#160: Behind the Bima - Avi Mayer, immediate past Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post

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The opening of this shiur, in Parsha Perspectives - Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

From Boca Raton Florida, this is behind the Bema. On this episode, Rabbi Goldberg and co-host Rabbi Josh Brodey are joined by Avi Mayer, the immediate past editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post. With over 250,000 Twitter followers and a monthly reach in the tens of millions, Avi is recognized as one of the leading millennial voices in Israel and the Jewish community worldwide. Avi shares the challenges and triumphs of navigating the worlds of traditional media and real-time news updates on social media, discusses the importance of accurate information dissemination, and shares his thoughts on the differences between traditional media and social media, and responsibility of representing not just oneself, but larger organizations and communities. Plus, the importance of sleep and the power of ice baths. All this and more behind the Bema. Welcome back to behind the Bema. I'm your host Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, joined by my dear friend and colleague at Rabbi Joshua Brodey. Rabbi Brodey, how are you, my dear friend? We are great. New season. free. Are there some bags under your eyes we see from waking up so early for Colel Boker? Last week you told us already. Colel Boker, first of all, about the new 5:00 a.m. man. 5:00 a.m. and you know, because you were there. You were there most days. I was away. No, no, any day I wasn't there it's cuz I'm out of Boca. It's amazing. How's the 5:00 a.m.? Can a Can a Can a night person become a morning person? I Can I tell you again? I think I And thank you for for the recommendation on the book. There's a book now, The 5:00 a.m. Club, which I started listening to, and I think 5:00 a.m. changes could change your life. I really

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