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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay looks back over seven-years to the second ever episode of JCast Journey, entitled Standing On The Shoulders in which he talked about the podcasters and entrepreneurs that gave him the courage to try to launch this network. He reflects on the different roles some of his […]
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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about a new podcast and blog on the network called “This Week’s Torah”. The concept behind this feed is an archive of podcasts and blogs that relate to the coming weeks torah portion. Just because the content may be old, this does not mean […]
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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about schadenfreude. While not proud, Darone has felt a sense of schadenfreude as he heard about the news about a local rabbi who was arrested for impersonating a police officer and pulling people over for driving too slowly. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.jcastnetwork.org/storage/jcastjourney/Episode59.mp3Podcast: Download
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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the amazing focus that came out of the posts on eJewish Philanthropy recently when a blog post about the Jewish communities focus (or lack thereof) regarding the needs of Jews in their 40’s and 50’s. Darone refects on his feelings that as a […]
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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about some of the shows and blogs on the network that have gone on hiatus (some permanent, some temporary) and thanks the wonderful hosts who created those shows (and blogs) for bein a part of the network, helping it grow and change, build and […]
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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the celebrities that he always thought would play him in the movie version of his life, and how he now believes that the celeb who has a life most similar to his is Marc Maron, the star of the new IFC show Maron. […]
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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the project of, after two years, the need to find a new home and new platform for the website. While JCastNetwork.org started on SquareSpace, it became obvious recently that it was time to move to a new platform. Darone has decided that WordPress was […]
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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay reflects on the degree to which podcasts should be/need to be/should NOT be produced. He talks about a number of podcasts and reflects on the degree of production used in each. The podcasts he discusses include: RadioLab TanakhCast and our very own Meet Me at […]
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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay sits down with Dr. John Ruskay, Executive Vice President and CEO of UJA Federation of New York, who announced last week his retirement in June 2014 after fifteen years as CEO and twenty years working for the Federation. John reflects on his work, his successes […]
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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay reflects on the blog he wrote for Darim OnLine in Early March and the mixed feelings he had when there didn’t seem to be a lot of response to the post. Darone also invites you to consider making a donation to JCast Network, to show your […]
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