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Jew in the City Speaks — 285 episodes

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Episode 286: Allison Josephs interviews "Friends" Executive Producer Kevin Bright about his reconnecting to Jewish learning, community, and even wrapping tefillin weekly after decades of disconnect

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Episode 285: Allison Josephs interviews her daughters Meira and Adina to explore why they turned away from the path everyone assumed and chose to build their futures in Israel instead

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Episode 284: Allison Josephs interviews authors Bianna Golodryga and Yonit Levi about "Don't Feed the Lion," their new book that explores how young people grapple with antisemitism, prejudice, allyship, and the courage to speak up

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Episode 283: Allison Josephs interviews Mitchell Silk about his storied career and his book "A Seat at the Table"

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Episode 282: Allison Josephs interviews Aaron Zutler, Co-founder and CEO of Popinsanity Gourmet Popcorn

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Episode 281: Allison Josephs interviews actor Mark Feuerstein about the film "Guns & Moses"

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Episode 280: Allison Josephs interviews Rabbi Yakov Horowitz about how he is helping parents of LGBTQ children maintain a loving connection through Kesher Families

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Episode 279: Allison Josephs interviews Isaac Rudansky, renowned author and Founder/President of the award winning AdVenture Media

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Episode 278: Allison Josephs interviews Daniel Rosenberg, Hollywood movie producer and Orthodox Jew

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Episode 277: Allison Josephs interviews Michael Neuman, LCSW, Founder of The Jewish Inspiration Foundation (ji4life.com), about his time on the MrBeast program and more

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Episode 276: Allison Josephs interviews Yossi Farro, tefillin wrapper for some of the most influential Jews in the world

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Episode 275: Allison Josephs welcomes Ping Pong phenom Estee Ackerman back to the program to discuss the new book "Ping-Pong Shabbat" about Estee's unique journey and much more

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Episode 274: Allison Josephs speaks with singer-songwriter and author Peter Himmelman about his new book "Suspended by No String" and much more

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Episode 273: Allison Josephs speaks with Sammy Horowitz, AKA Bear Jew Boxing, about the Jewish community learning self-defense and standing up for ourselves post 10/7

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Episode 272: Allison Josephs speaks with celebrity photographer Zusha Goldin

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Episode 271: Allison Josephs speaks with teen Zac Levy about his book "Project Unhoused: A Teenager's Journey to Share the Stories of America's Homeless"

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Episode 270: Allison Josephs is joined by reporter and author Reuven Fenton to discuss his debut novel "Goyhood" and more

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Episode 269: Allison Josephs is joined by Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody, Executive Director of Ematai

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Episode 268: Allison Josephs is joined by teen actress Dalya Knapp

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Episode 267: Allison Josephs is joined by Dr. Joshua Karlip, Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, in advance of Yom HaShoah to compare/contrast pre-Holocaust antisemitism and rising antisemitism today

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Episode 266: Allison Josephs is joined by Kayla Haber-Goldstein, author of Questioning the Answers, to discuss this Sunday's Rabbinic Asifa to tackle the Agunah crisis and more

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Episode 265: Allison Josephs is joined by Hindu activist & speaker Surya Naga to talk about Hindu-Jewish solidarity in these challenging times

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Episode 264: Allison Josephs is joined by actor/producer Jonathan Lipnicki to discuss antisemitism in Hollywood and his Shabbat Angels initiative

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Episode 263: Allison Josephs is joined by Shabbos Kestenbaum, Master's student at Harvard University, to discuss antisemitism on the Harvard campus and the resulting lawsuit he is filing against the university

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Episode 262: Allison Josephs is joined by Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Victory Boyd to discuss Israel, relations between the Jewish and black Christian community and more

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Episode 261: Allison Josephs interviews Lieutenant Aston Bright, American firefighter and volunteer for Israel on the Gaza border

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Episode 260: Allison Josephs is joined by Joel Finkelstein and Ben Wolfson to get their expert opinions on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the challenges it brings

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Episode 259: Allison Josephs is joined by Nechuma Schweitzer, Makom Member and Jew in the City staff member, to discuss her unique Jewish journey.

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Episode 258: Allison Josephs is joined by actor/comedian/coach Jennifer Apple, founder of the Empowered Artist Collective, to discuss "Should Jews only play Jews?" in Hollywood and Broadway

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Episode 257: Allison Josephs interviews Rabbi Robyn Frisch about how her family navigates their unique situation: a Reform rabbi married to a Conservative rabbi raising a son who is studying to be an Orthodox rabbi

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Episode 256: Allison Josephs is joined by Yakira Herskowitz to discuss her unique career path with an M.S. in Marine Ecosystems & Society, with a focus in Shark Research and Conservation

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Episode 255: Allison Josephs is joined by writer Yuval Yefet and director Rotem Shamir, co-creators of the Netflix series "Rough Diamonds," to discuss representation of Hasidic Jews in contemporary media

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Episode 254: Allison Josephs is joined by Sara Braun, author of "That Black Hasidic Lady: A memoir of a dark-skinned Hasidic woman"

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Episode 253: Allison Josephs is joined by Loay Alshareef, UAE-based peace activist and social media influencer

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Episode 252: Allison Josephs is joined by Yael Soto to discuss her journey to being part of the Jewish people

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Episode 251: Allison Josephs is joined by comedian/author/screenwriter David Baddiel to discuss fighting stereotypes and Jews supporting Jews

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Episode 250: Allison Josephs is joined by Aleeza Ben Shalom, dating coach and Matchmaker on the Netflix hit "Jewish Matchmaking"

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Episode 249: Allison Josephs is joined by film and stage actor Joshua Malina to discuss the award-winning Broadway play Leopoldstadt and his starring role in it

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Episode 248: Allison Josephs is joined by Ronit Polin-Tarshish, Producer of Netflix's "Jewish Matchmaking" to discuss improving Jewish representation in media

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Episode 247: Allison Josephs is joined by Lieutenant Aston Bright to discuss fighting fires in Israel and Black Antisemitism

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Episode 246: Allison Josephs is joined by Noemie Lopian, Holocaust educator and founder of HolocaustMatters.org

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Episode 245: Allison Josephs is joined by Dr. Sheila Nazarian, MD, Founder of Nazarian Plastic Surgery and Spa26

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Episode 244: Following the release of the movie "You People," Allison Josephs is joined by YU's Dr. Joshua Karlip to discuss historical patterns of Jews playing a collaborative role in Anti-Semitism

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Episode 243: Allison Josephs is joined by Mazi Melesa Pilip, County Legislator in NY's District 10, to discuss her incredible life journey from Ethiopia to Israel to America

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Episode 242: Allison Josephs is joined by Dave Kufeld, Founder & CEO of The LAWcares Foundation and the first Orthodox Jew drafted to the NBA, by the Portland Trail Blazers in 1980

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Episode 241: Allison Josephs is joined by "Non-Jewish Nanny" Adriana Fernandez to discuss her perspective on working with the Jewish community

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Episode 240: Allison Josephs is joined by Rachel Kraus, Managing Director and partner of DoAble

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Episode 239: Allison Josephs is joined by renowned psychotherapist and author Dr. David Lieberman.

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Episode 238: Allison Josephs is joined by Frieda Vizel of "Tours by Frieda" to get her perspective on growing up in and subsequent leaving of the Chassidic community

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Episode 237: Allison Josephs is joined by Dr. Sahar Wertheimer, OBGYN and Fertility Fellow, to discuss various issues concerning the recent Roe v. Wade decision

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Episode 236: Allison Josephs is joined by Neta Ariel, Director of the Maaleh School of Film and Television in Jerusalem

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Episode 235: Allison Josephs is joined by Dr. Joshua M. Karlip, Associate Professor of Jewish History and Herbert S. and Naomi Denenberg Chair of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University

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Episode 234: Allison Josephs is joined by Rabbi Yanky Horowitz and Dr. Michael Salamon to discuss "How To Spot Emotionally Abusive Manipulative Leaders In The Jewish Community" (Part 2)

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Episode 233: Allison Josephs is joined by Rabbi Yanky Horowitz and Dr. Michael Salamon to discuss "How To Spot Emotionally Abusive Manipulative Leaders In The Jewish Community" (Part 1)

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Episode 232: Allison Josephs interviews Jewish rapper Nissim Black about the announcement of a new HBO Max show based on his life

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Episode 231: Allison Josephs is joined by Zelda Lebovits (Volkov) of Zelda Wigs to discuss her unique Jewish journey

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Episode 230: Allison Josephs is joined by Esti Michelle Rosenblatt to discuss her family's experiences as Orthodox Jews working in movies and television

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Episode 229: Allison Josephs updates the listeners on the latest Jew in the City news including the opening of the new JITC Hollywood Bureau

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Episode 228: Allison Josephs is joined by Elisheva Rishon of Eli7 Designs to get her perspective on experiencing anti-Semitism as a Jew of color

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Episode 227: Allison Josephs is joined by Karen Grinzaid of JScreen and Dr. Paul Root Wolpe, PhD, Director of the Emory Center for Ethics, to discuss the topic "Are Jews a race? Is there a Jewish Gene?"

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Episode 226: Allison Josephs is joined by licensed psychotherapist and author Jasmin Lee Cori to discuss her book "The Emotionally Absent Mother"

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Episode 225: Allison Josephs is joined by Inspector Richard Taylor of the NYPD

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Episode 224: Allison Josephs is joined by pediatrician and novelist Dr. Leah Scheier, MD to discuss her latest book "The Last Words We Said" and more

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Episode 223: Allison Josephs is joined by table tennis phenom Esther Ackerman

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Episode 222: Allison Josephs is joined by award winning author Dara Horn to discuss her novel "People Love Dead Jews"

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Episode 221: Allison Josephs is joined by renowned photographer Justin Bettman about a project he developed concerning the Chassidic community

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Episode 220: Allison Josephs is joined by therapist Gelly Asovski, LCSW-R, RPT-S, to discuss her perspective as a professional working woman living in the Chassidic community

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Episode 219: Allison Josephs is joined by Chana Corna, 3D lighting artist and illustrator

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Episode 218: Allison Josephs is joined by Lara Diamond, President of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland and creator of the Lara's Jewnealogy blog

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Episode 217: Allison Josephs is joined by Goldy Guttman of N'Shei News to discuss her experiences of growing up in a Chassidic community in Brooklyn, NY

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Episode 216: Allison Josephs is joined by Amy Guterson, Founder and Director of the Tzohar Seminary for Chassidus and the Arts in Pittsburgh, PA

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Episode 215: Allison Josephs is joined by legendary producer David Fishof to discuss Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp and "Rock Camp the Movie"

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Episode 214: Allison Josephs is joined by renowned writer, producer, comedian Ashley Blaker

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Episode 213: Allison Josephs is joined by Dr. David Rosmarin to discuss his new book, "The Connections Paradigm: Ancient Jewish Wisdom for Modern Mental Health"

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Episode 212: Allison Josephs is joined by Archie Gottesman, Co-Founder of JewBelong

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Episode 211: Allison is joined by Naomi Rosenbach, M.A. to discuss the study she conducted with Dr. Michael Salamon and Leora Levine titled "What Impacts Jewish Orthodox Womens' Mikvah Experience?"

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Episode 210: Allison Josephs is joined by Liba Yoffe, Founder/CEO of Spirit Fit Life and contestant on American Ninja Warrior

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Episode 209: Allison Josephs is joined by Estie Rose, Genetic Counselor for JScreen

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Episode 208: Allison Josephs is joined by Jenny Goldfarb, creator of "Mrs. Goldfarb's Unreal Deli"

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Episode 207: Allison Josephs is joined by Cassandra Menes and Danit Sara Finkelstein to discuss their stories of friendship and conversion to Judaism

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Episode 206: Allison Josephs is joined by Dr. Rachel Goodman Aspler about this weekend's Community Mental Health Shabbat and more

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Episode 205: Allison Josephs is joined by Mrs. Raizy Silberstein-Greenbaum, Assistant Principal at Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn, NY

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Episode 204: Allison Josephs is joined by Ari Tolwin, Co-Founder of NuMilk

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Episode 203: Allison Josephs is joined by Major Res., Yossi Levy, CEO of Nahal Haredi

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Episode 202: Allison Josephs is joined by author Scott A. Shay to discuss his second book, "In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism"

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Episode 201: Allison Josephs is joined by Sylvia Fallas, cooking instructor and recipe developer, to give the listeners a taste of the Sephardic approach to the Pesach Seder

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Episode 200: Allison Josephs is joined by Rabbi Shlomo Pill, Rabbi and law professor at Emory Law School, to discuss baking/eating soft matza for Passover

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Episode 199: Allison Josephs is joined by cartoonist and author Chari Pere

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Episode 198: Allison Josephs is joined by Moshe Grunfeld, photographer, make-up artist and proprietor of punimchadushes.com

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Episode 197: Allison Josephs interviews Elie Kligman, shomer Shabbat Major League Baseball (MLB) prospect from Nevada

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Episode 196: Allison Josephs is joined by Elisheva Liss, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Writer, Speaker & Digital Educator

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Episode 195: Allison Josephs is joined by Saul Berenthal, proprietor of the Chateau Blanc bed-and-breakfast in Havana, Cuba

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Episode 194: Allison Josephs is joined by Yisroel Bass, Farm Director and Co-Founder at Yiddish Farm in New Hampton, NY

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Episode 193: Allison Josephs interviews Rabbi Shmuel Skaist, Rosh Yeshiva of The Yeshiva at IDT and a senior lecturer at Ohr Naava

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Episode 192: Allison Josephs is joined by Miriam Adar, Finalist on Hulu's Candyland program and proprietor of "Miriam Adar Custom Cakes"

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Episode 191: Allison Josephs is joined by Moshe Friedman, co-founder of Kama-Tech, a program that trains Charedim to join the tech workforce

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Episode 190: Allison Josephs is joined by video maker Peter Santenello to discuss his video series featuring the Chassidic community

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Episode 189: Allison Josephs is joined by Rachel Travis, Registered Nurse at NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island, to get her perspective from the front line of the Covid-19 battle

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Episode 188: Allison Josephs is joined by Eli Verschleiser, Chairman and co-Founder of Our Place

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Episode 187: Allison Josephs is joined by Joy Sklar, Director of the Bergen County Chanukah Toy Drive

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Episode 186: Allison Josephs interviews Rabbi Jack Abramamowitz, renowned author, question answerer and Educational Correspondent for Jew in the City/Project Makom

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Episode 185: Allison Josephs is joined by Dr. Shani Verschleiser, AuD, LMSW to discuss Magenu, an organization that works to protect our children by promoting education in personal safety

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Episode 184: Allison Josephs is joined by Akiva Pudell, volunteer EMT for United Hatzalah of Israel, to discuss his story of heroism and kiddush Hashem

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Episode 183: Allison Josephs is joined by Lianne Forman, Executive Director of CCSA (Communities Confronting Substance Abuse, Inc.)

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Episode 182: Allison Josephs is joined by Zipora Gordon, Educational Consultant and Certified Play Supporter

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Episode 181: Allison Josephs is joined by Dr. Jeffrey Kranzler to talk about his work and his action-packed new book, "The Crimson Protector"

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Episode 180: Allison Josephs interviews Professor Jeremy England about his new book, "Every Life Is on Fire: How Thermodynamics Explains the Origins of Living Things"

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Episode 179: Allison Josephs interviews Bylu Wertheimer- a born and bred Satmar hasidista and Chief Creative Officer of "The Slingshot Guys" video production company

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Episode 178: Allison Josephs is joined by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, Chief Rabbi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

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Episode 177: Allison Josephs is joined by the Honorable Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum

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Episode 176: Allison Josephs is joined by Joe Teplow, Founder of Good Today, a non-profit daily giving charity platform

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Episode 175: Allison Josephs is joined by Joshua Massin, Executive Chef and Owner at Nobo Wine & Grill in Teaneck, NJ. to discuss his new restaurant, "Narruto Bowl"

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Episode 174: Allison Josephs is joined by singer, songwriter, rapper and producer Raphi Fulcher

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Episode 173: Allison Josephs is joined by Hadassah Raskas and Elana Sichel of Corona Connects, and organization that connects home-bound college students (or anyone) with online volunteer opportunities

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Episode 172: Allison Josephs is joined by Joel (Yoely) Lebovits to discuss the passing of Pastor William Richard Harrell Jr. and the fundraising efforts to help his family

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Episode 171: Allison Josephs is joined by Joel Stern and Isaac Ekstein of the UJC of Blooming Grove, NY, to discuss the UJC's food drive for their non-Jewish neighbors

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Episode 170: Allison Josephs is joined by Frank Storch, founder of The Chesed Fund and Project Ezra

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Episode 169: Allison Josephs is joined by Joshua Massin, Executive Chef and Owner at Nobo Wine & Grill in Teaneck, New Jersey

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Episode 168: Allison Josephs is joined by Dr. Daniel Fleksher, MD to discuss the latest on the Coronavirus

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Episode 167: Allison Josephs shares her perspective on coping with the Coronavirus

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Episode 166: Allison Josephs is joined by Aura Schwartz, Makeup Artist, Beauty Shopper and Coach

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Episode 165: Allison Josephs is joined by Martin E. Friedlander, Esq. and Eli Goldbaum, founders of Yashar, a coalition working to solve the Agunah crisis

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Episode 164: Allison Josephs is joined by Yitzchok Levi and Moshe Reichman, owners of RedZone Football (RZF) in Lakewood, NJ

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Episode 163: Allison Josephs is joined by Orthodox Jewish rapper/producer/recording artist Nissim Black

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Episode 162: Allison Josephs is joined by celebrity chef and entrepreneur Jamie Geller to discuss her latest venture, "JChef: Kosher Meal Delivery Service"

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Episode 161: Allison Josephs is joined by Rabbi Gabriel Negrin, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Athens, Greece

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Episode 160: Allison Josephs is joined by Meir Kruter, fine artist and photographer

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Episode 159: Allison Josephs is joined by Project Makom member/representative Nechama Schweitzer

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Episode 158: Allison Josephs is joined by Rabbi Zalman Grossbaum, CEO of LifeTown in Livingston, NJ

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Episode 157: Allison Josephs discusses the latest Jew in the City news and previews the 6th Annual Jew in the City All Star Awards

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Episode 156: Allison Josephs is joined by Zalmen Glauber, practicing Hassid and sculptor

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Episode 155: Allison Josephs is joined by Aliza Hiller, Orthodox Jewish female ice hockey player

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Episode 154: Allison Josephs is joined by Dr. Nechumi Yaffe, Ph.D., the first Israeli chassidic woman to get a Ph.D.

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Episode 153: Allison Josephs is joined by Daniel Hazan, CEO of Hazan Sports Management

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Episode 152: Allison Josephs is joined by Gitty Halberstam of "Misceo" Liquors

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Episode 151: Allison Josephs is joined by Shanee Rosen, Content Engineer at Sefaria.org, who is programming Torah scholar Nechama Lebowitz's work into the Sefaria site

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Episode 150: Allison Josephs is joined by The Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik

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Episode 149: Allison Josephs is joined by Chanie Apfelbaum, author, food writer/photographer and creator of "Busy in Brooklyn"

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Episode 148: Allison Josephs is joined by artist and entrepreneur Abby Wolin

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Episode 147: Allison Josephs is joined by renowned badchan/comedian/performer Joel (Yoely) Lebovits

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Episode 146: Part 3 of Allison Josephs's conversation with Rabbi Harry Rozenberg, co-founder in Lost Tribes Beverage and Theological Research Institute, co-founder of the iTribe and Torah study partner with NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire

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Episode 145: Part 2 of Allison Josephs's conversation with Rabbi Harry Rozenberg, co-founder in Lost Tribes Beverage and Theological Research Institute, co-founder of the iTribe and Torah study partner with NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire

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Episode 144: Allison Josephs is joined by Jordan B. Gorfinkel (Gorf) to discuss his new "Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel"

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Episode 143: Allison Josephs is joined by Rabbi Harry Rozenberg, co-founder in Lost Tribes Beverage and Theological Research Institute, co-founder of the iTribe and Torah study partner with NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire

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Episode 142: Allison Josephs is joined by NCSY's Rabbi Ethan Katz to discuss the NCSY Leadership Chessed Missions

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Episode 141: Allison Josephs is joined by Attorney Baruch C. Cohen to explore the topic of Chillul Hashem

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Episode 140: Allison Josephs interviews Anna Greenfield about her mother, award winning mathematician, Dr. Edith Luchins, the first female Professor Emeritus at Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to be tenured

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Episode 139: Allison Josephs is joined by Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann, Director Beth Din of America to discuss issues of inheritance in the Torah

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Episode 138: Allison Josephs is joined by Aviva Bennett-Tribuch, President of Remember Me Gifting

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Episode 137: Allison Josephs is joined by Mrs. Chaya Melber, founder and educator at Tahareinu

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Episode 136: Allison Josephs is joined by Dr. Maya Lebow, author of "Sugar High, Sugar High, Sugar Low, Sugar Low"

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Episode 135: Part 2 of Allison Josephs' interview with Ari and Nes Blau about their journey through Hollywood to Orthodox Judaism

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Episode 134: Part 1 of Allison Josephs' interview with Ari and Nes Blau about their journey through Hollywood to Orthodox Judaism

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Episode 133: Allison Josephs interviews Ninoska Ravid, Managing Director of "Women in Theater"

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Episode 132: Allison Josephs interviews Rena Rossner, author of "Sisters of the Winter Wood"

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Episode 131: Allison Josephs interviews Dr. Naomi Marmon Grumet, founder of The Eden Center

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Episode 130: Allison Josephs interviews Jonathan Greenstein, owner, chief expert and President of the J. Greenstein & Company auction house

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Episode 129: Allison Josephs interviews Yakira "Kira" Hoffer about her competing in "American Ninja Warrior Junior"

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Episode 128: Allison Josephs is joined by Yossi Teichman to discuss the "forJe" dating app

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Episode 127: Allison Josephs is joined by "The Zoo Rabbi," Rabbi Natan Slifkin

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Episode 126: Allison Josephs is joined by Karen Skinazi, author of "Women of Valor"

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Episode 125: Allison Josephs is joined by Yosef and Emunah Murray to discuss their fascinating journey to Judaism that is explored in the book "From Rose Bowl to Rashi."

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Episode 124: Allison Josephs is joined by 12 year old Rachel Goldzal, the first ever Orthodox Jewish "Chopped" Champion.

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Episode 123: Season 7 Premiere: Allison Josephs is joined by Orthodox Jewish beekeeper Hinda Kohn

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Episode 122: Season Finale featuring a season recap and Jew in the City update

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Episode 121: Allison Josephs is joined by Yael Leibovitz and Chani Zisman of Israel's "Movilot"

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Episode 120: Allison Josephs is joined by Shira Berkovits, Esq., PhD, founder and CEO of Sacred Spaces

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Episode 119: Allison Josephs is joined by Rabbi Menachem Bombach, Rosh HaYeshiva at Hamidrasha Hahasadit in Israel's Beitar Illit

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Episode 118: Allison Josephs is joined by acclaimed Jewish comedian Ashley Blaker

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Episode 117: Allison Josephs is joined by Professor Avi Helfand, adviser for the BDA, to discuss how women are serving as witnesses in Batei Dinim

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Episode 116: Allison Josephs is joined by Rabbi Jeremy Stern, Director of ORA

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Episode 115: Allison Josephs is joined by Michal Schick, founder of the Facebook group Orthodox Ladies United in Fandom, to discuss being an Orthodox female geek

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Episode 114: Allison Josephs is joined by Randy Gold to discuss JScreen and genetic testing for the Jewish community

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Episode 113: Allison Josephs is joined by Cantor/special education therapist Yanky Lemmer

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Episode 112: Allison Josephs is joined by Vered Ben Sa'adon, co-founder of Israel's Tura Winery

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Episode 111: Allison Josephs interviews Senator Joseph Lieberman about his upcoming Maggid Books release, "With Liberty and Justice: The Fifty Day Journey from Egypt to Sinai"

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Episode 110: Allison Josephs is joined by Rich and Mickey Marinelli, father and son team of Human Weapon Tae Kwon Do to talk about integrating Torah and martial arts

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Episode 109: Allison Josephs discusses the latest news from Jew in the City and Project Makom

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Episode 108: Allison Josephs interviews Rebbetzin Lisa Septimus, Yoetzet Halacha of the Five Towns and Yoetzet Halacha of Great Neck Synagogue

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Episode 107: Allison Josephs is joined by AJ Edelman, Israel National Skeleton Athlete and representative of Israel in the Pyeong Chang Olympics 2018

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Episode 106: Allison Josephs is joined by stand-up comedian Eli Lebowicz

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Episode 105: Allison Josephs interviews Jessica Katz, Director of Yad Leah Clothing for Israel

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Episode 104: Allison Josephs is joined by orthodox Jewish rapper Nissim Black

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Episode 103: Allison Josephs is joined by Marinah Hersh and Chaya Lighten of TOGETHERNEST

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Episode 102: Allison Josephs is joined by Danielle Sassoon, founder and Creative Director at PANNYY

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Episode 101: Allison Josephs interviews Miriam Ballin, Director of the United Hatzalah of Israel Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit

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Episode 100: Allison Josephs interviews Yosef Gershon, pro-tennis player turned orthodox Jew who is now working to return to the pro-tennis circuit.

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Episode 99: Allison Josephs interviews Judy Gruen, author of "The Skeptic and the Rabbi"

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Episode 98: Allison Josephs recaps the 5th Annual JITC All Star Awards Show and Premiere Party with Chana Waxler

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Episode 97: Allison Josephs is joined by Ziesel Miriam Rahimi, to discuss her time in the IDF as an observant Jewish woman

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Episode 96: Allison Josephs hosts Aussie Gourmet Naomi Nachman to discuss her role in the 5th Annual JITC All Star Awards Show and Premiere Party

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Episode 95: Allison Josephs hosts Emma Green, writer and editor for TheAtlantic.com

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Episode 94: Allison Josephs interviews Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

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Episode 93: Allison Josephs is joined by Israel Singer to discuss his father in law, Dr. Julius Kuhl, also known as The Jewish Schindler

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Episode 92: Season Premiere, Allison Josephs hosts Moshe Friedman, co-founder of Kamatech - a program that trains charedim to join the tech workforce

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Episode 91: Allison Josephs hosts Reva Judas and Ellen Krischer of NechamaComfort, a Jewish non-profit organization dedicated to helping families who have experienced infant or pregnancy loss

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Episode 90: Allison Josephs interviews Joyce Azria, CEO of Avec Les Filles

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Episode 89: Allison Josephs interviews Josh Massin, Executive Chef and partner in Teaneck's Nobo Wine and Grill

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Episode 87: Allison Josephs interviews Rabbi Yitzchak Melber co-founder of Tahareinu

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Episode 86: Allison Josephs interviews Neil Friedman, President of Menemsha Films about their latest film, "The Women's Balcony"

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Episode 85: Allison Josephs hosts Heshy Walfish for a brief look at the life and chessed of Chaim "Lobo" Silber ob"m

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Episode 84: Allison Josephs interviews Rama Burshtein, award winning, Orthodox Jewish filmmaker

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Episode 83: Allison Josephs interviews writer, producer and stand-up comedian Ashley Blaker

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Episode 82: Allison Josephs looks back at 10 years of Jew in the City with a "State of the City Address"

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Episode 81: Allison Josephs interviews Michael Freund, Chairman of Shavei Israel (Part 2)

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Episode 80: Allison Josephs interviews Michael Freund, Chairman of Shavei Israel

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Episode 79: Allison Josephs interviews Haredi stylist Miri Beilin

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Episode 78: Allison Josephs interviews singer, songwriter, composer Franciska Kay

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Episode 77: Allison Josephs interviews orthodox Jewish rocket scientist Aaron Brown

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Episode 76: Allison Josephs welcomes Naomi Elbinger, Director of the English Dept. at Leshomra, a non-profit helping the Ultra-Orthodox community connect to nature and create a greener, cleaner Israel

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Episode 75: Allison Josephs interviews Ben Taplin about Kids of Courage and his own courageous journey

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Episode 74: Allison Josephs puts the spotlight on the Arlington Hotel, a kosher luxury hotel in New Hampshire

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Episode 73: Allison Josephs interviews Alex Clare about being an Orthodox Jew and a world renowned singer / songwriter

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Episode 72: Allison Josephs interviews Kerry Bar-Cohn about the journey that lead to "Rebbetzin Tap"

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Episode 71: Allison Josephs welcomes Chef Eitan Bernath for an in-depth look into the life of the young celebrity chef/food blogger

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Episode 70: Allison Josephs interviews Jory Stillman, founder of Shalom Kids Yoga (SKY) & Room to Breathe Coaching and Yoga

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Episode 69: Allison Josephs interviews Sharon Katz Cooper, Orthodox Jewish Marine Geologist

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Episode 68: Allison Josephs interviews Sarah Dukes, composer whose album "Life Sometimes" has been included on the 59th GRAMMY Awards ballots

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Episode 67: Allison Josephs interviews special guest Lawrence Burian, son of Andrew, author of, "A Boy From Bustina (a Holocaust memoir)"

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Episode 66: Allison Josephs interviews Fred Polaniecki and Fabrice Sapolsky, creators of Jewish Comic Con

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Episode 65: Part 2 of Allison Josephs' interview with Brad Salzman, LCSW, international expert on internet and sex addiction

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Episode 64: Allison Josephs interviews Brad Salzman, LCSW, international expert on internet and sex addiction

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Episode 63: Featuring an interview with world renowned Jewish entertainer, LIPA Schmeltzer

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Episode 62: Featuring an interview with Rabbi Yakov Horowitz, founder and Dean of Yeshiva Darchei Noam of Monsey, and founder and Director of Project Y.E.S.

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Episode 61: Season Premiere, featuring Ariella Loew, Orthodox female police officer in Chicago

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Episode 60: Featuring an interview with Akiva Neuman, rabbinical student at YU and prospective competitor on "American Ninja Warrior"

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Episode 59: Featuring an interview with the "Six-Minute Rabbi," Hanoch Hecht, about his participating in the Food Network's reality show, "Chopped"

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Episode 58: Featuring an interview with Faranak Margolese, author of "Off the Derech"

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Episode 57: Featuring an interview with Ronit Polin, playwright, trendsetting filmmaker and founder of FlyingSparks Productions

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Episode 56: Featuring an interview with Racheli Frankel, mother of terror victim Naftali Frankel and Unity Prize founder

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Episode 55: Featuring an interview with female chassidic cyclist Chumi Borenstein - Rubin

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Episode 54: Featuring a conversation with special guest, Chaim Levin, abuse survivor and activist

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Episode 53: Featuring an interview with playwright and actor Tenara Calem about her upcoming play about Orthodox Jews, "Aviva in October"

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Episode 52: Featuring Ariel Tavor, proprietor of "ROAST: Homestyle Chicken" in NYC

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Episode 51: Featuring special guest, Jessie Auritt - documentarian working on the film Supergirl about Naomi Kutin - an Orthodox Jewish weight lifting phenom

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Episode 50: Featuring Greg Zukerman, special reporter at the WSJ and JITC Orthodox Jewish All Star

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Episode 49: In honor of Shlock Rock's 30th Anniversary Tour, Allison Josephs hosts The King of Shlock, Lenny Solomon and The Jewish Rapper, Etan G.

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Episode 48: Allison Josephs features Haredi rap band and Eurovision hopefuls, Shtar

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Episode 47: Featuring Alan Shlomo Veingrad who shares his story of being an orthodox Jew and Superbowl champion with the Dallas Cowboys

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Episode 46: Allison Josephs hosts Nachum Segal to preview NSN's 2016 Kosher Halftime Show

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Epsiode 45: Allison Josephs features members from the Maccabeats and Naturally 7 to discuss their popular "Shed a Little Light" video collaboration

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Episode 44: Featuring a conversation about ATARA and their 2016 convention, "Partners in Creation" with Miriam Leah Gamliel

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Episode 43: Featuring Keshet Starr, Director of Advocacy and Legal Strategy at the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA)

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Episode 42: Featuring Meir Kalmanson, actor, director, screenwriter, and Creative Director of AMK Productions

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Episode 41: Featuring Lisa G. Twerski, LCSW for Nefesh International and their upcoming 19th Annual Nefesh International Conference

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Episode 40: Featuring guests who add light to the world: Yaakov Feldstein, winner of the Dance for Kindness Worldwide Anthem competition and Zvi Gluck, founder and Director of Amudim

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Episode 39: Featuring Jamie Geller, American-born Israeli food writer, celebrity chef, television producer and businesswoman

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Episode 38: Featuring Rahel Jarach - an Orthodox woman living in France who will describe what life is like for observant French Jews.

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Episode 37: Featuring Rabbi Simcha Weinstein, author of, "Up, Up, and Oy Vey: How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero" and "New York's Hippest Rabbi"

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Episode 36: Featuring John Pizzi, the Catholic ventriloquist/comedian who is on a mission to share his love of the Orthodox Jewish community with the world

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Episode 35: Featuring an interview with Dave Weinberg of Loop 88

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Episode 34: Featuring Rabbi Jack Abramowitz and Elad Nehorai

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Episode 33: Featuring a Preview of the Upcoming Shabbos Project with Yakir Frazer and Robby Nissan

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Episode 32: Featuring an interview with The Zoo Rabbi, Rabbi Natan Slifkin and a Jew in the City update

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Episode 31: Season 2 (NSN Season 4) Premiere: Featuring Yocheved Nadell and Freda Rothschild

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Episode 30: Featuring Chana Schusterman, creator of California Gourmet Chocolate Chips and Rabbi Jack Abramowitz of OU Torah

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Episode 29: Featuring Debbie Fox, founder and Director of Magen Yeladim Child Safety Institute who speaks to us about abuse in the Orthodox community.

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Episode 28: Featuring Rabbi Pesach Sommer and a Discussion about Project Makom and the recent Project Makom Shabbaton

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Episode 27: Featuring Emily Stern, artist, poet, photographer, baalat teshuva and eldest daughter of Howard Stern

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Episode 26: Featuring a look at the incredible life and untimely passing of Allison's friend and mentor, Rochelle Shoretz, founder of Sharsheret and so much more

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Episode 25: Featuring Saul Blinkoff, Orthodox Jew and director/animator for Disney, MTV and more

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Episode 24: Featuring Dov Popack, Hassidic Jew and founder/owner of Fiya, the world's first kosher Caribbean restaurant.

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Episode 23: Featuring Tamir Goodman, aka the Jewish Jordan on how he broke the glass ceiling for shomer shabbos professional athletes and the future of Orthodox athletes in the NBA.

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Episode 22: Featuring Sienna Dube and Willow Goldman - 9 year old Orthodox girls raising money for the victims of Nepal, and CEO of top ad agency 360i, Sarah Hofstetter, 2013 Orthodox Jewish All Star.

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Episode 21: Featuring Chanie Waxler, a Chassidic woman and event planner, who gives us an inside look at how nuanced the Chassidic world is.

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Episode 20: A Yom HaShoah edition featuring Wendy Berezovsky, founder of Sweet Dreams for Kids and Ruchama Uzan, who raised $25,000 to help cure Angelman's Syndrome

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Episode 19: Featuring Yitzy Kasowitz, a Chabad chassid and Lego Engineer (it's a real job) who founded JBrick (a Jewish-themed Lego company). Plus exciting developments on ending the agunah crisis.

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Episode 18: Featuring Wendy Shalit, author of "A Return to Modesty"

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Episode 17: Featuring: "Orthodox Women who Work," with special guests Tova Herskovitz from "Women in the Workforce" and Chaya Fishman from "The Jewish Women's Entrepreneur Network"

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Episode 16: Featuring special guests "Batya" - an Orthodox woman who (with her husband) decided to take two small children into her home when no one else would and Sarah Casteel - an Orthodox teenage girl who runs a food rescue organization

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Episode 15: Featuring Issamar Ginzberg - a Chasidic Inc. Top Ten Entrepreneur and 2013 JITC All Star.

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Episode 14: Featuring Joan Weiner - a frum female comedienne and the women of "Bullet Proof Stockings"

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Episode 13: Featuring Tziporah Gelman - a rebbetzin and zumba instructor and Shosh Pasarel, a frum female animation student at FIT

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Episode 12: Featuring Avi Cyperstein with Yaakov Landau of Chaverim of Queens and Alexander Rapaport of Masbia

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Episode 11: Featuring Mike Dube and Yoni Greenstein - founders of the "Sharing Seats" organization

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Episode 10: Featuring Emily Weisberg and Itta Werdiger-Roth - two women who are revolutionizing the kosher restaurant space

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Episode 9: Featuring Miriam Kosman, a Charedi mother of 11 living in Israel, getting a PhD in philosophy

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Episode 8: Featuring Chaim Horowitz, musical director of The Maccabeats and Mindy Schaper with Gavriella Lerner for Jew in the City

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Episode 7: Featuring Rabbi Eli Gewirtz, founder and Director of Partners in Torah

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Episode 6: Featuring a recap of the third annual Orthodox Jewish All Star Awards

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Episode 5: Featuring Ethan Zohn - winner of CBS's "Survivor" and professional soccer player

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Episode 4: Featuring Jew in the City 2014 All Star Joshua Meier

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Episode 3: Featuring Misha Beshkin and Estee Ackerman

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Episode 2: Featuring Rabbi Warren Goldstein on the Shabbos Project - past & future and Mindy Pollak, Jew in the City 2014 Orthodox Jewish All Star

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Episode 1: Inaugural episode featuring comedian/entertainer Mendy Pellin