hmTv at HMTC Podcasts
hmTv is a podcast platform dedicated to exploring the humanity in all of us through impactful stories and discussions. Executive Producer Bernie Furshpan has developed a state-of-the-art podcast studio within the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, creating a dynamic platform for dialogue.
Holocaust survivor testimony, in their own words. hmTv is the podcast of the Holocaust Memorial Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) — 700+ episodes of survivor stories, upstander profiles, and honest conversations about antisemitism, bullying, and the courage to act.
Holocaust survivor testimony, in their own words. hmTv is the podcast of the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) — 600+ episodes of survivor stories, upstander profiles, and honest conversations about antisemitism, bullying, and the courage to act.
Across 30+ show series, survivors, educators, historians, and journalists explore the history of the Holocaust and its lessons for today. HMTC is a nonprofit that has served Long Island schools, educators, law enforcement, and communities for 25+ years — teaching the history of the Holocaust to promote resistance to prejudice and respect for every human being. This podcast brings that mission to anyone, anywhere.
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Episodes
699 episodes
Ep 701: Ordinary Heroes with Bernie Furshpan and guest Dr Greg Weiner on hmTv
Ordinary Heroes | Ep. 701: Dr. Greg Weiner - First Jewish President of a Catholic University | HMTCGrowing up in the only Jewish family in a small Texas town taught Dr. Greg Weiner that a strong identity can make genuine friendship acro...
Ep 700: Ordinary Heroes with Bernie Furshpan and guest Dena Schusterman on hmTv
Ordinary Heroes | Ep. 700: Dena Schusterman - The Stories We Carry | HMTCA little girl once asked her father to carry her on a long walk to synagogue. He answered, “I’ll carry you with my stories.” For Dena Schusterman, that childhood me...
Ep 699: Putting the Brakes on Bullying with Samantha Sosnik and guest David Ben-Arie on hmTv
Putting the Brakes on Bullying | Ep. 699: David Ben-Arie - Naming the Harm, Part 2 | HMTCDavid Ben-Arie spent years minimizing the bullying and antisemitism he experienced as a child. If others had endured worse, he reasoned, perhaps wha...
Ep 698 Unmasked. Unfiltered. Unapologetic. with Bali Lerner and guests Nicole LaMorte & Denise Paredes on hmTv
Unmasked. Unfiltered. Unapologetic. | Ep. 698: Remembering Mark and September 11 | HMTCMark had been promoted to broker six days before September 11, 2001. A meeting on the 92nd floor of the North Tower placed him where he normally would...
Ep 697: The Dana Download with Dana Arschin and guest Marsha Silverman on hmTv
The Dana Download | Ep. 697: Marsha Silverman - A 9/11 Survivor’s Story | HMTCMarsha Silverman stepped off the subway beneath the World Trade Center just as the first plane struck. Minutes later, standing outside, she heard the second pl...
Ep 696: Ordinary Heroes with Bernie Furshpan and guest Bonnie Aliazzo on hmTv
Ordinary Heroes | Ep. 696: Bonnie Aliazzo - One Believer Can Change the World | HMTCA childhood lesson in the Golden Rule became a lifelong commitment to fairness, peace, and protecting children. Bonnie Aliazzo carried that lesson from ...
Ep 695: Raised by Survivors with Bernie Furshpan and guest Noah Ehrlich on hmTv
Raised by Survivors | Ep. 695: Noah Ehrlich - Witnessing Jewish Life in Poland | HMTCA week in Poland left Bernie Furshpan and Noah Ehrlich changed. Traveling with leaders from Jewish organizations, they encountered centuries of Jewish l...
Ep 694: Ordinary Heroes with Bernie Furshpan and guest John Tantillo on hmTv
Ordinary Heroes | Ep. 694: John Tantillo - Can Unity Be Marketed? | HMTCMarketing can sell a product, build a movement, or persuade people to fear their neighbors. Can those same tools be used to promote unity, empathy, and shared purpos...
Ep 693: Raised by Survivors with Bernie Furshpan and guests Zena Frey & Susan McClelland on hmTv
Raised by Survivors | Ep. 693: Zena Frey & Susan McClelland - The Story of Honor | HMTCAt twelve years old, Leizer “Leon” Buchwald was forced to become a man. For three years, he survived the Holocaust by hiding in caves, forests, an...
Ep 692: Education in Motion with Donna Rosenblum and guest Phyllis Abrams on hmTv
Education in Motion | Ep. 692: Phyllis Abrams - Teaching History One Student at a Time | HMTCAfter decades in education, film writing, healthcare communications, and business, Phyllis Abrams found a new calling close to home: guiding stu...
Ep 691: Raised by Survivors with Bernie Furshpan and guest Carolyn Enger on hmTv
Raised by Survivors | Ep. 691: Carolyn Enger - Recognizing Hate’s Warning Signs | HMTCChildren of survivors often inherit an extra antenna for danger. For concert pianist Carolyn Enger and Bernie Furshpan, today’s surge of digital hatred...
Ep 690: Voices Illuminated with Judy Liman and guest Marc Karimzadeh on hmTv
Voices Illuminated | Ep. 690: Marc Karimzadeh - Fashion, Memory and Jewish Pride | HMTCMarc Karimzadeh once read fashion magazines under his duvet with a flashlight. That private teenage passion in Hamburg became a career chronicling and...
Ep 689: Influential Origins with Alan Mindel and guest Michael Trager on hmTv
Influential Origins | Ep. 689: Michael Trager - Cara’s Legacy and a Call for Safety | After 47 years of marriage, Michael Trager lost his wife, Cara Sellinger Trager, in a fatal traffic collision while they were walking home togethe...
Ep 688: Raised by Survivors with Bernie Furshpan and guest Matilde Broder on hmTv
Raised by Survivors | Ep. 688: Matilde Broder - Greek Jewish Survival and Legacy | HMTCAfter Auschwitz, two Greek Jewish survivors made their way to Paris, met in a holding camp, and began the family the Nazis had tried to erase.O...
Ep 687: Legacy Chronicles with Zachary Graulich and guest Sophie Weisz on hmTv
Legacy Chronicles | Ep. 687: Sophie Weisz - Carrying Holocaust Memory Forward | HMTCOne school project about Anne Frank opened Sophie Weisz’s path into her own family’s Holocaust history. Today, as a fourth-generation descendant of survi...
Ep 686: Education in Motion with Donna Rosenblum and guest Howard Merims on hmTv
Education in Motion | Ep. 686: Howard Merims — From Principal to Holocaust Educator | HMTCAfter 43 years in public education, Howard “Howie” Merims found a new classroom at HMTC. Donna Rosenblum welcomes the retired teacher, assistant pr...
Ep 685 It's All About the Children with Carin Bail and Sami Steigman and guest Dan Cohen P2 on hmTv
It’s All About the Children | Ep. 685: Dan Cohen — From Awakening to Purpose, Part 2 | HMTCDESCRIPTIONA father’s unexpected return to clarity becomes the beginning of a mission. In Part 2, Carin Bail and Sami Steigmann continue th...
Ep 684: It's All About the Children with Carin Bail and Sami Steigman and guest Dan Cohen P1 on hmTv
It’s All About the Children | Ep. 684: Dan Cohen — A Father’s Awakening, Part 1 | HMTCA son’s memory of his father becomes a lesson in love, perspective, and inclusion. Carin Bail and Sami Steigmann welcome entrepreneur, author, podcast ...
Ep 683: Raised by Survivors with Bernie Furshpan and guest Ronit Lapid on hmTv
Raised by Survivors | Ep. 683: Ronit Lapid — Yemenite and Sephardic Jewish Heritage | HMTCA childhood friendship becomes a journey through Jewish memory, culture, and belonging. Bernie Furshpan reconnects with Ronit Lapid, whose family s...
Ep 682: Kibitz with Keren on hmTv
Kibitz with Keren | Ep. 682: Doron Keren — What Are We Teaching Our Children? | HMTCDESCRIPTION“What you teach your kids is what the future is.” That sentence leads Doron Keren to ask whether the challenges facing young American J...
Ep 681: Education in Motion with Zachary Graulich and guest C.J. Burtnick on hmTv
Education in Motion | Ep. 681: C.J. Burtnick — Teaching the Holocaust Through Stories | HMTCDESCRIPTIONAfter sharing lunch with a Holocaust survivor, C.J. Burtnick’s students stand, take an upstander pledge, and explain what they ...
Ep 680: The Dana Download with Dana Arschin and guest Steve Koppell on hmTv
The Dana Download | Ep. 680: Steve Koppell — Running Through Grief and Fatherhood | HMTCDESCRIPTIONSeven weeks after promising his wife, Stacey, that he would run the New York City Marathon, Steve Koppell lost her unexpectedly. Th...
Ep 679: The Dana Download with Dana Arschin and guest Aimee Gagnan Fogg on hmTv
The Dana Download | Ep. 679: Aimee Gagnon Fogg — Preserving the Ritchie Boys’ Stories | HMTCEvery Memorial Day, Aimee Gagnon Fogg places Kurt Jacobs’s photograph at his grave in Belgium. One face is still missing: fellow Ritchie Boy Murr...
Ep 678: Education in Motion with Donna Rosenblum and guest Russ Plotkin on hmTv
hmTv Episode 678: Education in MotionDonna Rosenblum with Guest Russ PlotkinFrom the Courtroom to the Classroom: The Impact of an HMTC DocentWhat inspires someone to become a Holocaust educator?Donna Rosenblum, Director...
Ep 677: Putting the Brakes on Bullying with Samantha Sosnik and guest David Ben-Arie on hmTv
Putting the Brakes on Bullying | Ep. 677: Boundaries, Empathy and Adult Bullying | HMTCA chance conversation about a taco bag at Day of Hope in Jerusalem became an unexpected friendship. It also opened the door to a powerful discussion a...