Jerusalem’s own Andrea Simantov hosts a fun and informative show called “Pull Up a Chair!” on Israel News Talk Radio.
Andrea is a frequent columnist for The Jerusalem Post and is a monthly contributor for JLife Magazine in Orange County California and the San Diego Jewish Journal. Until it’s closure, she was the host of the popular ‘Gimme A Break’ radio show on Rusty Mike Radio station. A former Manhattan-based public relations and marketing manager, today Andrea is the owner of Great Cuts & Makeovers beauty company. She lectures to women throughout Israel on health, attitude and laughing, celebrating life to the fullest.
As a divorced, single mother of six, in 2011 New York born Andrea married former South African Ronney Zaltzman, a widowed father of two adults. Together they are the ecstatic grandparents of 26 relatively well-behaved children. Andrea and Ronney have yet to master the art of growing old gracefully as they compete in spinning marathons, are avid snorkelers and were the oldest contestants ever to appear on Israel’s “The Amazing Race.”
“Pull Up a Chair!” will focus on the ‘fun Israel’, introducing listeners to off-the-beaten-path people and places that rarely grace the front pages of the Middle Eastern press: Moms, entrepreneurs, daredevils, closet-pundits, street-cleaners, rabbis, wannabe-rabbis, chefs, eaters and others, all will have a seat at Andrea’s table. We’ll visit the weird and I’ll-be-darned stories of the week and try to make sense of the unsensible.
Or not.
Whether exploring issues of self-growth, food, spirituality, parenting, relationships, age-discrimination or personal finance, each week Andrea will address exciting topics that speak to you and those you care about.
As Israel News Talk Radio grows better and better, the addition of “Pull Up a Chair!” with Andrea Simantov ensures that an already stellar line-up of top-drawer programming will continue to excite and challenge a broad range of intelligent listeners.
***
LISTEN LIVE: (call-in show)
US Eastern time: Wednesday nights, 12 midnight (or read it as Thursdays EARLY wee morning 12:08am)
Israel time: Thursdays 7am
Judaism is a religion that requires action. Pesach/Passover is celebrated as a testament of God’s belief in our collective mission of filling the world with light, justice and blessing. Israel News Talk Radio · Pass …Keep Reading!
The holiday of Pesach epitomizes the Jewish “raison d’etre.” We survived and will continue to flourish because of fortitude, optimism and unwavering faith. Consequently, matzah is both the ‘Bread of Affliction’ and a Declaration of …Keep Reading!
Ridding our homes of “chametz” is not a synonym for ‘Spring Cleaning’. Embrace the joy, energy and spiritual connection with other Jews as we celebrate the emancipation and emergence of our holy nation! Israel News …Keep Reading!
The story of Purim screams from the rafters: Amalek wants us dead and who will be an Ester, defiant in the face of abject cruelty? Today is the day to step up and take a …Keep Reading!
It has been said that ‘History repeats itself’. True enough. But if you want to know how events play out for the children of Israel today, check out Megillat Esther – Book of Esther. A …Keep Reading!
Seventeen months into a vile war for survival, defending ourselves from an onslaught of unimaginable ferocity, we cannot hide from reports of the magnitude of brutality visited upon our holy hostages. The people of Israel …Keep Reading!
How much does grief, anger, despair and disappointment weigh? Ask any Israeli this week. After more than 500 days of war, again we shudder from acts of cynical brutality, brought about by Hamas and its …Keep Reading!
Are there two Israels??? One stagnates on the front pages of the world press, bleak, dark and angry. The other Israel – mine – rife with hope, vibrant and alive! Israel News Talk Radio · …Keep Reading!
An entire nation sits with bated breath, witnessing a manipulative and piecemeal release of our hostages; a new/old President is sworn into the highest office of America; the Axis of Evil gasps for breath while …Keep Reading!
United in hope but divided by fear, Israel dances with the Devil as we await the return of our precious hostages and soldiers – both alive and dead. Israel News Talk Radio · Agony and …Keep Reading!
Copyright 2025 © Israel News Talk Radio