Dara Horn is back on Being Jewish with Jonah Platt, and this time she has a provocative new book and an even bigger argument: what if we have fundamentally misunderstood how antisemitism works? The acclaimed author of People Love Dead Jews returns to the show with her new book, The Final Solution to the Jewish […]
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Season three of Being Jewish is here, and Jonah Platt is opening it with the most explosive conversation this show has ever had. His guest is Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of a Hamas founder who became one of Shin Bet’s most valuable sources ever, known to the world as the Green Prince. This conversation, […]
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Jonah Platt takes the stage live in Atlanta for a night of music and conversation, from his time in Broadway’s Wicked to the personal mission behind Being Jewish with Jonah Platt. Part interview, part concert, as Jonah explains the real turning point that pushed him from acting into full-time Jewish advocacy work, and the moment […]
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Jonah Platt sits down with three icons whose support for the Jewish people takes very different forms and very different risks, in a special episode featuring legendary shoe designer Stuart Weitzman, supermodel Cindy Crawford, and Seinfeld star Jason Alexander. Stuart opens up about the moment his relationship with his own Jewish identity shifted, and the […]
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Long before therapy and self-help books, the Jewish people were already wrestling with life’s biggest questions. This special Being Jewish mashup brings together five rabbis and five unforgettable conversations on faith, identity, and purpose, all in one sagacious episode. If you want to go deeper beyond the podcast, join the Being Jewish Kehillah — the […]
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Jonah Platt hosts a special live post-screening Q&A with The Floaters stars and producers, including Jackie Tohn, Shai Korman and Andra Gordon, on bringing the Jewish summer camp comedy to the screen. ** JBS is a non-profit, Jewish educational television and multimedia channel made possible by VIEWERS LIKE YOU! ** Follow JBS on social media, […]
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Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba grew up in Southern California. Today she lives in eastern Uganda, married into a Jewish community most American Jews have never even heard exists, one that was nearly wiped out under a brutal dictator and has since grown into a thriving population of 5,000. As a Black Jewish woman, she says something […]
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Scooter Braun turned Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, and Kanye West into global stars. After October 7th, he became one of the only voices in the music industry to speak up for the Jewish people, turning the horror of the Nova Music Festival massacre into an exhibition that’s forced hundreds of thousands of people to face […]
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Jonah Platt meets with Baroness Luciana Berger, a British Jewish political leader, former Member of Parliament and prominent advocate against antisemitism in public life.
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Jonah Platt meets with Mohammed Al Samawi, an interfaith advocate and founder of Abrahamic House, which brings Muslims, Christians and Jews together through dialogue and shared values.
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