Best Yeshiva University Podcasts (2024)

Many of us have watched college campuses around the country erupt in protests, with tent camps being set up on greenspaces calling for universities to disclose and divest from companies that do business in Israel. But when do the chants, signs and graffiti cross the line from first-amendment-protected free speech to something more nefarious? This w…

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Episode 270: Allison Josephs is joined by reporter and author Reuven Fenton to discuss his debut novel "Goyhood" and more

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Episode 269: Allison Josephs is joined by Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody, Executive Director of Ematai

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Episode 268: Allison Josephs is joined by teen actress Dalya Knapp

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Episode 267: Allison Josephs is joined by Dr. Joshua Karlip, Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, in advance of Yom HaShoah to compare/contrast pre-Holocaust antisemitism and rising antisemitism ...

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Episode 266: Allison Josephs is joined by Kayla Haber-Goldstein, author of Questioning the Answers, to discuss this Sunday's Rabbinic Asifa to tackle the Agunah crisis and more

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Episode 265: Allison Josephs is joined by Hindu activist & speaker Surya Naga to talk about Hindu-Jewish solidarity in these challenging times

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Episode 264: Allison Josephs is joined by actor/producer Jonathan Lipnicki to discuss antisemitism in Hollywood and his Shabbat Angels initiative

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Episode 263: Allison Josephs is joined by Shabbos Kestenbaum, Master's student at Harvard University, to discuss antisemitism on the Harvard campus and the resulting lawsuit he is filing against the university ...

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Episode 262: Allison Josephs is joined by Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Victory Boyd to discuss Israel, relations between the Jewish and black Christian community and more

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Episode 261: Allison Josephs interviews Lieutenant Aston Bright, American firefighter and volunteer for Israel on the Gaza border

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Chris Fredericks, CEO of Empowered Ventures 45:21

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Chris Fredericks founded Empowered Ventures, serves as president & CEO, and is a member of the board of directors. Chris has a diverse background in management, accounting and finance, business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, operations, people development, and strategy. In 2010, he proposed and led the acquisition of TVF (www.tvfinc.com) on …

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Episode 260: Allison Josephs is joined by Joel Finkelstein and Ben Wolfson to get their expert opinions on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the challenges it brings

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Episode 259: Allison Josephs is joined by Nechuma Schweitzer, Makom Member and Jew in the City staff member, to discuss her unique Jewish journey.

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Episode 258: Allison Josephs is joined by actor/comedian/coach Jennifer Apple, founder of the Empowered Artist Collective, to discuss "Should Jews only play Jews?" in Hollywood and Broadway

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Episode 257: Allison Josephs interviews Rabbi Robyn Frisch about how her family navigates their unique situation: a Reform rabbi married to a Conservative rabbi raising a son who is studying to be an Orthodox ...

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Episode 256: Allison Josephs is joined by Yakira Herskowitz to discuss her unique career path with an M.S. in Marine Ecosystems & Society, with a focus in Shark Research and Conservation

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Episode 255: Allison Josephs is joined by writer Yuval Yefet and director Rotem Shamir, co-creators of the Netflix series "Rough Diamonds," to discuss representation of Hasidic Jews in contemporary media ...

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Jeannie Tarkenton, CEO & Founder of Funding U 48:33

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Jeannie founded Funding U to provide a responsible loan option for academically achieving, low income students who needed last gap funds to complete college, but for whom the only available options were high interest rate credit cards. Her drive to solve this problem came from a decade of working in education nonprofits in Atlanta and an understand…