“That Jewish News Show” is a smart and thoughtful look at the week in Jewish news from the journalists at the Forward, which has been driving the American Jewish conversation since its founding in 1897. In each episode, hosts Laura E. Adkins, the opinion editor, and Benyamin Cohen, the news director, bring you beyond the headlines and interview the newsmakers behind those stories.
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“That Jewish News Show” is a smart and thoughtful look at the week in Jewish news from the journalists at the Forward, which has been driving the American Jewish conversation since its founding in 1897. In each episode, hosts Laura E. Adkins, the opinion editor, and Benyamin Cohen, the news director, bring you beyond the headlines and interview the newsmakers behind those stories.
An Orthodox rabbi on why his synagogue supports the LGBTQ+ community
That Jewish News Show
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An Orthodox rabbi on why his synagogue supports the LGBTQ+ community
Host Laura E. Adkins and Benyamin Cohen of the Forward discuss the revelation of eye-popping antisemitic emails between two Los Angeles attorneys, and what advice the Talmud and Jewish tradition has for Taylor Swift fans. They were joined by Rabbi Jonathan Leener of the Prospect Heights Shul, a Modern Orthodox congregation in Brooklyn, to discuss why his synagogue supports the LGBTQ+ community, and how he’s working to convince his colleagues in the Orthodox community to do the same. Rabbis, he said, “should be a voice for the most vulnerable members of a community.”
That Jewish News Show
“That Jewish News Show” is a smart and thoughtful look at the week in Jewish news from the journalists at the Forward, which has been driving the American Jewish conversation since its founding in 1897. In each episode, hosts Laura E. Adkins, the opinion editor, and Benyamin Cohen, the news director, bring you beyond the headlines and interview the newsmakers behind those stories.
