Savitsky Talks 127 articles

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.
Unity Can Be Dangerous
Unity Can Be Dangerous
It's the disunity that promotes tolerance. Steve Savitsky talks with Shira Leibowitz Schmidt about her contrarian approach to achdut (unity).
May 16, 2012
By Steven Savitsky
Big Brother, Big Sister: An Exceptional Mentoring Program
Big Brother, Big Sister: An Exceptional Mentoring Program
Steve Savitsky talks with Bracha Goetz about her program that matches up children and teens with much-needed mentors. Bracha Goetz is the author of Let’s Stay Safe, a book reviewed in the Jewish Action summer...
May 10, 2012
By Stephen Savitsky
It’s Possible: An Orthodox Jew in the US Air Force
It’s Possible: An Orthodox Jew in the US Air...
Lieutenant Yoni Goldstein proves it is possible to be an Orthodox Jew in the United States Air Force...and possible to fulfill your childhood dreams.
May 1, 2012
By Stephen Savitsky
Jewish Unity: The Righteous and the Self-Righteous (Audio)
Jewish Unity: The Righteous and the Self-Righteous (Audio)
Steve Savitsky talks with Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks about why we as Jews are so diverse, for better and for worse.
Apr 17, 2012
By Steven Savitsky
David & Goliath: The Explosive Inside Story of Media Bias in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
David & Goliath: The Explosive Inside Story of Media...
Steve Savitsky talks with Shraga Simmons, senior editor of Aish.com, the director of JewishPathways.com and the founding editor of HonestReporting.
Apr 12, 2012
By Stephen Savitsky
Can We Control the Internet in Our Homes?
Can We Control the Internet in Our Homes?
Steve Savitsky talks with Dr. Dovid Fox about the frightening effects the Internet has on our brains, psychology and social skills and how we can effectively deal with it.
Apr 4, 2012
By Steven Savitsky
Tragedy In France: The Jewish Community Responds (Audio)
Tragedy In France: The Jewish Community Responds (Audio)
Steve Savitsky talks with Tomer Orni, CEO of the European Jewish Union, about the shooting that took the lives of three children and a father.
Mar 21, 2012
By Stephen Savitsky
The Car Accident That Left Him a Quadriplegic (Audio)
The Car Accident That Left Him a Quadriplegic (Audio)
Steve Savitsky talks with Rabbi Yehuda Simes about the car accident that left him a quadriplegic, his ensuing day-to-day life, and how he keeps his chin up and faith intact.
Mar 14, 2012
By Stephen Savitsky
The Reason We Get Divorced (Audio)
The Reason We Get Divorced (Audio)
The true problems begin long before the divorce itself. Rabbi Feuerman, LCSW, addresses the key issue at play - and what we can do to avoid it.
Feb 16, 2012
By Steven Savitsky
Chassidic Female Attorney Asks: Why Can’t Women Be Part of Hatzalah? (Audio)
Chassidic Female Attorney Asks: Why Can’t Women Be Part...
Hatzalah answers: immodesty, delayed service and incapability. So Ruchie Freier explores opening a new emergency unit - an all-female one.
Feb 9, 2012
By Stephen Savitsky

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