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.
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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
Is praying to G-d enough to ensure a positive outcome during these Days of Awe or, perhaps, do we have obligations to one another? Andrea explores the difference between the reflective Rosh HaShanah and the …Keep Reading!
Do American Jews care about candidates who want to wipe Israel off the map? Should rabbis meddle in the feuds of divorcing couples? From identifying the enemies among us to celebrating the mundane, a thought …Keep Reading!
Does ‘aberrant’ merit celebration? From boasting about one’s abortion to pardoning the neighborhood Nazi, a new politically-correct language of Anything Goes infects society and shows no sign of abating. Can Torah meet the challenge of …Keep Reading!
The Angel Vs. Devil personality. Does bribery, corruption and back-stabbing pave a path for successful living? Are ‘ethics’ negotiable? The holy month of Elul is the perfect time to reflect upon the past while laying-ground …Keep Reading!
Frightening and unacceptable! Over a hundred rocket launches from Gaza into Israel in one night, crashing onto playgrounds, shopping centers, private homes and open areas! Relentless screeching of sirens overlap one another, with the ground …Keep Reading!
What is it about Jews and the Jewish state that riles up the rest of the world? What does it take to be a ‘tzaddik’, i.e., a righteous individual? Are some of us simply beyond …Keep Reading!
In the Anything-Goes era, can a parent say “No, this is not who we are?” How do we defy perverted values while remaining socially viable? Can one go beyond the ‘Letter of the Law’? What …Keep Reading!
Idol worship, immorality, spilling blood: Nothing new under the sun. So why do we still mourn the destruction of Temples? Against all odds, Jews have prospered and outlived former enemies; the triumphant State of Israel …Keep Reading!
Is the concept of ‘refuge city’ outmoded in a society where unpopular opinions result in shunning, proclamations of irrelevance or worse? What does Judaism say about protecting the environment, wife-carrying competitions, tattooed preachers, saving Kenya’s …Keep Reading!
What does July 4th mean for a proud American who happens to live in the Holy Land? Is America still the paradigm of free-speech and “liberty for all” in the era of Political Correctness? Earthquakes, …Keep Reading!
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