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In the Spotlight: Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
March 23, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by her rabbi and longtime friend Angela Buchdahl, Senior Rabbi of Central Synagogue and author of Heart of a Stranger, for a warm, searching and deeply personal conversation about faith, identity and finding spiritual home.
In the Spotlight: Jenna Weissman Joselit on Mordecai Kaplan
March 18, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin talks with historian Jenna Weissman Joselit about her vivid portrait of Mordecai Kaplan, the radical thinker who reimagined Judaism for modern America and transformed how Jews understand identity, community and belonging.
In the Spotlight: Seth Rudetsky
March 5, 2026
Broadway impresario Seth Rudetsky speaks with Abigail Pogrebin about his post-10/7 activism and the painful silence he witnessed from much of the Broadway community as Jewish suffering went unacknowledged.
In the Spotlight: Nicholas Lemann
February 24, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin interviews New Yorker writer Nicholas Lemann about “Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries,” his sweeping new family history exploring Jewish identity, legacy and the meaning of home. He paints a rich picture of his ancestors, plantation owners and occasional slaveowners in the antebellum South.
In the Spotlight: Hannah L. on Addiction Recovery
February 17, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin interviews Hannah L., the semi-anonymous author of the book,”Mussar in Recovery: A Jewish Spiritual Path to Serenity & Joy,” which outlines Jewish approaches to addiction recovery.
In the Spotlight: Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein
February 10, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin speaks with Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein, educator, communal leader, and Executive Director of Atra, the Center for Rabbinic Innovation, whose work spans congregations and creative Jewish learning, and who led a landmark study illuminating the current state of the rabbinic profession.
In the Spotlight: Tovah Feldshuh
February 5, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin sits with acclaimed stage and screen actress Tovah Feldshuh to discuss her role as the Jewish mother on the hit Netflix series Nobody Wants This, her thriving five-decade career and how her Jewish identity has deepened since 10/7.
In the Spotlight: Tomer Persico
January 27, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin meets with Tomer Persico, a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute and scholar of contemporary spirituality, Jewish identity, secularism and the author of several books on religion, freedom and modern Jewish thought. ______________________ *** JBS is a non-profit, Jewish educational television and multimedia channel made possible by VIEWERS LIKE YOU! **** Discover […]
In the Spotlight: Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz
January 22, 2026
Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz, educator and facilitator of Jewish communal music, joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss her work weaving song and Torah into communal life and her forthcoming album entitled Songs from the Beit Midrash.
In the Spotlight: Amor and Finkelman on One Day in October
January 12, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by producers Daniel Finkelman and Chaya Amor of the acclaimed HBO Max series One Day in October, which recreates powerful stories of the nightmare that changed Jewish history, as they talk about how the real-life subjects helped make every moment as truthful as possible.