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That Jewish News ShowBiden’s tightrope walk in IsraelWe want to hear from you! Leave a review below and email thatjewishnewsshow@forward.com with your questions and comments. You can also text or call us at (201) 228-0412. Listen to “That Jewish News Show” on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FuJ640W1vfg2Y8yCH0XMBApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-jewish-news-show/id1684535242 Referenced articles, books and music:News of the Week: • “‘They have nowhere to go’: On Maui, a Chabad outpost gives safe harbor to dozens of Jews “ by Louis...2023-08-1731 minThat Jewish News ShowNetflix’s Julia Haart on her trip to Ukraine and empowering womenWe want to hear from you! Leave a review below and email thatjewishnewsshow@forward.com with your questions and comments. You can also text or call us at (201) 228-0412. Listen to “That Jewish News Show” on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FuJ640W1vfg2Y8yCH0XMBApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-jewish-news-show/id1684535242 “That Jewish News Show” is a thoughtful look at the week in Jewish news from journalists at the Forward, which has been driving the American Jewish conversation since 1897. In each episod...2023-08-0232 minThat Jewish News ShowComedian Alex Edelman is making a Christmas movie – and hoping to meet Louis FarrakhanWe want to hear from you! Leave a review below and email thatjewishnewsshow@forward.com with your questions and comments. You can also text or call us at (201) 228-0412. Listen to “That Jewish News Show” on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FuJ640W1vfg2Y8yCH0XMBApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-jewish-news-show/id1684535242And follow the Forward onFacebookTwitterInstagram Referenced articles, books and music:News of the Week: RFK Jr.’s antisemit...2023-07-2032 minThat Jewish News Show86,000 Jews, but no politics? Meet the moderators wrangling the Jews of Reddit0:00 Introduction03:00 News of the Week14:00 Interview with R/Judaism32:30 Recommendations and closing We want to hear from you! Leave a review below and email thatjewishnewsshow@forward.com with your questions and comments. You can also text or call us at (201) 228-0412. Listen to “That Jewish News Show” on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FuJ640W1vfg2Y8yCH0XMBApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-jewish-news-show/id1684535242 Referenced articles, books and music:News of...2023-07-1336 minThat Jewish News ShowIn the front row at the trial of the shooter of Pittsburgh’s Tree of LifeWe want to hear from you! Leave a review below and email thatjewishnewsshow@forward.com with your questions and comments. You can also text or call us at (201) 228-0412. Listen to “That Jewish News Show” on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FuJ640W1vfg2Y8yCH0XMBApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-jewish-news-show/id1684535242 Subscribe to the Forward’s free daily newsletters at forward.com/newslettersAnd find the Forward on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jewishdailyforwardTwitter...2023-06-2926 minThat Jewish News ShowDr. Ruth on love, sex, and turning 95Hosts Laura E. Adkins and Benyamin Cohen of the Forward were joined by Dr. Ruth Westheimer, everyone’s favorite sex therapist, in celebration of her 95th birthday. Later in the show, they discussed a neo-Nazi who renounced his ways thanks to MDMA, and the renaming of Wyoming’s “Swastika Lake.”We want to hear from you! Leave a review below and email thatjewishnewsshow@forward.com with your questions and comments. You can also text or call us at (201) 228-0412.Listen to “That Jewish News Show” on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FuJ640W1vfg2Y8yCH0...2023-06-2228 minThat Jewish News ShowIs Elon Musk the most dangerous antisemite in America?We want to hear from you! Leave a review below and email thatjewishnewsshow@forward.com with your questions and comments. You can also text or call us at (201) 228-0412. Listen to “That Jewish News Show” on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FuJ640W1vfg2Y8yCH0XMBApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-jewish-news-show/id1684535242Subscribe to the Forward’s free daily newsletters at forward.com/newsletters And find the Forward on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jewishdailyforwardTwitter...2023-06-1630 minThat Jewish News ShowAn Orthodox rabbi on why his synagogue supports the LGBTQ+ community0:00 Introduction2:25 News of the week10:45 Interview with Rabbi Jonathan Leener25:55 Recommendations and closing We want to hear from you! Leave a review below and email thatjewishnewsshow@forward.com with your questions and comments. You can also text or call us at (201) 228-0412.That Jewish News Show is hosted and produced by Laura E. Adkins and Benyamin Cohen of the Forward. Our theme music is by The Fly Guy Five.Listen on Spotify:Subscribe to the Forward’s free daily newsletters at forward.com/new...2023-06-0729 minThat Jewish News ShowCan Jewish and Christian billboards convert non-believers?0:00 Introduction5:00 The Tree of Life trial in Pittsburgh, the debt ceiling compromise, and … Nazi cocaine? 9:30 Interview with culture reporter Mira Fox27:20 Recommendations and closing On the June 1, 2023 episode of That Jewish News Show, Laura E. Adkins and Benyamin Cohen of the Forward discuss the Pittsburgh trial, the debt ceiling compromise, and packages of cocaine adorned with swastikas and other Nazi insignia. They were joined by Mira Fox, a culture reporter at the Forward, to discuss her reporting on what’s behind the rise of Christian and Jewish highway billboards.Listen...2023-06-0231 minThat Jewish News ShowThe man who escaped from Auschwitz0:00 Introduction2:55 The Biden administration’s plan to combat antisemitism 10:30 Interview with Jonathan Freedland35:30 - 29:00 Recommendations and closing On this week's episode of "That Jewish News Show," hosts Laura E. Adkins, the Forward's opinion editor, and Benyamin Cohen, its news director, talk about the Biden administration's comprehensive new plan to combat antisemitism. Plus: They're joined by Jonathan Freedland, a columnist at The Guardian and co-host of the "Unholy" podcast, to talk about his new book, “The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World,” which won the National...2023-05-2537 minThat Jewish News ShowGeorge Santos, Elon Musk, Rudy Giuliani, Nazi memorabilia and more0:00 Introduction2:10 News of the week12:20 Interview with Mark Chiusano31:00 Recommendations and closing On the May 17, 2023 episode of “That Jewish News Show,” Laura E. Adkins and Benyamin Cohen of the Forward discuss Elon Musk’s Magneto tweets, Nazi memorabilia (including Zyklon B!) that’s going to auction, and Rudy Giuliani’s latest shocking (and…weird?) antisemitism. They were joined by Mark Chiusano, reporter at Newsday and author of the forthcoming The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos, to discuss the myriad scandals and recent indictme...2023-05-1734 minThat Jewish News ShowTalking the Supreme Court's blockbuster church-state case with law professor Michael A. Helfand0:00 Introduction0:40 The indictment of Rep. George Santos2:55 The Orthodox community confronts a young suicide 9:30 Interview with Michael Helfand25:45 - 29:00 Recommendations and closing On the May 11 episode of “That Jewish News Show,” Laura E. Adkins and Benyamin Cohen of the Forward discuss the indictment of George Santos, the death of 25 year-old Herschel Siegel, and a Supreme Court case that could make it easier for Jewish Americans — and other Sabbath-observers — to receive religious accommodations from their employers. The hosts were joined by Michael A. Helfand, an expert in religious law and liberty, to d...2023-05-1230 minThat Jewish News ShowTalking Netflix's 'Jewish Matchmaking' with its star, Aleeza Ben Shalom0:00 Introduction1:00 - American Jewish Heritage Month and End Jew Hatred Day7:15 - Interview with Aleeza Ben Shalom, the host of “Jewish Matchmaking” on Netflix 28:00 - Recommendations and closing On the May 1, 2023 episode of “That Jewish News Show,” Laura E. Adkins and Benyamin Cohen of the Forward discuss the pros and cons of Jewish American Heritage Month and End Jew Hatred Day. They were joined by Aleeza Ben Shalom, star of Netflix’s “Jewish Matchmaking,” to discuss the reality series and all things Jewish dating.We want to hear from you! Leave a rev...2023-05-0131 minThat Jewish News ShowTalking ‘Traffic’ with Ben Smith, the Pittsburgh Trial and moreReferenced articles, books and musicThe Tree of Life Trial, Pittsburgh Jews and the Death Penalty: Letter: “Most families of Pittsburgh synagogue victims support the death penalty for the shooter” in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle “The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Could Have Destroyed My Family — but Jewish Tradition Rejects the Death Penalty” by Beth Kissleff in the New York TimesBenyamin’s interview with a Tree of Life shooting survivor, “Postcard from Pittsburgh, on the 4th anniversary of Tree of Life massacre” in the ForwardMain Interview:Ben Smith’s new...2023-04-2828 min