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In the Spotlight: Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz
August 5, 2024
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Rabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz, author of a memoir that recounts his journey to self-discovery and offers insights on how to nurture communities despite today’s climate of fractured politics and hostility
In the Spotlight: Noah Feldman
September 5, 2024
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by legal scholar and columnist Noah Feldman to discuss his book To Be a Jew Today, which offers a profound exploration of contemporary Judaism and what it means to be Jewish in a time of global crisis.
In the Spotlight: Benjamin Resnick
November 13, 2024
Abby Pogrebin is joined by Rabbi and author Benjamin Resnick to discuss Next Stop, his dystopian novel about a world in turmoil after Israel disappears into a black hole, sparking questions of faith, survival, and conspiracy on a global scale.
In The Spotlight: Music Leaders
February 3, 2025
Abby is joined by Jeff Klepper and Dan Freelander, renowned Jewish music leaders whose jazz inflected folk-rock style has defined a new Jewish spiritual sound, influencing generations of Jewish musicians.
In the Spotlight: Gayle Kirschenbaum
October 21, 2025
Abby Pogrebin welcomes Emmy Award-winning filmmaker & author Gayle Kirschenbaum to discuss Bullied to Besties, her raw and uplifting memoir about transforming lifelong pain into forgiveness and healing in her tumultuous relationship with her mother.
In the Spotlight: Aron Hirt-Manheimer
November 20, 2025
Author Aron Hirt-Manheimer joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss Sons of Survivors: Making Peace with Inherited Trauma, his moving dual memoir tracing two friends’ journeys to confront their parents’ Holocaust past and transform a legacy of trauma into one of love and understanding.
In the Spotlight: Miriam Udel
December 2, 2025
Abigail Pogrebin meets with author Miriam Udel, whose new book entitled Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature reveals how contemporary Yiddish stories give voice to new forms of Jewish identity.
In the Spotlight: Rabba Anat Sharbat
January 9, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin interviews Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat, a Talmud scholar who founded a weekly prayer group in Tel Aviv’s hostage square, turning it from a place of sorrow into one of healing.
In The Spotlight: Rabbi David A. Ingber
March 17, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Rabbi David A. Ingber, founding rabbi of Romemu and Senior Director of Jewish Life at 92NY, a leading voice in Jewish Renewal known for his spiritually teaching and influential leadership in contemporary Jewish life.
In the Spotlight: Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
March 30, 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.