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Witness: Judith Altman (Part 1)
December 5, 2019
Auschwitz & Bergen Belsen Survivor, Judith Altman talks about a happy childhood in Czechoslovakia to the nightmare on cattle cars, faced with Mengele & the extermination of her family. Part 1 of 2. On the JBS original series “Witness”
Witness: Judith Altman (Part 2)
December 27, 2019
Survivor Judith Altman from Czechoslovakia describes the horror of life in Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen; her liberation; and her resolve to be a positive force for good in the world, educating future generations about the Shoah. With Mark S. Golub.
Dovid Efune on JBS
January 16, 2020
While taking part in a panel discussion aired by the Jewish Broadcasting Service, Dovid Efune said recent events — such as the stabbing attack at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York — had left him feeling “motivated” to fight antisemitism.
Witness: Esther Geizhals
January 31, 2020
Esther Geizhals recalls her childhood in Lodz, Poland and the nightmare she endured throughout the Shoah from Auschwitz to Bergen Belsen, through liberation and to her creating a beautiful life and family in the United States.
Talmud Study: Protests, Riots and Mobs
August 19, 2020
Rabbi Mordechai Becher, Senior Lecturer at Gateways and Yeshiva University, cites Talmudic texts and rabbinic commentaries to discuss the Jewish Tradition’s conception of protest vs. violence on the JBS series “Dimensions of the Daf.”
Talmud Study: Does Judaism Support Capitalism?
October 7, 2020
Rabbi Mordechai Becher, Senior Lecturer for Gateways and Yeshiva University and author of “Gateways To Judaism,” discusses the way the Jewish Tradition relates to capitalism. An original JBS series “Dimensions of the Daf.”
Gam Yachad: Chaos in Israel
October 16, 2020
Shahar Azani, JBS Senior VP and former member of the Israeli Diplomatic Corps, describes the social and political chaos in Israel caused by Covid-19. With Mark Golub on the JBS series “Gam Yachad: Together During Covid-19.
Jewish Books: Author Meryl Ain
December 2, 2020
Author Meryl Ain reads excerpts from her novel “The Takeaway Men” and discusses themes of the book. For Jewish Book Month, an Author Series by the Hampton Synagogue of Westhampton Beach, NY with Rabbi Avraham Bronstein.
L’Chayim: 2020 Year In Review-Pt 2
January 5, 2021
Israeli politics, Israel pluralism, Peter Beinart, Bari Weiss and the Jewish Person of the Year are among the topics discussed by Steven Bayme, Eric Yoffie, Betty Ehrenberg and Jonathan Tobin in a 2020 Year In Review. With Mark S. Golub Part 2 of 2 .
L’Chayim: St Louis Survivor Hans Fisher
February 23, 2021
Survivor of the SS St Louis, Hans Fisher recounts the events surrounding his journey on the German refugee ship bound for Cuba in 1939. With Mark S. Golub on L’Chayim.