Search result: in the spotlight
Top Story: Elan Carr
October 14, 2021
Former U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism Elan Carr joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin to discuss critical race theory, extremism on the Internet, confronting Jew-hatred on both the left and right and more.
Hampton Authors: Tovah Feldshuh
November 9, 2021
Actress Tovah Feldshuh shares Lilyville: Mother, Daughter and Other Roles I’ve Played, her memoir that reflects American cultural changes and the world’s shifting expectations of women, in a program of The Hampton Synagogue with Rabbi Bronstein.
JBS Special Report: Jewish Agency Aid to Ukraine
April 13, 2022
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Yigal Palmor discusses his organization’s campaign to help Jews make Aliyah now from the Ukraine and Russia, their work to keep Jews safe, and their efforts to assist all Ukrainian refugees. With Shahar Azani.
Jewish Cinematheque: Africa
June 16, 2022
Actor Meir Gerner discusses his son Oren Gerner’s movie “Africa,” a docu-fictional drama based on the real-life experiences of family and friends in the Israeli community settlement of Nirit, and centered on his aging father’s struggle to find meaning.
Jewish Cinémathèque: Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
August 11, 2022
Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine discuss Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, their documentary that explores the life and career of Jewish singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn.
Iran’s Nuclear Program & Israel
October 5, 2022
Lt. Col. Yochai Guiski (IDF, Ret.) analyzes the frightening recent developments of Iran’s nuclear program and what can be done to contain it, up to and including Israeli military strikes. A program of the MirYam Institute, with Benjamin Anthony.
L’Chayim Symposium: Biden & Israel
November 3, 2022
Mark S. Golub is joined by Mort Klein (President, ZOA), Caroline Glick (Senior Contributing and Chief Columnist, Jerusalem Post), Eric Yoffie (President Emeritus, URJ) and Laura E. Adkins (Opinion Editor, Forward) to examine President Biden’s relationship to Israel and the current ability of American Jewish leadership to advocate effectively for the Jewish state.
Rabbi Hirsch: Lessons on Leadership
November 8, 2022
When evaluating candidates in an election season, Rabbi Hirsch looks to lessons from Moses, and reminds his congregation to look beyond the superficial political circus to the actual people who desire to lead a nation
Hampton Authors Series: Jamie Raskin
November 9, 2022
Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) discusses Unthinkable, his memoir that recounts the harrowing early days of 2021 that changed his life forever, in a program of The Hampton Synagogue with Rabbi Avraham Bronstein.
L’Chayim: Alan Dershowitz
November 16, 2022
Alan Dershowitz, author, activist and Harvard Law Professor Emeritus, implores viewers to look at the reality and facts of his involvement with Epstein, Giuffre and Trump, as Mark S. Golub interrogates him on the issues that cost him his reputation.