Special Guest - Bob Diener, Co-Founder of Hotels.com
Behind the Bima
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
4.8 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2022
⏱️ 72 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From Boccerotan, Florida, this is Behind the Bima. |
| 0:04.6 | On this episode, the rabbis are joined by Bob Deiner, co-founder of Hotels.com and GetAroom.com. |
| 0:11.0 | Bob discusses how to use technology to spread Torah, talks about applying Jewish principles to his business decisions, |
| 0:17.2 | shares his experience as an entrepreneur, and explains how to get a good rate at a hotel. |
| 0:22.3 | Also recapping a special night for Israel. |
| 0:25.0 | And where are the rabbi spending their winter va their winter family trips? |
| 0:29.6 | All this and more, behind the Bima. |
| 0:32.8 | Good evening. Wednesday night 9 p.m. I'm Rabbi F.m. |
| 0:35.7 | joined by my dear colleagues and friends, Rabbi Philip Moskowitz. Rabbi Joshua Brody. We're here to take you behind the bema. We are here to take you behind the bema. As always, we begin an attitude of gratitude to our sponsor. Our dear friend, David Mueller, the Mueller family. Thank you so much for your generosity this evening. David is sponsoring. The Mueller family, sponsor, commemoration of the upcoming fifth year site of David's father, |
| 0:57.5 | Henry Mueller, Shimon Ben Pinckas, Zichrona Lovrach. He fled the Nazis 1939, ended up in Niagara Falls, |
| 1:06.0 | which became a vibrant Jewish community, Niagara Falls. Do you know that? Have you been to Niagara Falls? |
| 1:10.5 | Yes. Did you ever go over the you been to Niagara Falls? Yes. |
| 1:28.9 | Did you ever go over the falls? I don't think you live if you go over the falls. The maid of the mist. There are people. You go under the falls. Aren't there people who go over the falls? Yeah, they just pulled someone out and they didn't make it. Someone just died. Well, in that case, don't try it. I didn't mean to laugh that either. |
| 1:30.4 | Literally was Justin the New. And they didn't make it. Someone just died. Well, in that case, don't try it. I didn't mean to laugh. |
| 1:30.1 | Literally, it was just in the news. If you listen, I'm behind the Bima. Do not try that at home. He became the president of the show for two decades. He was a great man. He loved Khazanas. He was a great man. We knew him. And he produced a great family. So, David, thank you very much. |
| 1:42.7 | It happens to be that our guest tonight, Bob Deiner, |
| 1:45.6 | who we're super excited for this conversation, |
| 1:47.7 | founder, Pres, And he produced a great family. So David, thank you very much. It happens to be that our guest tonight, Bob Deiner, who we're super excited for this conversation, |
| 1:47.7 | founder, president of Hotels.com, get a room.com. |
| 1:51.6 | And great philanthropist, Jewish leader, happens to be that our sponsor, David Mueller, |
| 1:57.0 | looks a lot like our guest, Bob Deiner. |
| 1:59.4 | So much so, so much so that that David told me, fun fact. |
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