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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” New Series
February 14, 2022
JBS original conversation series featuring special guest hosts in discussion with Jewish leaders, authors, and more.
In the Spotlight: Sara Luria
February 24, 2023
Sara Luria, Rabbi and founder of several Jewish community organizations, discusses her new resource for Jewish spiritual leaders called Beloved, which supports rabbis trying to create new spaces to support, connect and inspire their communities.
In the Spotlight: Yoni Avi Battat
May 30, 2023
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Iraqi Jewish Musician Yoni Avi Battat to discuss ‘Fragments,’ his new album that explores identity and connection to his Mizrahi roots.
In the Spotlight: Avram Mlotek
August 2, 2023
Abigail Pogrebin sits with Avram Mlotek, a rabbi, social activist, cantor, writer, actor, slam poet and co-founder of Base, a pluralistic home-centered outreach program for Jewish young adults.
In The Spotlight: Helen Schulman
October 20, 2023
Abigail Pogrebin speaks with bestselling author Helen Schulman about Lucky Dogs, her layered story of how trauma and self-preservation converge across decades and continents.
In the Spotlight: Spiked Antisemitism on Campus
November 8, 2023
At this most charged time for students on college campuses, Abigail Pogrebin speaks with Hillel directors Uri Cohen (Yale), Jenna Citron Schwab (Queens College) and Michael Simon (Northwestern).
In the Spotlight: Rabbi Shlomo Brody
March 18, 2024
Executive Director of Ematai, Jerusalem Post columnist and author Rabbi Shlomo Brody joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss ideas from his book, Ethics of Our Fighters: A Jewish View on War and Morality.
In the Spotlight: Project Kesher
May 13, 2024
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by CEO of Project Kesher, Karyn Grossman Gershon, to discuss her programs that build intergenerational Jewish life, advance gender equality, and promote public health and wellness.
In the Spotlight: Roberta Satow
June 27, 2024
Abigail Pogrebin speaks with author and psychologist Roberta Satow about “Our Time Is Up,” her part-fiction, part-memory book that offers an intimate look at psychoanalysis as seen through Roberta’s experience as both a patient and analyst