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Where Numbers Meet Nerve with Julie Schorr

Jul 14, 2025

41:16

Julie Schorr quickly rose through the ranks of public accounting. She now thrives in private accounting, where she works closely with business owners and CPAs. With her sharp financial insight, practical approach and a therapist’s eye, Schorr helps businesses stay smart, strategic and financially sound.

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#34) Good Ideas Deserve Great Language

Jul 1, 2025

37:05

Mendel Nestlebaum is Adjunct Professor of English in Sara Schenirer’s Men’s Division. Nestlebaum supports all Sara Schenirer’s other programs, because English is basic to good communication and the effective selling of ideas.

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#33) Rethinking Your Relationship with Food

Jun 9, 2025

46:41

Gila Glassberg is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor with a private practice. She is passionate about helping women reclaim the joy in eating while learning to respect and appreciate their bodies.

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#32) What Accountants Today Are Missing (and How to Fix It)

May 26, 2025

34:03

Elisha Schwab is Principal at Master Accounting Now, an educational resource for aspiring accountants. He’s also Cash Management Director at Centers Business Office, a nursing home management consultancy. His diverse roles include educator, bank liaison and fraud prevention specialist. His passion is helping aspiring accountants avoid cookie cutter jobs.

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#31) Cybersecurity, as a sacred Responsibility with Batya Aliza Etzion

May 12, 2025

40:40

Batya Aliza Etzion is a Cybersecurity expert with a strong technical background. She began with software development and startups, but was drawn to Cybersecurity because she says it fits with her religious values.

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#30) Building Experiences, Not Just Products

Apr 28, 2025

49:22

Shmuel Bollen is Senior Product Manager for athenahealth. A quick glance at his resume reveals an eclectic and interesting work history, which morphed from a liberal arts background to User Experience, or “UX,” in what appears to be a very organic way. Bollen says that differentiating your product through user experience is done through understanding and empathy, which results in great benefit for the company as well.

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#29) Financial Therapy: The Money Makeover You Didn’t Know You Needed

Mar 24, 2025

46:25

Simi Mandelbaum is a Financial Therapist who founded PROSPR Financial Wellness, a center dedicated to reducing the stress and anxiety people feel around money. Simi’s helped hundreds of clients reduce debt, increase income, and most importantly live their lives true to their goals and values.

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#28) Forensic Accounting: Painting Pictures With Numbers

Mar 10, 2025

43:42

Ephraim Stulberg is Senior Vice President of Matson, Driscoll & Damico, Limited, a Toronto-based Forensic Accounting Firm. Stulberg says objective, numbers-based fact finding and the presentation of provable financial narratives in court makes for an exciting and rewarding career.

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#27) Building Better ABA: The Impact of Quality Assurance

Feb 24, 2025

54:06

Raizy Izrailev is not your typical Board-Certified Behavior Analyst. Her expertise lies in quality assurance, a lesser-known area within the field of Applied Behavior Analysis. Raizy is the founder of Gryd Consulting, a premier consulting agency providing comprehensive and tailored guidance and support to ABA providers.

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#26) Understanding ABA: One Laffy Taffy at a Time

Feb 11, 2025

51:55

Duvy Rubinfeld, MEd, BCBA, LBA, is Clinical Director at Real Change ABA Therapy in Lakewood, New Jersey. He has over a decade of experience in the field of Special Education and Applied Behavior Analysis and is a professor at Manhattanville College, teaching for the Sara Schenirer Institute. Rubinfeld specializes in autism, ADHD and anxiety, and stresses the importance of understanding the communities he serves.

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BONUS EPISODE #2 - Choosing Wisely: A Dating Coach Shares Career Tips

Jan 27, 2025

19:34

Mrs. Yael Kaisman, a noted mechaneches and dating coach, reveals surprising parallels between dating and career decisions, sharing her expert tips for making choices that truly align with your values and goals. Whether you're choosing a soul-mate or a profession, this episode will help you navigate life’s big decisions with clarity and confidence.

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BONUS EPISODE #1 - Career Regrets: 3 Mistakes People Make (And How To Avoid Them)

Jan 27, 2025

47:34

Shaina Keren is a career consultant who runs SK Career Consulting. Her specialty is helping people find work they will enjoy and succeed at. Shaina also coaches businesses to set up for success and contributes to numerous publications and podcasts. Shaina is uniquely qualified to give us the inside scoop on how to make the monumental decision that goes into choosing a lifelong career.

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#25) Confronting Your Fears - A Clinical Psychology Perspective

Jan 13, 2025

49:06

Marc Eichenbaum is a Clinical Psychology Intern. Eichenbaum’s range of experiences with people dealing with anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance abuse issues, and his creative approach to their treatment makes him a great resource for people interested in a career in clinical psychology.

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#24) From Scoliosis to Strength: A Physical Therapist’s Mission

Dec 30, 2024

58:20

Dr. Rivka Robinson PT, DPT is a pioneer in the field of Physical Therapy. Robinson is the founder of Robinson Physical Therapy, where she specializes in pediatric development, scoliosis and spine rehabilitation. She’s written books, taught courses and is the creator of her own method, the Robinson Technique. She’s an advocate for PT as a way to improve the lives of children and adults.

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#23) A Frum Attorney makes his mark on Wall Street

Dec 16, 2024

54:32

Yosef Nussbaum is Lead Counsel for Treasury Regulation and Risk for Wells Fargo. Nussbaum has acquired two decades of legal expertise in the financial services sector, specializing in compliance with regulatory frameworks, financial risk management and corporate law. He’s also a graduate/musmach of Yeshiva Torah V’daas and gives a shiur on the weekly parsha. Nussbaum has much to say on the legal profession and on what it’s like for a ben Torah to work in that field.

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#22) The Keys to Running An Occupational Therapy Clinic

Dec 2, 2024

51:17

Ricki Dembitzer has over two decades of experience as an Occupational Therapist. As the founder and director of IncredAbilities Therapy, a multidisciplinary team of therapists who help children achieve their goals, she has a unique perspective on the impact that occupational therapists make on the lives of their clients.

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#21) Meet The Special Educator Who Travels To His Students

Nov 18, 2024

31:39

Sruly Edelman is a Special Education Itinerant Teacher, or “SEIT.” When you hear Edelman talking about his passion for helping students, you’ll see why he’s always glad to be on the move.

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#20) It’s Not Just Coding: The Many Roles of a Data Scientist

Oct 28, 2024

41:06

Alina Rivilis is a Data Scientist, whose specialty is inventing creative solutions for business problems. The best way to do that, Rivilis says, is to take on and integrate the roles of scientist, Data Analyst, business person and, yes, coder.

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#19) "From Determination to Expertise: Yosef Graus's BCBA Journey”

Sep 23, 2024

50:04

Rabbi Yossi Graus is a Chassid, M.S. Ed, BCBA, ABA and Professor. His degrees and certifications have enabled him to strengthen the community he’s always called home in ways he might not have been able to without the help of Sara Schenirer.

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#18) Data-Driven Energy with Shira Parnes

Sep 9, 2024

26:48

Shira Parnes runs her own renewable energy development company. She’s capable of handling all aspects of the business, but prefers to delegate responsibility to her talented staff to help her clients save money.

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#17) Managing 27 Surgery Centers With A Torah Perspective

Aug 26, 2024

29:43

Akiva Scott is Yeshiva educated and holds a Master’s in Business. Akiva had his sights set on media and entertainment. But Akiva’s journey led him to health care administration, which he considers an act of chesed.

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#16) Never a Dull Moment for a Paralegal

Aug 12, 2024

40:56

Chana Miriam Bain is a Paralegal who serves at a law firm specializing in financial relief for debtors. She makes a strong case for the Paralegal profession as an ideal one for frum women and stresses the importance of a wide range of problem-solving skills … and empathy.

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#15) The Big House Hunt with Real Estate Agent Pinny Heskiel

Jul 29, 2024

24:32

Pinny Heskiel’s successful real estate career began after Hurricane Sandy destroyed the home he was renting, which led to a series of moves in a short period of time and the realization that he needed to purchase his own house. Heskiel’s experiences motivate him to help others do the same.

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#14) Bringing Joy to Parent/Child Interactions with Shifra Garfunkel, MS SLP

Jul 15, 2024

41:25

Shifra Garfunkel is a speech therapist. But, as an early interventionist who works with children, she acts in many capacities, all of which are designed to spur their development and create enhanced interaction with their caregivers.

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#13) Thinking Big: A Special Educator Opens His Own Successful Agency

Jul 1, 2024

29:37

Dovid Halon is a Special Educator who saw the need for a new agency that invests in what he calls his community’s most valuable asset … its children. And, as a rabbi, he’s uniquely qualified to see the parallels between treatment approaches and Chassidus.

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#12) The Surprising Ways School Psychologists Change Lives with Ellen Shaimen

Jun 17, 2024

36:10

From advocating “brave talk” through conversations with Shprintzy the Doll to teaching listening skills and positivity, Ellen Shaiman outlines the tools that every school psychologist should have in his or her tool kit.

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#11) Law and Order: All About Paralegal Law with Shlomo Hass, Esq.

May 30, 2024

42:39

Shlomo Haas is Chief Academic Officer of National Paralegal College at Crestpoint University. As a frum attorney, he’s uniquely qualified to run a new program in partnership with Sara Schenirer Institute for aspiring paralegals. Shlomo gives the rundown on what a paralegal job looks like....from the inside!

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#10) The Coach with a Business Plan with Steve Lover

May 20, 2024

47:14

Steve Lover’s successful career as a Business Development Coach began when he experienced, ironically, failure in a different business. But Lover parlayed his experiences and created his own comprehensive coaching service that helps business people avoid impediments to success.

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#9) Where The Roles of Teacher and Adminstrator Meet with Aidella Avtzon

May 6, 2024

48:32

Aidella Avtzon has worn many hats; math teacher, SEIT, special educator and administrator. She says a Master’s in Education can be a path to a surprisingly multifaceted career, and that life as a SEIT is a frum woman’s dream. Find out about her surprising story to success!

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#8) Balance Sheets For A Career … And For Life

Apr 11, 2024

22:43

Rachmiel Scharg is a CPA with more than a decade of experience in domestic and international taxation. He’s also an observant Jew who has some interesting insights on accounting and how that works to support his career and family goals.

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#7) Who Says Accountants Can't Have Fun?

Mar 25, 2024

40:10

Chaya Halberg tells the story of how she created her own accounting niche by empowering companies to clean up their accounting messes, and how she had fun in the process. As we head into tax season, get to know what goes on behind the scenes in your accountant's office!

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#6) Flying the Frum Skies with Captain Shraga Bernzweig

Mar 11, 2024

30:17

Shraga Bernzweig has not only figured out how to successfully juggle life as a commercial airline pilot with Jewish observance, he’s figured out how to turn his busy lifestyle into more Torah study, and even Purim celebrations on the East and West Coasts … in the same day.

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#5) A Therapist’s Passion for Helping People Heal

Feb 26, 2024

57:17

Rebecca Jerozolim, LCSW is a clinical social worker with a decade and a half of experience. Specializing in therapeutic modalities such as EMDR, CBT, ACT, sand therapy, and play therapy, Rebecca employs a holistic and innovative approach to address the diverse needs of her clients. Jerozolim believes her clients must heal emotionally, not through “fixing” them.

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#4) On Call 24/6 - The Busy Life of a Nursing Home Administrator with Yehuda Goodwin

Feb 12, 2024

32:26

Yehuda Goodwin’s career might be characterized as a bit circuitous and unusual. But his wide range of expertise and his versatility is what makes him a great fit for his 24/6 job, which he sees as a Kiddush Hashem. Goodwin shares the traits that are helpful in this profession and an easy can do attitude!

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#3) Hospital Dietetics: The Immediate and Long Term Rewards with Tali Mizrachi, RDN

Jan 29, 2024

34:03

Tali Mizrachi chose Dietetics over Pediatrics, which she says was a great choice for her. As a dietician, she sees immediate, positive results with her NICU patients, and her schedule allows for an ideal work/life balance, which might not have been the case with pediatrics. Tali will happily give you nutrition advice....but please, not on Shabbos!

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#2) When Your Client's Financial Goals Are Also Your Own

Jan 15, 2024

34:59

Lawrence (Larry) Barth, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF , CEO and President of AJJ Planning Services brings over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry to Forest Hills Financial Group. Larry works with businesses, healthcare professionals and individuals advocating on behalf of their business interests and families to help ensure they are well prepared for all of life’s possibilities. He provides them with proven wealth management strategies designed to help grow, protect and distribute their assets in the most efficient manner. Barth believes it's possible to establish a lucrative career while leaving plenty of time for family and religious life. Discover the lucrative career of wealth management in this dynamic conversation!

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Episode #1 Teaser

Jan 8, 2024

1:29

Career Forum Podcast launches this Monday! Episode #1 teaser is now live...Listen now!

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#1) ABA: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know

Jan 8, 2024

41:16

Andrea Netzer has two decades of experience in Behavior Analysis. She’d like to dispel the myth that the field requires only rigid approaches. Netzer places a premium on caring and creative solutions. Andrea Netzer is the regional director of Proud Moments ABA.

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