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Israel Solidarity Concert Featuring Shai Abramson
August 13, 2025
Shai Abramson, Chief Cantor of the IDF, returns to the Hampton Synagogue for a rousing concert alongside Cantor Netanel Hershtik.
A Special Look: Jonathan Greenblatt
August 18, 2025
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), joins Teisha to discuss the recent alarming rise in global antisemitism.
Jewish Insights: Ilana Kurshan on Reading with Your Children
August 27, 2025
Award-winning author Ilana Kurshan joins Justin to discuss Children of the Book: A Memoir of Reading Together, which explores her experience of reading Jewish and secular books with her children and the cumulative impact on her and her family.
Defending Israel: Brave New World
September 3, 2025
On Defending Israel, David offers a warning that too many Jewish advocacy groups remain in an “October 6th world,” risking irrelevance by failing to confront the seismic changes facing the Jewish community.
Jewish Insights: Justin Pines with Elana Stein Hain
September 10, 2025
Justin is joined by Elana Stein Hain, Rosh Beit Midrash and Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, discussing her popular series TEXTing that addresses issues of our day through the lens of classical Jewish texts.
Confusing Satan: A Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Shiur
September 20, 2025
To mark the launch of Ceremony and Celebration: An Introduction to the Holidays published by Maggid Books, Rabbi Sacks delivered a pre-Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur shiur entitled Confusing Satan.
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch: Hopefully
October 2, 2025
On Erev Yom Kippur, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch ponders the nature of hope in these dark times and urges us to reject “syrupy saccharine” optimism and instead embrace the active, Jewish ideal of hope rooted in good deeds.
Jewish Insights: Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon
October 7, 2025
Justin Pines is joined by Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon, Chief Rabbi of Gush Etzion and President of the World Mizrachi Movement, to discuss the value of Torah, social change for Israel’s vulnerable, support for IDF soldiers and his faith-based response to 10/7.
FIDF Briefing: Homefront Command
October 17, 2025
FIDF CEO Maj. Gen. (Res.) Nadav Padan is joined by Homefront Command’s Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Liron Donnell, who provides an overview of the Homefront Command, a unique branch of the IDF tasked with civil defense and emergency response inside Israel during wartime.
Defending Israel: David Harris with Jonah Platt
November 6, 2025
David Harris welcomes Jonah Platt, host of the hit podcast Being Jewish with Jonah Platt, for a conversation about Jewish identity in America today and the insights he’s gained from his acclaimed series.