And one of the things that I ranted about was you can say as a Jew this, you could say as a Jew that,

and you could put up watermelons and free Palestine and explain all this bullshit you want. but just know if you were in Israel on October 7th

you would be treated as a Jew like all of us and your flags and your kis and your

watermelon posting what's on your so that's it's not your

flags and your watermelon post and what's on your so.

And that's it's not they don't give a fuck about any of that. It's 7 o'clock p.m. on Friday, June 21st in Jerusalem, where I am right now, as Chabbat is about to come in in 12 minutes to be precise

It's 12 o'clock noon on Friday June 21st in New York City. Well, today is a first. We are releasing the first

episode of the Call Me Back podcast recorded before a very enthusiastic live audience at the comedy cellar in Manhattan.

My guest for this live event was actor, director, and comedian Michael Rappaport. I'll say more about Michael's career and

bio in our conversation you're about to hear, but the focus of our conversation is

about how Michael became such an energetic and provocative and hilarious voice on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people since October 7th,

how he has taken on Israel's critics, his observations on why more Jews

from the creative arts and entertainment world have not been as outspoken as him, or even worse, why so many have simply been silent. We also

discuss with Michael his reaction to those Jews and there are not many of them

but there are some who criticize Israel quote as a

Jew meaning they use their credential as a Jew to inflict even more harm and criticism

upon Israel. And also what the professional cost has been

to an entertainer like Michael Rappaport for proudly advocating for Israel and the Jewish people and defending Israel and the Jewish people.

It is a spirited, thought-provoking, and at times a laugh-out-loud funny conversation. I hope you'll enjoy it.

Michael Rappaport Live. This is Call Me Back. Ladies, you're going to watch the How many of you, just like an applause here? How many of you, just like an applause here, how many have you been listening to this podcast since we started four years ago? Wow

Okay, all right. Okay, so we're gonna bring up our guests here in a moment. Before we do, a friend of mine, Josh Operer, who's here from Detroit, where's Josh? Josh? Okay, there he is, right there. He didn't come in just for this, be honest he had some business in New York but he was

shocked and horrified as he stood in line coming in here tonight and he started texting me

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