Mark Oppenheimer joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss his podcast, “Gatecrashers,” that tells the story of how Jews fought for acceptance at Ivy League schools, and how the experience shaped American higher education.
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Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Rabbi Josh Feigelson, President & CEO of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, who describes how we can find meaning and purpose and what a Jewish mindfulness practice can really look like.
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Was the idea of a Jewish “literary mafia” entirely an antisemitic slander, or in any way founded in the reality of the number and influence of Jews in publishing? Abigail Pogrebin sits with writer Josh Lambert to get at the truth.
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Having taken an unadorned look at the landscape of Jewish life for their book Awakenings, Rabbis Benjamin Spratt & Joshua Stanton join Abigail Pogrebin to discuss what they see as the next chapter for Jewish legacy institutions and startups
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Rabbi Justin Pines joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss a new Yom Hashoah ritual known as the Hitkansut , an experiential ceremony to memorialize the Holocaust, as fewer survivors are able to tell their stories.
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Jewish musicians Elana Arian, Joey Weisenberg and Noah Aronson discuss their work and the links between music, prayer and worship, with Abigail Pogrebin from the JBS Studios in Times Square.
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Amir Avivi discusses Israeli security and his work with Israel’s Defense and Security Forum, the organization he founded to serve as a non-partisan bridge between Israeli military expertise and Washington policymakers with Shahar Azani
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