The answer is yes if you are Ruchama Feurerman. Steve Savitsky talks to Ruchama about her “novel” career.
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Savitsky Talks
Savitsky Talks is a weekly 20 minute audio program with interviews and discussions that probe and explore contemporary Jewish life. Steve Savitsky’s unusually direct and objective approach make this program a refreshing take on the Jewish community’s often challenging role in the world.
Available as a podcast http://feeds.ou.org/SavitskyTalks and on iTunes.
When Yeshiva Day School is No Longer a Viable Option
An alternative approach. Steve Savitsky talks with Vanessa Brookes.
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A Proven Way to Fight the Tuition Crisis
Introducing: parent volunteer programs. Steve Savitsky talks with Yaakov Goldstein.
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A Religious, Organic Kibbutz
Steve Savitsky interviews Sara Goldsmith, tourism manager for a fascinating kibbutz in the Valley of Spring.
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The Chassidish and Chareidi World: An Unsustainable Economy and the Onslaught of Self-Hating Jew-Bloggers
“Self-hating Jews are the biggest challenge to the Chareidi world.” Steve Savitsky talks with Yitzhak Frankfurter, editor of Ami magazine, about Chassidic and Chareidi viewpoints on challenges facing their community.
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A Chareidi Woman in the IDF
“I don’t care if it’s ‘inappropriate.’ This is my dream.”
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You Can Be a Poet and You Didn’t Even Know It
Steve Savitsky interviews Pessie Horowitz about how she pursued the atypical path of poetry.
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Create Your Perfect Israel Vacation Itinerary
Steve Savitsky talks with Peter Abelow, a tour-guide in Israel (among many other things), about family trip ideas in Israel.
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Gebrochtz: That Not-Fully-Understood Yiddish Word
Steve Savitsky interviews Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz, Rabbinic Coordinator at the OU, discussing what gebrochtz is all about.
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OU/IPA Leading Effort to Secure Government Aid for Shuls Hit by Sandy
Steve Savitsky interviews the IPA’s Nathan Diament about the effort to get FEMA funding for synagogues that sustained damage in Sandy.
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