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  • Ep 684: It's All About the Children with Carin Bail and Sami Steigman and guest Dan Cohen P1 on hmTv

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    It’s All About the Children | Ep. 684: Dan Cohen — A Father’s Awakening, Part 1 | HMTC

    A son’s memory of his father becomes a lesson in love, perspective, and inclusion. Carin Bail and Sami Steigmann welcome entrepreneur, author, podcast host, and storyteller Dan Cohen for Part 1 of a deeply personal conversation.

    Dan recalls the unconditional encouragement he received from his father, Herbie, and the realization that each member of his family experienced that love through a different lens. He explains why people should offer a “living eulogy,” sharing gratitude and affection while loved ones can still hear it.

    When Herbie developed dementia after a stroke, Dan learned to accept him as he was, meet him where he was, and continue including him in family life. A joyful day at the racetrack revealed that the loving person Dan remembered was still present. Together, Carin, Sami, and Dan explore empathy, caregiving, resilience, and the lasting power of helping every person feel seen and valued.

    It’s All About the Children on hmTv | Hosts: Carin Bail and Sami Steigmann | Guest: Dan Cohen
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    CHAPTERS

    0:00 Introduction
    2:18 Dan Cohen’s “Part Two” Journey
    3:01 His Father’s Unconditional Love
    8:19 Perspective, Words, and Empathy
    9:32 A Living Eulogy
    12:02 A Family’s Experience with Dementia
    14:58 Sami’s Story of His Mother
    16:06 Meeting Loved Ones Where They Are
    19:16 Finding Joy in Repeated Moments
    20:25 The Importance of Inclusion
    23:28 One Unforgettable Day at the Track
    25:22 Closing

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    #ItsAllAboutTheChildren #Empathy #Resilience #Legacy #HMTC

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    26 min
  • Ep 683: Raised by Survivors with Bernie Furshpan and guest Ronit Lapid on hmTv

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    Raised by Survivors | Ep. 683: Ronit Lapid — Yemenite and Sephardic Jewish Heritage | HMTC

    A childhood friendship becomes a journey through Jewish memory, culture, and belonging. Bernie Furshpan reconnects with Ronit Lapid, whose family story links Brooklyn, Yemen, Spain, Greece, Turkey, and Jerusalem.

    Ronit shares how her maternal great-grandmother made the difficult journey from Yemen to Israel before Operation Magic Carpet and how her father’s Sephardic family preserved deep roots in Jerusalem. She reflects on the Meyuchas family legacy, Ladino, beloved recipes, Jewish education, and the choices parents make to keep heritage alive across generations.

    Their conversation also honors the friendship between their immigrant fathers, the resilience shaped by family history, and the responsibility to recognize antisemitism without surrendering hope. Through personal memories and inherited traditions, Bernie and Ronit show how understanding where we come from can strengthen identity, deepen empathy, and help future generations carry Jewish life forward with pride and purpose.

    Raised by Survivors on hmTv | Host: Bernie Furshpan | Guest: Ronit Lapid
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    CHAPTERS

    0:00 Introduction
    0:58 Childhood in Brooklyn
    2:32 Their Fathers’ Friendship
    4:24 Tracing a Family History
    6:28 Journey from Yemen to Israel
    9:23 Sephardic Roots and the Meyuchas Legacy
    13:41 Food, Ladino, and Tradition
    15:25 Preserving Culture in the Diaspora
    16:48 An Israeli Identity in America
    17:47 Antisemitism and Historical Memory
    23:30 Identity, Education, and Responsibility
    26:34 Communities Within Israeli Society
    29:32 Hope for the Future
    31:18 Closing

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    #RaisedBySurvivors #JewishPride #Identity #Resilience #HMTC

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    33 min
  • Ep 682: Kibitz with Keren on hmTv

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    Kibitz with Keren | Ep. 682: Doron Keren — What Are We Teaching Our Children? | HMTC

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    “What you teach your kids is what the future is.” That sentence leads Doron Keren to ask whether the challenges facing young American Jews begin long before college.

    On this host-only installment of Kibitz with Keren, Doron examines how K–12 Jewish education can give students the history, identity, critical-thinking skills, and confidence to enter difficult conversations without fear. He considers the roles of Jewish texts, Zionism, American history, classical education, philanthropy, and higher education in shaping thoughtful young adults.

    His argument is not to shield students from disagreement or tell them what to think. It is to prepare them to listen, question, build evidence-based arguments, and understand their own inheritance before engaging with someone else’s. The future, he suggests, begins upstream with what families, schools, and communities teach children before they reach campus.

    Kibitz with Keren on hmTv | Host: Doron Keren
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    CHAPTERS

    0:00 Introduction
    1:21 What we teach becomes the future
    2:33 Jewish education and institutional investment
    4:08 Questions about higher education
    7:51 Why preparation begins before college
    10:13 Teaching students how to think
    11:36 Building a complete Jewish education
    14:06 Which institutions deserve our students?
    16:39 An educational pipeline for confidence
    17:51 Preparing students for disagreement
    19:22 The upstream question
    20:26 Questions for future conversations
    21:40 Closing

    HASHTAGS

    #KibitzWithKeren #JewishIdentity #Education #CriticalThinking #HMTC

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    23 min
  • Ep 681: Education in Motion with Zachary Graulich and guest C.J. Burtnick on hmTv

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    Education in Motion | Ep. 681: C.J. Burtnick — Teaching the Holocaust Through Stories | HMTC

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    After sharing lunch with a Holocaust survivor, C.J. Burtnick’s students stand, take an upstander pledge, and explain what they learned. Their words tell her the history has become personal.

    On Education in Motion, host Zachary Graulich speaks with the New Jersey social studies teacher about transforming a limited literature unit into a broader Holocaust education program built on testimony, primary sources, museum partnerships, and personal histories. They discuss antisemitism at school, online denial and misinformation, and why the Holocaust should not be a student’s first introduction to Jewish life.

    C.J. also reflects on teaching prewar communities, slowing down with artifacts, and showing that no single book or testimony represents every experience. Her former students still return years later to say the Holocaust unit stayed with them, evidence that careful education can build resilience, empathy, and the courage to become an upstander.

    Education in Motion on hmTv | Host: Zachary Graulich | Guest: C.J. Burtnick
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    CHAPTERS

    0:00 Introduction
    1:10 Choosing a career in education
    1:53 Learning across faiths and cultures
    3:38 From a novel unit to deeper Holocaust education
    5:58 Teaching through testimony and personal histories
    8:40 Online misinformation and Holocaust denial
    11:23 Teaching students to be human
    12:44 When students become upstanders
    16:11 Educators remain lifelong learners
    17:07 Teaching Jewish life before the Holocaust
    19:42 Slowing down with artifacts
    23:13 No single story represents every experience
    25:00 Reassurance about Holocaust education
    27:52 Closing

    HASHTAGS

    #EducationInMotion #HolocaustEducation #Testimony #MediaLiteracy #HMTC

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    30 min
  • Ep 680: The Dana Download with Dana Arschin and guest Steve Koppell on hmTv

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    The Dana Download | Ep. 680: Steve Koppell — Running Through Grief and Fatherhood | HMTC

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    Seven weeks after promising his wife, Stacey, that he would run the New York City Marathon, Steve Koppell lost her unexpectedly. Their daughter, Hannah, was only 15 months old.

    On The Dana Download, host Dana Arschin speaks with Steve about becoming a solo parent, preserving Stacey’s memory for Hannah, and learning to grow around grief. He shares how friends supported him through practical acts of kindness and how Stacey’s family helped him remain open to companionship, love, and a blended family.

    Steve also describes losing 90 pounds, completing three marathons and 10 half-marathons, and raising more than $10,000 for the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). Running began as a promise to Stacey and became a way to process grief, support families seeking answers, and carry her optimism forward. Moving forward, he reminds us, does not mean leaving someone behind.

    The Dana Download on hmTv | Host: Dana Arschin | Guest: Steve Koppell
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    CHAPTERS

    0:00 Introduction
    2:02 A fender bender begins a friendship
    4:37 Remembering Stacey
    7:02 Welcoming Hannah and facing sudden loss
    10:05 Learning to become a solo parent
    11:41 Preserving Stacey’s memory for Hannah
    13:21 Growing around grief
    15:38 Finding love and building a blended family
    17:43 A marathon promise becomes a mission
    19:56 Supporting families with rare diseases
    21:37 Signs, support, and moving forward
    22:30 What Stacey would say today
    23:26 Carrying Stacey’s legacy forward
    25:21 Closing

    HASHTAGS

    #TheDanaDownload #Resilience #Wellbeing #RareDiseases #HMTC

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    27 min
  • Ep 679: The Dana Download with Dana Arschin and guest Aimee Gagnan Fogg on hmTv

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    The Dana Download | Ep. 679: Aimee Gagnon Fogg — Preserving the Ritchie Boys’ Stories | HMTC

    Every Memorial Day, Aimee Gagnon Fogg places Kurt Jacobs’s photograph at his grave in Belgium. One face is still missing: fellow Ritchie Boy Murray Zappler’s.

    On The Dana Download, host Dana Arschin speaks with Aimee, founder of They Speak: Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, about preserving the lives of nearly 8,400 American WWII service members buried or commemorated there. Her search began with her great-uncle, PFC Paul M. Lavoie, who was killed in Germany at age 21, and has grown into research on approximately 2,200 service members.

    Aimee traces the journeys of Jewish refugees Kurt Jacobs and Murray Zappler, who returned to Europe as U.S. military intelligence specialists. Their stories affirm her belief that there is no “us versus them.” Each recovered name, photograph, and memory restores individuality and becomes a small victory for humanity.

    The Dana Download on hmTv | Host: Dana Arschin | Guest: Aimee Gagnon Fogg
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    CHAPTERS

    0:00 Introduction
    1:16 How Aimee found The Dana Download
    3:31 Anne Frank and a lifelong mission
    5:54 Creating They Speak
    6:31 Finding PFC Paul M. Lavoie
    10:46 Who were the Ritchie Boys?
    13:16 Kurt Jacobs and Murray Zappler
    18:46 Recovering and remembering two soldiers
    21:10 A photograph as a victory for humanity
    23:19 The search for Murray’s photograph
    24:10 What comes next
    25:26 “There is only us”
    28:05 Closing

    HASHTAGS

    #TheDanaDownload #Veterans #Service #Remembrance #HMTC

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    30 min
  • Ep 678: Education in Motion with Donna Rosenblum and guest Russ Plotkin on hmTv

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    hmTv Episode 678: Education in Motion

    Donna Rosenblum with Guest Russ Plotkin
    From the Courtroom to the Classroom: The Impact of an HMTC Docent

    What inspires someone to become a Holocaust educator?

    Donna Rosenblum, Director of Education at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, welcomes HMTC docent Russ Plotkin for a conversation about education, volunteerism, and the responsibility to confront hatred.

    After retiring from a 33-year career as a trial attorney, Russ wanted to give back to his community. His search led him to HMTC, where he discovered a welcoming community and a mission that deeply resonated with him.

    Russ describes HMTC’s docent training process, from studying the history of antisemitism and the Holocaust to shadowing experienced educators, participating in tours, and eventually leading student groups independently. He explains how he learned to move beyond facts and dates to create meaningful conversations that keep students engaged.

    Donna and Russ also discuss the persistence of antisemitism, the warning signs found throughout history, the influence of social media, and the danger of forming opinions without understanding the full historical context. They emphasize that Holocaust education must also address other genocides, human suffering, empathy, and the consequences of remaining silent.

    Russ shares powerful experiences with students, including difficult questions about Israel, religious prejudice, inherited responsibility, and the ways old antisemitic ideas continue to be repackaged for modern audiences.

    The conversation also examines the long-term trauma carried by Holocaust survivors and their families. A moving personal story illustrates why liberation in 1945 did not automatically end the emotional suffering experienced by survivors.

    The episode concludes with a hopeful reminder: students want to learn. They arrive at HMTC with questions and leave with a deeper understanding of history, personal responsibility, and the importance of treating others with dignity.

    Chapters

    00:00 - Opening
    00:17 - Welcome to Education in Motion
    01:01 - How Russ discovered HMTC
    01:28 - A 33-year career as a trial attorney
    02:14 - Family history and awareness of antisemitism
    04:30 - Why Russ wanted to become a docent
    05:04 - HMTC’s docent training process
    06:53 - Shadowing experienced docents
    07:42 - Connecting history with young students
    08:50 - Making a difference through education
    10:00 - Learning about other genocides
    11:08 - Difficult and important student questions
    12:36 - How ancient hatred is repackaged today
    14:23 - Standing for something that matters
    15:53 - Recognizing history’s warning signs
    17:13 - Addressing causes instead of assigning blame
    17:23 - Family, identity, and shared humanity
    19:45 - How HMTC can continue expanding its impact
    21:36 - Rejecting polarization and understanding multiple narratives
    22:28 - Social media, confidence, and incomplete knowledge
    23:52 - Why educators must remain lifelong learners
    24:23 - The lasting trauma carried by survivors
    27:03 - Why students give Russ hope
    28:35 - Closing message and invitation to subscribe

    Education in Motion explores the people, ideas, and educational practices helping students understand history, challenge hatred, develop empathy, and become responsible members of their communities.

    Watch, like, share, and subscribe to hmTv for more conversations from the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County.

    #EducationInMotion #hmTv #HMTC #HolocaustEducation #RussPlotkin #DonnaRosenblum #HolocaustHistory #Docent #VolunteerEducation #Antisemitism #Empathy #Tolerance #HumanRights #NeverAgain #Upstander

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    29 min
  • Ep 677: Putting the Brakes on Bullying with Samantha Sosnik and guest David Ben-Arie on hmTv

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    Putting the Brakes on Bullying | Ep. 677: Boundaries, Empathy and Adult Bullying | HMTC

    A chance conversation about a taco bag at Day of Hope in Jerusalem became an unexpected friendship. It also opened the door to a powerful discussion about identity, adult bullying, personal boundaries, inclusion, and the courage to remain true to yourself.

    In Episode 677 of Putting the Brakes on Bullying, host Samantha Sosnik welcomes cantorial student David Ben-Arie to share how they met at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and quickly formed a connection that felt like a lifelong friendship.

    Their journey continued at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, where David played “Hatikvah” on the yellow piano dedicated to hostage and musician Alon Ohel. The arrangement begins with sorrow and resolves into hope, reflecting the emotions surrounding the hostages, their families, and a nation determined not only to survive, but to live.

    David discusses his cantorial studies at Hebrew Union College and the hope he found at Day of Hope. Jewish, Arab, Christian, and Muslim students gathered through music, art, and dance, demonstrating that coexistence is possible when people create space for one another.

    The conversation then turns to David’s experience with adult bullying. After being aggressively challenged and demeaned for his Zionist beliefs, he established a professional boundary. He was later warned that the person involved could damage his career. David refused to accept the idea that protecting his dignity required tolerating disrespect, intimidation, or claims of moral superiority.

    Samantha and David examine how bullying continues long after high school. Social media allows rage baiting, trolling, antisemitic abuse, and humiliation to follow people everywhere. Adults sometimes ignore or encourage cruelty to protect their own social standing or that of their children, teaching the next generation that popularity matters more than accountability.

    Both Samantha and David also reflect on the empathy they developed through close relationships with family members who have special needs. David shares his sister’s experiences with Yachad, inclusive theater, and independent living. Samantha describes the authentic joy, friendship, and accomplishments she sees in her daughter’s community.

    Their message is clear: meet people beyond your usual circle, listen to their stories, establish healthy boundaries, teach children accountability, and never underestimate the effect of a simple act of kindness.

    Putting the Brakes on Bullying on hmTv | Host: Samantha Sosnik | Guest: David Ben-Arie

    Executive Producer and Director: Bernie Furshpan

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    ─── CHAPTERS ───

    0:00 Humanity Matters opening
    0:18 Meet David Ben-Arie
    1:11 A chance meeting at Day of Hope
    3:15 An instant friendship
    4:28 Visiting Hostages Square
    7:06 Playing “Hatikvah” on the yellow piano
    8:41 David’s cantorial journey
    10:30 Day of Hope and coexistence
    12:36 Meeting people beyond our circles
    14:01 A society that rewards cruelty
    14:37 David’s experience with political bullying
    16:38 Establishing a professional boundary
    19:07 Respect, competition, and walking away
    20:58 Rage baiting and online trolling
    21:58 How adults create bullies
    23:31 Bullying beyond high school
    24:44 Why bullying is harder to escape today
    26:07 Special-needs families and empathy
    27:09 Yachad, inclusion, and hope
    28:39 Authentic joy and everyday accomplishments
    31:09 Appreciating what truly matters
    32:01 Gratitude and kindness
    32:24 hmTv outro

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    #PuttingTheBrakesOnBullying #DavidBenArie #AdultBullying #PersonalBoundaries #Empathy #DayOfHope #Hatikvah #HostagesSquare #DisabilityInclusion #OnlineBullying #Kindness #HMTC

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  • Ep 676: The Butterfly Effect with Gilad Avrahami & Bernie Furshpan on hmTv

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    The Butterfly Effect | Ep. 676: Who Are You When No One Is Watching? | HMTC

    If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound? Gilad Avrahami and Bernie Furshpan begin with this timeless philosophical question and transform it into a deeply human one: Do we act ethically because other people are watching, or because we have developed the character to do what is right when no one appears to be watching?

    In Episode 676 of The Butterfly Effect, Gilad and Bernie explore how observation, perception, conscience, faith, social pressure, and public accountability shape human behavior.

    Their conversation examines the “looking-glass self,” the idea that we partly form our identities by imagining how others see us. The possibility of being witnessed, recorded, judged, or exposed can discourage wrongdoing. Yet the same social pressure can also cause people to hide their beliefs, conform to a supposed consensus, or remain silent when conscience demands courage.

    Gilad and Bernie discuss the inner witness created by moral education, personal values, law, faith, and memory. Even when no one else sees an action, its effects remain within us and may influence other people and the surrounding world. Recognizing our mistakes, rather than minimizing or forgetting them, helps us grow and avoid repeating them.

    The episode also considers the difference between private belief and public expression. When people remain silent because they fear rejection, an artificial consensus can emerge. A belief may appear dominant even when many people privately disagree. Being observed can inspire accountability, but it can also pressure people to conceal their honest convictions or identity.

    This question becomes especially important in preserving Holocaust history. The Holocaust would still have occurred without documentation, but our ability to prove, understand, teach, and remember it depends on witnesses, survivor testimony, photographs, artifacts, documents, and physical evidence. What is recorded becomes part of public memory and carries a responsibility to remain faithful to the truth.

    The conversation ultimately returns to an essential ethical question: Who are we when nobody is watching? Moral courage begins when doing what is right no longer depends on receiving approval, avoiding punishment, or having an audience.

    The Butterfly Effect on hmTv | Hosts: Gilad Avrahami and Bernie Furshpan

    Executive Producer and Director: Bernie Furshpan

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    ─── CHAPTERS ───

    0:00 Humanity Matters opening
    0:19 If a tree falls, does it make a sound?
    1:14 Does an unheard sound still exist?
    2:52 How perception completes an experience
    4:46 A simple question with a complex answer
    5:16 Podcasting and the butterfly effect
    6:58 Would you act differently if watched?
    10:17 Morality, laws, and guilt
    12:23 The inner witness and motivated forgetting
    14:22 Faith, science, and accountability
    15:38 How our actions affect others
    16:39 Private beliefs and public conformity
    20:15 Social pressure and fear of rejection
    22:27 Witnesses and Holocaust memory
    25:09 Conformity and the public record
    26:30 Returning to the source
    27:39 Closing reflections
    28:44 hmTv outro

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    #TheButterflyEffect #Ethics #MoralCourage #Philosophy #SocialConformity #Conscience #Witnesses #HolocaustMemory #SurvivorTestimony #CriticalThinking #HumanBehavior #HMTC

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  • Ep 675: The Israeli Bond with Gal Swisa Cohen and guest Neta Dagan on hmTv

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    The Israeli Bond | Ep. 675: Penn’s Academic Bridge Fellowship After October 7 | HMTC

    After the October 7 attacks, a group of University of Pennsylvania faculty members traveled to Israel with a desire to listen, understand, and help. They returned with the beginnings of an idea that became the Academic Bridge Fellowship, a summer program connecting young Israelis with research laboratories, academic mentors, and communities at Penn.

    In Episode 675 of The Israeli Bond, host Gal Swisa Cohen welcomes Israeli attorney Neta Dagan for a conversation about the fellowship’s creation, development, human impact, and potential to become a model for other American universities.

    Neta was born and raised in Israel, studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and came to the United States to pursue a Master of Laws degree at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. She was studying at Penn on October 7 and later became involved in developing and leading the Academic Bridge Fellowship.

    During their mission to Israel, Penn faculty members heard university leaders describe what they believed was a growing academic isolation of Israeli institutions. They reported declining international participation, reduced funding opportunities, and research papers being rejected under circumstances they believed had changed since October 7. The faculty returned to Penn asking a practical question: What can we do?

    Their answer was to bring approximately 40 Israeli students and recent veterans to Penn for an intensive summer of research, mentorship, lectures, and community engagement. Fellows lived together on campus, worked full days in active research laboratories, attended academic presentations, and met local families, Jewish organizations, university leaders, and people with perspectives different from their own.

    Unlike a traditional exchange program, the fellowship is built around participation in ongoing research rather than classroom instruction. Fellows work directly with professors and laboratory teams, develop professional relationships, and, in some cases, continue collaborating after returning to Israel.

    The fellowship also created unexpected personal benefits. Some members of the first cohort had recently completed extended military service. For them, the program provided a rare opportunity to sleep without fear of being recalled, step away from the constant tension in Israel, and begin thinking again about their academic futures.

    Neta explains that a bridge must have two sides. Israeli fellows shared their experiences after October 7, but they also learned about the challenges faced by Jewish students and communities in the United States. The program included Druze participants and was structured as an academic opportunity open to qualified Israeli students from different backgrounds.

    The Academic Bridge Fellowship has grown increasingly competitive and academically focused. Its third cohort received more than 1,000 applications for fewer than 40 available places. Many Penn mentors returned for subsequent cohorts, and some fellows were invited to continue collaborating remotely, return to their laboratories, or consider future doctoral studies in the United States.

    Support came from private donors, Penn faculty members, university offices, Israeli universities, Hillel, Chabad, and local community members who opened their homes and gave their time. Their involvement demonstrates that contributing to a meaningful cause does not always require a large financial donation. Mentorship, hospitality, conversation, and human connection can also create lasting change.

    Neta hopes the fellowship will develop into a strategic five-year program and inspire similar initiatives at other universities. Her central lesson is simple: begin. The program’s founders did not have every goal, source of funding, or logistical detail settled when they started. They acted on a shared concern, learned along the way, and created an opportunity capable of changing lives and building enduring academic relationships.

    The Israeli Bond on hmTv | Host: Gal Swisa Cohen | Guest: Neta Dagan

    Executive Producer and Director: Bernie Furshpan

    A production of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County

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    ─── CHAPTERS ───

    0:00 Opening and guest introduction
    1:01 Meet Israeli attorney Neta Dagan
    2:04 The Academic Bridge Fellowship
    3:07 Penn faculty members travel to Israel
    4:24 Reports of an academic boycott
    5:16 Building personal and professional bridges
    7:48 Conversations beyond the Jewish community
    9:18 More than a traditional exchange program
    11:59 Academic and personal benefits for Israeli fellows
    15:20 Inside the five-week fellowship
    17:26 How the cohorts evolved
    20:16 Funding and institutional support
    21:54 Penn, antisemitism, and academic neutrality
    24:08 Could other universities adopt the model?
    25:47 Results and success stories
    28:23 Giving means more than donating money
    30:48 Planting seeds for long-term collaboration
    33:14 A five-year vision for the fellowship
    34:00 How to support or expand the program
    34:50 The central lesson: Just begin
    36:09 Closing reflections
    36:40 hmTv outro

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    #TheIsraeliBond #NetaDagan #AcademicBridgeFellowship #UniversityOfPennsylvania #IsraeliStudents #October7 #AcademicCollaboration #BridgeBuilding #JewishCommunity #CampusAntisemitism #Israel #HMTC

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