Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Abie Rotenberg is a prolific Orthodox Jewish musician, composer and entertainer living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been producing music since the mid-1970s with a style which has been described as "soft and sweet" with a strong folk influence.   Rotenberg grew up in Queens, New Yo...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Rabbi Levi Shemtov is the Executive Director of The Friendship Circle. Rabbi Shemtov and his wife Bassie are the founders of The Friendship Circle. The Friendship Circle of Michigan is a non-profit organization affiliated with Lubavitch of Michigan, and its goal is to provide every individual with...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. This dynamic duo collides leaders of two of the most special camps in Judaism. R' Ari Dembitzer, Rav of Beth Israel in Omaha Nebraska, and Head Counselor of Chai Lifeline's Camp Simcha, a medically supervised overnight camp for children battling cancer, blood disorders, and chronic illnesse...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Rabbi Aaron Kotler was the president of the Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG), also known as the Lakewood Yeshiva. BMG has some 7,000 students and 13,000 alumni, many of whom are leaders and builders of Jewish communities worldwide. The yeshiva is the engine of growth for the community of Lakewood, N.J., h...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Beatie Deutsch is the Israeli national champion in the marathon and half marathon. As a mother of five young children, she has learned to apply her training to the real marathon of life. Beatie took up running just four years ago and recently went pro with the goal of qualifying for Tokyo 2020 and...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Through decades of education and experience, American-born Rabbi Lazer Brody has devoted his life to helping others cope with the massive pressures of modern life as they affect both emotional and physical health. He is no stranger to dealing with ultra-high pressure and stress, as a two-war combat...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Joey Newcomb and Benny Friedman are talented artists. They each light up the world in their own way. They also are a blast to be around. Benny with his witty personality and wise words & Joey with his contagious jokes and deep inyanim - together they are so insightful and also fun.   Aside for...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Get ready for “Dynamic Duo” Episodes, where we sit down with different but connected personalities to dig deeper into their journeys and focus on specific topics.   Rav Joey Rosenfeld, LCSW is a practicing psychotherapist in the addiction field focusing on the interface between philosophy, spiritua...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Moishe (Mark) Bane became president of the Orthodox Union in January 2017.  Mr. Bane is a senior partner and chairman of the Business Restructuring department at the International law firm of Ropes & Gray. Much of his time, however, has been dedicated to service within the American Orthodox com...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Trigger Warning: We discuss suicide in this episode.     Yaakov here, I encourage you to listen to this episode. It's one of the most powerful episodes I've ever recorded. Aliza is so strong.     Aliza Bulow is the founder and director of Core, an organization that connects Jewish women and...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Aryeh Lightstone served as the Senior Advisor to U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, from 2017 to 2021.     In that role, he was an integral member of the Peace to Prosperity team, leading the inaugural Abraham Accord Business Summit, directing the Abraham Fund, and serving as point person i...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Rabbi Nissan Kaplan has been teaching thousands of students in the Mir yeshiva for many years. Today, he is the Rosh HaYeshiva of Da'as Aaron and surprisingly has a connection with so many of his talmidim.   In this episode, Yaakov asks the Rav Nissan about the challenge of losing his wife, bal...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Rabbi Steven Burg is the CEO of Aish Global, a worldwide movement committed to educating all Jews about Jewish wisdom through innovative programs and content, ensuring the vibrant continuity of the Jewish people. From his office at one Western Wall Plaza, Rabbi Burg oversees the Dan Family Aish Wor...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Danielle is a wife, a mother and absolute food lover. She grew up in New York and moved to Jerusalem, Israel 15 years ago and has been trying to get life under control here ever since.   That meant figuring out how to run basic errands, do the food shopping, and cooking in a place that does not tra...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. In the summer of 2019, Yossi Hecht’s life was drastically changed. The doctors found a tumor in his spine and he needed a number of surgeries to remove it.   One of the repercussions from such invasive surgeries, is that the ability to go to the bathroom can oftentimes be affected.   With advice of...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Judge Rachel Freier, founder of Ezras Nashim, wears many hats on top of paramedic — not least of which is US Civil Court Judge. Elected as Judge in 2016, it was a step up from her career in law, where she was licensed to practice in New York, New Jersey and Washington DC. As a wife, mother, grandmo...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Rich grew up as a reformed Jew and today he lives in...Lakewood. Today he is famous for running free chol hamoid carnivals, philanthropic donations and running campaigns for the political parties he believes in. In this episode, Rich discusses how he found God, saved his business from bankruptcy an...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Rabbi Klatzko attended Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, Staten Island Yeshiva and BMG, and received his rabbinic ordination from Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn from Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum, ZTL. Rabbi Klatzko accepted an offer to serve as Rabbi of the 14th ave Agudath Israel of Brooklyn, New York and Shaarey T...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. At the age of 3, Yakov Horowitz lost his father. After many years of teaching, he wrote a 4,500 word essay in The Jewish Observer titled “An Ounce of Prevention” on the subject of at-risk teens in the community. The article shocked the Orthodox community and led to an invitation to address the 1996...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Beri a new-age Chasidic singer, composer, entertainer AND Rosh HaYeshiva (Yes, you read that right). He is a renowned “vocal powerhouse” and gained popularity soon after he began releasing his albums in 2007. However, the debut of his celebrated “Thank You Hashem” g...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Eli Paley, an alumnus of the Chevron Yeshiva, is owner of Mishpacha Media Group and publisher of the Mishpacha weekly magazine for the haredi and Dati sectors, in Israel and abroad, in Hebrew and English. He is a businessman and social activist, and is chairman of the Paley Family Foundation which...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Rosie Heilbrun was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what it would look like under a white veil with the man of her dreams by her side. However, her life takes a harrowing turn in 1944 when she is forced out of her home and sent to the most gruesome...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Ben Shapiro is an American political commentator, public speaker, author, and lawyer. He is also an Orthodox Jew. He is a firm supporter of conservatism, or “right-wing” politics. Shapiro became a nationally syndicated columnist at the age of 17. Born into a family with Jewish origins, Shapiro exce...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein ZTL was the founder of Ohr Yitzchak, Ateres Naava Seminary for Girls, and Ohr Naava Women's Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Ohr Naava is a unique program designed for women ages 17 through 120 who are interested in furthering their Torah experience. The program, which was...

Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer. One of America’s premier Jewish scholars in Torah and Jewish mysticism, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (YY) Jacobson is one of the most popular speakers in the Jewish world today, lecturing to Jewish and non-Jewish audiences around the globe, and serving as teacher and mentor to thousands.    He is considere...