Orthodox Union http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/C271/ Steve Savitsky, President of the Orthodox Union, hosts a new program, addressing the issues being discussed around dining room tables and in Jewish homes across North America, and the world. The bi-weekly show will explore such topics as the tuition burden placed on Jewish families, the growing singles community and Kollel in America. To submit topic ideas please contact Steve Savitsky at stevesavitsky@ouradio.org. en Copyright 2012 2012-05-24T16:20:36+00:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/lQPxrfuPznk/ Steve Savitsky talks with David Lewinter, Vice President of Finance of the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy. The Orthodox Union is now offering Challenge Grants for innovative and replicable solutions that address day school affordability. For more details about the OU Challenge Grants, requirements, application process and application form, please visit: OU Day School Affordability Grants Around the Dining Room Table Audio Main Feature 2011-08-29T11:00:09+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/an_innovative_approach_to_solving_the_tuition_crisis/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_lewinter_8-3-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/etL460YBtyo/ Steve Savitsky talks with Rabbi Yosef Grossman, Senior Educational Rabbinic Coordinator, Director of OU Kosher Education and Editor of The Daf HaKashrus. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2011-08-15T11:00:48+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/what_can_be_wrong_with_this_product/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_grossman_8-3-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/KWdkF1Eer2Y/ Steve Savitsky talks with authors Yehuda Turetsky and Chaim Waxman. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2011-07-25T11:00:01+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/sliding_to_the_left_contemporary_american_modern_orthodoxy/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_turetsky_waxman_6-22-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/ZZtSbm4bFPI/ Steve Savitsky talks with Dr. Saul Landa, author of A Timeless People, Photo Albums of American Jewish Life. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2011-06-27T13:00:50+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/sandy_koufax_and_small_jewish_communities/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_landa-5-31-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/XKRPMiKrWmY/ Steve Savitsky talks with Charlie Harary about the unique challenges of raising Orthodox teenagers in the Internet Age. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2011-06-15T15:19:46+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/raising_orthodox_teenagers_in_the_internet/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_harary_5-31-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/ihyBpaYotTs/ Steve Savitsky talks with writer Goldy Krantz about dating in today's Orthodox Jewish community and her new book "The Best of My Worst". Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2011-05-16T13:00:11+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/the_best_of_my_worst_dating_experiences/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_krantz_5-3-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/uyM7egF_2Mc/ Perpetuating Orthodox Life on College Campuses - Steve Savitsky talks with Stanley Weinstein, Chairman of the JLIC Commission. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2011-05-03T19:48:38+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/perpetuating_orthodox_life_on_college_campuses/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_weinstein-5-3-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/ETb_FUx9OJY/ Do scholarship committees have the right to make lifestyle decisions for parents? - Steve Savitsky talks with Abe Schwartzbard, President of The Rabbi Pesach Raymund Yeshiva of Edison, NJ. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2011-04-18T12:59:45+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/scholarship_committees_and_lifestyle_decisions/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_schwartzbard_4-7-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/cc7XvEEOGTA/ The Challenges Facing The Haredi World in the Next Decade - Steve Savitsky talks with Jonathan Rosenbloom Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2011-03-28T09:00:04+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/the_challenges_facing_the_haredi_world_in_the_next_decade/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_rosenbloom_3-22-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/ufyCEDMcbiI/ Outreach in America: Time to Call Out the Reserves - Steve Savitsky talks with Rabbi Yaacov Deyo, Director of Partners in Torah. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2011-03-14T14:42:38+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/outreach_in_america_time_to_call_out_the_reserves/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_deyo_2-24-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/shcIDScaG6s/ Ami Magazine: Fostering Achdus in The Orthodox World, One Article at a Time - Steve Savitsky talks with Rabbi Yitzhak Frankfuter, Editor and CEO of Ami Magazine. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2011-03-01T15:35:18+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/fostering_achdus_in_the_orthodox_world/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_frankfuter_2-24-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/KACnxkvTFFA/ Teenagers Off The Derech: Are there any solutions? Steve Savitsky talks with Rabbi Steven Burg. Around the Dining Room Table Audio Main Feature 2011-01-31T03:00:18+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/teenagers_off_the_derech/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_burg_1-13-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/LRSIQLzfntU/ The Singles Crisis: How did it happen and can we solve it? Steve Savitsky talks with Dr. Efrat Sobolofsky. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2011-01-18T10:48:07+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/the_singles_crisis/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_sobolofsky_1-13-11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/amuubAccbSc/ A Lone Soldier, an IDF member who has no immediate family in Israel, is a remarkable and humbling concept. Steve speaks with Tamir Elterman and David Alexander about the film they are making on the subject and with Steve Rubin about his experiences as a lone soldier. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2009-01-12T07:00:30+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/the_lone_soldier/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_76.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/2MlDHAMpL78/ Taking a first look at the Jew in the modern world, Steve Savitsky sits down with Dr. Nachum Katlowitz, a urologist in New York and Diana Roth, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-12-29T07:00:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/a_jew_in_the_modern_world_understanding_opportunities/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_75.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/ql5JUTWQFoo/ Israel and aliyah are always central in our thoughts and prayers, as individuals, as an organization and as a community. Steve Savitsky speaks with Talia Masri and Daniel Esses about their aliyah experiences. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-12-15T13:45:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/aliyah_it_shouldnt_be_this_good/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_74.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/uffbH0eKgH0/ Living through the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression, Steve Savitsky speaks with Morris Smith about the economy. Ami Nachshon of the Abraham Fund stops by to speak about the importance of dialogue, understanding and interaction between Israelis and Israeli Arabs. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-12-01T14:09:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/the_economics_of_peaceful_times/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_73.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/0DfUHb70QUw/ Presidential debates took place in just about every home around the world. Steve Savitsky speaks with Josh London, Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat and Dr. Seymour Lachman in a post-election discussion about our hopes and concerns for President-elect Barack Obama. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-11-17T13:43:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/a_historic_election_presidential_choices/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_72.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/oWN94UqePfQ/ Running away from elections and bad economies, Steve Savitsky speaks with Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, chief rabbi of Moscow and Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt, Chabad emissary in Argentina, about the Jewish communities there. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-11-03T13:21:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/jewish_communities_from_moscow_with_love_don/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_71.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/U_FVKcIjYvI/ Sitting around the dining room table with Michael Fragin and Esther Jungreis, Steve Savitsky speaks about the prohibitive costs of tuition and avenues to tkae to address the issue, as well as the great optimism for the future. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-10-06T10:12:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/orthodoxy_2018_an_orthodox_world_an_optimistic_future/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_70.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/TAMSkRpkNGs/ Adam Siegel, Michelle Gordon and Rabbi Emanuel Feldman gather around the dinning room table to discuss charter schools, the tuition crisis, an OU sponsored trip to Israel and polarization within the Jewish community. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-09-22T09:30:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/unchartered_waters/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_69.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/SJ8WbyOIS7o/ In his armchair travels from around the dining room table to Jewish communities around the world, Steve Savitsky checks in with China and the Jewish community there in the post-Olympic haze. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-09-08T14:32:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/going_for_the_gold_kosher_china/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_68.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/sCNgUZvvooI/ Rabbi Avi Horowitz gives us a glimpse of the beauty and progress of Chile and Tomas Kraus shares about the history and culture of the Czech Republic, as Steve Savitsky continues his armchair travels to Jewish Communities around the world. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-08-25T12:21:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/jewish_communities_chillin_and_czechin/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_67.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/H8qU36mbyHk/ Not excited about Jewish practice? Have trouble tolerating fellow Jews and their different practices? Steve Savitsky sits around the dining room table with Rabbis Benjamin Hecht and Micha Berger. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-08-11T10:19:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/beyond_tolerance_above_rote/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_66.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/e673qgjRXl4/ Rav Rimone joins Steve Savitsky to speak about the continued struggles and hard won successes of those evicted from Gush Katif. Around the Dining Room Table listener, Alan Krinsky, drops in to share his thoughts on Jewish Unity, as we approach Tisha b’Av. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-07-28T12:13:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/divided_standing_together/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_65.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/QSH6fdtGrME/ Rabbis Marc Angel and Shmuel Herzfeld join the discussion on the current conversion debate. Bill Bishop comes to the dining room table to show trends in polarization among the non-Jewish community, a trend Steve Savitsky has long commented on within the Jewish community Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-07-14T14:32:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/polarized_clusters_and_disbarred_converts/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_64.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/PVCvD-GmOco/ Sitting Around the Dining Room Table with Yossi Prager, Steve Savitsky learns about Orthopraxy, Affluenza, the cost of living Jewishly and the many opportunities out there for us. Laura Shuman offers the perspective of one on the threshold of venturing out to tackle these challenges and opportunities. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-06-30T10:20:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/orthodoxy_2018_internal_and_external_lives_rich_and_costly/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_59.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/EFA2ZLJoAhg/ While munching carrot sticks, Steve Savitsky speaks with Dr. Ron Nagel, Shira Isenberg and Jack Botwinick about a healthy lifestyle and the obesity trend that applies to the Orthodox community as well as the US at large. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-06-16T08:46:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/obesity_and_orthodoxy/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_63.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/AU4kE5bBH8Y/ Where were you when you heard "The Temple Mount is in our hands?" What do you remember about the Six Day War? Steve Savitsky sits Around the Dining Room Table with Dr. Benjy Krupka, Rabbi Meir Goldvicht, Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rabbi Yitzchak Sladowsky, Rabbi Nachman Kahana and others, sharing their memories... Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-06-02T08:00:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/yom_yerushalayim_5768/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_62yy.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/i4kTJumUiXc/ Caroline Glick and Daniel Gordis sit Around the Dining Room Table speaking about such issues as a two-state solution, Israeli leadership, and the Diaspora's voice in Israeli politics. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-05-19T08:10:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/60_years_young/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_61.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/gFl_jEzoJHk/ Ami Eden sits with Steve to give an overview on the upcoming elections and presidential campaigns. Rick Halpern joins to discuss his anti-missionary efforts. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-05-06T12:15:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/straight_up_politicians_and_missionaries/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_60.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/VvftycY3A9k/ Stan Bernstein sits Around the Dining Room Table telling us about his recent case against the village of Mamaroneck and the important win for Jewish communities everywhere. Rabbi Basil Herring joins to give us an overview on recent developments in conversion practices and a global standard. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-04-07T12:23:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/zoning_religious_freedom_and_conversion/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_58.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/SxLdet-Btx8/ Speaking with Rabbi Sytner of Charleston, South Carolina and Rabbi Dardik of Oakland, CA, both growing Jewish communities, Steve discusses the advantages of living outside the NYC metropolitan area, and communities like it. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-03-24T15:49:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/family_in_search_of_growing_vibrant_community/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_57.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/px7kCWY4jqg/ Rabbi Aaron Kotler and Steve Rosedale discuss the future of the Orthodox Jewish community; Family and cultural pressures, our freedoms, the existential threats to our existence in Israel and assimilation. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-03-10T20:01:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/orthodoxy_2018_pressures_freedoms_and_threats/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_56.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/ns2hJ27Pea4/ The discussion about the year in Israel continues Around the Dining Room Table with the co-authors of "Flipping Out?" with Dr. Chaim Waxman and Rabbi Dan Jacobson. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-02-25T19:28:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/israel_rite_of_passage/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_55.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/h9QrreS4aDM/ Steve Savitsky speaks with Ariel Beery and Rabbi Isaac Fingerer about Jewish pride and making Judaism relevant to the masses of Jews who are unaffiliated or have little association with Judaism. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-02-12T15:53:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/making_judaism_relevant/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_54.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/V5_pG2MFkp4/ Professor Nathan Aviezer discusses knowledge in science and religion and if the two can mesh. Nathan Diament gives a rundown on some of the presidential candidates and their position on israel. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-01-28T18:32:01+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/science_religion_and_politics/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_53.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/vqgsItB7lFo/ Gather around the dining room table to discuss the year in Israel and shifting religiosity with Rabbi Shalom Z. Berger and Steve Savitsky. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-01-21T16:50:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/flipping_out_for_religion/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_52.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/4NWUon2oFL4/ Continuing to look at Agunot (the chained woman) today, Margie Retter and Professor Aviad HaCohen come to the dining room table to discuss using the beit din (Rabbinic court) system in divorce proceedings and Agunot in Israel, respectively. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2008-01-07T16:28:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/divorce_court_america_israel/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_51.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/_L_YNDYe03Y/ Steve Savitsky speaks with two individuals who have taken action in the fight against media bias. Hear from Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld about his Bad News Blogs and Trevor Asserson about his fight against the BBC. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-12-17T16:33:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/bad_news/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_50.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/pHA3I3LunAk/ Steve Savitsky continues his exploration of Jewish communities around the globe, heading across the pond to Great Britain. Richard Benson, Chief Executive of Community Security Trust and Henry Grunwald, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews share their insights, Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-12-03T19:49:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/across_the_pond/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_49.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/PM1RGJCQ-Bs/ As he awaits further trials, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury shares his experiences fighting for freedom from Islamic terrorism and the need to support the democratic State of Israel. You can follow his case at www.freechoudhury.com. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-11-19T13:44:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/one_mans_fight_for_every_mans_freedom/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_48.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/0GejvhC-qc8/ Josh Ross and Rabbi Kenneth Auman sit with Steve Savitsky to discuss agunot and what is being done, or should be done, to help them. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-11-02T15:22:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/a_chained_woman/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_47.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/dSt0kDJtX1g/ Steve Savitsky speaks with Rav Rimon and the amazing work he is doing to help the Gaza evacuees start over and make a living. Rabbi Michael Olshin calls in from Israel to discuss your child's year in Israel. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-10-22T17:20:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/a_fresh_start/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_46.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/mO7T_XaESMg/ It has been over two years since the residents of Gush Katif were evacuated and the first films documenting this event have been released. Steve Savitsky speaks with producer Avi Abelow (The Home Game) and writer/director Adam Hootnick (Unsettled) about what they saw and why they encapsulated it on film. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-10-09T17:37:01+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/still_unsettled/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_45.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/QLogRSLtK2I/ Steve Savitsky revisits the topic of Orthodoxy in the next decade with Dr. Michelle Friedman, Director of Pastoral Counseling at YCT and Yonah Bardos and Aaron Kogut, YU seniors and directors of the upcoming Fertility, Medicine & Halacha Conference at YU Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-09-24T19:51:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/orthodoxy_2017b/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_44.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/yxqroHJnJS4/ Steve Savitsky speaks with Rabbis Avi Shafran and Berel Wein about their articles in the summer issue of Jewish Action about the polarity or unity in the Jewish Action. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-09-10T16:44:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/divided_unity/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_43.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/8XJMMgKJeEs/ Steve Savitsky speaks with Hella Winston and Dr. Aharon Fried about the Jew's integration with the world and the insulated walls we build. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-08-20T14:17:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/worldliness_and_walls/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_42.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/m3LNx8Qp1S4/ Brad Klatt speaks about what inspired him to become involved in the UJC Metrowest tuition initiative and Rabbi Josh Elkin about day school education, on the latest gathering Around the Dining Room Table. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-08-06T14:15:01+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/following_their_lead/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_41.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/L4R98JylT9w/ First in a new series, Steve Savitsky speaks with Rabbi Michael Broyde and President Richard Joel about the challenges and opportunities facing Orthodox Judaism in the next decade. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-07-23T19:14:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/orthodox_judaism_2017_part_i/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_40.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/jFPq91SvcUE/ We've all heard about Palestinian refugees. Now hear about Jewish refugees from Arab lands, and why it matters to you. Steve Savitsky speaks with Stanley Urman, Executive Director of Jews for Justice (www.justiceforjews.com) and Semha Alwaya, an attorney and founder of Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa (www.JIMENA.org) Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-07-09T14:37:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/the_forgotten_refugees_jews_from_the_middle_east/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_39.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/W6ffRaAoSSg/ Recent trends in family smachot, outrageous costs and heartwarming generosity, are discussed with Shia Markowitz and Harriet Rose Katz. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-06-25T15:29:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/presence_and_presents_at_your_simcha/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_38.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/ZT6rsgCuna8/ Ken Heyman and Kim Hirsh discuss UJC Metrowest's bold new initiative to help middle income parents send their kids to yeshiva day schools and to help yeshiva day schools compete against other private schools. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-06-11T16:35:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/tuition_a_community_steps_up/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_37.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/LXeiD1xb19w/ Steve Savitsky speaks with Michael Dallen and Reverend Jack Saunders about the Noahide Laws and the movement of non-Jews adhering to them. Rabbi Yona Reiss offers some background on conversions today. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-05-29T13:11:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/the_jew_the_minister_and_the_bnei_noach/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_36.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/xSMwTc1Hi20/ Jewish Communities Around the World: Australia - Steve Savitsky heads to the land down under to speak with Dr. Danny Lamm and Keith Shilkin about Jewry in Australia - past, present and future. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-05-14T13:24:01+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/jewish_communities_around_the_globe_australia/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_35.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/QldDnxZR11c/ An update on Israel and the issues it faces with Daniel Gordis and Noam Bedein Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-04-30T16:10:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/israel_nowhere_to_go_but_up/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_34.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/jxveRdWfeuI/ Steve Savitsky takes a look at a new trend in education, designer schools with Dr. Lehmann and discusses educating our youth with passionate Zionism with Rabbi Schiller. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-04-16T15:10:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/education_passionate_zionism_designer_schools/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_33.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/oqymudFPaU4/ Intergeneration gaps: accepting our parents, accepting our children as religious path differs from ours. Steve Savitsky speaks with Around the Dining Room Table listener, Ari Burack and Rabbi Benjamin Yudin of Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn, NJ. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-03-14T19:04:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/when_our_children_are_more/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_32.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/C1GsmUPT2bw/ Pooya Dayanim and Roya Hakakian speak with Steve Savitsky about the Iranian threat, Jewish history in Iran, and the Jewish community in Iran today. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-03-05T14:19:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/revisiting_persia_iran_today_and_tomorrow/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_31.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/WA-He-fi2L4/ Discussing the challenges facing American Jewry, and what we can do to meet them, Steve Savitsky speaks with Scott Shay, author of the new book "American Judaism Gets Its Groove Back" Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-02-20T13:24:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/american_judaism_gets_its_groove_back/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_30.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/gfDbuItpPR4/ Speaking with Rabbi and Mrs. Kohl, a JLIC couple on the University of Maryland campus and Prof. Steve Frankel in Indianapolis, Steve Savitsky explores campus and small town Jewish life, and the importance of the individual. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-02-05T13:38:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/the_power_of_one/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_29.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/0-PdVF-u5sA/ Covering local politics, Israeli leadership, Iran and more, Steve Savitsky speaks with Jason Bedrick, the first Orthodox Jew to be elected to the New Hampshire State Legislature, and Steve Rodan, a veteran reporter on Middle East politics. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-01-17T20:36:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/its_all_about_politics/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_28.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/n0zqzK_ycao/ Steve Savitsky speaks with Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Naomi Maryles and Aura Sutton... Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2007-01-08T15:29:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/the_rebbetzin_familial_and_communal_obligations/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt27.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/VhLxd3DXTiw/ Sitting down with Christians at the table. In response to the winter issue of Jewish Action "Friends and Foes: Who's Who in the Christian World" Steve Savitsky speaks with Dr. David Berger and Rabbi Yitzchak Adlerstein about interfaith dialogue. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-12-21T20:33:01+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/confrontation_consultation_cooperation_sitting_with_christians_at_table/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_26.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/WZmcxdpKJm4/ In celebration of Chanukah, Steve Savitsky speaks with Dr. Lawrence H. Schiffman about the Greeks, Hellenization and the upcoming holiday, and with Rabbi Nati Helfgot about Modern Orthodoxy. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-12-07T18:35:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/drawing_lines/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_25.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/kWz-02q5pso/ Steve Savitsky speaks with Rebbetzin Karen Hochberg about the role of the Rebbetzin, and Rabbi David Fine about life in smaller Jewish communities. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-11-28T21:35:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/heading_out_of_town/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_24.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/UUb0jLp_9tM/ Looking at the Jewish face of tomorrow, Steve Savitsky speaks with Dr. Yitzchak Klein about the Jewish character of the State of Israel with a constitution, and Rabbi Yehuda Sarna about the challenges our Jewish college students face on college campuses. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-11-13T08:53:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/jewish_character/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_23.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/-gtoMWnqtaE/ Steve Savitsky discusses the situation in Gaza with Roy Spiewak and Dror Vanunu. Then talks about resolutions that will be debated at the OU convention and the power of each individual's voice with Aron Raskas Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-10-30T15:03:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/gaza_and_resultions/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_22.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/45-DPRyiZLY/ Steve Savitsky discusses an undivided Jerusalem with Malcolm Hoenlein and talks with Gaddi Goldwasser, brother of POW Ehud Goldwasser. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-10-16T15:29:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/undivided_responsibility/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_21.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/PvYDoLmLh-8/ Steve Savitsky talks with Daniel Gordis and Michael Steinhardt about Jewish philanthropy, living in Israel, the future of the Conservative and Reform movements, the Diaspora Jew's stake in Israel and more. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-10-03T14:15:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/hard_questions/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_20.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/DUg6C2e4Ubc/ For our first visit to Jewish Communities Around the Globe, Steve Savitsky talks with Mickey Glass, Executive Director, Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa, Cape Town and Rabbi Warren Goldstein, Chief Rabbi of South Africa Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-09-18T12:43:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/south_africa/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_19.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/do7YWx0IbL4/ Jewish Business Ethics: Steve Savitsky speaks with Benjamin Brafman and Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-09-05T13:00:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/jewish_business_ethics/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_18.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/qF_R-cbFhsQ/ Post ceasefire, Steve Savitsky speaks with Alan Dershowitz and Rabbi Yedidya Atlas to get a sense of where Israel and Jews at large, now stand. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-08-16T21:32:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/cease_fire_preparing_for_wwiii/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_17.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/ePm87p0NmXQ/ Steve Savitsky continues his discussion on the phenomon of kollel, as he speaks with Hilly Gross, and brings up the move to the Right entailing a desertion of Zionism with Rafi Cohen. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-08-09T19:20:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/kollel_zionism_and_the_right/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_16.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/sUXz3DRVH4w/ A special gathering around the dining room table with Rabbi Steve Pruzansky, rabbi of OU Member Synagogue Congregation Bnai Yeshrun in Teaneck, NJ and Rabbi Avi Berman, director of the OU israel Center, to discuss the current crisis in Israel. Around the Dining Room Table Audio Israel Insights 2006-08-01T16:30:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/special_report_israel_in_crisisnew/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_sr2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/dIdwEYlIPNw/ The summer issue of Jewish Action focuses on those Jews not born into Judaism. Today we speak with Shoshana Zakar and George Matyewicz about their experiences. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-07-27T16:07:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/choosing_judaism/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_15.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/KJzkqvr-x8o/ A special gathering around the dining room table with Jonathan Rosenblum and Daniel Pipes, to discuss the current crisis in Israel. Around the Dining Room Table Audio Israel Insights 2006-07-19T21:29:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/special_report_israel_in_crisis/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_7_19_06.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/Soe0J1DisEM/ As we approach the one year mark since the Gaza Disengagment we revisit Religious Zionism with Michael Freund and Rabbi Simcha Krauss, contributors to the Spring issue of Jewish Action (Religious Zionism: What's Next?) Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-07-18T14:34:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/religous_zionism_hope_and_the_hyphen/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_14.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/iiy9S01MFoo/ Steve Savitsky takes a look at those trying to weaken us from without, the Jews for Jesus summer missionizing campaign with Gavriel Sanders, and our strength from within, revisiting the topic of Kollel in America with Rabbi Kenny Brander. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-07-03T15:19:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/outside_forces_strengthening_jewish_communities_from_within/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_13.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/WySUvRbb7zk/ Steve Savitsky takes a look at the varying faces and burgeoning growth of Kollel in America with Rabbi Aaron Kotler, CEO Beth Medrash Gevoha of Lakewood and Rabbi David Spetner, Kollel Director of the Cincinnati Community Kollel. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-06-19T15:00:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/kollel_in_america/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_12.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/XPhDo3KwS3Q/ Discussions on the future of Modern Orthodoxy with Professor Samuel Heilman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology CUNY and Tova Mirvis, author. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-06-05T14:00:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/modern_orthodoxy_state_of_the_union_a_growing_divide/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt11.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/3a08EeYc1eY/ Kids Going Off The Derech II: Programs that offer a place for kids seeking a derech. With Rabbi Dov Silver of Madraigos and Rabbis Menachem Persoff & Dovid Cohen of the OU's Israel Center. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-05-22T15:00:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/off_the_derech_safehouses_along_the_path/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_10.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/Lwz9rNvfKLQ/ Religious Zionism discussed with Rabbi Chaim Wasserman, rabbi emeritus of YI of Passaic-Clifton, NJ and host of OURadio's This Land is My Land and Rabbi Saul Berman, director of Edah and professor at Stern College. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-05-08T13:28:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/religous_zionism_looking_forward_from_58/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_9.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/IN78xOWX4fs/ A Balancing Act: exploring the challenges of the Sandwich Generation with Dr. David Pelcovitz and Rabbi Menachem Goldberger. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-04-24T15:00:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/sandwich_generation/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_8.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/ULAxXg02wPY/ Discussion of kids going off the derech and kids at risk with Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, rabbi of Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst and Faranak Margolese, author of Off the Derech. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-04-10T16:00:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/kids_off_the_derech/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt7.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/D3gVQExcLJE/ Today we take our discussion of tuition to the parents, speaking with YLC members Shlomo Koyfman, David Gerstley and Charlie Harary, as well as home schooler, Josh Itzkowitz. Around the Dining Room Table Audio 2006-03-27T09:31:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/around_the_dining_room_table_5/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_5.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/zdELzK6a7YY/ In the latest edition of Around the Dining Room Table, a new topic is broached: Teenage drinking and substance abuse within the Jewish community. An especially apt topic around the time of Purim. Around the Dining Room Table Audio Currents 2006-03-13T16:00:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/teenage_drinking_purim/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt6_purim.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/xAqSQGSO8Qc/ Continuing to look at the the growing singles community within the Jewish world, today we speak with dating mentors Sherry Zimmerman, Esq, a family lawyer and dating advisor, Rosie Einhorn, LCSW, a licensed psychotherapist, and Shaya Ostrov, LCSW, Director of the 7 Gates Institute and author of 7 Gates to Marriage. Around the Dining Room Table Audio Currents 2006-03-06T15:00:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/around_the_dining_room_table_4/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/atdrt_4.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/eQxM8bOIPLc/ The growing number of singles within the Orthodox Jewish community is addressed, speaking with members of the Orthodox Union's shidduch initiative, spearheaded by the Young Leadership Cabinet, and Rabbi Allen Schwartz of Ohab Zedek on the Upper West Side, NYC. Around the Dining Room Table Audio Currents 2006-02-27T13:31:01+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/around_the_dining_room_table_3/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/aroundthedinningroomtable3.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/TQ5ftiQwvTM/ Last week we heard that only 25% of the Jewish children in Seattle are receiving a Jewish education, and Jewish education is key to our survival as a Jewish people. My two guests today will, each in turn, focus on these two points. Rabbi Binyamin Ginsberg (Torah Academy in Minneapolis, MN) and Dr. Ismar Schorsch (Jewish Theological Seminary) join us. Around the Dining Room Table Audio Currents 2006-02-20T16:00:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/around_the_dining_room_table_show_2/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/aroundthediningroomtable2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheDiningRoomTable/~3/QNHS5vkJUoA/ Today we'll be discussing the challenges the tuition price tag poses, a topic I take a great interest in, as a parent, grandparent, and active member of the Orthodox Union's new task force...Dennis Eisenberg (Yeshiva of Flatbush), Rob Toren and Eli Genauer (Samis Foundation) join us. Around the Dining Room Table Audio Currents 2006-02-09T20:12:00+00:00 http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/ouradio/channel/around_the_dining_room_table_show_1/http://program.ouradio.org/audio/savitsky/aroundthediningroomtable1.mp3