Episodes
![Israel at War: David and Shahar React to Netanyahu's Speech](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3353615/3000_X_300000_00_43_20Still009_zy4443_300x300.jpg)
2 days ago
2 days ago
Shahar Azani and David Harris offer reactions and unpack the Israeli Prime Minister’s address to Congress.
!["A Great Jewish Debate"](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3353615/3000_X_300000_00_36_24Still008_z6wacf_300x300.jpg)
2 days ago
2 days ago
In the spirit of the Talmudic teaching of Eilu v’Eilu, principled disagreement, Rabbi David Saperstein, a Reform Jewish leader and former Obama appointee, and Dr. Tevi Troy, an Orthodox Jew who served in the Bush administration, will model the type of respectful discord all too uncommon in these contentious times...and explore how we might forge a Jewish path to greater bipartisan cooperation and tolerance.
![Eye on Israel: "Treating PTSD" (Dr. Danny Derby, Prof. Jonathan Huppert, and Leah Peskin)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3353615/3000_X_300000_00_31_22Still007_gektzu_300x300.jpg)
2 days ago
2 days ago
Shahar Azani is joined by Leah Peskin, Jonathan Huppert and Dr. Danny Derby for a discussion on treating patients with combat-related PTSD.
![Thinking Out Loud with Micah Halpern - "Open Season"](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3353615/Micah_PODCAST_STILL_ziggyu_300x300.jpg)
2 days ago
2 days ago
JBS journalist Micah Halpern discusses the rise of Jew hatred in America but highlights a new Gallup poll revealing positive perceptions of Jews in the US—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.
![Defending Israel: Yonathan Arfi](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3353615/x240723_Defend_Arfi_wMPB_300x300.jpg)
2 days ago
2 days ago
David Harris is joined by Yonathan Arfi, President of CRIF, the central umbrella body for the Jewish community in France, to discuss the timely and complex situation facing his nation, the third largest Jewish community in the world.
![In the Spotlight: Oren Kessler ("Palestine 1936")](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3353615/xITS080_Kessler_240618_300x300.jpg)
2 days ago
2 days ago
Abby Pogrebin is joined by award-winning author Oren Kessler to discuss "Palestine 1936," his book that looks at the origin story of the world’s most intractable conflict and reveals world-changing events through extraordinary individuals on all sides.
![Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism (SWFS): Social Justice and Interfaith Partnerships](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3353615/ProfilePic_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Friday Jul 19, 2024
In the wake of October 7th, we've been forced to re-evaluate some of our social justice and interfaith partnerships. Hear from Zioness Founder and Executive Director Amanda Berman, Union for Reform Judaism Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy David Saperstein, and Jewish Council for Public Affairs CEO Amy Spitalnick in a panel discussion moderated by Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester Senior Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe. In a conference by the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in NYC.
![In the Spotlight: Beatrice Weber](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3353615/xITS079_Weber_240604_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Abigail Pogrebin is joined by speaker, activist, former Hasidic rebbetzin, mother of 10 and the executive director of Yaffed, Beatrice Weber, to discuss her organization’s mission of improving secular education in Hasidic and Haredi schools.
![Defending Israel with David Harris: Loay Alshareef](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3353615/x240716_Defend_Shareef_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Arab Peace Activist and supporter of Israel, Loay Alshareef from the UAE, joins David Harris in conversation about Israel and its relationship to the Arab countries in the Middle East.
![Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism (SWFS): Zionism, Anti-Zionism and the Aims of Liberal Jewish Education](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3353615/ProfilePic_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute for Religion President Dr. Andrew Rehfeld speaks about how Zionism fits in with his college's goal of providing a liberal Jewish education, and is joined by Rabbis Geri Newburge and Tarlan Rabizadeh for debate.