Podcasts
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With more than 150,000 copies sold, Elif Shafak’s The Forty Rules of Love is already a no. 1 bestseller in Turkey. One of the best known authors of Turkish descent writing today, Shafak was charged with the crime of "insulting Turkishness" by the… more
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• Recorded Jan 19, 2010Rebecca Goldstein’s fiction explores “the dichotomies between mind and body, intellect and passion, logos and eros,” according to one New York Times reviewer. A professor of philosophy, a MacArthur Fellow, and a 1995 winner of the National Jewish… more
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From corned beef to knishes, Save the Deli is the story of David Sax's quest to observe and preserve a defining element of Jewish culture--and the sandwiches he loves. Diving deep into the world of the Jewish delicatessen, Sax explores the… more
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• Recorded Dec 13, 2007Rodger Kamenetz is the author of the international bestseller The Jew in the Lotus , as well as several books of poetry and a critically acclaimed memoir, Terra Infirma. His new book explores the realms of word and image, psychology and… more
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• Recorded Nov 27, 2007The forthcoming PBS series The Jewish Americans is a comprehensive look at the trials and accomplishments of the Jewish-American community from the mid-17th century to the present day. Beth S. Wenger, the Katz Family Chair in American Jewish… more
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( This recording contains explicit content. ) Shalom Auslander’s stories and essays have appeared in the New Yorker and Esquire , and his essays on This American Life have prompted more email than any contributor since David Sedaris. Auslander is… more
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An eye-witness to the rise of Hitler’s Germany and a leading American scholar of European history, Fritz Stern received the Leo Baeck Medal from the Leo Baeck Institute, a center focused on German Jewish history. In his provocative acceptance… more
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In A History of the Jews in the Modern World, Howard M. Sachar, a professor of history at George Washington University and one of the most respected chroniclers of Jewish life and ideas, proves himself to be both a compelling storyteller and… more
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• Recorded Mar 28, 2006One of America’s most respected Jewish peace activists, Rabbi Michael Lerner is the founder and editor of Tikkun magazine, rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in San Francisco, and holds PhDs in philosophy and clinical psychology. Named one of Utne… more
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• Recorded Sep 20, 2005Before the unprecedented success of her 1997 novel, The Red Tent, Anita Diamant authored several well-received books on modern Jewish culture, including The New Jewish Wedding and Choosing a Jewish Life. In Dogtown, her third novel, Diamant… more
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• Recorded Dec 10, 2004Daniel Libeskind is an international figure in architecture and urban design. In February 2003, Daniel Libeskind was chosen as the Master Plan Architect for the World Trade Center reconstruction. A virtuoso musician before studying architecture,… more
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