Ordinary Jews. Talking. S2 Ep 3: Sandra Gartner

Episode 3 of the JAM Podcasts & Audiobooks podcast, hosted by Ordinary Jews Talking, titled "Ordinary Jews. Talking. S2 Ep 3: Sandra Gartner" was published on December 11, 2025 and runs 37 minutes.

December 11, 2025 ·37m · JAM Podcasts & Audiobooks

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Summary

S2 Episode 3: Sandra Gartner – Recorded November 20, 2025 Photo: Sandy with book, by Liora Among many roles that she plays, Sandra Gartner has been co-producer of Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre for 20 years, an actor with the company, and is co-producer with filmmaker Nora Jacobson on her latest project. Sandra also writes for Rutland Magazine and other publications. Not surprisingly, she has a wonderful way of telling stories. In this conversation she picks up threads of her l...

Episode Description

S2 Episode 3: Sandra Gartner – Recorded November 20, 2025 Photo: Sandy with book, by Liora

Among many roles that she plays, Sandra Gartner has been co-producer of Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre for 20 years, an actor with the company, and is co-producer with filmmaker Nora Jacobson on her latest project. Sandra also writes for Rutland Magazine and other publications. Not surprisingly, she has a wonderful way of telling stories. In this conversation she picks up threads of her life in Vermont and New York City; her life in theatre, journalism, and the Rutland, VT Jewish community.

Sandra was a Youth Ambassador to Israel in 1966, at 16 years old, and “came back a changed person”. She maintains great affection for the land and people not withstanding that the current situation “doesn’t sit well” with her. The book she is holding in this photo is To Life: A Celebration of Vermont Jewish Women, based on an oral history project she undertook with Ann Zinn Buffum and which was contributed to the Jewish Women’s Archive.