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In the Spotlight: Elana Stein Hain
November 3, 2023
Abigail Pogrebin sits with Elana Stein Hain, Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America to discuss how our texts and teachings help us in difficult times.
In the Spotlight: Rabbi Rachel Isaacs
December 4, 2023
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.
In the Spotlight: Dan Senor
January 29, 2024
Columnist, political adviser, podcast host, and Start-up Nation author, Dan Senor joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss his book The Genius of Israel.
In the Spotlight: Rabbi Justin Pines, New CEO of JBS
February 20, 2024
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Jewish leader and educator and the new CEO of JBS, Rabbi Justin Pines.
In the Spotlight: Daphne Lazar Price
March 25, 2024
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Daphne Lazar Price, executive director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA), to discuss her recent trip to Israel.
In the Spotlight: Francine Klagsbrun
April 1, 2024
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by author Francine Klagsbrun to discuss her book that uses letters, diaries, and other archival documents to trace the life and legacy of Hadassah founder and Zionist icon, Henrietta Szold.
In the Spotlight: Devora Steinmetz
July 10, 2024
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Jewish scholar and author Devora Steinmetz to discuss ideas from her book “Why Rain Comes From Above,” which explores how imaginative religious reading can deepen our understanding of life, the world, and God.
In the Spotlight: Beatrice Weber
July 19, 2024
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by speaker, activist, former Hasidic rebbetzin, mother of 10 and the executive director of Yaffed, Beatrice Weber, to discuss her organization’s mission of improving secular education in Hasidic and Haredi schools.
In the Spotlight: Reuven Fenton
August 22, 2024
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Reuven Fenton to discuss Goyhood, his debut novel that examines destiny and spirituality through the story of a devoutly Orthodox Jewish man who discovers in middle age that he’s not, in fact, Jewish.
In the Spotlight: Rabbi Dalia Marx
October 24, 2024
Abby Pogrebin speaks with Rabbi Dalia Marx about her book From Time to Time, a rich exploration of the Jewish calendar that weaves together poetry, prayers, songs, and a distinctively Israeli, feminist approach to each Hebrew month and its holidays.