The Jewish Lens Podcast
A podcast that looks at anything and everything through a Jewish perspective.
Episodes
88 episodes
The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Circumference of Silence, Jacquie Herz!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the author of Circumference of Silence, Jacquie Herz!Jacquie discusses her books, her parents fleeing from Europe before the Holocaust, living in the UK and the US, & much more!
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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28:21
The Jewish Lens presents: award-winning writer, and podcaster, Sally Wiener Grotta
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with award-winning writer, and podcaster, Sally Wiener Grotta!Sally discusses her books, her photography, and The American Hands project, her podcast, & much more!
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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53:35
The Jewish Lens presents: the founder of Ketubah.com, Michael Shapiro!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the founder of Ketubah.com, Michael Shapiro!Michael discusses Ketubah.com, the history of the ketubah, his book Ketubah Renaissance, & much more!
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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44:41
The Jewish Lens presents: the director and star of Parting the Waters, Michele Kuvin Kupfer!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the director and star of the documentary, Parting the Waters, Michele Kuvin Kupfer!Michele discusses Parting the Waters, its inclusion in the Miami Jewish Film Festival on January 15th, swimmin...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:02:52
The Jewish Lens presents: the author of I Will Protect You, Danica Davidson!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the author of I Will Protect You, Danica Davidson!Danica discusses her Middle Grade book I Will Protect You, which is based on the life of Eva Mozes Kor, who, along with her sister, Miriam, we...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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32:15
The Jewish Lens presents: The Queen of Jewish Romance, Jean Meltzer!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the Queen of Jewish Romance, Jean Meltzer!Jean discusses winning a Daytime Emmy, her Jewish romance books, including The Matzah Ball, her organization Jewish Joy, which is having its first conv...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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54:43
The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Out From the Shadows, Willie Handler!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the author of Out From the Shadows, Willie Handler!Willie discusses his books, growing up as a child of Holocaust survivors, the programs at the Toronto Holocaust Museum, antisemitism in Toron...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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39:44
The Jewish Lens presents: the author of A Novel Crime, Deborah Levison!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the author of A Novel Crime, Deborah Levison!Deborah discusses her books, being the daughter of Holocaust survivors, the real-life crime embroiling her family, which led to her book The Crate, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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40:23
The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Hands of Gold, Roni Robbins!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the author of Hands of Gold, Roni Robbins!Roni discusses the book based on her family, Hands of Gold, her career in journalism, and interviewing people such as Hank Aaron, her family having a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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45:20
The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Your Roots Cast a Shadow, Caroline Topperman!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the author of Your Roots Cast a Shadow, Caroline Topperman!Caroline discusses her book, Your Roots Cast a Shadow, owning a Pilates studio with celebrity clients, tracing back her roots in Pola...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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41:40
The Jewish Lens presents: The Accidental Talmudist, Sal Litvak!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with The Accidental Talmudist, Sal Litvak!Sal discusses his path to becoming The Accidental Talmudist, his new movie Guns & Moses, his book Let My People Laugh, & much more!
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1:03:21
The Jewish Lens presents: the publisher of Green BeanBooks, Michael Leventhal!!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the publisher of Green Bean Books, Michael Leventhal!Michael discusses what he looks for when acquiring books, his own books Jews in Britain, The Chocolate King, and others, the Jewish food chari...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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42:11
The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Hollywood Ending: The Dreams and Drama of the LeBron Lakers, Yaron Weitzman!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the author of Hollywood Ending: The Dreams and Drama of the LeBron Lakers, Yaron Weitzman!Yaron discusses the history of LeBron on the Lakers and the decision-making on the team, the behind-the-s...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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42:00
The Jewish Lens presents: the writers of Peggy Sue Got Married, Arlene Sarner and Jerry Liechtling
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the writers of the fun time travel classic, Peggy Sue Got Married, Arlene Sarner and Jerry Liechtling!Arlene and Jerry discuss the making of the Peggy Sue Got Married, the behind-the-scenes cas...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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48:30
The Jewish Lens presents: the organizer of the Jewish Authors Summit, Jennifer Rubin!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the organizer of the Jewish Authors Summit, Jennifer Rubin!Jennifer discusses her work at 70 Faces Media, the upcoming Jewish Authors Summit that she organized, the issues that Jews face in pub...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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50:21
The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Rewriting the Rules, Danna Zeiger!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the author of Rewriting the Rules, Danna Zeiger!Danna discusses her book Rewriting the Rules about the life of Dr. Kathleen Friel, being a Biology professor at Fisher College, how her father ha...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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50:19
The Jewish Lens presents: Multimedia Journalist Sharon Geltner!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with multimedia journalist Sharon Geltner!Sharon discusses her career in journalism, her interactive marketing firm Froogle PR, her book Charity Bashed, & much more!
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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45:53
The Jewish Lens presents: the author of The Night Sparrow, Shelly Sanders!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the author of The Night Sparrow, Shelly Sanders!Shelly discusses her book The Night Sparrow, discovering she was Jewish as a teen, visiting Latvia and finding out that she had ancestors murdere...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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58:46
The Jewish Lens presents: the Executive Director at Chabad of Coral Springs, Rabbi Avraham Friedman!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the Executive Director at Chabad of Coral Springs, Rabbi Avraham Friedman!Rabbi Friedman discusses growing up in Brooklyn in a Chabad household, fighting antisemitism in a post-October 7th wor...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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56:33
The Jewish Lens presents: the author of My Other Half, David Isaacson!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the author of My Other Half, David Isaacson!David discusses the story behind his book, doing film reviews, antisemitism in London, and much more!
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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27:30
The Jewish Lens presents: the CEO of the Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona, Hava Holzhauer!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the CEO of the Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona, Hava Holzhauer!Hava discusses growing up as the descendant of Holocaust survivors, the work she does for the community as the President...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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47:36
The Jewish Lens presents: the president of the Yiddish Book Center, Susan Bronson!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the president of the Yiddish Book Center, Susan Bronson!Susan discusses the history of the Yiddish Book Center, the different collections they have, upcoming exhibits, & much more!<...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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35:24
The Jewish Lens presents: the lead singer of Ottawan, Esther de Bijl-Langen!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the lead singer of Ottowan, Esther de Bijl-Langen!Esther discusses being part of Ottowan and having hits with Hands Up and D.I.S.C.O., discovering her Jewish roots, how her grandfather helped res...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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37:25
The Jewish Lens presents: the editor of The Practicing Writer Newsletter, Erika Dreifus!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the editor of The Practicing Writer Newsletter, Erika Dreifus!Erika discusses her popular newsletter, her books, Birthright: Poems, and Quiet Americans: Stories, being a board member of Artist...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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31:33
The Jewish Lens presents: award-winning author Barbara Bottner!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with award-winning author Barbara Bottner!Barbara discusses her writing career, the time she spent writing scripts for Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories and other TV shows, having lunch with Jim Hens...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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48:11