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In the Spotlight: Rabbi Rick Jacobs (Union for Reform Judaism – URJ)
September 3, 2026
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, the largest Jewish movement in North America, and a leading voice on Jewish life and Israel, joins Abigail Pogrebin.
In the Spotlight: Galit Atlas
August 27, 2026
Galit Atlas, psychoanalyst and bestselling author whose new book, “Come Closer,” explores how childhood wounds shape adult relationships, love, and patterns of connection, joins Abigail Pogrebin.
In the Spotlight: Stephen Spector
August 25, 2026
Stephen Spector, professor emeritus at Stony Brook University, scholar of the Hebrew Bible, Israel, and Christian Zionism, joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss his new book, “God and the First Families: Parenting, Trauma, and Healing in the Book of Genesis.”
In the Spotlight: Michelle Friedman
August 17, 2026
Dr. Michelle Friedman joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss her poignant new memoir about growing up on the chicken farm her family ran.
In the Spotlight: Dalia Rotter Youngerwood (“SHAVUA”)
August 7, 2026
Dalia Rotter Youngerwood joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss “SHAVUA,” her book pairing Jewish wisdom with guided reflection inspired by the rhythm of the Jewish calendar.
In the Spotlight: Jonathan Spector (“Birthright” Play)
August 3, 2026
Jonathan Spector, Tony Award-winning playwright behind Eureka Day, joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss his new play exploring friendship, Jewish identity, and belonging across a changing American landscape.
In the Spotlight: Miriam Kagan Lieber
July 27, 2026
In The Spotlight: GOLDA Girls
July 22, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin sits with Stephanie Butnick, Gabby Deutsch, Esther Cheheber, and Rabbi Diane Fresko, the women behind GOLDA Girls, a new podcast amplifying the voices of Jewish women on today’s issues, culture and Jewish life.
In the Spotlight: Molly Jong-Fast
June 26, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin sits with bestselling author, journalist, and political analyst Molly Jong-Fast, whose memoir How to Lose Your Mother reflects on family, fame and her relationship with writer Erica Jong.
In the Spotlight: Ari Gordon
June 15, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin talks to Ari Gordon, an Orthodox Jewish scholar committed to Jewish-Muslim bridge-building, to discuss Sacred Orientation in Late Antiquity and Early Islam, his book on prayer, ritual and religious identity in early Islam.