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From today’s most contentious and pressing issues—anti-Semitism, BDS, the treatment of Israel at the United Nations, affordable housing for seniors—to lighter discussions that are simply edifying and enjoyable, our podcasts and on-camera interviews enlighten and inspire.
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- Saving Sigmund Freud | Interview with Former Newsweek Editor Andrew Nagorski
- Rewriting the History of Jewish Baseball in America | Our 100th Interview!
- Exploring NYC’s Lower East Side Through Its Synagogues, Past and Present
- “I’ll Have What She’s Having!” | Exploring the Rich, Delicious History of the Jewish Deli
- Addressing Mental Health Among Vulnerable Populations
- What Was Life Like in Ancient Israel?
- Podcast Episode 106: Fighting Anti-Israel Bias at the U.N.
- Podcast Episode 105: Untold Stories of Courage from World War II
- Admiral Hyman Rickover, “Father of the Nuclear Navy” | Author Marc Wortman
- Podcast Episode 104: Two Years Since the Abraham Accords
- Filmmaker Sabina Vajrača | Bosnian Muslims and Jews Saving Each Other 50 Years Apart
- Lens on Latin America: Fernando Lottenberg, OAS Commissioner to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism
- Israeli Breakthroughs in Cardiovascular Health
- Podcast Episode 103: Dressing the King of Rock and Roll
- Lens on Latin America: ILAN Founder Isaac Assa on Strengthening Israel-Latin America Ties
- Restoring the Renaissance Synagogues of Venice with Art Historian Dr. David Landau
- Pioneering Israeli Biotech: Pluri CEO Yaky Yanay
- Digitizing a Century-Old Archive Puts the Spotlight Back on Yiddish Culture
- Podcast Episode 102: The 28-Year-Old Amplifying the Music of the Borscht Belt
- AMIA: Another Anniversary Without Justice
- Podcast Episode 101: The Birth of Modern Standup Comedy (in the Catskills)
- The Emerging Israel-Africa Relationship: Innovation, Diplomacy and Security
- Podcast Episode 100: The Struggle for Jewish Equality During the French Revolution
- Podcast Episode 99: 30 Canadian Jewish Musicians Get Their Due
- Jewish Mexican Chef Pati Jinich Embraces Both Sides of the U.S.-Mexico Border (from a Culinary POV)
- Helping American Jewish Heroes Rest in Peace | Operation Benjamin
- The Incredible, Unlikely Story of Israeli Basketball Star Aulcie Perry
- The Apartheid Slander Against Israel | A B’nai B’rith Special Report, Part 1 (A Conversation)
- Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch Talks Judaism, America’s Pastime and More
- Podcast Episode 98: Former Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon on His Time “In the Lion’s Den”
- Is VR the Future of Holocaust Remembrance?
- Connecting Jews & Chocolate | Semite Sweet (An Exhibition)
- Fashion as Politics in Israel & the Evolution of Department Stores in 19th Century NY
- Gaza Conflict 2021: Hamas, Israel and Eleven Days of War
- 1948: The Exhibition | The DEIN Association on Israel’s History, Countering Anti-Israel Propaganda
- Mobilizing to Meet Ukraine’s Urgent Needs
- A Unique Perspective on the Arab World | With Dr. Edy Cohen
- Podcast Episode 97: Author Margot Webb on Surviving the Holocaust as a Child
- Holocaust Films: The Best & the Worst (and What We Can Learn From Them)
- A Conversation with Dan Grunfeld | History’s Only Known Journey from Auschwitz to the NBA
- Remembering the Jewish Fighters Who Helped Defeat the Nazis in WWII
- Hadassah: An American Story | A Conversation with Hadassah Lieberman
- This Used to Be a Synagogue: Remembering Jewish New York As It Once Was
- David Matlow Talks About His Herzl Collection, the Modern Zionist Movement and Israel
- REPORT LAUNCH: Aligning Principles and Practice | EU Assistance to the PA and Palestinian NGOs
- The Israel Film Archive at the Jerusalem Cinematheque Goes Online
- Recounting the Israeli Rescue Effort in Surfside, Florida | With Col. (res.) Golan Vach
- Delving into the Winter 2021 B’nai B’rith Magazine | With Eugene Meyer and Dina Kraft
- Synagogues: Marvels of Judaism | A Conversation with Dr. Samuel Gruber
- B’nai B’rith Honorary President Richard Heideman on “The Bloody Price of Freedom”
- Podcast Episode 96: Celebrated Actor Nehemiah Persoff
- Podcast Episode 95: Award-Winning Author Dara Horn on Her New Book, “People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present”
- Soviet Jewish Actor Solomon Mikhoels: His Life, His Art & His Death
- Upheaval | Israel Through the Eyes of Menachem Begin
- Podcast Episode 94: The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The Women Who Sewed to Survive
- Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature
- Podcast Episode 93: Letters from the Thessaloniki Ghetto (with Dr. Leon Saltiel)
- Podcast Episode 92: The Jewish World of Elvis Presley
- The Revival of Famed Artist Arthur Szyk | An Interview with Szyk Expert Irvin Ungar
- B’nai B’rith Diplomatic Encounter Series: The Slovenian President of the European Union Council
- Washington Post Columnist James McAuley | Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France
- 50 Years of Senior Housing | An Invaluable Affordable Housing Network
- 20 Years Since the Anti-Semitism and Bigotry of the Durban Conference | B’nai B’rith Latin America
- Expert Analysis | Israel’s Security Challenges: What Lies Ahead
- Sowing Global Terror, Part 1 | A Father of an AMIA Victim Shares His Fight for Justice
- Sowing Global Terror, Part 2 | Shared Threads: AMIA, Burgas and Other Global Terror Attacks
- Older Adults and Technology
- Durban at 20: B’nai B’rith Says No to Hate
- Podcast Episode 91: Scott Kahn and Pesach Wolicki of the Baseball Rabbi Podcast
- Platforms of Hate: Anti-Semitism on Social Media
- 80 Years Since the Pogrom in Iasi, Romania
- Podcast Episode 90: Chef Paula Shoyer on Her New, First-of-Its-Kind Kosher Instant Pot Cookbook
- Jews Saving Jews During the Holocaust | An In-Depth Conversation
- “Jews Saving Jews” — Part of the Collective Holocaust Memory? | Virtual Book Launch
- An Interview with Former Congressman Dan Glickman | New Book, “Laughing at Myself”
- A Conversation with Legendary Songwriter Mike Stoller
- Defining Jewish Film and Its Roots (with Dr. Eric Goldman)
- Podcast Episode 89: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters During World War II
- Jews and Israel UNDER ATTACK: A B’nai B’rith Global Roundtable
- The History of New York’s Jewish Community
- The Greek Presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
- Preserving and Promoting Jewish Culture Across Europe
- Senior Housing at 50! Destination: Allentown, Pennsylvania
- The History and Rebirth of Portuguese Jewry
- Digitizing and Centralizing the Nuremberg Trail Archives
- Podcast Episode 88: Towering Figures in World History
- The Technology Solving the World’s Pollination Crisis (Israeli Ingenuity at Work)
- The Portuguese Presidency of the European Union Council | B’nai B’rith Diplomatic Encounter Series
- Marking Israel’s 73rd Independence Day
- Podcast Episode 87: Lincoln’s Jewish Secret Agent
- Rabbi Hanoch Hecht on How Food and Rituals Go Hand in Hand
- C-SPAN’s Howard Mortman on “When Rabbis Bless Congress”
- How Two French Women Fought Nazis with Their Art
- Jewish Concerns in the U.S. and U.K.
- Rabbi Elie Abadie on Jewish Life in the Gulf
- European State of Hate: Far-Right Extremism in Europe
- Remembering Flory Jagoda, Sephardic Music Legend
- Podcast Episode 86: Exploring Ancient Israel and Early Judaism
- Mainstreaming Gender Equality & the Fight Against Anti-Semitism
- Exploring the Intersection of Jewish and Argentinean Identities
- Expert Analysis: Iran Policy Options & the Future of the JCPOA
- In Conversation with Ahmed Shaheed, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Dealing with Historic Changes and Challenges in the Middle East
- Celebrating 50 Years of B’nai B’rith Senior Housing!
- 20 Years Since Durban
- Podcast Episode 85: Sports Rabbi Josh Halickman on the Bright Future of Israeli Sports
- Podcast Episode 84: The Rebirth of Jewish Music in Post-WWII Germany
- Lessons of the Holocaust: A U.N. Perspective on Global Anti-Semitism
- The Japanese Rescuer: A Lesson in Bravery for the Struggle Against Anti-Semitism
- Exploring the Jews of Bollywood with Dr. Kenneth Robbins
- Talking All Things COVID-19 with Dr. Peter Hotez
- Israel’s Humanitarian Aid Work Around the Globe: Government and Civil Society Actors
- Unpacking the Digital Services Act: Does the new EU Rule Book Address Online Hate and Anti-Semitism?
- How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture
- Podcast Episode 83: Ruth Lowe The Woman Who Ignited Frank Sinatra’s Rise to Stardom
- What Happened to World War II’s ‘Last Million’ Displaced People?
- Dr. Jenna Weissman Joselit on America’s Embarce of the Ten Commandments
- Exploring Jewish History, 1939 to 1973: Volume 9 of The Posen Library
- UAE on the International Stage: The Historic Abraham Accords and the Future of the Middle East
- A Conversation with Beryl Lieff Benderly: How the Oyneg Shabes Hid an Astonishing Archive
- Jews in Europe at the Turn of the Millennium
- Expert Analysis: Changing Dynamics in the Middle East
- In Conversation with Jewish Filmmaker Roberta Grossman
- B’nai B’rith Housing Update from the Front Lines
- Recognizing BDS as anti-Semitic: In Conversation with Deputy Special Envoy David Peyman
- Countering Islamist Extremism: The Aftermath of the Attacks in Paris, Nice and Vienna
- Warming Up the Relations Between the State of Israel and the Arab Nations
- 82 Years Since the November Pogroms (Kistrallnacht): Genocide Prevention
- Expert Analysis: Lebanon, A Nation in Turmoil
- Union: A Democrat, a Republican, and a Search for Common Ground
- Remembering the Tree of Life Synagogue Shootings, Two Years Later
- A Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Radio Legend Cousin Brucie on His Return to 77 WABC in NY
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: The History of Greece’s Romaniote Jews
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: David Peyman, U.S. Deputy Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism
- Podcast Episode 81: Dr. Erica Miler on Summoning Resilience in Uncertain Times
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Pioneering Astronaut Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Dr. Samantha Baskind, Expert on Jewish Art and History
- Podcast Episode 80: Sanford Greenberg on His Lifelong Friendship with Art Garfunkel
- A Conversation on Race and Identity in the Jewish Community
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: David Schoenbaum, Author of “The Lives of Isaac Stern”
- Israel & The Gulf: Toward A Historic Peace (Abraham Accords)
- Anti-Semitism on Campus: A Global Perspective
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Cheryl Kempler on B’nai B’rith Lodges in Europe, 1882-1943
- Being Jewish in the NFL: A Conversation with Geoff Schwartz
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Dan Joseph, Author of “Last Ride of the Iron Horse”
- Podcast Episode 79: The Future of Jews in France and Israel
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: The AMIA Bombing, 26 Years Later
- Tackling Anti-Semitism and Hate in Football (American Soccer)
- Transatlantic Relations in Demanding Times
- Podcast Episode 78: Honoring the Wisdom of Our Elders with Tiffany Woolf and Noam Dromi
- A Conversation with Emily Haber, German Ambassador to the U.S.
- Podcast Episode 77: B’nai B’rith and CAM Launch the Students Speak Out Creative Video Contest to Help Combat Anti-Semitism
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Emmy-winning Filmmaker Andrew Goldberg
- Podcast Episode 76: Einat Wilf and Adi Schwartz on Confronting the False Idea of Palestinian “Right of Return”
- An Accelerated Push to Tackle Anti-Semitism: the Double German Presidency
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Lord John Mann, Ind. Advisor to the U.K. Government on Anti-Semitism
- Vision for the Western Hemisphere in the 2020s | B’nai B’rith Diplomatic Encounter Series
- Conspiracies Amid the COVID-19 Crisis
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Yaniv Hoffman (Jeryko) Brings Jewish Soul to Music’s Mainstream
- Podcast Episode 75: COVID-19’s Impact on Russian Foreign Policy and the Latest on Anti-Semitism in Europe
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Jewish Cooking During Coronavirus Quarantine
- Podcast Episode 74: The Life and Times of Daniel Mendoza, Jewish Sporting Superstar Who Was Well Ahead of His Time
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Exploring the History of Jewish Refugees in Hollywood
- The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Iran and Hezbollah Amid the COVID-19 Crisis
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Amb. Aviva Raz Shechter, Permanent Rep. of Israel to U.N. in Geneva
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Isaac Herzong, Chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel
- The Impact of the Coronavirus on Jewish Communities in North America, Europe and Latin America
- Podcast Episode 73: Professor Yossi Shain on the “Israelization” of Judaism
- Threats to Democracy During the COVID-19 Crisis: Concerns with the Rule of Law in the EU
- Podcast Episode 72: Professor Nancy Sinkoff, Author of the Groundbreaking Biography “From Left to Right”
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Ambassador Francesco Talò, Italy’s Permanent Representative to NATO
- Racism and the COVID-19 Crisis
- Podcast Episode 71: Critically Acclaimed Cartoonist Ben Katchor, Author of “The Dairy Restaurant”
- Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the U.S. Javlon Vakhabov | B’nai B’rith Diplomatic Encounter Series
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Senior Housing on the Front Lines
- Podcast Episode 70: The Jerusalem Post’s Omri Nahmias and B’nai B’rith’s Alan Schneider on Israel’s New Unity Government
- Podcast Episode 69: The Jerusalem Post’s Seth Frantzman on the Fall of ISIS and Coronavirus’ Impact in the Middle East
- Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism
- Podcast Episode 68: Irina Nevzlin, Author of “The Impact of Identity – The Power of Knowing Who You Are”
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Examining HBO’s Miniseries “The Plot Against America”
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Sergey Lagodinsky, Member of the European Parliament for Germany
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Israel’s Minister of Regional Cooperation Tzachi Hanegbi
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: COVID-19’s Impact on the U.N. and B’nai B’rith’s U.N. Initiatives
- Guiding Our Senior Housing Community Through Coronavirus
- Podcast Episode 67: Professor Deborah Dash Moore, Editor in Chief of the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization
- Conspiracies Amid the COVID-19 Crisis
- Podcast Episode 66: Sheba Medical Center’s Yoel HarEven on Israel’s Innovative Coronavirus Response
- Podcast Episode 65: The Coronavirus Spreads Anti-Semitism
- Conversation with B’nai B’rith: Coronavirus and Seniors
- Podcast Episode 64: Dara Jeffries on the Film Sefarad
- Podcast Episode 63: Director of Legislative Affairs Eric Fusfield on the Resurgence of Anti-Semitism
- Podcast Episode 62: Filmmaker Laura Seltzer on her New Documentary “Nobody Wants Us”
- Podcast Episode 61: Author Joe Posnanski’s New Book about Harry Houdini’s Lasting Legacy
- Podcast Episode 60: Dr. Asaf Romirowsky on the Renewal of UNRWA’s Mandate
- Podcast Episode 59: James Kaplan, Author of Irving Berlin: New York Genius
