in the morning. My son
wakes up and he must see it. And it's
been eight years now, but they don't
want to change. They listen to that
starts their day. And by the way, and by
the way, even though we'll never ever,
you know, make believe that this is the
real reason, and I, and I don't mean
that in a mean way. I mean, the real
reason that one releases a great song,
frankly, is to do what you've done, and
that is to, you know, escalate to the
top of the Jewish music world. But it
must be an amazing byproduct that you
know uh so many people became more and
more aware of certain bras and that bras
in a way to some people became a bit
more fun because of the song. Am I I
mean that I'm sure you've thought of
that. Am I right?
>> I have thought about it but you know
that's like a mad to say I put out
music.
>> Right. That's right. That's what I'm
saying. We know that that's not why you
did it, but it is it I have to assume it
exists and if it does, it's a great
byproduct.
>> Definitely. I mean, we we yen we we do
things for a higher purpose. We don't we
we we don't just do it to go through the
motions.
>> That's true.
>> So, yeah. inspired people inspired
people to make or to you know to even
the story line on the you keep on adding
mitzvah
mdash is is finally built it's a it's a
nice message
>> no I agree with younger is with us live
via telephone we're calling it a new
music alert Thursday excuse me new music
alert Tuesday because uh he's got a
brand new single we actually made a big
deal about the brand new single and I'll
tell you why in a minute Um, what's
doing with the wedding season? First of
all, before we get to the wedding season
of 2026,
do you sometimes think of there are with
with all the crossover in the Jewish
world and there are a lot of artists who
play at a lot of different venues and
are attracted, you know, to a lot of
different crowds, etc., etc. But I still
think it's few and far between that
someone who's really recognized as a
kidic singer really is accepted in every
type of of circle when it comes to our
community. And I'm wondering if you ever
think about how it it happened that
you've become so popular for instance in
the more modern community because you
know we we there are certain singers
where it's obvious to us why you know
they've been able to really do well in
that market. But I think I think you'd
agree with me that there are very few
who've done what you've done. You ever
think about that?
>> I I do. I do think about it and I don't
know I I I don't know what to give it
credit for. Maybe my mother. Maybe the
music I grew up when I when the music I
listen to when I was growing up. I
listen to a lot of notidisha music like
we we listen to modern stuff and MBD and
Yeshiva boy choir and my mother always
connected to that kind of music and she
herself grew up notidish
>> and Yes. Yes.
>> So you're you're thinking that that
background gave you the ability to
relate better to other audiences?
Subconsciously for sure and and you know
when it you know when it when it
mattered
>> it when when I started um doing a lot of
this modern weddings and by the mad
weddings the the the main part of the
wedding is the right right
>> the hoop is is the big deal everybody
sits down and they listen to the music
and they have the flower girls and it's
a big ceremony but the
is by the second dance
>> right
>> so when I when I started doing this
weddings. It's like 80% of my weddings
are those kind of weddings. It was a lot
of pressure for me because the it's
everybody's listening and you want to
reach those high notes and you got to
learn new songs
>> and that's when it started coming into
play. The color was asking do you know
now most of the singers from my
background they don't know all these
allegian stuff and they would have to
start learning it
>> right
>> and I had this advantage I knew I know
most of these songs and and it came it
came well into use that uh I already
knew it
>> that's a great analysis I like that a
lot
and not too abstract not as abstract as
I would think that's a good analysis I
like that younger with us live via
telephone. All right, so we're talking
about weddings. And by the way, one
other thing about the whole more modern,
you know, experience.
You're putting in a lot of work. You
know, at a at a wedding, your
participation as a lead singer might be
just a few minutes, but you know, at our
type of weddings, you could be doing
this for 20 25 minutes up there total.
>> Yep. Yeah,
>> it's much much harder work. Much harder
work.
>> It's it's harder work not just because
it's longer because the people are
actually listening even
they say
>> we want you to do the
>> right
>> like it's not a big deal. The friends
are not there. It's just the close
family and even the close family that
don't even necessarily come out to the
ceremony. They just stay in their seats
and they just go through the motions.
It's not a big deal.
>> Good point. A good point. You're you're
the one who's in the back of the room
watching everybody go out to speak on
their cell phones during the schmoly
over with us live via telephone. All
right. So what's happened over the last
seven nights? You had Sunday through
Thursday last week after Nakamu. There's
already been Sunday and Monday this week
where people can make where people can
have weddings. Has it been an active
season so far post tishabove or not?
It has been an active season, but
surprisingly I only did one wedding
since. I've done many camps. There's a
lot of camps on my schedule,
>> right?
>> And the wedding Yeah, I did one wedding
on Thursday and uh my next wedding is is
next week actually.
>> And what's the camp schedule like? You
you travel up every single time or you
stay up there for a couple of days? Like
how do you handle it?
No, no. I travel up every single time
and not all the camps are in the
mountains in New York. A lot of them, a
lot of them are like in a different
place in upstate. So in Pennsylvania,
there was a camp. So yeah, I travel a
lot. I like to drive. I enjoy driving. I
listen to a podcast and drive up.
>> Yeah, you're listening to the Malcolm
Seagull Network as you drive up to camp.
So what the um what what what's going on
this summer? Because camps are always a
good indication of what songs are hot
out there. So obviously you go to a
camp, you have to sing Makabra. I get
that. But what else has been in great
demand this summer?
>> This summer in great demand is Hasheo by
Hannand Nari.
>> Yeah,
>> I'm sure you know it. You play it a lot
on the radio.
>> Of course. That's a good one. Wow.
>> And that's
>> all the camps are requesting it. So you
have if you if you're at a camp this
summer, you must include that in the
show.
>> Absolutely. I even did a joke and and
like before we started the kumzit, I
asked the kids, I said, "So I've been
told that we must do a song. You guys
know Hasheno." And everybody says,
"Yeah, yeah." And I started doing hashu.
And they said, "Boo."
>> Very good. Starting up with the starting
up with the audience. I like that.
>> You got to always mix it up. You got to
mix it up. And the the camps are are are
way easier than weddings because the
camps the the energy is already there.
All you have to do is just like light
the match and the place just blows up
>> and they're and they're all singing with
you, right? They're all singing with
you.
>> Singing and dancing, asking for selfies
and it's it's everything.
>> Any of these any of these camp shows go
really late like midnight 1:00? Like any
any of them really go deep into the
night or not?
>> No. No. No. Hey, thank God. Huh? Thank
God. And what about Mat Shabas? Have you
been Did you do anything Matz Shabas
Nakamu? You have anything Matz Shabas
coming up? Because those can be really
late nights.
>> Yeah. Yeah. So Matz Shabas does go late,
but on a regular week they they they try
to finish let's say at 11 12 La Shishi
they can go later than usual, right?
>> On a on a regular night they finish up
like say I did a camp this week camp aim
and we were done by 10:45. They had to
go. They had to go dive them out of and
then so by 11:00 it was done. It was
there with me and Joey Newcom and of
Rosenfeld. We had a great time.
>> Oh, that must have been
>> that must have been a great show.
>> It really was. You know, Joey Joey comes
in with his energy. How are you over
there? And
>> yeah,
>> it's sometimes difficult to match his
energy right there on the spot. You
know, you got to build it up.
>> I got to figure out a way. Where are
you? You're in Rockland County, right?
>> Yes. I got I got to figure out a way to
do a morning show where you and Joey
Nukem perform live.
>> Maybe we'll come to Muny one morning.
I'm telling you, it's I mean the energy,
you know, thank God I got a lot of early
morning energy, but you're among the few
artists that also has it. Mo most of you
guys, you know, could can perform late
at night but have difficulty early in
the morning, but it seems you're always
on. It seems he's always on. It seems it
seems like there's there's always great
energy. Where were you Nakamu? Were you
up in Muny area for Nakamu?
>> Yeah.
I was I was here in Moni with
no thera are from Mon but the bungalow
con is in the mountains harmony you know
harmony hills
>> right good
is more is more by the
they celebrate but
not so much like camps I can't remember
when I did a campus
camp the lit
They go they go nuts. Shabasm is a big
big deal for them.
>> And the go to the
>> they go to the volleyball court, right?
>> They they party every night. It doesn't
have to be much.
>> I remember I remember last summer I
visited somebody in a sapmer bungalow
colony and I saw this volleyball court
and I said, "Vleyball?" Said, "Yeah, ma
shabas? Are you kidding? You know how
you know how popular volleyball is here?
Much of Shabas? I guess." Hey.
>> Yeah.
>> That's something I can't relate to.
We're more into the music shop younger
is with us live via telephone. All
right. Why did we bring you on? Cuz I
had this whole discussion. It was more
of a monologue on the air about your
brand new song. I of course saw the word
and and I related it to what I am used
to. It's h o r o v a. So I said, "Oh, he
wrote a song about the about the old
city in Urusam, Harova, right? The
Jewish quarter." But then, but then
everybody jumped all over me and then
finally you gave me the final word on
this song. It has nothing to do with
you. It's actually a Yiddish expression.
Explain what it's all about.
>> So, I want to ask you a question
afterwards. Yeah. So, the the word is
hor
>> Did I do that right? Horv.
>> That's the word in Yiddish. And the
meaning of it is is
how do you say in Yiddish?
>> Uh so you're right. Oh, how do you say
it in Yiddish? So you're saying it's
hor. I thought I thought you were asking
me how to translate it.
>> How would we translate it?
>> Oh translate it in Yiddish.
>> I know how I would translate it.
Alangon.
>> Is that right?
>> Alang would be the same or
>> Yes, it can be. But hor
would be the right definition of it.
Amato.
But I I want to understand how did you
get to Harova?
>> Cuz it says there was when I got the
song when I got the song delivered to
me,
>> it was spelled H O R O V A.
>> So the that's how we spell it,
>> right? So my my default was, oh, it must
be about Harova. It must be about, you
know, rova means quarter. and the Rova.
We referred to the Jewish quarter as the
Roa. So I said, "Ah, Harroa." He He has
a song about the Jewish quarter. But boy
was I wrong.
>> I hear you. Maybe we should have spelled
it differently, but I I I I need to
understand how do you get It's H O R O.
O has the same sound. If you're going to
say harov,
>> right? Because
>> no, it would be an A. Harova. H A R O V
A. However, I am so used to people who
are not very familiar with the English
language or at least not as familiar as
I am. I'm so used to the misspellings
that I just assumed that it's misspelled
that they that they didn't that they
didn't spell it right as they were
translating into English. That's all.
It's as simple as that. I hear you.
>> Anyway, the bottom line is the song is
supposed to inspire people to really get
into Torah study. Correct.
>> Yes. To really start learning Tory and
make make
every day. I try to learn every day. Do
you do you have a she every day?
>> Well, I don't have a shear, but I try my
best to uh you know, keep up with a
regular schedule. Let's put it that way.
>> I know. I know. It's really hard. So
there's this individual, he lives in
Chicago, Illinois. His name is Shi
Liman.
>> Yeah.
>> And he and he he's on this mission to
get the word out to just learn Toyota.
Just learn Toyota.
>> So what? See, he's the one who composed
the song.
>> He doesn't compose it, but he produced
it. He funded it and he was on top of
it. The composer was Yity Bold. Yity
Bold composed part of it.
>> Very nice.
>> Yes. Yes. Y Bold. And he also did the
other song. This is the second song
already from this just learn to
production. The first one was a song
just to
>> That's your song and we played it and
now I see why you're on this mission.
You're basically now a partner with
somebody who really wants to make a real
mission out of this.
>> Yes, something like it. So he's
producing the music. I'm singing the
track and I'm singing it with the boys
and trying to get the word out. I have a
concert in Khifa next week in Israel and
and and the boys are even before the
song came out they were told that
there's coming a song for the summer and
they needed it before the three weeks so
they should learn it because when I come
for the concert they must sing it along
with me.
>> Wow.
>> So singing it with a
>> Oh, that's what you mean by that's what
you mean by the boys. You're singing for
a group of kids.
>> Exactly. and and and it's not it's not
just singing the song and and spreading
the message but actually practicing it
with the boys and I say
and they answer
and I say again yeah so like it's uh
it's exciting and hopefully we'll make a
kisham with this song and and folks will
start learning more I mean myself
included
>> did Yity write the other one also
>> yes bold wrote the first one Jollaner
and he wrote this on hot. It wasn't a
collaboration together with Nafali
Schnitzler, Yankeish Stein, Leiper
Braun, and Heshi Wineer, but Yity Bolt
came up with a concept and it it's it's
it's his composition.
>> Lot of big names on that list. Lot of
big names in the world of composing on
that list. Very nice.
>> Um, so all right, so we're going to play
this song, let everybody hear it. Maybe
we'll do the other one as well because
this way people will get the idea of
what's going on here with your campaign
so to speak
>> to get everybody
>> to get everybody to learn more and more
Torah. Schmill younger is with us live
via telephone. He's got the brand new
music for us here at JM in the A.M. It
is in fact called Horova if I have that
pronounced properly. Yes. And here here
it is for you at JM in the AM.
Toyota.
Knock
knock.
to
heart.
In harder
knocker
in harder
for for you.
Work for you.
I got to work for you.
Knocking
found
there
in
harder
knocker
and hearts
in harder and harder.
JM in the AM. It's brand new from
younger. Horva
getting more and more especially of the
youth in our community
to learn more and more Torah. What do
you think of the uh tempo on that? What
do you what do you think of the beat on
that? very 2026. What did you say?
>> Yeah, it's a higher energy. I think the
the tempo is 128. That's the disco. But
Shi, the producer of this track, he said
that this time around we got to go for a
beat song and uh we got to bring the
energy to it. Although the the the the
the slower song also made waves and
people were connecting to it.
>> Yeah, it's true.
>> But he says we got to bring the we got
to bring the labor digest stuff. So we
sat down, we did something labored. Did
I see on social media somewhere where
you were doing the song with a group of
kids where they were responding to the
hor? Didn't I see that somewhere? Am I
crazy? I thought I saw
>> No, no, you did see it.
>> Yeah. Where was that?
>> Sure. Yes.
>> Where was that?
>> That was maybe either in camp aim or it
was in camp uh uh what's it called?
Aliyah. Like I like I said. So I go it
over with the boys and I say
and they have to repeat.
So yeah, you heard of 246, I'm sure, of
the streaming app.
>> We're with we're with them. We're with
them on 246
>> of you with them. 246 is has taken the
world by storm. I remember in the
beginning stages they didn't know what
what they were doing. But now it's it's
it's taken off and all all the camps
have these devices and they listen to
the music and when I go to weddings, the
boys come up and they say, "Let's do a
video for 24." And basically what you do
is you ask the boys like a selfie video
guys where do you listen to you? What's
your favorite platform? And all the boys
say 246. And I send it to to Kim Weiss
and he puts it up on 246 and the boys
see it and all the boys want to get on.
And so when whenever they see different
singers they say put us on on 246. So it
it it it's it's starting to become very
boring again and again. Where do you
listen to music 246? Yay. We got to come
up with something. We got to be more
creative. So this week I said, "You know
what? Let's do all of it together." And
this is what we're going to put up on
246. So we did a video of uh of me
practicing it with the campers and I
sent it to Kim Wise and it was really
excited and he put it up there. So it's
like a competition. All the boys want to
see themselves. Even after I did the
video, different boys came, we got to do
the video for 24. And I told them, "We
already did it. No, we got to do another
one because I'm not in it." So,
everybody wants to be in the video.
>> Boy, you've start You've started a new
trend, it seems. Wow.
>> When are you leaving for Kyifa?
>> Mamm the 9th. Next week, Sunday.
>> There you go. You'll be in Israel. We
need more and more people to visit
Israel.
>> It's empty from American American Jews
are not going to Israel right now.
>> We need more and more people to go.
>> Well, that it's it's more expensive
times, frankly. But yeah.
Yeah.
>> Uh, it's, you know, it's it's it's
difficult. How long you going to be
there?
>> I'm going to be there for a week. I got
to be back on the on Monday. The next
one I have a wedding. So, I got to be
back.
>> Any other shows?
>> For seven, eight days.
>> Any other shows or just Kyifa?
>> Yes. Yes. I have some other shows. I'm
going to do a show with Napali Kemper.
>> I have a different show with uh with
Motty Weiss. I I I have a manager in
Israel, so he runs all the bookings and
all the schedules. It's easier for me
that way. Nice.
>> I'm I'm not I don't know everything
beforehand. Yeah,
>> there you go.
You at the top at the top of the Jewish
music world. What does it look like from
the top of that mountain? How do things
look from there?
>> It's pretty lonely. It's pretty lonely,
you know. I'll tell you.
>> Lonely at the top. I like that.
>> It is lonely. Yeah.
>> Well, you know,
>> well, it's nice. It's me.
>> You don't mean that.
I what do you mean I don't mean it? It's
true. It's true. The the the truth is
that all my life when I started singing,
everybody wants to be the the number one
the number two singer up there. And you
never reach it, right?
>> As as soon as you become a a popular
wedding singer, you want to be like and
then when you reach you want to bear and
then when you want to be a Golan and
then it goes to the Goa artist. The the
the ceiling continuously goes up and up.
I remember when I first checked in on
Spotify and I saw I have 50,000 monthly
listeners, I got so excited, but then I
went and I looked at other singers and I
see this guy has 450,000.
I'm just now only covering the bottom of
the barrel and we have to get started.
So the point is that you always want to
reach higher and higher but when you are
there up high it's hard to relate to the
other singers and you want to be nice
and you you don't want to be about it's
it's it's it has its own challenges to
say that.
>> I love the honesty of your assessment. I
love it. Wow. Very interesting.
>> Yeah.
>> Very interesting.
>> Can I throw you a cur a curveball over
here now? I'm on the air. I didn't
discuss it with you before, but I I
think it's very important. But I want to
know, have you ever heard of Bitcoin?
>> Yeah, of course.
>> What did you hear about Bitcoin? Maham,
>> what have I heard about it? What do you
mean? What have I heard about it?
>> You heard of Bitcoin? What is it? Is it
some kind of exercise? Is it some kind
of new sport? What is Bitcoin?
>> It is a cryptocurrency.
>> Very good. Is the cryptocurrency?
Anyway, for all the listeners on on jam
in the AM, now you have the information.
Bitcoin is something very very important
and it's not always going to be
available to purchase. So, you got to
look into it. Look, this is a public
service announcement for your listeners.
A special special message,
>> I'm trying to figure out I'm trying to
figure out where this comes from.
>> Why is you Why is Schmunger encouraging
people to buy up whatever Bitcoin they
can? Mhm.
>> So again, I didn't say now buy. I said
to study it, look into it. That's why I
said I never tell people to buy it
because that's a bigger responsibility
and I'm not a financial advisor. But
this Bitcoin, I'm telling you, in 20
years from now, your grandkids are going
to ask you, Nahim, what did you buy in
2025 and 2026 and 2027? This is such a
big revolution that if I don't talk
about it, I'm going to I'm going to beat
myself up in 2020. But are you are you
somebody who studies markets? Are you
somebody who's very I don't know into
business? Like what?
>> No, no, no. I'm I'm in the singing
business. And I stumbled upon this
Bitcoin thing and I studied it. I didn't
just look into it for five minutes and
read a few headlines
>> because because you know if I wanted to
buy one Bitcoin today, it would cost me
$64,000.
>> That is correct. But to say that is like
saying I'm not buying gold because one
ton of gold is 250,000.
>> Right?
>> So you don't have to buy a full ton of
gold. You buy an ounce or a gram. The
same as with Bitcoin. You buy for $1
worth for $5 worth. It's divisible. It's
it's something so revolutionary. And
that's why it's profoundly
misunderstood. But we are the we are
supposed to be the smartest people on
planet Earth. And we must figure this
out before the rest of the world does
because once that door is closed, you're
going to be working for Bitcoin. Your
grandkids are not going to believe you
that you will one day able to buy it
with US dollars or with Argentinian
pesos or with the Russian ruble. Folks
would take these Russian rubles and the
Chinese yen and they would sell you
Bitcoin. They're not going to believe
you, but this is where we're standing
now.
>> All right. I I I'm I'm not uh I have no
I have no skin in this game. This was
completely uh brought up by Schmooler as
a as he says as a curveball. So I'm not
offering any advice to anybody and
certainly no financial guidance. But
he's not doing that either. He's simply
saying that he suggests that everyone
study it as best as possible. Look into
it. Look into it.
>> Correct. Exactly. You're always going to
have that uncle say it's a scam. It's
the CIA. GET PAST ALL OF THAT. PLEASE,
PLEASE, please don't let it discourage
you. Dig deeper. Go down.
>> Is it always Is it always an uncle that
does that? It's never anybody else. It's
always an uncle.
>> It's always the uncle. It's Yeah, it's
that kind of guy saying thinking they're
smarter than everybody and just poo
pooing it and saying it's a scam and
it's it's like an internet bubble blah
blah blah.
>> Have you been Have you been
>> Yeah.
Go ahead. It's like it's the first thing
people ask and it's the easiest it's the
easiest to to to move past. Meaning if
you're not going to look into it, it's
very easy to say this is going nowhere
and it's just a scam and then buy real
estate, something you can hold and
something you can smell. That's the
first uh like hurdle the word is. If you
you gotta jump that past you got to look
into a little deeper, you know, practice
the aman part. Don't just get
discouraged because they say it's an
internet scam. Look into it. Don't be a
>> We brought you on to discuss Horova and
learning Torah. And look what ended up
happening. An analysis of
cryptocurrency.
Fascinating. Just fascinating. Hey, we
got to put this together. We got to do a
live show one morning with you and Joey
Nukem. How do we do that? Can we come to
Muny? You have a space. You have a space
for us to broadcast from my
>> Well, if Joey will be available. I know
in the morning time he has his shamm and
he has his What city is he in? Do you
know?
>> I think he lives in in the five towns.
You have the names of the five towns.
I'll I'll tell you which one it is.
>> Cedarhurst, Woodmir, Ullet, Inwood. Yes,
>> I think. No, no, that's one it is. See,
I think he lives in Cedarhurst.
>> I don't know. Maybe we could put it
together one day. Um, what's the what's
the most recent kosher restaurant you've
been to?
>> Uh, the recent kosher restaurant I've
been to, NOBO. Nobo's Wine and Grill
recently opened up again. His name is
Jason.
>> Yeah. Right here in Tene, New Jersey.
Right.
>> In Tene. Yeah. He co closed him down. He
was closed like for 5 years and he
opened up again like a half a year ago.
It's really really good. You know what
he makes really good? The soup. His soup
is excellent.
>> I've had that. It's fantastic.
>> So there you go. That's where that's
where you has been most recently. But I
Well, we've covered everything this
morning. We covered some music. We
covered the wedding scene. We covered
crypto. We covered kosher eeries. We
covered the geography. We covered the
geography. the geography of trying to
find Joey Nukem. We covered everything.
It's amazing.
>> And
Kavayto
make every day.
>> This is your campaign. Are there places
in Muny to find a There are in my right
>> there's a lot of I have a I have a mag.
You can laugh. I I call him every day.
He was my mag when I was 14 years old.
His name is D. He lives in Monroe. I
call him every day after 12 between 12
and 8. Then we learn for 10 minutes.
It's one of my mini sham I have.
>> Wow. But you you grew up in Monroe.
>> Yes. I grew up in Kir in Monroe.
>> And you heard of Nalam Seagull?
>> Yes, I heard of Nakam Seagull. Like I
said, my mother grew up in Australia. So
she didn't speak any Yiddish. So she
tuned in to jam in the A.M. every
morning from 6:00 to 9:00. That's when
it that's when it goes. And I would wake
up and that's what we would listen to.
>> All right. So, I'm not I'm not trying to
be insulting. I'm just curious. Those of
us outside of your community are under
the impression that that it's uh that
you're breaking the rules if you have a
regular conventional radio. Is that is
that accurate or not?
>> Uh define breaking the rules.
>> Well, that if they if they if they find
out that Schmool Younger's family
listens to a regular radio, Schmool
Younger is never getting married.
No, it's not that extreme.
It's they would they would consider it
openminded. They would consider it, you
know, in that area. Not they're not
going to not do a with me.
>> What if you had the New York Times
delivered to your house?
>> Yeah, that that that probably is a
little bit worse.
>> Did you know anybody did you know
anybody who got a secular newspaper in
their home or that didn't exist?
The most secular was the Hammedia.
>> That was it. It had to be a Jewish
maybe.
>> Oh, really? Yod made it its way in
there.
>> In the Galilas of Monroe, not in Monroe,
like in the outskirts, Seven Springs and
Mountain View, those places.
>> Um, have like a special mailbox.
>> By the way, you're the guy I have to
discuss this with. I know we're way over
time. If you have to go, let me know.
Uh, you're the guy I need to discuss
this with. on
Pesak.
I I've for whatever reason I was in
Monroe for Shakris and Musaf. It was
Pesak.
>> And I went to the first minion
in that not in the main, not the big
shel with the 12 different shel. You
know what I'm talking about?
>> Yeah. The Polish. Where did you go?
>> You know what street is that? What's the
name of that street?
>> Garfield. Garfield road. So on Garfield,
if you're heading up, the big shul that
I just described is on the left. I went
to the one on the right,
>> you know, like a little bit up the hill
on the right. You you know which one I'm
talking about.
>> That's that's a live sh. Yes. Uh there's
two kinds of there's and there's live.
>> So the the one on the one on the left
had no communion and the one on the
right did. So I went to that one.
>> I don't know which side of Garfield
you're coming. If you're coming from the
right side, then you're referring to the
left. So I you know I don't know which
one.
>> Well, one second. One of the sh is is on
more of an incline. One of the shooles
is higher up, right? Isn't one of the
shors higher up than the other in terms
of just the topography? No.
>> No. No. Garfield is a straight is
>> one of the sh has a parking lot. The
other one doesn't.
>> All right. So the one with the parking
lot is the big sh from But you didn't go
there.
>> Yes. Yes. No. I went to the one with the
parking lot. I go to the one with the
parking lot. Okay. Because the one the
other one the one across the street did
not have I went to the one across the
street but it didn't have a it didn't
have a minionoid.
>> So I went to the one across the street
and the meaning the one with the parking
lot and I walk in and I'm and I am like
you know I I'm obviously
I'm people can tell I'm not from Monroe.
Okay.
>> Who gave it away?
I mean I was wearing I was wearing a
respectable shirt but no jacket and uh I
mean I'm not wearing till we don't wear
tilly but uh you know and I have a nice
talis I was wearing my talis but it was
obvious that you know all right anyway
>> and and they were nice to you I'm sure
they were nice to you
>> but here's my point this is why I'm
bringing this up I couldn't believe it I
have in my shirt pocket as I'm standing
there I have my iPhone not I'm not not
not Dafka. I'm not being a dafa nick. I
just, you know, my iPhone is in my shirt
pocket. I couldn't believe they gave me
Ley. I could not believe they gave a guy
who, you know, likely did not go to
Mikvah that morning and likely and
certainly and is holding a phone, a
smartphone, not holding, but it's in my
pocket. It's obvious it's in my pocket.
And they gave me Levy. I couldn't
believe. I was I was thrilled that they
that they didn't have, you know, one of
these rules that someone like me
couldn't get an Aaliyah there.
Listen, if you would be a su, this would
be an interesting story. You're a livey,
so there's most of the time there's like
a shortage of levium.
>> Was there another ley in sh you're
asking? I didn't think of that.
>> Yes.
>> So I may have been the only I may have
been the only ley you're saying.
>> Yes. You were the only guy holding up
his hand with an iPhone in their pocket
saying I'm a livey. So they were kind of
stuck with you. Watch what I will tell
you Nakam that I think you have a little
bit of a a negative blick look on this.
We we unfortunately all OF US HAVE
IPHONES.
>> NO, NO, I don't look at it negative. I
thought it's a rule like for them it's a
legitimate rule and I thought it was a
rule. I wasn't going to complain. I I I
didn't have a negative outlook. This is
what they do. If this is their policy,
it's their policy. I was surprised that
that if it is their policy, they went
against it. And if it's not their
policy,
>> so
>> it should be saying, "But there's no
policy. There's no policy of uh if you
have your phone in your pocket, if you
take it out and you start taking
pictures and be
>> No, that that I know. But if they know
that, look, I was always told that if
someone has a if someone owns a
smartphone, tell me if I'm right or
wrong. Maybe this is also not true. If
someone owns a smartphone, they can't be
an aid at a wedding. Is that true or
not?
>> It's It's extreme. It's extreme
places.
>> So, it's only a select few. It's only a
select few.
>> Yeah. And even the select few, I don't
know how how how much they enforce these
rules. You know, you can't exclude
yourself from societ.
>> So, we only hear the crazy stories. We
just hear the crazy stories.
>> Yes. You pick up the the the juicy ones.
>> So, this guy who gave me Ley uh what?
Oh, here's what they do. Here's what
they do. Here's how this happened. I
think you're right. I think you're
right. I must have been the only Ley
because they sell the alias.
>> Yes.
>> And and um they started the bidding for
Ley at $5 and nobody bid. I wasn't going
to bid because I didn't know if they'd
give me an alias. I didn't I didn't bid.
And then when he saw that nobody was
buying it, he came over to me. Are you a
Ley? Okay. So maybe I was the only Ley.
So I went to the Gabby.
>> There you go. So I went to the gabaya
after dvening and I said, you know, I'd
like to give you $5, you know, as a
donation because, you know, legitimately
you normally, you know, raffle off or
or, you know, auction off the alias and
I'd like to give you $5 for the shul.
And he was very thankful. He thought
that was very nice gesture because
obviously they were stuck. They needed a
ley. So he thought it was a nice
gesture. And then he says to me, you
know, it would be very nice if you came
to Davin and this minion every morning.
>> Oh.
>> And I was like, wow, that's that's a
very nice thing to say. Like, you know,
I was I was like like such a w and I
said to you know what I said to him? I
said to him I said to him, "Well,
honestly, I'm much much closer to the
Sautmer based medish in Williamsburg.
I'm Monroe.
>> I am to Monroe. And he laughed at, you
know, when I told him I'm living, you
know, right across the river from
Williamsburg. So, he laughed. But, uh,
but yeah, wasn't that nice? And I was,
that was my nice pesak encounter with
your brethren in Monroe.
>> Very nice. How was it when you went up
to the cafer Torah instead of saying,
you said,
>> it's very funny. I'll tell you that
whole thing is always funny, you know,
when you're but you know I mean I you
want to know something especially that
minion. I think they're very used to it
because I got the feeling that a lot of
guys who aren't but need an early
morning minion go there. In fact, I had
a friend I had a friend who lived in
Monroe also pronouncing the words
properly. I had a friend who lived in
Monroe but but not in the but not in the
kidic area. and he'd go every morning to
an early morning menu. So, I'm sure
they're used to it, welcoming, you know,
all different types of people to uh, you
know, to their minions.
>> 100%. 100%. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
>> So, there you go. What's
>> you will rarely you will rarely find
modern litish people doing in the
minunum like 11, 12, 1:00. Those minunum
are primarily.
>> Correct.
>> You were going to say something.
>> The new the noon chakras has never met a
modern person. Correct.
>> That's right. Yes, you can be sure of
that.
>> What street did you grow up on in
Monroe?
>> Um, in the early when I until Kit Vuv, I
was on Skonam Road. You the Bim is on
Skonamunk Road. You heard of Skonam?
>> No.
>> Yeah. Skull Monk. It's really hard to
spell. S C H. Oh, it's a long name. So,
until Kavu, until I was 10 years old by
911, I lived on Skullamank. And then I
moved to Israel. Jupik is Jupik
used to be a big millionaire. He gave a
lot of money for the Sakura. So they
named the street after him like get
we have a lot of names after um um you
know philanthropists who who donated uh
for the community.
>> The name is how did he make his money?
>> How is Shiru Zupek made his money? I
don't know. Not from Bitcoin.
No, he never listened to JM and the AM.
He never heard about it.
>> That's right. No, but Bitcoin has
started in in 2009. It's only 17 years
old. It's a very young asset class.
>> Well, what do you think? He You think he
made it in real estate? Like, what do
you think? You're just assuming so?
>> I have no idea. I never I I don't know.
I don't know.
There's a lot of millionaires.
>> I know. When you when you grew up, the
millionaires in Monroe were were mostly
in real estate or many of them were
manufacturers. Like what what line of
work were they in?
>> Real estate, I would say, building,
contracting, developers, roofers,
doing construction. Those were the I
don't know millionaires, but they had
the nice fancy cars and in the shield
they had Zois Nidvas, you know,
Shambron, those kinds of guys. You see
what's going on now on You see what's
going on now on Route 17?
>> The uh the
>> No, I haven't seen the construction by
the side of the road.
>> There's a lot of new units going up
there. A lot of new units.
>> Yes. Yep.
>> I mean, it's getting bigger and bigger.
>> The area between Monroe and Chester.
>> Yeah. It's being filled up. It's going
crazy.
>> I mean, those units are up and they're
not they're not even occupied yet.
>> Yeah, they're building it. They're
building it. you know, we have a lot of
children, you know, they're showing
Hitler who is boss in the end and we're
just, you know, keep on multiplying.
>> 100%. Yeah. Well, that part I certainly
agree with. I just I I feel bad because
it's it's hard to maintain an
infrastructure of a community like that.
It's very difficult. It's very
>> well he has that I think I think the the
heum lately he gave a big speech
regarding the prices of these units of
these apartments and he's he he's he's
capping them at a certain amount and
he's telling these contractors that they
will not be allowed to sell uh to to to
sell these apartments for more than a
certain amount of money. He's trying to
help the community as much as possible
financially wise.
>> Wow. What a what a respons what a
responsibility. I would I wouldn't want
to
>> have the weight that's on his shoulders.
Tell you that much.
>> Yeah.
>> What a responsibility to try to continue
a community like that. Unbelievable. You
have any estimate how many people live
in Monroe? You have any clue what the
number is?
>> Well, when I was growing up, they they
kept on throwing around the number that
we have 2,000 families. 2,000 families.
I would I would assume by now it's
probably between maybe 10 and 15,000
families already.
>> Wow.
Wow.
And
>> you can see by the lag boy fire every
year the lag boy fire when makes the
fire like in front of that big sh where
you're dab viking the whole parking lot
all the steps everything is just black
black full of uh participants seeing the
the big barnfire but that's when you can
get a little bit of a glimpse of how big
it has become
>> so I got to visit on log bulmer
>> you can visit on lo bomer yes I can't
promise you on aliyah Yeah, but you can
go visit it.
>> Well, if I visit Log Bulmer, I'll I'll
I'll make one stop before that. You know
where I'm going to be stopping before I
go up there for Log Bulmer?
>> Where would you go? To the Smaru.
>> No, at the kosher gas station.
Do you know
>> make a stop at the
>> Do you know the kosher gas station in
Monroe?
>> I do. I do. Yeah. You excited about
that? Yeah. Chulin. That's what
>> I mean. A kosher gas station. I
shouldn't be excited. I mean, come on.
How
>> I take it for granted already.
>> I was just going to say this is this is
terrible to hear your reaction. I think
it's the most I think it's the most
unbelievable thing out there. Kosher gas
station.
>> You know, you're probably right. Yes.
Yes, it is. It is a phenomenon. Yeah.
>> Nothing flesh, right? Even the chant is
part of correct. Every
>> Yes. Everything is part of over there.
>> Do you know the guys who own that?
>> No. Maybe on his face. I maybe I was
once told who owns it, but I don't know
them personally.
>> And you never had friends who work there
or anything like that.
>> No, no, no. I mean, the people know me,
>> right? That's true. You walk in, I'm
sure they know you over there.
>> Yeah. I go in and they say, "Oh, what
can we give you and how what are you
doing here?" And it's so nice to see you
and all those. Yeah.
>> That's the guy I got to interview. I got
to interview the guy who works at that
Kosha gas station.
>> He knew who you are. He he heard about
Jame and everything.
I I walked in. Nobody knows who I am
over there. Are you kidding?
>> Nobody has a clue.
>> Yeah, I went to Shul. I was actually
able to do it. It was great.
I'm kidding around. Of course. I d Thank
God I'm able to dive in no matter where
I go. But I'm just saying that. Yeah, I
was completely incognito.
All they saw was one tall Jew. That was
it. One one They make They They make
Jews this tall. That was the look I got.
They make Jews that tall. Wow.
>> Yeah. You see,
>> although I was when I was in Shul there,
there were a couple of really tall you
should know. Guys my height.
>> So, they make them tall up there as
well.
>> Maybe I just saw on the news there's
like a 7 foot police officer just got uh
what's what's the word? Uh not
inaugurated, but like he just took his
vows and he became a police officer.
Like a seven foot 7 foot one like a
really tall guy.
>> That's intimidating. in the news.
>> That's intimidating.
>> Mhm.
>> There you go. Well, there he is.
Schmolyger with a whole host of topics
today. My gosh, I could go on forever
with you. There's so much to talk about.
We haven't even touched the Saturn
community in Williamsburg. We haven't
said a word about them yet. We've been
constant.
>> It's the same as Monroe. IT'S THE SAME
AS MONRO.
>> WHOA. HANG. ARE you Are you taking your
life in your hands? If the wrong people
hear you say that, YOU'RE FINISHED.
I'M NOT I'm not worried. I'm not
worried. The wrong people listening in
here.
>> If someone asks you what kind of you
are, you still say Satmer, right?
>> Yes. I say Satma because they see my
payers. They see my whole vish. I say
Satma because I am still at my core. I
still have all these Satmer values. Not
so much for the Medina Satar. They
didn't like Israel.
>> I never connected. I never connected to
that part. I love Israel. I love the
coil. I love I love everything about it.
So, so even you know the clientele that
I sing for many weddings that I I I see
you over there the ask me to do the
Misha and the
>> right
>> and you know that's a really big no no
that's like mish supporting the medina
and supporting the and supporting the
everything the shulas but I asked I
asked Marabayam and he told me fora go
ahead do what you got to do for pan
>> yeah but even not for perosa you have no
problem doing it it's not like You're
uncomfortable doing it.
>> Right. Right. Right. It's a difficult
song. It was difficult for me to learn,
but now I finally learned it.
>> Yeah. That is a tough song.
>> Until I didn't learn it. Until I didn't
learn it, I was telling them, listen,
I'm sat. It doesn't make any sense.
>> But once I learned it, I I I don't have
a problem.
>> Does Dascal do it? I think Dascal does
it. No, I think so.
>> I don't know. Dascal is not sat. Dascal
is Vishnet. So, Vishnet is completely
different when it comes to the Medina
and Israel. Yeah. Yeah. That's
>> good point. That's great.
Oh, there you go. And where do you dive
in Shabas? Like, are you in a real soul
in Muny or you're in a different type of
sh?
>> No. No. I'm in a sh over here and and
and and by the corner of my street is
called the Vash Dad.
The barn shul. The Vash. The barn shul.
>> What does that mean? The barn shul.
>> It's it started out in co. It's a big
billionaire who has his complex and he
has a lot of different uh like units in
his in his uh like five acres. He has a
a mikvah and he has a guest house and
one of the houses was like a I don't
know what it was but in co he started
making minunum there and it became
bigger and bigger and now even after co
it remains to be a shul and they call it
the barn shul because it's like in a
barn. How many people come?
>> Oh, I it's only open on Shabas and
Shabas we have there maybe 100 people
already
>> and it's regular or someish taste to it.
>> It's it's it's it's it's a it's a good
question. You know, it's
based after doubling there's a big big
kiddish and galera and herring. But the
oil there is like maybe 5050.
>> Oh, but it's not Ashkanaz. It's probably
no. No.
Yes, it's Niskard. It's Nisfar, but the
Balco the bala there has your your hava
like it's not it's not like uh Yeah.
Yeah.
>> That's great. And uh and what did you
say? You said Gala. What? Gala.
>> Galereta. You never heard of gala.
>> Oh, so that's pa, right? Pa.
Is that
>> Yeah, I guess it's pa, right?
>> Some people call it pa. Pa, I guess. So,
so that's you ever had pa?
>> When when I am served pa
um at any point in my life, I I this
this proves to myself that I am that
sometimes I could outsmart other people.
Whenever I'm served pcha, I tell the
hostess that I'm allergic to pa.
That's how afraid I am. Cuz if you say
you don't want it, they'll go like, "Oh,
try it. It's so delicious. It's
incredible." But if you say you're
allergic, they take it away from you.
Like, oh, I don't want I don't want to
cause it. So, I am officially
unofficially allergic to pcha. And
>> gala is pa, right?
>> Yeah. Pay I I call it p not pcha. But p
is a different mah. P is like kala
dipped in the sauce of chulant added on
lemon juice, sugar, and garlic. That's
Oh, so this is No, this is totally
different. I'm talking about like a
jelly. Like there's a jelly type.
>> Yeah, that's we call it gala. Gala
gal.
>> And you like And you like it?
>> Oh, I love it. It gives me a reoic
shabas. You know how they make it? They
make it with water and kneebones. And
the kneebones give out all the fat when
it's cooking. And then when after
cooking for a few hours, they get rid of
the knee bones and they take all the fat
and the meat from the knee bones and
they ground it up and they mix it up
with the water and the water is so fatty
because of the cooking the knee bones
that it becomes a gel and they add some
some garlic and oil and it's a really
shabas. It really gives you and shabas
hold on one second. Uh cancel my
breakfast delivery folks. Yeah, cancel
the breakfast delivery. I can't eat
after what he just said.
That's all it takes. Nah. Come on.
>> Wow. I can't believe you enjoy it that
much. Woo. I cannot enjoy it. But you
remind me when you tell the the the the
people serving you the gala that you're
allergic. I have this relationship with
alcohol. I don't like alcohol and I
don't like wine. I don't like whiskey
and bourbon and scotch. I I I can't
drink it. And there's always these kinds
of happy people, especially on the
program Spice. They come to you with a
special glass of wine. Shmilly, you must
taste this and this. And that's when I
always say I've been sober now for 10
years.
>> Oh, is that funny? So, what do you make
kesh on?
>> Grape juice.
>> Since you're a kid?
>> Since Since I'm a kid? Yeah. My my
father passed away when I was 14. So, I
started making kdish for my mother and
family when I was 14. And then that's
what I drink, grape juice. And I always
tell people I drink the grape juice and
I make like with my tongue and I say,
"Wow, this is very fruity." Goes down
smooth.
I the language I can I can mix it in the
in the kiddish cup and smell it. I can
do all the rituals with wine. I just
like it. That's all. You know,
>> you're a real You're a real connoisseur.
You're a grape juice connoisseur.
Unbelievable. Wow. What we're learning
about this morning is amazing. Just
incredible. Um, yeah. So, I have the
picha and the two other things that I do
the allergic thing for is olives and uh
and grapefruit.
>> Olives and grapefruit. Olives. Which
olive? The black olives or the green
olive?
>> Any type of olive?
>> Any type of olive? Interesting.
>> Yeah. Candied olives.
>> Interesting.
>> There's no other There's no other
There's no other food you completely
avoid. There's nothing else you
completely avoid.
>> Uh, feral. I I'm not I'm not a big fan
of farville.
>> What's farville?
>> I like it. I never
>> I don't know. How do you call fair? You
make it for toy mayo on Friday. Like
small little like couscous. It looks
>> Oh, farful. Farful. Farful. Yeah.
>> Farful. I don't like farflu
>> and farful. You don't like farful or
fearful?
>> Fearful or farful? Let me ask you this.
Do Do you Do you eat chicken feet?
>> Yeah. And but they're hard, you know,
outside of the I'm being serious now.
outside of the kid community, it's very
hard to get. You know that, right? Like
most standard meat, meat and butcher
places will not do it. But I'm sure you
have a butcher that does it, right?
>> I have a few butchers that have it.
Yeah, there's a butcher in Williamsburg.
Maton's butcher.
>> Yeah, everyone talks about that one,
right? And I I I when they're in the
chicken soup, then I somewhat enjoy it.
But but that's the only way you'd eat
it, right? You don't eat it from the
soup. Am I right or wrong?
>> Yes. in the chicken soup and from the
pate. When when you make the pate with
the kala and the sauce from the chulant,
that's when you put in some chicken feet
and chicken uh uh
>> um chicken necks,
>> right? So, that is hard to get outside
of Williamsburg and whatever butcher you
use. And the other thing that's hard to
get, what's the other one? Um
>> goose liver.
>> Yeah, goose liver is almost impossible
these days. But do you you have it? You
have kosher butchers that have it?
>> No. Oh, no. I have friends who bring it
back from Israel and we like make a
night out and we grill some goose liver.
>> Yeah, even in Israel it's starting to
disappear a little bit, but yes, that's
where you have it. You have it in
Israel.
>> Um the chicken feed. And is there
anything else? Like I'm trying to think
if there's anything else that doesn't
make it anymore.
Excuse me. It doesn't make it anymore
into the um
into the regular butcher shop. Maybe
that's it. Maybe it's only the chicken
feet. What's the name? They they have a
name for the chicken feet. No. What do
you say in Yiddish for chicken feet?
Isn't it?
>> Chicken.
>> That's it. Chicken.
>> Why do I think there's a different name
for it?
>> Maybe for the gizzard. It's chicken
gizzards we call pipl,
>> right?
>> That's it. Correct. Wow. You know your
stuff.
>> You know your stuff.
>> Listen, I like the bench and I like to
make bras. So, it's it's it's all
involved in this for
>> it's the only that's the only reason you
eat is to make because you enjoy making
bras so much. I like that.
What do you do at the weddings? Do you
ever eat anything? Cuz I know that when
I perform anywhere, I will not eat
almost the entire day until the actual
stage performance is over. And that may
shock you, but I mean, I don't know how
many times I have literally, you know,
put nothing in my mouth for hours before
getting on stage to, you know, to to
host an event. Uh, what do you do at a
wedding? Do you wait till it's all over
before you eat anything?
Um, no. I I I I sometimes don't eat, but
not out of principle or out of
>> not being able to sing. I just don't eat
because I'm not interested in eating. I
would rather mingle with people. And
>> But you would never eat 10 minutes
before you have to sing, right? Or am I
wrong?
>> If I'm hungry, if if I have a break and
I'm hungry and they're bringing out the
the main course and it really looks, you
know, looks like a hashem, then I will
go for it.
>> Huh. Interesting.
Yeah.
>> Interesting.
Because I would think if I walked over
to you and said, "You're going back on
stage or you're going back on the band
stand in five minutes." I I I would
think you would not eat anything at that
point. Or or it's not as drastic as
that.
>> It's not as drastic. I would eat if if I
if I would want to. Yeah.
>> So, you could eat 60 seconds before
going on stage.
>> I could. Yeah.
>> Wow.
That's to me that's amazing. I mean, you
see why I think it's amazing. I'm I'm
completely the opposite. But that's
amazing. Wow.
I'd be afraid of I'd be afraid of what I
would sound like.
Go figure.
What are you working on now, by the way?
Aside from the Torah Project, you have
other albums coming out. Anything?
>> Yes. Yes. Two two albums. I'm working on
a collection album, like a wedding
album. I've done two of them. One is
called On Stage and one is called
Backstage. I'm working on a Yes. I'm I'm
working on a third one now. I'm Why do
you think I should call it Nakam? You
see, everybody has a suggestion.
>> Backstage.
Uh, new stage. New stage. New stage.
>> New stage. Okay. I think you can do
better.
>> Wait, what was the It was what? It was
backstage and what was the other one?
>> Backstage. First one was on stage.
>> Onstage. Back. How about next? Next
stage.
>> Next stage. Yeah. Y Brisbane had this
series with the project X and he said
the next project X remember the new
>> he called it project next right he
called it project next
>> yeah so I'm going to call it center
stage
>> nice how did I not think of that
>> right I know so it's going to be center
stage so the onstage the first one I did
with a band called Hamanagnam from
Israel Moi wrote was the music conductor
>> backstage I did with a band called Shia
collar band. Have you seen the Shia
Kaler band lately?
>> Got to check them out.
>> It's a newisha band. And this one I'm
doing with the Zaltz band. I'm sure you
heard of Zaltz band. Schlommy Zaltz.
>> I mean, I I watch his videos all the
time.
>> Ah, there you go. On Instagram. He's
going viral lately with the with the
leading in with the talkback you're
talking about.
>> Yep.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> You know, and my my wife always jokes
with me how much I love the
behindthe-scenes stuff, so you can
imagine how much I love his videos.
Yes. Yes. Yes. But he he does a lot of
post-prouction like whatever you see
it's not copy paste exactly on the job.
Like I saw a video he put out with me
and it it was like the announcement and
he he finishes off the intro and he says
into the talkback and now ladies and
gentlemen and then I come in and it
makes it look like that if he wouldn't
give me the queue I would
Oh yeah. Believe me so much. Yes.
>> Yeah.
>> But trust me, I I read right into that
stick, but it's still great.
>> So, he makes it look like he's running
the whole show, but he is. He's
responsible for 80% of it,
>> right? But it's somewhat exaggerated.
It's somewhat exaggerated.
>> Yes. Yes. You know.
>> Oh, I got to get him on the air. Does he
speak English?
>> Yes, he does. Actually, he doesn't speak
Yiddish. He wants to come on my podcast,
BUT HE DOESN'T SPEAK YIDDISH.
>> PODCAST. HE'S FROM MANCHESTER. Which
podcast is this?
>> I have a podcast in Yiddish called
Millycast.
>> Oh, so there's no way I could do it
unless I have Chat GPT translate
everything as I'm saying it.
>> Yeah. So, it's it's a podcast in
Yiddish. There's not many Yiddish
podcast. So, it's easier for me to do it
in Yiddish. It's not so intimidating
when people tell me, "Oh, you got to
bring up this lawyer or bring up this
doctor." And and instead of having to
call them and being rejected, I just
tell them, "Yeah, does he speak
Yiddish?" He doesn't speak Yiddish. So
that it makes it easier for me mentally.
>> Yeah. But you also But you also lose
out. You can't have me on.
>> That's true. That's true. So maybe one
day I will do it in English. My mother
only speaks English and she always says,
"Start doing it in English. Do it in
English. Do it in English."
>> Oh, that's why your English is as good
as it is
>> because I can't imagine I can't imagine
in school they taught you that much
English. No, they they they didn't. And
at home, my mother spoke in English, so
that's why I know it. I had one my first
>> Yes. Yes. Yes. I as I was growing up, I
felt different and I felt like less
than. But now it's working in my favor.
But you know who I had on my podcast?
No.
>> Who?
>> I changed my format. I did my first
podcast in English. It was with Mike
Lawler. Mike Lawler, our congressman,
New York 17.
>> Good man.
>> Yep. So he came on my podcast. They his
team actually reached out to me asking
if he could come on. So nice. He's he's
the first one I did it in English, but I
don't think I'm going to continue
English. Maybe he's going to be the only
one.
>> Well, let's make a deal. If you ever do
transition to English, I'll be your
first guest.
>> You got it. Namote.
>> Yeah, make yourself a note. Make
yourself a note. I like that. I will be
your first guest. Please, God. Um, so
why you brought up You brought up the
Oh, yeah. So I want So he was So you he
meaning Zaltz couldn't be on your
podcast doesn't speak Yiddish.
>> Yeah. Yeah. So if he's going to learn
the Yiddish, he's going to speak. I'll
have him on. Anyway, so he's going to do
the music for Center Stage, right?
>> And then I'm working on a regular album
like Mahabha original material.
>> Nice.
>> I want to have say like 10 10 tracks
>> and I have already six of them. I want
to find another four good ones and then
just just put it out already.
>> Where does he live? results.
>> He lives in Lakewoods.
>> Wow. I'd go down there. I'd go down
there to interview him. That'd be a fun
interview.
>> He's a He's a fun guy. He's He's
British. He's from Manchester, so he has
like an interesting sense of humor, but
once you get him, you get him.
>> Oh, that must be funny. Oh, and he's got
the British accent and everything.
>> He not not so strong, but when when I
speak to him, he he stresses it because
he knows I love it. Oh, wait till a kick
out of it.
>> Wait till he Wait till the uh the
British humor guy encounters Nah
Seagull. That should be interesting.
>> That should be interesting.
>> You want to avoid that?
>> Yeah. I mean 100%. I mean I I could hit
him now with the American sarcasm. He
won't know what's He won't know what's
hitting him.
>> Hey, who's there in the car with you?
Who's that in the car with you?
>> My daughter. I thought the interview is
going to go till 9 9:15. I'm taking her
to day camp.
>> What's the name of that? Oh, no. Don't
tell us the name. Don't do that. But the
day camp's in Rockland County.
Yeah, over here in her school.
>> Very nice.
>> Yes,
>> you kaka vote to you. Congratulations,
Horva, baby. Horva. Let's hear it for
Horva.
>> Let's hear it for Harva. And if if this
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>> I'm proud to call you a friend. Thanks
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Absolutely. Have a great day.
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