Rabbi Hirsch: When the Storms Rage

MirYam Institute co-founder Benjamin Anthony sits with Iris Haim, the mother of Yotam Haim z”l, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7th and tragically killed in a heartbreaking IDF operational miscalculation.

Eric Goldman is joined by filmmaker Nathan Silver to discuss his ninth feature, “Between the Temples,” starring Jason Schwartzman as a cantor facing a crisis of faith when his former music teacher returns as an adult bat mitzvah student.

Israeli diplomat Ambassador Ido Aharoni pulls back the curtain on recent Israeli affairs, answering your questions and taking us behind the scenes into the thinking and actions of government, business leaders and the Israeli public, in a program of the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center.

JBS Journalist Micah Halpern opines on the greatness of the Jewish calendar, as well as the meaning of Jewish memory—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.

David is joined by Soviet-born, Israel-based Izabella Tabarovsky, a top-notch researcher and analyst of the Soviet influence on contemporary antisemitism, as well as the nexus between antisemitism and anti-Zionism.

Eric Goldman is joined in discussion about "One Life," the film by James Hawes in which Anthony Hopkins stars as Nicholas Winton, a man who rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.  He is joined by the director, James Hawes, as well as Nicholas Winton's son, Nick Winton, and one of "Nicky's Children," Eva Paddock, a woman who was saved as a child from certain death in the Holocaust by Nicholas Winton.

JBS Journalist Micah Halpern discusses why he has great confidence in the next generation—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.

In these hyper-tense times, Rabbi Hirsch discusses the art and life of Van Gogh, reminding his congregation of the importance of staying rooted and making space for Jewish reflection amidst the fury of our relentless politics. 

Eric Goldman speaks with filmmaker Beth Lane about "UnBroken," her directorial debut chronicling the survival of her mother and six siblings - seven Jewish children who escaped Nazi Germany and were separated for decades before being reunited. The film is now streaming on Netflix- watch it today!

Teisha Bader is joined by Mark Schonwetter, Holocaust survivor and founder of the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation, the only organization granting funds for Holocaust education to schools nationwide.