Dr Mark Shinar, educational leader and Times of Israel blogger, is our guest for a special Pride episode. Mark has become a good friend, and he shares his journey making Aliyah and also coming out once he made Aliyah. Mark has a special voice in the intersection of the Orthodox and LGBTQ community. Listen to a great story of a wonderful man and his family. And of course, a new Word of the Pod - Zorem.. go with the flow!

Mentioned in this episode:

Camp Moshava: https://moshava.org/

Mark Shinar: https://www.markshinar.com/; Facebook - Mark Shinar

Times of Israel: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/mark-shinar/

Havruta: https://havruta.org.il/en/%d7%93%d7%a3-%d7%94%d7%91%d7%99%d7%aa-english/

Produced by Dellet Studios for Lightboat Media

Social Media Coordinator: Tehilah Simantov

Edited and Mixed by: Yazek Shrem

www.lightboat.media

IG: @aliyah_stories

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On this episode, David interviews Oleh Shawna Goodman Sone, founder of Summer Camp Israel, an organization dedicated to supporting the creation of the Summer Camp experience in Israel. It’s not too late to send your 11-16 years olds to Summer Camp, here in Israel, so take a listen and get those trunks packed! And don’t forget our word of the Pod!

Mentioned in this episode:

Shawna Goodman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawna-goodman-52a4a9140/

Summer Camps Israel - https://summercamps.co.il/

Instagram: @aliyah_stories

Produced by Dellet Studios for Lightboat Media

Social Media Coordinator: Tehilah Simantov

Edited and Mixed by: Yazek Shrem

www.lightboat.media

© Lightboat Media Ltd.

In advance of 'Yom Hazikaron,' Israel's National Remembrance Day, David interviews Shira Brown from The Michael Levin Base, annual host of an English-language event to commemorate the day. Shira shares about her own Aliyah journey, how the Michael Levin Base came to be and how it serves lone soldiers and b'not sheirut. And Shira provides the "word of the pod" - TASH.

Find out about:

Yom Hazikaron event: https://causematch.com/tmlb-yomhazikaron2025

Michael Levin Base: https://themichaellevinbase.org/