Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with documentary filmmaker and theater expert Michael Kantor ("Broadway: The American Musical," "Make `em Laugh").

Topics include: the Jewish influence on Broadway musicals, banjos.

Segment originally aired Dec. 29, 2012 on the "Dave's Gone By" radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Philip Lefkowitz, father of Dave's Gone By radio host Dave Lefkowitz, on the occasion of the former's 76th birthday. The topic: movies.

Segment originally aired Feb. 23, 2013 on the Dave's Gone By radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author and movie expert Stephen Schochet ("Hollywood Stories") about the upcoming Academy Awards and Oscar history.

Segment originally aired Feb. 13, 2013 on the Dave's Gone By radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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February 23, 2013 (show #413) OSCAR CALIBER

A pre-Oscar show featuring Rabbi Sol Solomon chatting with Hollywood expert Stephen Schochet and with Dave's dad, Philip Lefkowitz. Plus: Rabbi Sol's Rabbinical Reflection (Purim jokes), Inside Broadway, the News Gone By, Bob Dylan - Sooner & Later and a Saturday Segue dedicated to recent passings in music.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: author Stephen Schochet, Dave's dad, Philip Lefkowitz

November 24, 2012 (show #401) CONTACT LENZ

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor Rick Lenz ("Cactus Flower," "Green Acres"), News Gone By, Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (turkey, Down Came the Sun), Rabbi Sol Solomon's Rabbinical Reflection (Gaza Gaza Hey!), Bob Dylan - Sooner & Later (Israel).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: actor Rick Lenz, Dave's wife Joyce