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PowerTips UnscriptedThe Deadly Sins that Designers & Production Teams Commit with Jeff Borovitz – [Best of PowerTips Unscripted]
How can designers and production staff improve their success in the remodeling industry? Guest Jeff Borovitz joins Victoria and Mark to talk about the deadly sins that get in the way of reaching your full potential.
Jeff has worked and trained with many members of the Remodelers Advantage Roundtables community and brings that experience in talking about patterns and trends to continue, and avoid.
Since 1991, Jeff has worked with businesses across the globe, helping thousands improve their sales organizations and sales culture. Jeff is now the owner of Sandler Training, a sales and leadership training company...
2025-11-1328 min
Story SamuraiRabbi Mark Borovitz | Sep 4, 2025In this conversation, Rabbi Mark Borovitz shares his profound journey from a life of addiction and crime to becoming a rabbi. He discusses the calling that led him to Judaism, the transformative experiences during his time in prison, and the importance of living authentically. Rabbi Borovitz emphasizes the complexity of interpreting religious texts, the need for compassion in accountability, and the challenge of finding common ground in a polarized world. His insights reflect a deep understanding of spirituality and personal growth, encouraging listeners to engage with their own journeys.
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2025-09-0535 minPowerTips UnscriptedTop 10 Sales Tips for Remodelers with Jeff Borovitz – [Best of PowerTips Unscripted]
Jeff Borovitz has trained hundreds of remodeling sales people, designers and owners to help them increase sales and margins. So, we have asked him to join us here to share his top ten sales tips with our listeners.Jeff is a franchise owner of Sandler Training and the Remodelers Advantage Sandler Sales Trainer. He has advised, trained and coached small and medium-sized companies as well as large enterprise companies on developing stronger sales teams, closing more sales and leading organizational change.Victoria, Mark and Jeff talk more about:The most commonly missed sales tipConviction and...
2025-08-2844 min
NeshamaCastRecovering Purim: Cantor Rabbi Rob Jury on the complexities of Purim for people in recovery and a community in distressAbout Our Guest:Cantor Rabbi Rob Jury, PhD, BCC, CRADC, LCPC, NCCCantor Rabbi Dr. Jury is the Founder and Clinical Director of the Tikvah Center for Jewish Recovery & Healing, a state licensed and JCAHO accredited, Jewish addiction treatment program in Northbrook, Illinois. His Rabbinic ordination is from the Hebrew Seminary for the Deaf in Skokie, IL. Rob is also the senior rabbi at Congregation Anshe Tikvah. Rob serves on the faculty of The Family Institute of Northwestern University where he is the course lead for Research Methods in Counseling, in addition to teaching Assessment...
2024-03-1144 minPowerTips UnscriptedThe Seven Deadly Sins of Negotiating with Jeff Borovitz – [Best of PowerTips Unscripted]
A remodeler who fears negotiation, is like a roofer who is afraid of heights.
Negotiation skills are necessary for success in the field of remodeling. However, a lot of remodelers are unaware of how to even approach the subject.
Guest Jeff Borovitz joins Victoria and Mark in this episode to talk about how to be an efficient negotiator and how to avoid the seven deadly sins of negotiation that stand in the way of success.
Jeff is a franchise owner of Sandler Training and the Remodelers Advantage Sandler Sales Trainer. He has advised, train...
2024-02-0138 min
Jewish Ideas to Change the WorldThe Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief: A Film Screening and Q&AIn-person or virtual presentation with Rabbi Mark Borovitz and Harriet RossettoEvent Co-Hosted by Beth El PhoenixAbout The Event:“The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief” is a heartwarming documentary about Rabbi Mark Borovitz and Harriet Rossetto, the founders of Beit T’shuvah, a Jewish Recovery community in Los Angeles. This film tells the remarkable story of Mark and Harriet‘s lives and the birth of their spiritual mission to help Jewish addicts and criminals find recovery, and who saved the lives of thousands over a thirty-year period.Ab...
2022-12-131h 26PowerTips UnscriptedTop 5 Remodeling Sales Secrets You Must Know with Jeff Borovitz – [PowerTips Unscripted] S4 E6
Today on PowerTips Unscripted, Jeff Borovitz joins the show to discuss the top 5 remodeling sales secrets every business owner must know. In addition, Jeff talks about how sales professionals should establish a clearly defined future with clients and how that helps eliminates surprises during the sales journey.
Jeff Borovitz is the President of Sandler Training, a company that helps train remodeling professionals. Known for triple-digit revenue and profit increases, Jeff has 28 years of experience as an award-winning quota-busting salesperson and has trained over 1,000 salespeople. Jeff also runs SalesEdge, a program exclusively for Remodelers Advantage, where Roundtables members can...
2022-12-0130 min
Temple Beth Am PodcastsElul Learning Series 2022: Personal Prep For The High Holy DaysElul is the month of reflection and preparation for Rosh HaShannah and Yom Kippur. Rabbi Mark Borovitz conducted this learning to help us enter the High Holidays with a sense of completeness for the year we are leaving and a plan/purpose for our year to come.
The class was conducted at Temple Beth Am via Zoom on September 5, 2022.Special Guest: Rabbi Mark Borovitz.Links:High Holiday Workshop Worksheet
2022-09-0544 minPowerTips UnscriptedEp.176: Top 10 Sales Tips for Remodelers with Jeff Borovitz
Jeff Borovitz has trained hundreds of remodeling sales people, designers and owners to help them increase sales and margins. So, we have asked him to join us here to share his top ten sales tips with our listeners.
Jeff is a franchise owner of Sandler Training and the Remodelers Advantage Sandler Sales Trainer. He has advised, trained and coached small and medium-sized companies as well as large enterprise companies on developing stronger sales teams, closing more sales and leading organizational change.
Victoria, Mark and Jeff talk more about:
The most commonly missed sales tip
C...
2022-02-2444 min
Unpause Your LifeEp003: Rabbi Mark Borovitz - How to Find a Way of Living That Matches Your SoulEp003: Rabbi Mark Borovitz - How to Find a Way of Living That Matches Your SoulUnfortunately, those who have created the "addiction epidemic" are now trying to cash in on the recovery movement. More drugs, like suboxone, are not the "cure" for addiction. Recovery is about finding your essence, your true self.The killer of the human spirit? When we make addiction a brain disease and remove all responsibility from recovery. The five toughest words for people to put together into a sentence? "Oops, I made a mistake." Blame and shame go away when I'm...
2021-10-2937 min
Our Stories Matter13 - Harriet Rossetto & Rabbi Mark Borovitz: Healing Through Love“I think that’s the healing agent that Beit T’Shuvah gives. We give people spirit, we tell them we have faith in them, and we give ‘em love.” “And a sense of belonging.” Harriet and Rabbi Mark tag-team to share their collective aspirations for elevating healing of mind, body, spirit, and justice through their marriage and community addiction treatment center, Beit T’Shuvah. Listen to this episode to hear their story of love and advocacy. Visit the Our Stories Matter homepage to learn more about the podcast. Follow @TraumaInformedLA on Instagram and subscribe to our newsletter for...
2021-08-261h 05PowerTips UnscriptedEp.152: The Seven Deadly Sins of Negotiating with Jeff Borovitz
A remodeler who fears negotiation, is like a roofer who is afraid of heights.
Negotiation skills are necessary for success in the field of remodeling. However, a lot of remodelers are unaware of how to even approach the subject.
Guest Jeff Borovitz joins Victoria and Mark in this episode to talk about how to be an efficient negotiator and how to avoid the seven deadly sins of negotiation that stand in the way of success.
Jeff is a franchise owner of Sandler Training and the Remodelers Advantage Sandler Sales Trainer. He has advised, tr...
2021-05-2038 min
Tattoos and TorahPrison Of The MindHave you ever felt enslaved in your life? To someone else, to craving, or even to a behavior?The question is: How do you cultivate an enduring sense of freedom in your life? Is freedom given to us, or do we have to claim it? Is it possible to be enslaved to your desires?These are just a few questions that Rabbi Iggy and Rabbi Mark Borovitz discuss in this episode. As an ex con and recovering addict, Rabbi Mark knows all too well what it means to me imprisoned from the outside AND the inside. Both Rabbis talk...
2021-03-2659 minPowerTips UnscriptedEp.143: The Deadly Sins that Designers & Production Teams Commit with Jeff Borovitz
How can designers and production staff improve their success in the remodeling industry? Guest Jeff Borovitz joins Victoria and Mark to talk about the deadly sins that get in the way of reaching your full potential.
Jeff has worked and trained with many members of the Remodelers Advantage Roundtables community and brings that experience in talking about patterns and trends to continue, and avoid.
Since 1991, Jeff has worked with businesses across the globe, helping thousands improve their sales organizations and sales culture. Jeff is now the owner of Sandler Training, a sales and leadership training comp...
2021-03-1127 min
Raising Holy SparksRe-released Episode: Purim and DrinkingRabbi Mark Borovitz describes his transition to recovery from drug and alcohol abuse as though he was "struck sober". Nowadays Rabbi Mark as the CEO of Beit T'Shuva, a Jewish addiction treatment center, helps to facilitate similar healing for others.
2021-02-2637 min
The Damage Done PodcastThe Holy Thief"Rabbi Mark Borovitz was a mobster, gangster, con man, gambler, thief, and drunk." In this episode we interview Rabbi Mark Borovitz aka The Holy Thief. Rabbi Mark speaks to us about his past, addiction, spirituality, his path to redemption. Please visit www.RabbiMark.com
2021-02-231h 11
The Damage Done PodcastThe Holy Thief"Rabbi Mark Borovitz was a mobster, gangster, con man, gambler, thief, and drunk." In this episode we interview Rabbi Mark Borovitz aka The Holy Thief. Rabbi Mark speaks to us about his past, addiction, spirituality, his path to redemption. Please visit www.RabbiMark.com
2021-02-231h 11
True Crime Uncensored with Burl Barer and Mark BoyerNYT BEST SELLING AUTHOR TOD GOLDBERG and RABBI MARK BOROVITZ -- CRIMINAL BECOMES RABBI FACT AND FICTIONIMPROVED AUDIO REMIX CRIMINAL BECOMES RABBI : Tod Goldberg wrote it as fiction in Gangsterland and Gangster Nation, and Mark Borovitz lived it for real in Holy Thief
Fiction meets real life--Mark Borovitz was a mobster, gangster, con man, gambler, thief, and a drunk. He is now the rabbi at Beit T'Shuvah in Los Angeles, the House of Return, a rehabilitation facility for addicts of all kinds.
Tod Goldberg wrote Gangsterland and Gangster Nation about a mobster who hides out as a Rabbi in Las Vegas. Now a real mobster turned Rabbi and Tod Goldberg come tog...
2020-08-2952 minTattoos and TorahWandering Souls. How to make the desert that is our lives to flourish.Studying with Rabbi Mark Borovitz this week about forgiveness , amends , appeasement and the lessons of this corona virus desert.
2020-04-1758 min
Press Play On The Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook Now, Busy Professionals!The Holy Thief: A Con Man's Journey from Darkness to Light by Mark Borovitz, Alan EisenstockPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379545to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Holy Thief: A Con Man's Journey from Darkness to Light
Author: Mark Borovitz, Alan Eisenstock
Narrator: Bj Harrison
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Release date: October 15, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Medicine & Naturopathy
Publisher's Summary:
Mark Borovitz was a mobster, gangster, con man, gambler, thief, and a drunk. He's seen it all. In this inspiring memoir, he takes you on a journey from the streets to discovering his soul in a prison cell. When Mark was fourteen, his father died...
2019-10-157h 36Raising Holy SparksEpisode 15: Celebrating Life and Purim; on Drug and Alcohol Abuse w/Rabbi Mark BorovitzRabbi Mark Borovitz describes his transition to recovery from drug and alcohol abuse as though he was "struck sober". Nowadays Rabbi Mark as the CEO of Beit T'Shuva, a Jewish addiction treatment center, helps to facilitate similar healing for others.
2019-03-2037 min
Finding My Religion, a PodcastRabbi Mark BorovitzRabbi Mark Borovitz is the Rabbi at Beit T'Shuvah, a residential treatment facility for addiction, based in Los Angeles. Rabbi Mark has been featured in articles in the Los Angeles Times, Moment Magazine, Jewish Journal, and the Wall Street Journal. In 2004, Rabbi Mark was one of seven people invited to a round table discussion with President George W. Bush about faith and recovery. His biography, The Holy Thief: A Conman’s Journey from Darkness to Light (Harper Collins), tells the story of his life from hopelessness to redemption, for which the rights were recently optioned. He also recent...
2019-01-1648 min
THE EXPLODING HUMAN with Bob NickmanEPISODE 16: RABBI MARK BOROVITZ: FROM SERVING TIME TO SERVING OTHERSRABBI MARK BOROVITZ talks to me about his alcoholism and two terms in the state penitentiary to becoming a Rabbi in his 40's. He heads the Beit T"Shuva recovery center in Los Angeles helping addicts of all kinds and imparting a spiritual message. We talk addiction, recovery and his views on the spirituality that has often been lost in Judaism.
2018-04-2546 min
The Motivation ReportFrom Mobster to Rebel Rabbi with Mark BorovitzI sit down with the "rebel Rabbi" Mark Borovitz to discuss his history working for the mob, finding himself and God, and his important work to help addicts. To donate to the Beit Tshuvah visit beittshuvah.org.
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2017-12-1100 min
Inspired Conversations with Amy Schuber327 Rabbi Mark Borovitz, Author, Spiritual Leader, Head Rabbi, CEORabbi Mark’s leadership is unparalleled. Community members, addicts, educators, dignitaries, and executives all seek his wisdom; a blend of acute savvy and rabbinic teachings. When working with residents, he is living proof that change is possible; when speaking to the congregant, he stands for hope that every man has a higher purpose. The Rabbi’s unique take on addiction treatment (“Addiction is a hole in the soul. It is a spiritual malady that says there is something wrong. Recovery is about I Matter and I’m a holy soul.”), has solidified him as an expert and forerunner i...
2017-10-2430 min
Lifestyle Archives -Ep003: Rabbi Mark Borovitz – How to Find a Way of Living That Matches Your SoulEp003: Rabbi Mark Borovitz – How to Find a Way of Living That Matches Your Soul
Unfortunately, those who have created the “addiction epidemic” are now trying to cash in on the recovery movement. More drugs, like suboxone, are not the “cure” for addiction. Recovery is about finding your essence, your true self.
The killer of the human spirit? When we make addiction a brain disease and remove all responsibility from recovery. The five toughest words for people to put together into a sentence? “Oops, I made a mistake.” Blame and shame go away when I’m responsible.
2017-09-2400 min
Unpause Your LifeEp003: Rabbi Mark Borovitz - How to Find a Way of Living That Matches Your SoulEp003: Rabbi Mark Borovitz - How to Find a Way of Living That Matches Your SoulUnfortunately, those who have created the "addiction epidemic" are now trying to cash in on the recovery movement. More drugs, like suboxone, are not the "cure" for addiction. Recovery is about finding your essence, your true self.The killer of the human spirit? When we make addiction a brain disease and remove all responsibility from recovery. The five toughest words for people to put together into a sentence? "Oops, I made a mistake." Blame and shame go away when I'm...
2017-09-2437 min
The 4 Principles of Success with Antonio Holman#34 – Personal Crime, Addiction, Life Recovery and Endless Wisdom with Rabbi Mark BorovitzRabbi Mark, is located in Los Angeles, California and, with being officially ordained in 2000 at the University of Judaism with a master's in Rabbinic Literature, is a spiritual leader, CEO and the author of Finding Recovery and Yourself in Torah: A Daily Spiritual Path to Wholeness combining his knowledge of Torah and street smarts to help recovering addicts find their way in the world. Mark is not your typical Rabbi.
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2017-08-0752 min
A Lott Of Help with James Lott JrTalking Self Worth, Connection, Finding the Melody of Your Soul & Prince with Rabbi Mark BorovitzHost James Lott Jr talks with the divine and straight shooting Rabbi Mark Borovitz about how each of us matters, making connection, the importance of you, addiction, recovery, seeing People's amazingness and living in gratitude. We also comment on the late artist Prince as we remember his death a year ago today. Some strong language...
2017-04-2251 min
Inside Out with Paul MecurioRabbi Mark BorovitzThis the most surprising, eye-opening interview I've done. Rabbi Mark was a mobster, gangster, con man, gambler, thief, and drunk. At 14 his father died. Within months, he was selling stolen goods for the mob, beginning a twenty-year life of crime that ran the gamut from bar hustles and con games to check-cashing scams. In prison, he played every angle and then some. Mark talks about his checkered past and how while in prison he found the keys to saving his soul by helping others which he does to this day. He is the rabbi at Beit T'Shuvah in Los...
2017-04-0449 min
Breaking Into...Breaking Into… Criminal Rehab & Life Change with Rabbi Mark Borovitz | BHL’s Breaking IntoBreaking Into... -- In this episode Black Hollywood Live host James Lott Jr. welcomes Rabbi Mark Borovitz to Breaking Into to discuss Criminal Rehab and Life Change!
Officially ordained in 2000 at the University of Judaism with a Master’s in Rabbinic Literature, Rabbi Mark Borovitz combined his knowledge of Torah and street smarts to shape his calling: helping recovering addicts find their way in the world. Spiritual Leader, Author, Head Rabbi, CEO, and overall anomaly, he is able to reach both the addict and the congregant, and de-stigmatize this life threatening disease.
Rabbi Mark’s leadership is unp...
2016-11-1648 min
Addicted to Addicts: Survival 101 Archives - WebTalkRadio.netAddicted to Addicts: Survival 101 – From Con Man to RabbiListen as Mark Borovitz tells Denise his story. It is a story of hope. Rabbi Mark runs Beit T’Shuvah, a residential treatment center and Jewish congregation in the Los Angeles area of California. The Rabbi tells Denise how important it is for everyone, especially those who are addicts and alcoholics, to have a purpose and […]
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2014-09-0100 min
A Book and a Chat with Harriet RossettoHarriet is the author of Sacred Housekeeping - A Spiritual Memoir
The book is an honest autobiography of a courageous woman and social worker, who took an interest in the unpopular cause of helping incarcerated Jewish men re-enter society and made it her life's passion. From that passion was born Beit T'Shuvah, a once tiny halfway house that has grown exponentially into a renowned treatment organization. Her voyage is remarkable and an inspiration to all people. This is the personal story of the obstacles she surmounted and the successes she encountered. This book also tells the unconventional love story of H...
2013-03-2029 min