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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Israeli Bond on hmTv, host Gal Swisa Cohen welcomes Gal Atia, Head of Delegation and Chief Program Officer for North America at the Jewish Agency for Israel. Gal shares his personal journey from serving as a basketball coach at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin to leading one of the Jewish Agency’s most important North American missions. Through stories from summer ca...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Many Voices. One Community on hmTv, host Gaitley Stevenson Mathews welcomes Kate Csillag, founder of Knit with Kate, for a warm and inspiring conversation about the power of knitting, crocheting, service, and human connection. Kate shares how fiber arts have been part of her life since childhood and how she now uses knitting and crochet to bring people together...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Many Voices. One Community on hmTv, host Gaitley Stevenson Mathews welcomes Dr. Gina Florio, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Molloy University, for a thoughtful conversation about education, leadership, mentorship, and the lasting value of a liberal arts foundation. Dr. Florio shares her personal journey from growing up in Middle Village, Queens, to d...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Disrupting Hate on hmTv, host Ken Schachter welcomes William G. Holst, former assistant county attorney in Suffolk County, longtime member of the Smithtown Anti-Bias Task Force, and author of Bicentennial Trifecta . Together, they explore how bias and hate can surface even in communities that see themselves as welcoming, and why early education is essential in p...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 608: The Dana Download with Dana Arschin and Guest Rhonda Fink-Whitman on hmTv In this episode of The Dana Download , host Dana Arschin welcomes author, educator, and Holocaust education advocate Rhonda Fink-Whitman for a powerful conversation about memory, responsibility, and action. Rhonda, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, shares the story behind her book 94 Maidens , w...

Send us Fan Mail The Israeli Bond with Gal Swisa Cohen and Guest Kim Hadar on hmTv In this episode of The Israeli Bond , host Gal Swisa Cohen welcomes Kim Hadar, an Israeli Shinshin serving with the Long Island delegation through the Randy Wolff-Malinsky Center for Israel at Sid Jacobson JCC. Kim shares what it means to take a year of service before joining the Israel Defense Forces, and how her r...

Send us Fan Mail Influential Origins with Alan Mindel Guest: Jake Blumencranz — Part 3 hmTv at HMTC In Part 3 of Influential Origins , host Alan Mindel concludes his conversation with Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz with a powerful discussion about America, constitutional freedoms, redistricting, political extremism, free speech, media responsibility, and the future of civic life. Alan opens with a p...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 604 — Influential Origins with Alan Mindel Guest: Jake Blumencranz — Part 1 hmTv at HMTC In this episode of Influential Origins , host Alan Mindel sits down with Jake Blumencranz for a thoughtful conversation about family legacy, public service, education, identity, and leadership. Jake shares the multigenerational story of his family’s business roots, beginning with Lafayette...

Send us Fan Mail Influential Origins with Alan Mindel Guest: Jake Blumencranz — Part 2 hmTv at HMTC In Part 2 of Influential Origins , host Alan Mindel continues his conversation with Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz, focusing on the growing challenges facing New York, the future of families and businesses in the state, and the alarming rise of antisemitism in public life, education, and civic spaces....

Send us Fan Mail The Israeli Bond with Gal Swisa Cohen and guest Ofek Ron In this episode of The Israeli Bond on hmTv, host Gal Swisa Cohen welcomes Ofek Ron, co-founder and CEO of Oshi, a pioneering Israeli food-tech company creating plant-based whole-cut fish fillets. Ofek shares his journey from animal advocacy to entrepreneurship, explaining why he chose to focus on fish, one of the most over-...

Send us Fan Mail In this moving episode of Raised by Survivors , host Bernie Furshpan sits down with Silvia Fishbaum, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, to explore memory, identity, art, and the responsibility of carrying history forward. Silvia reflects on growing up Jewish in postwar communist Czechoslovakia, the silence surrounding her father’s wartime experiences, and her eventual escape to...

Send us Fan Mail In this thought-provoking episode of The Butterfly Effect , hosts Gilad Avrahami and Bernie Furshpan explore the ethical implications of the multiverse and what the idea of endless possibilities can teach us about choice, responsibility, hope, and human connection. Together, they unpack how concepts from physics, philosophy, consciousness, and imagination can help us better unders...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful milestone episode of Unmasked. Unfiltered. Unapologetic. , host Bali Lerner sits down with author, peace activist, and mental health professional Mustapha Ezzarghani for a courageous and deeply honest conversation about identity, propaganda, antisemitism, and the urgent need for education. Born and raised in Marrakesh, Morocco, Mustapha shares how his early memori...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of Ordinary Heroes , host Bernie Furshpan welcomes legendary comedian, actor, singer, writer, and storyteller Robert Klein for a wide-ranging conversation about comedy, Jewish identity, history, memory, antisemitism, and the fragile state of democracy. Robert reflects on growing up in the Bronx as the son of Frieda and Benjamin Klein and the grandson of Hu...

Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode of Raised by Survivors , host Bernie Furshpan welcomes longtime friend Carla Wirth for a moving conversation about legacy, inherited trauma, memory, and the sacred responsibility of keeping survivor stories alive. Carla shares the story of her father, a Holocaust survivor who was taken into the camps as a young teenager and survived Auschwitz and Be...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Putting the Brakes on Bullying , host Samantha Sosnik welcomes Jeanine Driscoll, Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes and candidate for New York’s 4th Congressional District, for a thoughtful conversation about public service, leadership, family, bullying, and standing up for others. Jeanine shares how her work helping Nassau County residents understand tax exemptio...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 596: It’s All About the Children with Carin & Sami Guest: Miss Israel Melanie Shiraz, Part 2 | hmTv at HMTC In Part 2 of this powerful conversation, hosts Carin and Sami continue their discussion with Miss Israel Melanie Shiraz about identity, critical thinking, social media, antisemitism, and the challenges facing young people today. Melanie speaks honestly about the dang...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 595: It’s All About the Children with Carin & Sami Guest: Melanie Shiraz, Part 1 | hmTv at HMTC In this powerful first part of It’s All About the Children , hosts Carin and Sami welcome Melanie Shiraz, data scientist, entrepreneur, advocate, and reigning Miss Israel, for an honest conversation about identity, resilience, leadership, and the responsibility young people have...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 591: The Fog of War and Humanity with Rich Acritelli and Montgomery “Monty” Granger, Part 3 In Part 3 of The Fog of War and Humanity on hmTv , host Rich Acritelli concludes his powerful conversation with Montgomery “Monty” Granger , former U.S. Army officer, author, educator, and veteran of detainee operations during the War on Terror. Monty reflects on the highly specialized...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 592: The Fog of War and Humanity with Rich Acritelli and David DePinto, Part 1 In Part 1 of The Fog of War and Humanity on hmTv , host Rich Acritelli welcomes David DePinto , a Smithtown attorney with a deep personal connection to military history. Recorded on D-Day, June 6 , this episode begins with David’s Long Island upbringing in North Bellmore and North Babylon, his famil...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 593: The Fog of War and Humanity with Rich Acritelli and David DePinto, Part 2 In Part 2 of The Fog of War and Humanity on hmTv , host Rich Acritelli continues his conversation with David DePinto , a Smithtown attorney, military history enthusiast, and creator of a detailed Omaha Beach D-Day diorama . Recorded on June 6 , the anniversary of D-Day , David shares what inspired h...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 594: The Fog of War and Humanity with Rich Acritelli and David DePinto, Part 3 In Part 3 of The Fog of War and Humanity on hmTv , host Rich Acritelli concludes his conversation with David DePinto , Smithtown attorney, military history enthusiast, and creator of a detailed Omaha Beach D-Day diorama . David and Rich explore the chaos of D-Day, the failure of many pre-invasion pl...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 589: The Fog of War and Humanity with Rich Acritelli and Montgomery “Monty” Granger, Part 1 In this episode of The Fog of War and Humanity on hmTv , host Rich Acritelli welcomes back Montgomery “Monty” Granger , former U.S. Army officer, author, educator, and expert in detainee operations during the War on Terror. Monty shares his firsthand experience with enemy prisoner of wa...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 590: The Fog of War and Humanity with Rich Acritelli and Montgomery “Monty” Granger, Part 2 In Part 2 of The Fog of War and Humanity on hmTv , host Rich Acritelli continues his powerful conversation with Montgomery “Monty” Granger , former U.S. Army officer, author, and educator. Monty shares firsthand insight into detainee operations during the War on Terror, including his ti...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast Description — Legacy Chronicles, Ep. 588 In this episode of Legacy Chronicles on hmTv, host Zachary Graulich sits down with Dr. Jonathan Hammel , physician, novelist, and author of The Jewish Hospital . Dr. Hammel shares the remarkable story behind his historical fiction novel, inspired by his grandmother Gerda Haas , a nurse in Berlin’s Jewish Hospital during World War II...