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Steve Savitsky talks with Bracha Goetz about her program that\u00a0matches up children and teens with much-needed mentors.<\/p>\n

Bracha Goetz is the author of\u00a0Let’s Stay Safe<\/em>, a book reviewed in the\u00a0Jewish Action<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>summer issue. Read the review here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Savitsky Talks<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a weekly 20 minute audio program with interviews and discussions that probe and explore contemporary Jewish life. Steve Savitsky\u2019s unusually direct and objective approach make this program a refreshing take on the Jewish community\u2019s often challenging role in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steve Savitsky talks with Bracha Goetz about her program that\u00a0matches up children and teens with much-needed mentors. Bracha Goetz is the author of\u00a0Let’s Stay Safe, a book reviewed in the\u00a0Jewish Action\u00a0summer issue. Read the review here. Savitsky Talks\u00a0is a weekly 20 minute audio program with interviews and discussions that probe and explore contemporary Jewish life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":25141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parenting","post_format-post-format-audio","series-savitsky-talks"],"yoast_head":"\nBig Brother, Big Sister: An Exceptional Mentoring Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Steve Savitsky talks with Bracha Goetz, author of Let's Stay Safe, about her program that matches up children and teens with much-needed mentors.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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