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Hosted by Courtney Hazlett, Rabbi Diana Fersko, and Josh Kross, each episode of How to Be a Jew takes a look at a current, cultural topic and what it means for us as Jews, and how we react to it because we are Jews. We interview actors, artists, and other creators about their work, Jewish thinkers about the most pressing problems facing us today, and once in a while, the Jewish-adjacent icons who occupy an interesting space in our world.

The extraordinary story of a young man’s escape from a moving train bound for the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust, and his fight to hold the French national rail company, the SNCF, accountable for their actions as they later bid for lucrative high-speed rail contracts in the United States.

Jewish Studies: Unscrolled features host Alyssa Quint in conversation with expert guests and historians. Each episode focuses on a single classic Jewish text and covers topics ranging from a 17th-century hostage crisis, to modern classical interpretations of a Yiddish lullaby.

From weekly deep dives into breaking news to modern takes on very old texts, Tablet Studios podcasts bring you Jewish insight and inspiration. Our new flagship show, Rootless, tackles one urgent question facing Jews each week, with guests who will share often inconvenient but always essential truths.

Each week, Israeli journalist and Torah scholar Sivan Rahav-Meir and Tablet’s own Liel Leibovitz discuss the week’s parsha, giving practical advice from our holiest book.

Jewish Priorities: Life After 10/7 is a six-episode series about the future of the Jewish people, religion, identity, American Jews, the Holocaust, Israel, and more. These panels were held at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, and led by Stephanie Butnick and Liel Liebovitz, hosts of the Unorthodox Podcast. The conversations took place just weeks after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, and sought to kick off a global conversation and bring together some of the most distinguished Jewish leaders and thinkers in the U.S.

This is the audio version of Israel Update. Israel Update is a video podcast hosted by Israeli historian and political commentator Gadi Taub and Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. The show offers news from the ground as well as an unparalleled insider perspective on the war.