
The Jewish Lens Podcast
A podcast that looks at anything and everything through a Jewish perspective.
Episodes
71 episodes
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

The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Chai Noon, Jonathan Friedmann!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the author of Chai Noon, Jonathan Friedmann!Jonathan discusses his book about Jews in Westerns, Chai Noon, his podcast, Amusing Jews, the Jewish Museum of the American West, & much more!
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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50:32

The Jewish Lens presents: the author of The Delegation, Avner Landes!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the author of The Delegation, Avner Landes!Avner discusses his unique book The Delegation, which has three different layers of reading, being influenced by and compared to Saul Bellow, his wri...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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39:40

The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Go on Pretending, Alina Adams!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the author of Go on Pretending, Alina Adams!Alina discusses her book Go on Pretending, writing for Soap Operas, the history of the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan in the Soviet Unio...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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50:03

The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Miriam’s Magical Creatures Files, Leah Cypess!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the author of Miriam’s Magical Creatures Files, Leah Cypess!Leah discusses her new series Miriam's Magical Creature Files, the Sisters Ever After series, experiences while hiking in Costa Rica ...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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29:04

The Jewish Lens presents: the creator of The Heroes of October 7th Project, Hadassa Ben-Ari!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the creator of the Heroes of October 7th Project, Hadassa Ben-Ari!Hadassa discusses the Octber 7th Project, talking with kids about difficult subjects, selecting which stories to include in th...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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41:49

The Jewish Lens presents: the author of The Center of the Earth, Darlene Campos!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the author of The Center of the Earth, Darlene Campos!Darlene is joined by survivor Pete Phillips, as they discuss Darlene's book The Center of the Earth, how Ecuador took in Jewish refugees d...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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33:42

The Jewish Lens presents: actress and talk show host, Caryn Richman!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with actress and talk show host Caryn Richman!Caryn discusses her Jewish upbringing, starring in the 80s sitcom The New Gidget, her role as Greg Brady's wife in The Bradys, her co-hosting the talk s...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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1:20:22

The Jewish Lens presents: the author of In That Sleep of Death, Jonathan Dunsky!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the author of In That Sleep of Death, Jonathan Dunsky!Jonathan Dunsky talks about his series of Adam Lapid books, giving historical tours in Israel based on the locations in his books, teaching...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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31:45

The Jewish Lens presents: Roy Schwartz, the author of Is Superman Circumcised? : The Complete Jewish History of the World's Greatest Hero!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with Roy Schwartz, the author of Is Superman Circumcised? The Complete Jewish History of the World's Greatest Hero! Roy discusses his book, Is Superman Circumcised?, Jewish themes and mytholog...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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42:33

The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Found & Lost: the Jake & Cait Story, Howard Lovy!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he welcomes back the author of Found & Lost: the Jake & Cait Story!Howard discusses Found & Lost, his role as nonfiction editor at Judith Magazine, speaking at the Association of Writers and Wri...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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31:22

The Jewish Lens presents: the director of When Jews Were Funny, Alan Zweig!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the director of the acclaimed documentary When Jews Were Funny!Alan discusses the making of the documentary, his other documentaries such as Vinyl, and I, Curmudgeon, his podcast series The Wor...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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1:08:41

The Jewish Lens presents: the writer and director of the comedy thriller Yaniv, Amnon Carmi and Ben Ducoff!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the director and star of the comedy-thriller Yaniv, Amnon Carmi and Ben Ducoff!Amnon and Ben discuss the making of the film, the rules of the card game Yaniv, getting financing to produce the f...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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56:30

The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Hiding in Plain Sight, Julie Brill!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the author of Hiding in Plain Sight, Julie Brill!Julie discusses her book Hidden in Plain Sight: A Family Memoir and the Untold Story of the Holocaust in Serbia, her father's experiences living...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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31:42

The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Murder without a Duck, Claudia Long!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the author of Murder without a Duck, Claudia Long!Claudia discusses the fun mystery Murder without a Duck, her historical fiction about Jews living in Colonial Mexico, having one of her books o...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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45:01

The Jewish Lens presents: Anat Kogan and Dalia Levine from The Step Forward program.
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with Anat Kogan and Dalia Levine from The Step Forward program. Anat and Dalia talk about the Step Forward program which helps bring needed supplies to Israeli soldiers.
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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43:06

The Jewish Lens presents: The creator of The Israeli Jazz Project, Raphael Perez!
Join author Jonathan Rosen as he chats with the creator of The Israeli Jazz Project, Raphael Perez!Raphael discusses the Israeli Jazz Project, his book Israeli Jazz: The Blend of Blends, how the roots of the current movement took hold in...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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35:44

The Jewish Lens presents: the author of Dust, Summer Brenner!
Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the author of the memoir about her brother, Dust!Summer discusses the memoir about her brother who suffered from schizophrenia, her time living in Paris, growing up in Atlanta and having...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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54:07
