Sari Koptinikoff spent years teaching kids of all ages in the classroom. Now, through ThatJewishMoment.com, Sari devotes her time to creating new and interesting ways to educate and inspire kids, teens, and grownups on the joys and richness of Judaism. She’s helping countless people live as proud Jews.    This is her story.   Saturday […]

Mark Schiff is a comedian, actor, writer and the host of his own podcast, You Don’t Know Schiff. He’s spent years headlining all the major comedy clubs and casinos around the U.S. and all around the world. He’s also toured extensively with his close friend Jerry Seinfeld. He was raised in a somewhat observant Jewish […]

Lisa Aiken is a clinical psychologist who’s worked for nearly 40 years in New York City and Jerusalem. She’s also a licensed Israeli tour guide, a sought after speaker on Jewish topics and the author of 13 books, including the Baal Teshuva Survival Guide. She’s spoken in more than 200 cities worldwide.    This is […]

Jeff Pavel grew up in Ukraine before moving to the United States. There, he experienced anti-Semitism from a very young age. But he has a fascinating perspective on the country, which he says has changed over the last 50 years. He also became Jewishly observant along the way.   This is his story. Saturday to […]

When she was young, Rachel Hulen never knew the power of asking Hashem directly for help through prayer. She also didn’t know her path to Jewish observance would involve marrying her husband, who first converted according to Reform guidelines. But after stops in Detroit, Miami, and Houston, Rachel and her husband made their way to […]

Yedidyah and Leah Schiermeyer used to be known as Robert and Marcella. That’s because both of them converted to Judaism. How did a physician in the United States Air Force and a self-described Baptist, country girl raised in the Bible belt find their way to observant Judaism?  This is their story. Saturday to Shabbos is […]

Lenny Fuld grew up with parents who practiced what he believed to be Orthodox Judaism, only to find out later on it was actually somewhere between Conservative and Orthodox. He ultimately charted his own religious path. Today, he’s an uber-popular professor at the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University.  This is his story. […]

Sam Glaser has toured the world sharing words of inspiration through song. He’s released 25 albums of music. Along the way, he also found his path to Jewish observance. This is his story. Saturday to Shabbos is a Tachlis Media podcast. Learn more at tachlismedia.com

Chani Seff had a religious upbringing in Crown Heights. Baruch, or “Barry,” Seff comes from a secular background. But their journeys crossed, and they built a Jewish life together.  This is their story. Saturday to Shabbos is a Tachlis Media podcast. Learn more at tachlismedia.com

Stacey Nechama Goldman got her first pair of tefillin when she was 12 years old. She thought she was going to be a Conservative Rabbi when she grew up.  But intensive Torah study about Orthodox Judaism set her on a very different path.  This is her story. Saturday to Shabbos is a Tachlis Media podcast. […]