Eli Schwebel & Abie Rotenberg | A Conversation With A Jewish Music Legend

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Welcome back to the Meaningful People Podcast, Nachi Gordon here. This is a special edition episode, something we've never done before here at Meaningful People. Um good friend of mine, Eli Schwebel, sat down with the one and only AB Rottenberg, and they had such an open, candid discussion. As many know, this new album, Journeys, came out. I think it's Journeys 5. 18 years between this album and the last one, but it's not just the music they discuss. They discuss so much in this episode. Um the time of this airing of this episode is the week before Pesach, so a lot of cleaning, a lot of errands to run. We want to provide more content for you to listen to. A big thank you to Eli Schwebel, to AB Rottenberg, for recording this episode. Hope you enjoy. Uh much time and a lot of bracha. AB, I wanted to say mazel tov. Mazel tov to you on the culmination of 18 years. That's five years Mhm. between albums. Between albums, 18 years. was the who was my who was my right-hand man? Who was my support? Who was my my soul list, my chizuk in the last album? Who? I've got to say I've got to say I'm going to take full credit for that. Yes. With Eli Schwebel Yeah. came to Toronto, sang his heart out. I remember doing We did We did uh Dreams Come True in the studio with Michael Jackson and his long blonde hair, you know, remember? Rihanna was in the studio at the same time. She Yeah, she was in another one

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1. 0:00Welcome back to the Meaningful People Podcast, Nachi Gordon here. This is a special edition episode,…
2. 5:43He already felt the gomel. He already felt ki gomel alai because he was good to…
3. 11:35was a mamash a machaya. I remember sitting there with Yossi Green coming over and we…
4. 17:54Why not? You have a full You have full personality. It's I can't be every I…
5. 23:48know, you know how important the lyric is. Mhm. You know how each and you can…
6. 30:01Rochel back in the day. He was. I he was supposed to sing it. I remember…
7. 35:46of Kol Yisrael is what's highlighted in that song and we and you utilize the niggun…
8. 42:09away. Again, review it again and again. And then you'll be dancing with joy in the…
9. 48:33It's a deep song. That's a very, very deep image. a deep song. It's a real…
10. 54:22obviously on the first album there was the story of the safe at all that traveled…

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