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In the Spotlight: Amor and Finkelman on One Day in October
January 12, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by producers Daniel Finkelman and Chaya Amor of the acclaimed HBO Max series One Day in October, which recreates powerful stories of the nightmare that changed Jewish history, as they talk about how the real-life subjects helped make every moment as truthful as possible.
In the Spotlight: Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein
February 10, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin speaks with Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein, educator, communal leader, and Executive Director of Atra, the Center for Rabbinic Innovation, whose work spans congregations and creative Jewish learning, and who led a landmark study illuminating the current state of the rabbinic profession.
In the Spotlight: Susan Morrison
May 13, 2026
New Yorker articles editor Susan Morrison joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss Lorne, her behind-the-scenes portrait of Lorne Michaels and the legacy of the American television and comedy institution, Saturday Night Live.
In the Spotlight: James McAuley
June 1, 2026
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by journalist and historian James McAuley, author of a new biography of Edmond de Rothschild, tracing how the French aristocrat became a driving force in the early Zionist movement and the building of a Jewish homeland.
In the Spotlight: Stephen Spector
August 25, 2026
Stephen Spector, professor emeritus at Stony Brook University, scholar of the Hebrew Bible, Israel, and Christian Zionism, joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss his new book, “God and the First Families: Parenting, Trauma, and Healing in the Book of Genesis.”
In the Spotlight: Rabbi Zachary Truboff (“Zionism in Crisis”)
October 14, 2026
Rabbi Zachary Truboff, Jerusalem-based rabbinic scholar and writer, joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss how the war has tested Zionism’s founding ideals and what it means to wield Jewish power while staying morally accountable. *** JBS is a non-profit, Jewish educational television and multimedia channel made possible by VIEWERS LIKE YOU! **** Discover more JBS @ […]
In the Spotlight: Stuart Weitzman
April 8, 2022
Legendary shoe impresario Stuart Weitzman talks about the Jewish museum he saved, why his designs were groundbreaking, and how Aretha Franklin changed his business, with Abigail Pogrebin from the JBS Studios in Times Square.
In The Spotlight: Jewish Musicians
April 15, 2022
Jewish musicians Elana Arian, Joey Weisenberg and Noah Aronson discuss their work and the links between music, prayer and worship, with Abigail Pogrebin from the JBS Studios in Times Square.
In the Spotlight: Seder for Holocaust Memory
April 25, 2022
Rabbi Justin Pines (Shalom Hartman Institute NA) joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss a new Yom Hashoah ritual known as the Hitkansut (convergence), an experiential ceremony to memorialize the Holocaust, as fewer survivors are able to tell their stories.
In the Spotlight: Rabbis Spratt & Stanton
September 28, 2022
Having taken an unadorned look at the landscape of Jewish life for their book Awakenings, Rabbis Benjamin Spratt & Joshua Stanton join Abigail Pogrebin to discuss what they see as the next chapter for Jewish legacy institutions and startups