Rabbi Angela Buchdahl discusses her bestselling memoir "Heart of A Stranger" and her journey to becoming the first Asian-American and first woman to be the senior rabbi of Central Synagogue. With Abigail Pogrebin.
In the Spotlight: Jenna Weissman Joselit (Mordecai Kaplan)
14/05/2026 | 26 min
Abby is joined by author Jenna Weissman Joselit to discuss her groundbreaking new biography of radical thinker Mordecai Kaplan, who reinvented Judaism for modern America. The book, "Mordecai M. Kaplan: Restless Soul," delves deep into the fascinating contradictions that drove one of twentieth-century Judaism's leading luminaries to create a new way of looking at an old faith by "reconstructing" it.
In the Spotlight: Seth Rudetsky
07/05/2026 | 29 min
Broadway impresario Seth Rudetsky speaks with Abigail Pogrebin about his post-10/7 activism and the painful silence he witnessed from much of the Broadway community as Jewish suffering went unacknowledged.
In the Spotlight: Hannah L. on Addiction Recovery
23/04/2026 | 26 min
Abigail Pogrebin interviews Hannah L., the semi-anonymous author of the book,"Mussar in Recovery: A Jewish Spiritual Path to Serenity & Joy," which outlines Jewish approaches to addiction recovery.
In the Spotlight: Nicholas Lemann
16/04/2026 | 31 min
Abigail Pogrebin interviews New Yorker writer Nicholas Lemann about "Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries," his sweeping new family history exploring Jewish identity, legacy and the meaning of home. He paints a rich picture of his ancestors, plantation owners and occasional slaveowners in the antebellum South.
“In the Spotlight” is an original conversation series with Abigail Pogrebin in dialogue with authors, innovators, communal and political leaders, and many other key figures from the Jewish world who shine a light on key issues of the day regarding American Jewry and the State of Israel.
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