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Send us Fan Mail Ep 412: The Butterfly Effect Do the things we don’t do matter just as much as the things we do? In this thought-provoking episode of The Butterfly Effect on hmTv, hosts Gilad Avrahami and Bernie Furshpan explore the powerful idea that inaction is never neutral. From everyday choices to moments of moral consequence, they unpack how small decisions, even the ones we barely notice, r...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast Description – Ep 411: Ordinary Heroes with Bernie Furshpan & Dr. Dan Holtzman What happens when education, music, and moral responsibility meet on a global stage? In this powerful episode of Ordinary Heroes , host Bernie Furshpan sits down with Dr. Dan Holtzman, Assistant Superintendent of the Great Neck Public Schools, to reflect on their life-changing experience at t...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 409 of Habits of a Whole Heart on hmTv, host Arnie Herz sits down with Wendy Shulman, founder and owner of the Roslyn Salt Cave, for a heartfelt conversation about healing, purpose, and the power of stillness. Wendy shares how a serious car accident in Los Angeles became an unexpected turning point, launching a decades-long journey through wellness modalities around the...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 410 of Habits of a Whole Heart on hmTv, host Arnie Herz continues his powerful conversation with Wendy Shulman, founder of the Roslyn Salt Cave, exploring how life’s most difficult moments can become gateways to purpose, growth, and transformation. Wendy reflects on her belief in a “soul contract,” the role of vision and dreams in shaping reality, and how daily habits l...

Send us Fan Mail Ep 407: Habits of a Whole Heart | Steven Hart, Part 1 In this powerful Part 1 episode of Habits of a Whole Heart on hmTv’s Humanity Matters series, host Arnie Herz welcomes Steven Hart, professor at Appalachian State University and a world-class communication trainer and consultant. Steven shares the personal experiences that shaped his life’s work, including a difficult childhood...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 2 of Habits of a Whole Heart , host Arnie Herz welcomes back Steven Hart , professor at Appalachian State University, to continue a timely conversation on the healing power of communication. Building on their first episode, Arnie and Steven explore what “structured listening” can look like, why the best conversations balance purpose with openness, and how everyday interact...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast Description (Ep 406) In this heartfelt episode of Many Voices One Community , host Gaitley Stevenson-Mathews welcomes a truly inspiring guest and community leader, Andrea Nordquist , President and Founder of Blue Star Mothers NY 14 . Andrea shares the powerful mission behind Blue Star Mothers, an organization dedicated to supporting veterans, active-duty service members, m...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 404 of Many Voices, One Community on hmTv, host Gaitley Stevenson-Matthews sits down with community leader Marisa Gambino, President of Logia Glen Cove, for a heartfelt conversation about immigration, identity, and the power of belonging. Marisa shares her journey from Italy to Long Island at nine and a half years old, the challenges of adapting to a new language and cu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Many Voices, One Community , host Gaitley Stevenson-Mathews sits down with Glen Cove’s new Chief of Police, Chris Ortiz, for an honest, uplifting conversation about leadership, community trust, and what it means to serve the town that raised you. Chief Ortiz shares his Glen Cove roots, his father’s immigrant expectations, and the surprising pivot that took him f...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast Description – Ep 403 (Education in Motion on hmTv) Episode Title: Education in Motion: Teaching Holocaust History Through Human Stories Host: Zach Graulich Guest: Kelly Fives In the premiere episode of Education in Motion on hmTv, host Zach Graulich , Assistant Director of Education at the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center (HMTC), welcomes passionate educator and c...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 402 of Ordinary Heroes on hmTv, host Bernie Furshpan sits down with Sherona Varulkar for a fascinating conversation that spans 2,200 years of Jewish history and lands right here on Long Island. Sherona shares the remarkable story of the Bene Israel community, tracing their origins from the Holy Land to the west coast of India, and explains how Jewish identity, tradition...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Legacy Chronicles: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future , Donna Rosenblum, Director of Education at the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center, sits down with longtime HMTC docent and Second Generation Committee Chair Gail Kastenholz for a powerful conversation about memory, identity, and responsibility. Gail shares the remarkable story of her parents, Ralph...

Send us Fan Mail In Ep 398 (Part 2) of The Fog of War and Humanity on hmTv, host Richard Acritelli continues his conversation with U.S. Army veteran Donna Zephyrin, tracing her path from the Army Reserve to active duty in Savannah, Georgia, and into the earliest phase of the Iraq War. Donna describes the sharp culture shift between Reserve and active duty life, the demands of daily military discip...

Send us Fan Mail In Ep 399 (Part 3) of The Fog of War and Humanity on hmTv, host Richard Acritelli continues his powerful conversation with U.S. Army veteran Donna Zephyrin, tracing the closing chapters of her first Iraq tour and the rapid pivot into her second deployment. Donna recounts the move north to Garma, where daily threats, RPGs, and increasingly sophisticated IED tactics reshaped everyth...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast Description (Ep 400 – Part 4): The Fog of War and Humanity | hmTv Host Richard Acritelli concludes his powerful four-part conversation with U.S. Army veteran Donna Zephrine in this milestone 400th episode of The Fog of War and Humanity . In Part 4, Donna reflects on returning home from back-to-back deployments to Iraq and the emotional transition of leaving active duty. Sh...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 1 of Ep 397 of The Fog of War and Humanity on hmTv, host Richard Acritelli welcomes U.S. Army veteran Donna Zephyrin for a wide-ranging conversation that begins long before the War on Terror. Donna reflects on her upbringing, her early leadership and service through JROTC, and how navigating learning disabilities helped shape her work ethic, resilience, and drive to overac...

Send us Fan Mail In Ep 396 of The Past Has an Afterlife on hmTv, host Gilad Avrahami sits down with HMTC receptionist Tara Collins for a raw, deeply human conversation about memory, family history, and the ways the past continues to echo through our lives. Tara shares how Holocaust survivor stories shaped her understanding of resilience and forgiveness, then traces her own lineage through Irish po...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 2 of The Israeli Bond on hmTv, host Gal Swisa Cohen welcomes back Aviv Lapid for a deeply personal continuation of her story. Aviv takes us minute by minute through the morning of October 7 in Sderot, when a routine red alert turned into something unimaginable, terrorists inside the city, constant rockets, and a terrifying realization that even the safe room did not feel s...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast Description (Ep 395 – The Israeli Bond | hmTv) In this powerful episode of The Israeli Bond on hmTv, host Gal Swisa Cohen sits down with Itay Cohen , a Shinshin (Shnat Sherut gap-year volunteer) serving with the Randy Wolba-Melinski Center for Israel delegation at the C. Jacob Solomon JCC on Long Island. Itay shares what it was like growing up in Kfar Saba , a liberal Isra...

Send us Fan Mail In Legacy Chronicles Episode 392, host Zachary Graulich welcomes Doron Keren, a second-generation Holocaust descendant carrying his family’s story forward with urgency and purpose. Doron shares the extraordinary survival of his grandfather Ignacy Heger, who led his family into the sewers of Nazi-occupied Lviv for fourteen months, aided by Polish sewer worker Leopold Socha. Doron a...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast Description (Ep 393 | The Israeli Bond | Part 1) Host: Gal Swisa Cohen Guest: Aviv Lapid hmTv | Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center What does it mean to grow up with only 15 seconds to find shelter? In this powerful episode of The Israeli Bond on hmTv, host Gal Swisa Cohen sits down with Aviv Lapid, a Shinshin (Shnat Sherut volunteer) with the Randy Wolbon Melinsky Cen...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast Description (Ep 391: The Butterfly Effect | hmTv) In this thoughtful episode of The Butterfly Effect on hmTv, host Gilad Avrahami is joined by co-host Bernie Furshpan for a powerful conversation about how the choices of the past shape the realities of the present. Together, they explore the “ripple effects” of decisions, memory, and lived experience, and how meaning is for...

Send us Fan Mail Podcast Description (Ep 390 – The Dana Download | hmTv) In this episode of The Dana Download , host Dana Arschin Kraslow sits down with Cori Cohen , founder of My Abroad MDs , a proactive healthcare platform created to help American travelers and students studying abroad connect with trusted, English-speaking doctors worldwide. Cori shares the deeply personal inspiration behind he...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 389 of Ordinary Heroes on hmTv, host Bernie Furshpan sits down with Lisa Zaretsky, founder of the Zaretsky Wellness Center and a deeply trained clinician and educator with advanced expertise spanning education, social work, and cognitive science. Together they explore what “wellness” really means beyond buzzwords, why the subconscious mind drives so much of our behavior...

Send us Fan Mail (Ep 388) In Part 2 of Habits of a Whole Heart , host Arnie Herz continues his inspiring conversation with Mo Wolfe , founder of Evolution Pilates in Port Washington, New York. After sharing her powerful personal journey in Part 1, Mo returns to explore deeper themes of gratitude, wholeness, and what it truly means to live with intention. Mo reflects on her recent trip to Bhutan ,...