Jews You Should Know

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays.

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Erica Brown is the author of twelve books on leadership, the Bible and spirituality, and is the newly named Director of Leadership at the nascent Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Center for Values and Leadership. Hear her fabulous life story on this episode! -------------------- EPISODE TIME STAMPS  2:30  Introduction – Erica's childhood in Pittsburgh  4:15  Family background; Erica sp...

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Sara Yoheved RIgler  is a person whose spiritual journey has taken her down an unconventional path. From her studies in India with a guru who was both a mystic and an acclaimed Sanskrit scholar, to her 15 years living in the oldest ashram in America, to becoming an observant Jew and moving to Jerusalem, Sara has absorbed wisdom from the many facets of her life. She is an acclaim...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Moshe Gersht  has been on a spiritual journey most of his life.  As a child in Los Angeles, his upbringing was filled with ancient as well as new age wisdom instilled in him by his parents.  Finding success at an early age in a pop punk band, he soon had his first of several spiritual awakenings, and left the band to pursue a deeper spiritual truth. Moshe returned to Jerusalem,...

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Rabbi Yehoshua Fass is Co-Founder of Nefesh B'Nefesh, an organization that has revolutionized the Aliyah process for over 65,000 Western Olim, assisting them in moving to Israel by acting to remove financial, logistical, and professional obstacles.  After receiving his rabbinic ordination, as well as degrees in biology and education, Rabbi Fass felt compelled to put his faith in...

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Rivka Ravitz  is an Israeli  Haredi political administrator, who has worked for Israeli politician and recent president of Israel Reuven Rivlin since 1999. As Rivlin's chief of staff, she has traveled the world extensively, and has met dignitaries such as Pope John Paul II, President Joe Biden, and President Vladimir Putin.  As an ultra-orthodox Jewish woman working in the male-...

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Ari Mittleman is an experienced consultant and now author, working at the nexus of politics, policy-making and the press in Washington, D.C. From his beginnings in Pennsylvania, Ari has served on political campaigns in the U.S., and immersed himself deeply in Jewish and policy outreach to countries around the world. As a native Pennsylvanian actively involved in the Jewish commu...

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays

The Renaissance Educator and Tikvah Dean Rabbi Mark Gottlieb is Dean of the Tikvah Institute at Yale University, as well as a longtime celebrated principal at the Maimonides School in Boston and MTA in New York, two of Modern Orthodoxy's flagship institutions. Rabbi Gottlieb discusses his own personal journey towards Jewish tradition, and his early career as a precocious educator and administrator...

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays

ABOUT THIS EPISODE "Ambassador of Joy".  Those three words best describe Barry Shore, a man who, having become paralyzed overnight after years of success as an entrepreneur, used his experience to better the lives of those around him. Barry is a motivational speaker, bestselling author, and transformer of people's lives.  His charisma and infectious joy will fascinate you.  Join host Ari Koretzky,...

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Daniel Levin has traveled a wide ranging and fascinating path in his lifetime.  Having grown up in several different cultures in the Middle East and Africa, he has devoted his life to working in geopolitical spheres to help governments navigate their way through political reform and economic development. Ari and Daniel discuss modern power dynamics and their use and misapplicati...

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays

Avram Miller - The Intel Guru Avram Miller is best recognized for co-founding Intel Capital, the computer industry's most successful corporate investment organization. While at Intel, he was Vice President of Corporate Development. Miller was a major influence behind the creation of residential broadband, which was a crucial component in the development of today's internet. Miller had a good caree...

Timely thoughts on the weekly Torah Portion and Jewish holidays

Author Dara Horn urges us to examine the reasons behind our fascination with Jewish deaths as representative of the worst of humanity's ills, and our lack of regard for Jewish lives as they unfold in the present. In her book, "People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present," Dara draws on her own family's experiences — trying to explain Shakespeare's Shylock to a curious 10-year-old, her ou...