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"Jewish Geography" Challenge with Jake Turx
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Whether you're at a Jewish wedding, family dinner, Shabbos meal, Purim party or a neighbor's Upsherin, there's one topic that will definitely dominate the discussion in the room, and that is, "Jewish Geography". We're all connected somehow, and it's not a question of "if", but rather it's a question of "how"! Today, we bring this topic to the next level by turning it into a challenge. Jake Turx, Senior White House Correspondent for Ami Magazine brings this topic to the next level by turning it into a challenge. Watch as he challenges himself by seeing how many connections he could find with a strangers who he's known for only 5 minutes!
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hello and welcome to the UR studios in
beautiful downtown Lakewood New Jersey
where we are about to partake in the
first ever Jewish geography
challenge right here alongside me are
going to be a few contestants and in the
time a lot to us we are going to figure
out just how many people we know in
common just like we do at weddings only
this time with an hourglass and a
5minute timer episode sponsor Ed by Ur
ra auction only $5 a prize Shalom Al
Alum
Shalom who are you Uncle Mike I'm Uncle
Sam nice to meet you I heard of him too
but I'm real and I don't charge you
taxes okay whose uncle are you that your
Uncle Mike H it's a nickname I was given
in yiva I was Uncle I was Uncle Mike
before as an uncle by my friends in yiva
way way back all right well hey I like
Mike and uh you had me at Uncle
so you know I'm not Uncle Sam I kind of
figured that out the beard yeah the
beard is a little bit different the trim
and you who are you Jake
to just a guy just a guy okay where do
you live Lakewood New Jersey where in
Lakewood Village Park there are members
of my sh from SIM Kabam who uh oh simam
Bingo dear friend M and my R if you're
here for 12 years you very well may have
eat Uncle Mike steak sandwich
wait but isn't there another Uncle
Mike's restaurant somewhere no there's
an Uncle Mike's gun shop in the midwest
I found that out when I wanted to
incorporate um um which lawyers did they
use or you use I used I don't remember
who I used back then some lawyers in
town I know I know real topz ah topz yes
I do know uh topz time is up that was
great time went by so fast is that is
that got lots of connections yeah
M this segment brought to you by Mike's
Chicken Mike's they're not Uncle Mike's
TM okay coming up next a wonderful young
contestant not sure if I've ever met him
before we're about to find
out Sean is that your brownfeld I know
big fan big fan but you're supposed to
tell me
that you are from mty where mty where
mty foret area okay like the cemetery
over there there there have you ever DED
by Rabbi M with a show uh once or twice
yeah good so you know RAB Mas is no I
don't know him have you ever met Rabbi M
nope okay so do you know any people are
buried at the cemetery uh no what what
are you doing in Lake you're married
you're bucker not inmg you're BMG okay
who do you know BM Oh My there's only 8
and a half thousand people there no
bigot you know um who do you know from
La I know every single guy in BMG from
La so this is this is like a cash count
go this is the guy Rafi Le yes I know
Rafi I know because uh I used to know
him as Rafal so now he's ra there's a
guy makaka yes next um yakada of course
you know guys wow they're all my
roommates actually oh yeah send them all
except for Yari
Yi okay do know for my orim orim of
course I was 's counselor I was
counselor oh yeah sure who else you know
in La this is this is this is really
it's really paying off um I mean I know
a guy cing and a guy har was put that
one you know you know Klein in a lot of
in a lot of places yeah I know a lot of
Klein you know Isaac Klein from Flatbush
oh we're not going to do this if you
want to go that way my mother my
mother's made name is Schwarz you know
you know made name is Schwarz yeah but
now we're from originally monis
monis mon Kisco Schwarz I have an uncle
Schwarz from manisco who does not live
there anymore does your Schwarz still
live manisco my grandfather uh
definitely does live there yeah and time
is up ah we were on to something we were
on to something but that is time okay so
that would be maybe a third of a ding
not even half it's great meeting you I
know let's see what the next contestant
knows
sh which is your first name and which is
your last name it's a big question a lot
of times someone comes over he's like
you're Hershey yeah what's your last
name but uh it's p last name is hery
okay where do you live I'm from Idaho
Idaho the street not the state and
where's this Idaho Street it's in p p I
have two uncles there RAB rner yes is
brother bendy rner yes all right
beautiful do you know any of their
children uh
Shak good okay so they're all my cousins
how you related to the rers I'm third
cousins through my father's side second
cousins through my mother's side and
third cousin and first cousins through
my wife my children are their own fourth
cousins and I am my own third cousin
once removed that you for yourself
how yov
rner yes ruen yes no is there there is a
though Moi there's a moi oh my gosh if I
leave one out they are going to this own
they're all my counselors in Camp
they're all your counselors in Camp I
mean not some of them you needed so many
people to like like look at these guys
are sitting around the shabas table
talking about like how their weak was
being your counselor cuz that's the only
thing guys talk about about the show
stles you know any from singers
personally or any from producers
composers in any any one in the in the
music world I was neighbors with SCH for
a little bit but you see was next to his
okay youing dasco he's a he's he's a
vision of my father's vision of that's
Vision yeah of course I per him last
year I became a vis ofid good of which
which of the
r they eat ice cream after Ben after
benching that's true yeah yeah only
thing
yeah actually actually that's that's
that's not entirely accurate they don't
need ice cream after benching because by
then the ice cream already melted and
they just don't eat it no they're just
like uh oh ice cream yay let's bench
it's like okay we bench e so they don't
eat ice cream after benching but uh they
intend to so and time is up ooh okay
that was a good place to end that okay
it's been a pleasure been y it has thank
you very much for joining us and it's
all mine all right next
time with that let us uh get ready to
introduce our very next
contestant Shalom Alay Alum Shalom
Princess Diana how are you my name is
Hill vov I just happen to be in the area
and I see you're doing something
interesting and I always like to be
involved in something interesting Jake
Turk senior White House correspondent
for Amy magazine and uh long I want you
to know my house was painted green so I
am the senior representative from the
greenhouse hey White House greenhous
which White House now let's try to see
how many people we can find that we know
in common Well if I knew your real name
I would know you but I don't my real
name is aak tur you said yarmo you're a
writer know I guess so do you know
Mor I know other he's a great humorist
is he a real person person oh we've
never met I'd like to meet him I hear a
theory that it's actually four different
people writing the same article and then
a fifth one who
actually just cuts out those articles
and then resubmits his own under their
name it could be I I I really enjoy his
stuff I I don't but you don't know schm
okay let's jump to Cleveland yeah okay I
was there for a couple days to cover the
Republican convention there was a family
greenburger that I stayed by sure you
know that you have green Burgers so sign
Shar here in town so I hope you know
them and oh so
the hims yeah I know the scores keis of
course sweet guy and time is up thank
you very much for bearing with us thank
you for watching and uh good night good
luck see you next
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