JUF Podcasts

Kol Sasson is a Chicago-based folk trio featuring the musical talents of Rob Weinberg, Susie Fox Lorge, and Michael Heimlich. The band perform for Israel Solidarity Day on May 3rd as part of the South Suburban Walk With Israel.

Scott Leader will appear for Israel Solidarity Day on May 3rd as part of the Oak Park/River Forest Walk With Israel.

The Josh Nelson Project will perform for Israel Solidarity Day on May 3rd as part of the North Surban Walk With Israel. The band will appear at the Highland Park High School at 11:15, following the Walk. Josh Nelson is a Boston native, a brand new father, and a former member of another Jewish rock band, Yom Hadash.

A conversation with Rabbi Ron Kronish about Jewish-Arab coexistence in Israel. Kronish, director of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel, works to build positive relationships among Israeli Jews, Muslims, and Christians, and believes peace is achievable between Israel and the Palestinians.

Once a Catholic high school student awed by a visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and now a doctoral student of history and an archivist at that museum, Rebecca Erbelding tells an amazing tale of loss and discovery.

Prof. Elie Rekhess, one of Israel’s leading experts on Arab affairs, assesses the nature of Israel’s relationship with Hamas and the Palestinian Authority in light of the recent Gaza conflict.

Ruby Harris has made is musical mark in many genres. He is one of the original members of the Diaspora Yesiva Band, the group that first merged Jewish music with rock’n’roll.

Rabbi Asher Lopatin, spiritual leader of Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation, was the guest in a program entitled "The Power of Pluralism – In American Judaism, in Israel and Across the Israel-Diaspora Divide"

Each month, a "big thinker" from Chicago's Jewish community engages in lively discussion with journalist, teacher and Middle East analyst Carl Schrag, and audience members pose their own questions.

The Real Estate and Building Trades Division and the Young Real Estate Group (YREG) of the Jewish United Fund hosted an evening of networking with guest speaker Diane Swonk, senior managing director and chief economist at Mesirow Financial Jan. 20 at the James Hotel

Listen to Rabbi Saul Berman of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, Dr. Mark Washofsky of Hebrew Union College, and Dr. Jack Wertheimer of Jewish Theological Seminary, with an introduction by Dr. Steven B. Nasatir, president of JUF/JF.

Sam Glaser is one of the most prolific composers and performers of Jewish music working today, with some 20 albums in as many years. Sam plays piano and sings solo, with a band, with full orchestras, and with children, bringing both his tremendous musical skill and sheer love of Judaism to audiences worldwide.

Linda Epstein, director of JUF's Israel Office, took a brief personal solidarity tour of areas under fire.

Linda Epstein, director of JUF's Israel office, reporting on day four of Operation Cast Lead.

Once again Israel is trying to bring an end to the rain of missiles that have terrorized its civilian population for years, says Linda Epstein, director of JUF's Israel office, reporting from JUF's Partnership 2000 region, now in the target zone of Hamas.