Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Rabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz, author of a memoir that recounts his journey to self-discovery and offers insights on how to nurture communities despite today’s climate of fractured politics and hostility
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Abigail Pogrebin is joined by speaker, activist, former Hasidic rebbetzin, mother of 10 and the executive director of Yaffed, Beatrice Weber, to discuss her organization’s mission of improving secular education in Hasidic and Haredi schools.
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Abigail Pogrebin is joined by author A.J. Jacobs to hear about his humorous and insightful experience attempting to live according to the original meaning of the U.S. Constitution for a year
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Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Jewish scholar and author Devora Steinmetz to discuss ideas from her book “Why Rain Comes From Above,” which explores how imaginative religious reading can deepen our understanding of life, the world, and God.
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Rabba Yaffa Epstein and Rabbi Shai Held grapple with the Jewish notion of loving your enemy, in this class from the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center moderated by Abigail Pogrebin.
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Leading New York Rabbis Joshua M. Davidson and Chaim Steinmetz explore the Jewish value of pluralism with moderator Abigail Pogrebin in a program of the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center.
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Sisters Danielle and Galeet Dardashti join Abigail Pogrebin to discuss “The Nightingale of Iran,” their documentary podcast ranked the #1 Jewish podcast this week, in which they reveal painful secrets and explore why their family left Iran in the 1960s at the height of national fame.
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Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Maurice Samuels, author of a biography which analyzes Alfred Dreyfus’s complex relationship to Judaism and antisemitism and illustrates the profound effect of the Dreyfus Affair on the lives of Jews around the world.
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Abigail Pogrebin is joined by CEO of Project Kesher, Karyn Grossman Gershon, to discuss her programs that build intergenerational Jewish life, advance gender equality, and promote public health and wellness.
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Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Shalom Hartman Institute president Rabbi Dr. Hartman to discuss Who Are the Jews—And Who Can We Become, his book that offers a solution to contemporary challenges through the creation of a new “shared” Jewish story.
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