• BONUS EPISODE / Chelm: The Musical
    Mar 16 2025

    Here's a special bonus episode, with the final tale dropping next week.

    From October 2024, recorded live at Bayit Shelanu Rosh Hashanah services in Santa Monica, California (imperfect audio, recorded from the video livestream)...it's a five-minute medley based on Chelm--and not really a story. Nobody's perfect.

    (We assume you remember that "tsuris" means "trouble." That will matter...once.)

    Also featuring Rabbi Jan Goldstein, Rena Strober, and musical accompanyists Bruce Garnitz and Steve Blum.

    We'll see you next week for the final episode.

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    6 mins
  • The Marriage of Mendel
    Mar 9 2025

    Mendel the Messenger finally got married. What took him so long?

    (Special appearance by Nancy Sullivan.)

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

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    3 mins
  • The Melamed
    Mar 2 2025

    Boris the Balagoola--a Wise Fool who is smarter than you think.

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

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    4 mins
  • A Talk On The Child Side
    Feb 23 2025

    Little Shaindel is smart as a whip, but has never said a word--not even to complain! That is very strange among the Wise Fools.

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

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    3 mins
  • The Sole of Charity
    Feb 16 2025

    The most charitable Wise Fool of Chelm is the shoemaker, but it's never easy.

    With the amazing Nancy Sullivan!

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

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    3 mins
  • A Helping Hand
    Feb 9 2025

    Who does a Wise Fool turn to when the flood waters are rising?

    Special appearance by the one and only Nancy Sullivan.

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

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    2 mins
  • Brain Food
    Feb 2 2025

    Cossacks have much to learn from the Wise Fools.

    (This tale was inspired by a story in Chaim Topol's "To Life!")

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

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    2 mins
  • What, Me Worry?
    Jan 26 2025

    You got problems? The Wise Fools have a solution.

    From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

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    3 mins