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Rabbi on the Sidelines: Jeffrey Gurock
Rabbi Sherman speaks with Jewish history scholar and JBS favorite Jeffrey S. Gurock about how the sports experience can be used to understand contemporary American Jewish life.
Hampton Authors: Eric Alterman Author of We Are Not One
Author Eric Alterman discusses We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel, his book that traces the Zionist debate from its nineteenth-century origins and reveals how consensus on Israel and Palestine emerged and why it’s fracturing now
David Harris & Shahar Azani on Hamas’ Sexual Violence
Shahar Azani and David Harris discuss the silence of the U.N. on the issue of Hamas’ mass-rape of Israel women. They also touch on the roles of both Iran and Qatar in the massacre itself, as well as in its aftermath as Israel struggles to get all of the hostages released.
Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend
Scholar, historian and author Jeffrey S. Gurock discusses his new book and describes how he uses sports and the legend of Marty Glickman as a metaphor — a way to understand American Jewish life and history. With historian Beth Wenger, in a program of the American Jewish Historical Society.
Defending Israel: David Harris with Ron Liebowitz
David Harris interviews Ron Liebowitz, the president of Brandeis University, about his landmark decisions in the wake of the Hamas massacre, including formally banning the organization Students for Justice in Palestine from his campus.
Hampton Authors: Joseph Berger on Elie Wiesel
Author Joseph Berger discusses his intimate portrait that draws on Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel’s prodigious literary output to explore his life and legacy.
Defending Israel: David Harris with Shahar Azani
JBS’s own Shahar Azani and David Harris sit down for a wide-ranging discussion about new developments in the Israel-Hamas war, as well as its ramifications in the United States.
In the Spotlight: Rabbi Rachel Isaacs
Abigail Pogrebin speaks with Rachel Isaacs, a Maine-based rabbi who made history as the first openly lesbian rabbi ordained by JTS, and who founded of a groundbreaking institution committed to supporting small town and rural Jewish communities.
Sephardic Genetics: Dr. Ohad Birk
Head of Genetics at Soroka Medical Center in Be’ersheva, Israel, and a leading world figure in Sephardic genetics research, Dr. Ohad Birk leads a discussion of Sephardic genetic health from Congregation Shearith Israel in NYC.
Defending Israel: David Harris with Gilad Erdan
Israel’s Ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan joins JBS Strategic Analyst David Harris in conversation.
