My friend to my left, the rabbi Joe Potagic,

there's a great show Sunday mornings with the Reverend A. R. Bernard, right before Katz Matiti's great show, Catch Round Table. And I got to tell you, Joe, if I mention your name, it takes five minutes for somebody in Manhattan to call you, right? Five minutes. Usually four and a half, but yeah, yeah. But for you, five, right, right. So it's kind of fooling around yesterday.

I said, I'm hearing all these people that signed up to help Mom Dani with the transition.

I said, come on, Rabbi can't do that.

I was really tongue-in-cheek because I understand that we've got a problem,

and we need to make sure that strong Jews, and you're a strong Jew, maybe the strongest. Strong Jews need to get involved to make sure that we have protection, because we all agree that our dear friend Jessica Tisch, another proud Jew, she's not long for this job. She's not long for the job. So we need people like you to get involved. So I was kidding, but the truth is, we do need people like you. First of all, thank you so much. This is historic for me. First time I've been in this studio and we only have Jews here. So finally, finally the moment has arrived. Wow. That's amazing. Secondly, I said to your wife, Danielle, before, I said, you know, we have counseling at the board of rabbis. That's how you want to come in. She said to me, correct me if I'm wrong. Rabbi, you don't have enough hours at the office for all the counseling. You are correct. You know, it's nice. I listen to you on the air. The way you talk about your wife, the way you talk about Gabe and your daughter as well.

And I've met Gabe a number of times. You know where you saw him last? I saw him. You ready for this? Coney Island? No, you're ready? The Murray Hill Diner. Oh, that's right. Remember that, Gabe? We're having dinner and the round by walk in? I do remember that. I do remember that. Gabe, you picked up the check for dad. I noticed that. he wouldn't even pick up the check.

But thank you for asking because there's a lot of... I never remember. Gabe, you picked up the check for that. I noticed that. He wouldn't even pick up the check.

But thank you for asking because there's a lot of confusionists.

And I've heard this from a number of people.

Why would you want to be on a transition team with the mayor with whom you disagree?

That's exactly why I want to be on the, you know.

And when the mayor opened the meeting with 500 people

on the team, he said, I look forward to hearing dissenting voices.

Well, you're going to hear a dissenting voice in me.

As the head of the board of rabbis, I need access.

I've got to be able to call whatever is in the city administration with an issue, and we have issues,

and the person must take the call.

So, you know, if you're not in the room having that discussion, where are you outside,

banging on the door, yelling?

You're right.

You know, for many years, I remember when it came to Soviet Jews, I was protesting outside,

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