Episodios

  • In the Spotlight: Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein
    Apr 7 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.

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    27 m
  • In the Spotlight: Tovah Feldshuh
    Mar 31 2026

    Abigail Pogrebin sits with acclaimed stage and screen actress Tovah Feldshuh to discuss her role as the Jewish mother on the hit Netflix series "Nobody Wants This," her extraordinary career, and how her Jewish identity has deepened since October 7.

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    59 m
  • In the Spotlight: Tomer Persico
    Mar 12 2026

    Abigail Pogrebin meets with Tomer Persico, a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute and scholar of contemporary spirituality, Jewish identity, secularism and the author of several books on religion, freedom and modern Jewish thought.

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    26 m
  • In the Spotlight: Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz
    Mar 5 2026

    Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz, educator and facilitator of Jewish communal music, joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss her work weaving song and Torah into communal life and her forthcoming album entitled "Songs from the Beit Midrash."

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    28 m
  • In the Spotlight: One Day in October (Finkelman & Amor)
    Feb 18 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.

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    28 m
  • In the Spotlight: Rabba Anat Sharbat (Hostage Square)
    Feb 4 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.

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    33 m
  • In the Spotlight: Yotam Polizer
    Jan 10 2026

    Abigail Pogrebin meets with IsraAID CEO Yotam Polizer to discuss the NGO’s global work and its role as Israel’s largest humanitarian organization, including its relief efforts in Gaza.

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    58 m
  • In the Spotlight: Laura Katzman (Ben Shahn)
    Jan 26 2026

    Abigail Pogrebin meets author Laura Katzman to discuss her new book on Ben Shahn, the Lithuanian-born immigrant artist whose socially engaged work championed civil rights, confronted injustice, and shaped modern American political art.

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    33 m