Sal Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist-Meaning of Life

Sal Litvak Podcast; Interesting people with Bob Brill

To say Sal Litvak is an interesting person is an understatement of all understatements. He is one of the most interesting people you might ever meet. Born in Santiago, Chile, he is a maker of hit feature films, an historian, a professor, a lawyer and an award winning maker of films. So why are we talking to him; his passion. That passion is as a Talmudist which he came upon by accident.

Litvak was five when he came to the United States in 1970 and spent his childhood around New York City. He went to Harvard and graduated with honors. He became a New York lawyer before finding another passion; the theater. So he moved on to UCLA where he went after a Film degree.

Then it was onto reading scripts for a major Talent Agency before breaking out as a film professor and then making two feature films. The most unique is the story about Abe Lincoln's body guard/ "Saving Lincoln."

Then he found his next passion; Jewish philosophy and it's where he now is taking that into the multi-media realm, blogs, live Face Book shows and well, you name it. Join us for a chat with Sal Litvak on Interesting People with Bob Brill.

Comments

STEVEN GEIGER - THE MENSCH FOUNDATION

(Steven Geiger, Founder Mensch International Foundation) "Interesting People with Bob Brill" a podcast with Steven Geiger, founder of the Mensch International Foundation. So what is a Mensch? It's the first question I put to Steven Geiger, the founder of the Mensch International Foundation. His answer simply, "its a German word meaning 'Human Being.'" In one of the most entertaining hour long podcasts we've done, Steven talks about being a Mensch and who is and who isn't in today's society, as well as how to become one. And being a better human being is what the foundation is all about, and teaching younger people how to be a Mensch. It's also about the Holocaust. Steven is the child of Holocaust survivors, survivors of the death camps. Born in Hungary, he grew up in the United States and like so many in the community, feels people are forgetting about what happened, and like most

Rene's Van & Storage Movers to the Stars!

Rene's Van and Storage in Los Angeles has been around for 85 years and moved presidents, mega stars and rock stars. The tales abound but not only that, average folks too. Maybe you. Some of the most interesting tales of the strangest and multi-million dollar items moved over the last eight decades. Tune in. Check out this episode! Marshall and Michelle Lambert spend a lot of time looking up as you can see in the photos. Rene's (Marshall's grandfather) held this company business 85 years ago and it has become the "go to" mover and storage place for Hollywood's elite and political figures like LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, too. Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable and even Marylin Monroe all used their services over the years. Million dollar paintings have been stored here, $100,000 pieces of furniture and more. The tales they have to tell are fascinating and you can hear it all at the podcast above on "Interesting People with Bob Brill." H

Dr. Gary Alter, Sex Change Surgery

(Dr. Gary Alter, Beverly Hills) Everything you ever wanted to know about transgender, sex reassignment or gender confirmation surgery in one hour. Dr. Gary Alter is a Beverly Hills doctor who really is a leading expert in the field who has performed this life changing surgery on the famous and the not-so-famous. In my hour long chat with Dr. Alter, I found him incredibly open as he walked me through everything from why someone would have transfer surgery, to the nuts and bolts of it all such as penis replacement (no pun intended, it just came up that way -- oh that was ever worse. Sorry) Anyway, the very serious side of what we discussed stems from the military to the religious to bullying. Whether Gay or Straight, believe it or not those are issues too. When this writer says it was a fascinating conversation, I mean it. Whether you agree with the issues of those who feel they were born in the wrong body

Interesting People with Bob Brill

Search This Blog