Rabbi Mitchell Silk: From a Chinese Restaurant to Hong Kong to the White House

Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer

Living Lchaim

Judaism, Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 992 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Meet Rabbi Moshe Silk. He is a Nadvorna Hasid living in a multi-functional townhouse in Borough Park, New York, balancing his deep religious commitments with a high-profile career. Silk made history as the first Hasidic Jew to hold a Senate-confirmed position in the U.S. government, serving as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets under Donald Trump. An expert in China-related trade law, he has spent significant parts of his career in China, contributing to trade negotiations and international markets. Additionally, Silk is actively involved in his community, providing pro bono legal services and working on significant translation projects to make sacred Hasidic texts available in English.

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0:00.0	All in all, the divorce really defined my life because it taught me hard work, it taught me a lot of perseverance,
0:08.0	and it's ultimately how I ended up working in a Chinese restaurant which really defined my career.
0:16.6	The Honorable Rabbi Mitchell Silk is a fascinating figure combining his roles in international
0:21.2	finance and sustainability with deep cultural and
0:23.8	religious commitments as if from Jew and a rabbi
0:26.5	Robbie silk brings a unique perspective to his work including his tenure as
0:29.8	the assistant secretary for international markets atS. Department of the Treasury.
0:35.3	He was instrumental in significant trade negotiations and economic strategies.
0:39.9	He has a few wild stories, a the president and this episode was recorded on
0:45.1	October 8th of 2023 and we held off from releasing it until now in this episode you
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0:57.7	Whitillery is the best clothing for spring and summer and how a new sitter by Mosaica Press transformed my personal
1:04.3	da Vinny. This episode is a memory of Shim and Devad bin
1:06.8	Yakov Schlema as well as Miriam Saribati Yakov Mosha. Here we go.
1:11.6	I'm Yaku Langer and you're listening to Inspiration for the nation.
1:18.3	Okay, I am honored to have the honorable Mitchell Silk here today. I don't think I've ever had a
1:24.9	guess that was called Arnable. Who gave you that title? It's a title that I insist
1:31.3	that people not call me, but it's actually statutory and according to State Department protocols.
1:39.7	So when one is confirmed by the Senate, which I was for my statutory position that I served in,
1:46.4	which was the Assistant Secretary of International Markets at the U.S. Department of the Treasury,
1:51.0	in the United States for life one is referred to as the honorable.
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