JBS: Jewish Broadcasting Service

Robert Siegel speaks with leading Middle East policy experts Dennis Ross, Aaron David Miller and Ghaith al-Omari for a wide-ranging discussion on Israel, the region and the shifting diplomatic landscape ahead. A program of AFRMC. 

Rabbi Avraham Bronstein is joined by author Allegra Goodman to discuss Isola, her novel that tells the timeless story of one woman’s fight for survival, inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine.

Author Aron Hirt-Manheimer joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss "Sons of Survivors: Making Peace with Inherited Trauma," his moving dual memoir tracing two friends’ journeys to confront their parents’ Holocaust past and transform a legacy of trauma into one of love and understanding.

JBS Journalist Micah Halpern urges NYC Jewish leadership to forget the election rhetoric and work with Zohran Mamdani to get the important service that city hall provides for Jews in New York—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.

From the ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute, insights from ISGAP Senior Research Fellow Uzi Rabi, director of the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, and Elhanan Yakira, Schulman Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. With ISGAP Founder Charles Asher Small.

David Harris welcomes back ISGAP Fellow and Egyptian Author/Activist Dalia Ziada to discuss the recent decision by the American government to designate certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, a long-awaited move.

From the bima at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch reflects on the darker impulses unleashed by social media and draws a parallel to the enduring human struggles embodied in Jacob and Esau.

Rabbi Avraham Bronstein sits with author Menachem Rosensaft to discuss "Burning Psalms," a collection of 150 psalms that lament, rage and seek comfort as they reimagine ancient texts in the shadow of the Holocaust.

In a program of the Temple Emanu-El Cultural Streicker Center, executive directors of Hillel at Brown, Columbia, Harvard, and Stony Brook discuss how they’ve navigated rising antisemitism on campus, working to educate, protect, and inspire “October 8th” communities of young Jews newly awakened to their identity.

Abigail Pogrebin is joined by bestselling author, podcast host ("Unholy") and British journalist Jonathan Freedland to discuss his real-life thriller- "The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret  Resistance Network in Nazi Germany- and the Spy Who Betrayed Them."

JBS Journalist Micah Halpern examines Jewish reaction at home and abroad to the Mamdani election—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.

Middle East scholar Dalia Ziada joins ISGAP leaders Dr.Charles Asher Small and David Harris to discuss ISGAP’s future operations in Washington, DC, where she’s joined the team to translate scholarship on combating antisemitism into actionable policy.

Eric welcomes back acclaimed filmmaker Oren Rudavsky to discuss "Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire," his powerful documentary that offers an unprecedented in-depth look at the life, legacy, and inner world of one of the most profound voices of our time.

Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Zibby Owens - bestselling author, publisher, bookstore owner, and host of the hit podcast Totally Booked with Zibby - which is brought to life before a studio audience in a new series premiering on JBS this Thursday.

JBS Journalist Micah Halpern reflects on how many Israelis, including kidnapped victims, have found strength in Jewish tradition since October 7—this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS.

At the ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute, Dr. Charles Asher Small speaks with Professors Ansel Brown and Yifat Bitton on issues of race, antisemitism and discrimination, exploring how legal and social struggles shape the fight against hatred today.

Olga Deutsch of NGO Monitor speaks with David Harris about how some prominent human rights groups, often using governmental funds, have become key actors in the global war to defame and delegitimize Israel - and what's being done to expose and derail their campaigns. 

Author Molly Jong-Fast discusses "How to Lose Your Mother," her sharp, funny and deeply personal memoir about fame, family and her complicated relationship with her mother, writer Erica Jong, with Zibby Owens at the Temple Emanu-El Cultural Streicker Center.

Eric is joined by filmmaker Yoav Potash to discuss Among Neighbors, his haunting documentary that blends animation and magical realism to uncover the long-buried truths of a Polish town where echoes of Jewish life still reverberate.