JBS: Jewish Broadcasting Service

Rabbi Hirsch Sermon: "Some Thoughts on Jury Duty"

In a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in NYC, Rabbi Hirsch offers impressions from his two long days of jury duty, remarking on the reality of human imperfections and the dependency of American institutions on the honor and integrity of those within them. 

Israel at War: UNRWA

Avi Mayer, immediate past editor in chief of the Jerusalem Post, weighs in on the freezing of funds to UNRWA and calls to replace it after some of its employees were accused of taking part in the October 7th massacre. With Teisha Bader

Roundtable Reunion (Yoffie, Ehrenberg, Bayme)

Eric Yoffie is joined by fellow L’Chayim Roundtable veterans Betty Ehrenberg and Steven Bayme to discuss the Israel-Hamas war and current state of the Jewish world, as they pay tribute to the memory of JBS founder Mark S. Golub z"l and imagine what he would have said.

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch (SWFS) Sermon: "Safe Spaces"

Rabbi Hirsch describes how conformity and groupthink portend the dangerous decline of liberalism, especially in the great American institutions of higher learning that play a critical role in creating safe spaces for ideas. 

FIDF Live Briefing: War Update Jan 24 2024 - Maj. Gen. (Res.) Padan

FIDF CEO Steve Weil speaks with Maj. Gen. (Res) Nadav Padan (National Director, FIDF).

FIDF Live Briefing: War Update - Maj. Gen. (Res.) Padan

FIDF CEO Steve Weil receives a war briefing from Maj. Gen. (Res) Nadav Padan (National Director, FIDF).

FIDF Live Briefing: Social Media

FIDF CEO Steve Weil speaks with 2nd Lt. Tammy Shur, Head of the International Digital Department in the IDF Spokesperson Unit,  about the responsibility and challenges of running social media across 10 digital platforms for the Israeli military

FIDF Live: Duvdevan Reservist Yisrael Klitsner

Having left his family in Pittsburgh to return to active duty in Gaza, Yisrael Klitsner, IDF
Reservist from the Duvdevan unit and former Diaspora Affairs Advisor to the Prime
Minister, shares his frontline experience and impressions of the Israel-Hamas war.
 

Israel at War: 100 Days of Captivity

Shany Granot-Lubaton, co-founder of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, discusses the unthinkable 100 days of captivity for the hostages in Gaza and events marking the devastating milestone including the walk in Central Park this past Sunday, with the urgent call to Bring Them All Home Now. With Teisha Bader.

In the Spotlight: Mitch Albom

Bestselling author Mitch Albom joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss "The Little Liar," his novel of hope and forgiveness that tracks how the intertwined lives of three young survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and grace of redemption.