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A Special Look: A Small Light
Actress Billie Boullet discusses playing Anne Frank and how she was impacted as both an actor and a Jew while filming A Small Light, the limited TV series based on the true story of Miep Gies who risked her life to hide Frank’s family.
The Sassoons: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Dynasty
Author and Sassoon descendent Joseph Sassoon tells the untold story of the gilded Jewish Bagdhadi Sassoons, who built a vast empire through global finance and trade that reached across three continents and ultimately changed the destinies of nations.
Rabbi Hirsch: Israel at 75
In a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, Rabbi Hirsch puts rebuke and criticism of Israel on pause to make room for celebration of the miracle that is the Jewish state for the occasion of its 75th birthday
Rabbi Hirsch: Wisdom Tooth Wisdom
In struggling to understand how his dental plan could deny his claim for anesthesia during a painful procedure, Rabbi Hirsch highlights the Jewish values of humility, gratitude, and the importance of caring for the suffering of others.
In the Spotlight: Yoni Avi Battat
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Iraqi Jewish Musician Yoni Avi Battat to discuss ‘Fragments,’ his new album that explores identity and connection to his Mizrahi roots.
Yom Yerushalayim Tour of Jerusalem
Join Jerusalem tour guides Aviv Wishkovsky and Dorit Graiver as they take you on a special Yom Yerushalayim tour of Jerusalem. This program is sponsored by B’nai B’rith International and the WZO.
Operation Shield and Arrow: A Situational Briefing
Amid the recent barrage of rockets from Gaza, Benjamin Anthony hosts a MirYam Inst. situational update that includes discussion of Iran’s involvement, the difference between Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, and the history behind the withdrawal from Gaza. Featuring David Hacham and Yochai Guiski.
Rabbi Hirsch: Hurtling Towards the Abyss
Addressing the crisis in Israel in what he calls the most painful sermon of his career, Rabbi Hirsch describes the struggle as being not only for the proper balance of power but for a confidence in Israel as both a Jewish and democratic state
The Lebanon-Israel Border
IDF Brigadier General Moshe “Chiko” Tamir delivers a situational briefing to U.S. Army officers who traveled to the Israel-Lebanon border for MirYam’s annual Israel Strategy & Policy Tour for Active Officers.
In the Spotlight: Jonathan Rosen
Abigail Pogrebin sits with author Jonathan Rosen to discuss The Best Minds, his haunting account of an American tragedy involving family, friendship, love, and the ways in which we understand – and fail to understand – mental illness.
