Yeshiva of Newark Podcast
Yeshiva of Newark Podcast

Yeshiva of Newark Podcast

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The Yeshiva of Newark /The Yeshiva at IDT is an on-line institution providing instruction and classes,lectures and dialogue for students of almost any background.  The original school was founded on a broad-minded approach to Jewish studies that still resided firmly within the Mesorah of Orthodox Judaism.With the advent of the Covid epidemic in 2020-the institution refashioned itself to meet the needs and requests of interested parties across the globe which has resulted in well over half a million downloads of episodes in three years.

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Rischa on the Radio-Zev Brenner Interviews Rabbis Bechhofer and Kivelevitz-Who and What are Leading Us Today?
MAR 12, 2026
Rischa on the Radio-Zev Brenner Interviews Rabbis Bechhofer and Kivelevitz-Who and What are Leading Us Today?
<p style='text-align:start;'><span style='color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 14px;font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji;'>Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air:</span></p> <p style='text-align:start;'><span style='color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 14px;font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji;'>https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat</span></p> <p><span style='color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 14px;font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji;'>We thank Zev Brenner and Talkline for allowing us to use the audio from his program.</span></p> <p style='text-align:start;'></p> <p style='text-align:start;'><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Zev J. Brenner</span> <span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>is an</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Orthodox</span></a> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Jewish</span></a> <span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>radio host and president and founder of Talkline Communications, a Radio/TV network founded in 1981.</span></p> <p style='text-align:start;'><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Brenner graduated from the</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Technical_College' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>New York City Technical College</span></a> <span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>of the City University in NY. He married Adena Karen Berkowitz, a lawyer and daughter of William Berkowitz, the national president of the American Jewish Heritage Committee in New York in 1988.</span> <span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>He is an ordained Rabbi.</span></p> <p style='text-align:start;'><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>The Talkline talk-show is a regularly scheduled talk-show airing in Metro New York City</span><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zev_Brenner#cite_note-3' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'><sup>[3]</sup></span></a> <span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>and has interviewed notable personalities including President</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Bill Clinton</span></a><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>; Secretary of State</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Hillary Clinton</span></a><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>; Senators</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lieberman' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Joseph Lieberman</span></a> <span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>and</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Schumer' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Charles Schumer</span></a><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>; Israeli Prime Ministers</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Benjamin Netanyahu</span></a><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>,</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Peres' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Shimon Peres</span></a><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>,</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Shamir' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Yitzhak Shamir</span></a> <span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>and</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Yitzhak Rabin</span></a><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>; former Vice President</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Quayle' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Dan Quayle</span></a><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>; former</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Soviet General Secretary</span></a> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Mikhail Gorbachev</span></a><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>; Mayor</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dinkins' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>David Dinkins</span></a><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zev_Brenner#cite_note-4' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'><sup>[4]</sup></span></a> <span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>and</span> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sharpton' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Al Sharpton</span></a><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>.</span><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zev_Brenner#cite_note-talklinecommunications.com-2' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'><sup>[2]</sup></span></a></p> <p style='text-align:start;'><span style='color: rgb(32,33,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'>Brenner is known as one of the only Orthodox Jews in the United States who serves as a talk-show host. He is also known for addressing many important but controversial topics in the Jewish community.</span><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zev_Brenner#cite_note-5' target='_self'><span style='color: var(--color-progressive,#36c);background-color: initial;font-size: 16px;font-family: sans-serif;'><sup>[5]</sup></span></a></p> <p style='text-align:left;'></p> This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate
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