Episodes
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna on Genesis 12:1-3 – “The Promise of Becoming a Gre…
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna is Mark’s very special guest on the podcast today. Rabbi Sarna serves as the University Chaplain and Executive Director at the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at New York University, and as the Chie...
Ambassador Ido Aharoni on Pesachim 116b – “Survivability and Continui…
Mark is delighted to welcome Ambassador Ido Aharoni to the podcast today. Currently the Global Distinguished Professor for international relations at New York University’s Graduate School of Arts and Science, Ido is a 25-year...
Marissa Streit on Exodus 20:7 – “The Third Commandment: The Unforgiva…
Marissa Streit, CEO of PragerU, is Mark’s very special guest on the podcast today. A Los Angeles native, Marissa moved to Israel at a young age, where she completed her primary education and served in military intelligence of...
Mishy Harman on Genesis 7-8 – “Noah’s Ark: The Essence of Our Existen…
Mark is delighted to welcome Mishy Harman, Co-Founder, Host and Executive Producer of ‘Israel Story’, to the podcast today. Essentially an Israeli version of ‘This American Life’, ‘Israel Story’ chronicles the story of Israel...
Pastor Freddy Washington Jr. on Genesis 50 – “Forgiveness: Being Give…
Pastor Freddy Washington Jr. is Mark’s very special guest on the podcast this week. Freddy is a worship leader and songwriter who began his career in music production and later garnered Grammy, Stellar and Dove Award nominati...
Jonathan Tobin on 1 Samuel 8:10 – “The Beginning of Politics: Executi…
Jonathan Tobin, Editor-in-Chief of the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS), joins Mark on the podcast today. In addition to his role of leading the JNS in its syndication of Jewish articles and essays to Jewish newspapers all across ...
Pastor Gerald D.A. Murphy on Genesis 15:1 – “God is Our Reward”
Pastor Gerald D.A. Murphy is Mark’s very special guest on the podcast today. Gerald received his Master’s Degree in Christian History and Theology from Ashland Theological Seminary, and he currently serves as the Director of ...
Doron Spielman on Genesis 33 – “To Mt. Seir and Back: Diplomacy, Brot…
Mark is absolutely delighted to welcome his great friend, Doron Spielman, to the podcast today. Since 2000, Doron has served as a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the IDF’s Spokesperson’s Unit, and he conti...
Ryan Williams on Psalms 23– “Our Ultimate Shepherd”
Technology entrepreneur, Ryan Williams, is Mark’s guest on the podcast this week. Having started his first business at age 13, Ryan went on to graduate from Harvard College, and is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of Cadre, a...
Max Wilkins on Daniel 5 – “Deeply Rooted in the Word of God”
Mark is delighted to welcome Pastor Max Wilkins, to the podcast today. Max is the President and CEO of TMS Global, an organization that exists to mobilize and deploy the body of Christ globally to join Jesus in His mission, …
Rabbi Brandon Bernstein on Genesis 4:1-12 – “Interpreting the Many Le…
Mark is delighted to welcome Rabbi Brandon Bernstein to the podcast today. Having grown up in Palmdale, California, Brandon received a BA in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and rabbinical o...
Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen on Genesis 2:24 – “Creating One Flesh” - S1E83
Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen is Mark’s very special guest on the podcast today. Currently the Rabbi of Congregation Ohr Torah in North Woodmere, NY, Rabbi Cohen is also an attorney and a Senior Relationship Officer at YACHAD, a thriv...
David Mark on Genesis 45:5-7 – “Lessons Learned from The Reunion of J…
Senior editor at the Washington Examiner, David Mark, joins our host for today’s episode. Among many other roles, David has also been a senior editor at Politico and at CNN Digital Politics, is the author of two books, and ap...
Pastor Nick Hall on Habbakuk 3:2 – “In the Midst of the Storm, God is…
Mark is delighted to welcome evangelist and international speaker, Pastor Nick Hall, to the podcast today. The Founder of PULSE, a movement that seeks to empower the Church and awaken the culture to the reality of Jesus, Nick...
Pastor Jerry Gillis on Leviticus 19:1-2 – “Holiness: For God, and for…
Pastor Jerry Gillis is Mark’s very special guest on the podcast today. Pastor Gillis is the Lead Pastor of The Chapel, a multi-complex church network in the Buffalo area, and he is also involved with ‘Christ Together’, a netw...
Joe Lonsdale on Deuteronomy 32 – “Responsibility — from the Bible, an…
Mark is delighted to welcome “perhaps the youngest person to have ever earned the appellation ‘a legend’” to the podcast today. Joe Lonsdale truly is a legend in the fields of business, philanthropy, and public policy, and wa...
Ambassador Ron Dermer on Esther 4:14 – “Esther’s Choice — and Ours: T…
Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Ron Dermer, joins Mark for today’s episode. Born and raised in Miami Beach, Florida, Ron went on to become a graduate of both the Wharton School of Business at the Universi...
Heather Gerken on Micah 6:8 – “The Lawyer’s Calling: Justice, Mercy a…
Mark is delighted to welcome Heather Gerken, the Dean of Law at Yale Law School, to the podcast today. Hailed as an “intellectual guru” in the New York Times, Heather served as a senior advisor to the Obama campaign in …
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman on The Akedah – “Abraham’s Gift of Hineni: The M…
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University, is Mark’s very special guest on the podcast today. In addition to leading one of the premier institutions in Jewish life, Rabbi Berman has served as the pulpit Rabbi at t...
Rabbi Karen R. Perolman on Ruth 1:1-18 – “The Bible on Becoming – and…
Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman, Senior Associate Rabbi at Temple B’nai Jeshurun, the Temple where Mark became a bar mitzvah in 1985, joins him on the podcast today. Karen received her Masters Degree in Hebrew Literature from Heb...
Harry Hargrave on Psalms 19 – “The Living Word”
This week, Mark is delighted to welcome Harry Hargrave, the Chief Executive Officer for the Museum of the Bible, to the podcast. After spending over 45 years in finance, marketing and business operations, Harry found the site...
Michael Medved on Exodus 33:18-23 – “God Passing By”
Mark is delighted to welcome Michael Medved, a legend in the world of American thought and political discourse, to the podcast today. Starting his public life as a left-liberal political organizer, Michael has gone on to beco...
David Cygielman on Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:7 – “Who You’re With, Not Wh…
David Cygielman, founder and CEO of Moishe House, is Mark’s guest on the podcast today. David has been a non-profit innovator since high school when he started ‘Feed the Need’, a nationally recognized homeless feeding organiz...
Rabbi Elie Kaunfer on Genesis 15:1-8 – “Prayer: An Invitation to Expr…
Mark is delighted to welcome the President and CEO of the Hadar Institute, Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, to today’s episode. In addition to his work with this great institution of adult jewish learning in the world, Elie has also been ...