Hi folks.
Today was pretty slow at work, but there was a ten minute period that deserved an entry in the blog.
Rachel (Sean's assistant) came to me with the phone number of a Rabbi who used to be Sean's neighbor. He still lives in New York as far as I know, but Rachel told me that he had some contacts within the IDF that he wanted to bring us in touch with. (for those of you not following the news, the IDF is the Israeli Defense Force)
I called the number, figuring I'd just be taking down some phone numbers for Rachel. However, the Rabbi started talking through the whole situation on the phone, and told me to hold, because he was going to connect us via a 3-way call to his contact in Israel.
As it turns out, the contact wasn't so much in Israel as he was embedded with IDF troops in southern Lebanon. Explosions or tank fire rang in the background as the Rabbi and the contact conversed in Hebrew. The conversation was frequently interrupted, because the Rabbi's contact kept having to either move, or answer to someone else in the IDF who was updating him to the situation. I had no idea what was going on.
For those of you who listen to the show, I wouldn't put stock in this interview happening on the air. It wasn't very radio friendly, and it would require the use of a translator, which is extremely difficult to have make sense live on-air. I sent Rachel and James an e-mail detailing the idea for the interview, but we'll see if it goes anywhere or not.
However, I also got wind that there would be a group of dual-citizen American/Israelis leaving the JFK airport Thursday to serve in the IDF as reservists. This seems more likely, but I'd bet against it happening on-air. We'll see, I guess.
