Welcome to the show. There are moments in history when leadership is not ceremonial — it is existential. When uncertainty spreads, when fear rises, and when moral clarity feels obscured, the question is no longer who speaks the loudest, but who carries the deepest responsibility. This week we turn to Parshat Tetzaveh — Leadership When the World Is Unsteady, a portion that speaks directly into such moments. Unlike narratives of plagues or revelation, Tetzaveh turns inward. It speaks of garments. Of oil. Of light. Of the Kohen Gadol, Aaron, clothed “for glory and for splendor.” Yet beneath the gold threads and precious stones lies something far more demanding: he must carry the names of the twelve tribes over his heart. Leadership, the Torah teaches, is not about prominence — it is about bearing people. Their pain. Their hope. Their dignity. Close to one’s chest. The parsha opens with the command: וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה — “And you shall command.” Moses’ name does not appear in this entire portion, yet it begins by addressing him directly. The message is profound. True leadership does not require the spotlight. The greatest leaders are sometimes most powerful when they step back. We are commanded לְהַעֲלֹת נֵר תָּמִיד — “to raise up a continual light.” Not merely to ignite a flame, but to kindle it until it rises on its own. Light is not self-sustaining. It requires tending. It requires pure oil. It requires constancy. In times of crisis, moral leadership functions the same way — disciplined, steady, luminous, even when the surrounding world feels dark. And Aaron is told: וְנָשָׂא אַהֲרֹן אֶת שְׁמוֹתָם עַל לִבּוֹ — “And Aaron shall carry their names upon his heart.” On his shoulders — responsibility. On his heart — compassion. Leadership is both weight and love. Today we will explore the enduring questions of this parsha: Why begin with pure olive oil before speaking of sacred garments? What does a continual flame teach about spiritual responsibility in unstable times? Why are the garments described as “for glory and for splendor”? What is the difference between carrying a people on one’s shoulders and carrying them on one’s heart? Why is Moses’ name absent — and what does that teach about humility, sacrifice, and essence beyond ego? Tetzaveh reminds us: when the world trembles, the answer is not louder noise. It is steadier light. Leadership is not loudness — it is the disciplined commitment to sustain illumination and hold a people together when history grows dark. Let’s begin. ——🎧 The Avrum Rosensweig Show —— A one-of-a-kind, intimate schmooze-fest, hosted and produced by the endlessly curious veteran radio and TV personality, Avrum Rosensweig. With warmth and wit, Avrum uncovers the secrets, dreams, and innermost thoughts of people from all walks of life. From local shelf stockers, plumbers, food servers, to crossing guards, stars, public figures, and cultural icons. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @avrumrosensweigshow   Listen to The Avrum Rosensweigh Show on: https://open.spotify.com/show/6LZFTR0... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... https://avrumspodcast.podbean.com/ Instagram:   / avrumrosensweigshow   TikTok:   / avrumrosensweig   #podcastcanada #storytellingmatters #jewishpodcast #jewishwisdom #jewishfaith #jewishlearning #jewisheducation #jewishcommunity #jewishheritage #jewishtradition #jewishculture #jewishcommunity #jewishhistory #jewishphilosophy #spiritualwisdom #motivationalpodcast #motivationalinterview #fascinatingpeople #engagingconversations #personalgrowth #lifelessons #leadershipstories #faithandwisdom #jewishinspirations #podcastinterview #theavrumrosensweigshow #ParshatTetzaveh #LeadershipWhenTheWorldIsUnsteady #SteadierLight #ExistentialLeadership #TorahLeadership #KohenGadol #AaronHaKohen #MosheRabbeinu #NerTamid #RaiseUpTheLight #CarryThemOnYourHeart #ShouldersAndHeart #GloryAndSplendor #SpiritualResponsibility #JewishUnity #MoralClarity #LightInDarkTimes #TorahWisdom #FaithAndResponsibility

Welcome to the show. There are moments in history when leadership is not ceremonial — it is existential. When uncertainty spreads, when fear rises, and when moral clarity feels obscured, the question is no longer who speaks the loudest, but who carries the deepest responsibility. This week we turn to Parshat Tetzaveh — Leadership When the World Is Unsteady, a portion that speaks directly into such moments. Unlike narratives of plagues or revelation, Tetzaveh turns inward. It speaks of garments. Of oil. Of light. Of the Kohen Gadol, Aaron, clothed “for glory and for splendor.” Yet beneath the gold threads and precious stones lies something far more demanding: he must carry the names of the twelve tribes over his heart. Leadership, the Torah teaches, is not about prominence — it is about bearing people. Their pain. Their hope. Their dignity. Close to one’s chest. The parsha opens with the command: וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה — “And you shall command.” Moses’ name does not appear in this entire portion, yet it begins by addressing him directly. The message is profound. True leadership does not require the spotlight. The greatest leaders are sometimes most powerful when they step back. We are commanded לְהַעֲלֹת נֵר תָּמִיד — “to raise up a continual light.” Not merely to ignite a flame, but to kindle it until it rises on its own. Light is not self-sustaining. It requires tending. It requires pure oil. It requires constancy. In times of crisis, moral leadership functions the same way — disciplined, steady, luminous, even when the surrounding world feels dark. And Aaron is told: וְנָשָׂא אַהֲרֹן אֶת שְׁמוֹתָם עַל לִבּוֹ — “And Aaron shall carry their names upon his heart.” On his shoulders — responsibility. On his heart — compassion. Leadership is both weight and love. Today we will explore the enduring questions of this parsha: Why begin with pure olive oil before speaking of sacred garments? What does a continual flame teach about spiritual responsibility in unstable times? Why are the garments described as “for glory and for splendor”? What is the difference between carrying a people on one’s shoulders and carrying them on one’s heart? Why is Moses’ name absent — and what does that teach about humility, sacrifice, and essence beyond ego? Tetzaveh reminds us: when the world trembles, the answer is not louder noise. It is steadier light. Leadership is not loudness — it is the disciplined commitment to sustain illumination and hold a people together when history grows dark. Let’s begin. ——🎧 The Avrum Rosensweig Show —— A one-of-a-kind, intimate schmooze-fest, hosted and produced by the endlessly curious veteran radio and TV personality, Avrum Rosensweig. With warmth and wit, Avrum uncovers the secrets, dreams, and innermost thoughts of people from all walks of life. From local shelf stockers, plumbers, food servers, to crossing guards, stars, public figures, and cultural icons. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @avrumrosensweigshow   Listen to The Avrum Rosensweigh Show on: https://open.spotify.com/show/6LZFTR0... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... https://avrumspodcast.podbean.com/ Instagram:   / avrumrosensweigshow   TikTok:   / avrumrosensweig   #podcastcanada #storytellingmatters #jewishpodcast #jewishwisdom #jewishfaith #jewishlearning #jewisheducation #jewishcommunity #jewishheritage #jewishtradition #jewishculture #jewishcommunity #jewishhistory #jewishphilosophy #spiritualwisdom #motivationalpodcast #motivationalinterview #fascinatingpeople #engagingconversations #personalgrowth #lifelessons #leadershipstories #faithandwisdom #jewishinspirations #podcastinterview #theavrumrosensweigshow #ParshatTetzaveh #LeadershipWhenTheWorldIsUnsteady #SteadierLight #ExistentialLeadership #TorahLeadership #KohenGadol #AaronHaKohen #MosheRabbeinu #NerTamid #RaiseUpTheLight #CarryThemOnYourHeart #ShouldersAndHeart #GloryAndSplendor #SpiritualResponsibility #JewishUnity #MoralClarity #LightInDarkTimes #TorahWisdom #FaithAndResponsibility

History does not whisper in our lifetime — it thunders. Nations are tested, alliances are strained, and the moral weight of leadership settles on those called to stand in the storm. In such moments, diplomacy is no longer ceremony. It is strategy. It is conviction. It is the voice of a nation carried across oceans. Today, we are honored to sit at one of the most consequential crossroads of our era with Michael 'Yechiel' Leiter, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States. His appointment in January 2025 is not the result of a single moment, but the culmination of a life shaped by intellect, policy, and public service. He has served in senior advisory roles to Israel’s leadership, including as chief of staff to Benjamin Netanyahu during his tenure as finance minister, and in key positions across government ministries and national institutions — from national education policy to strategic infrastructure oversight. In every arena, his work has required one essential quality: the ability to translate vision into reality. Yet Ambassador Leiter is not only a practitioner of statecraft — he is a scholar of it. Holding a Ph.D. in political philosophy from the University of Haifa, with advanced training in international relations and law, he has written and lectured extensively on democracy, governance, and the moral foundations of power. His book, John Locke’s Political Philosophy and the Hebrew Bible, argues that modern democratic ideals are not merely products of secular Enlightenment thought, but are deeply rooted in biblical covenantal ideas — that authority is conditional, morally bound, and entrusted rather than absolute. Few diplomats arrive with both the academic depth to interpret history and the practical experience to help shape it. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and forged in Israel’s public life, Ambassador Leiter stands as a bridge between worlds — scholarship and strategy, conviction and diplomacy, heritage and unfolding history. His earlier advocacy work on behalf of the Jewish community of Hebron positioned him as a key voice explaining one of Judaism’s oldest cities — home to the Tomb of the Patriarchs — to international audiences, framing its story not only through conflict, but through history, faith, and continuity. And he carries something more — something deeply personal. His firstborn son, Lt. Col. Moshe Yedidya Leiter, an elite Israeli combat officer, was killed in action in Gaza following the war that erupted after October 7. That loss is inseparable from his public voice. When he speaks about Israel’s security, democracy, and moral responsibility, he does so not only as a diplomat, but as a father who has borne the cost of national defense. Michael Leiter brings together three rare callings: senior government practitioner, trained political philosopher, and diplomatic representative. His career bridges theory and policy, scholarship and statecraft, faith and democracy. This is not merely an interview. It is a conversation at the fault line of our times. Ambassador Michael Leiter — welcome to the program. ——🎧 The Avrum Rosensweig Show —— A one-of-a-kind, intimate schmooze-fest, hosted and produced by the endlessly curious veteran radio and TV personality, Avrum Rosensweig. With warmth and wit, Avrum uncovers the secrets, dreams, and innermost thoughts of people from all walks of life. From local shelf stockers, plumbers, food servers, to crossing guards, stars, public figures, and cultural icons. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe4ba9n7wPrY94NFMfMN6yA/join Listen to The Avrum Rosensweigh Show on: https://open.spotify.com/show/6LZFTR0dhgSQmbJkXTZVjH https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-avrum-rosensweig-show/id1447578193 https://avrumspodcast.podbean.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avrumrosensweigshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avrumrosensweig #podcastcanada #storytellingmatters #jewishpodcast #jewishwisdom #jewishfaith #jewishlearning #jewisheducation #jewishcommunity #jewishheritage #jewishtradition #jewishculture #jewishcommunity #jewishhistory #jewishphilosophy #spiritualwisdom #motivationalpodcast #motivationalinterview #fascinatingpeople #engagingconversations #personalgrowth #lifelessons #leadershipstories #faithandwisdom #jewishinspirations #podcastinterview #theavrumrosensweigshow #MichaelLeiter #IsraelsAmbassador #USIsraelRelations #PoliticalPhilosophy #DemocracyAndFaith #MoralFoundations #Statecraft #LeadershipInCrisis #VoiceOfANation #DiplomacyMatters #BiblicalRoots #JohnLocke #HebrewBible #Hebron #TombOfThePatriarchs #ScholarAndStatesman #IsraelStrong #FaithAndDemocracy #TheAvrumRosensweigShow

History does not whisper in our lifetime — it thunders. Nations are tested, alliances are strained, and the moral weight of leadership settles on those called to stand in the storm. In such moments, diplomacy is no longer ceremony. It is strategy. It is conviction. It is the voice of a nation carried across oceans. Today, we are honored to sit at one of the most consequential crossroads of our era with Michael 'Yechiel' Leiter, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States. His appointment in January 2025 is not the result of a single moment, but the culmination of a life shaped by intellect, policy, and public service. He has served in senior advisory roles to Israel’s leadership, including as chief of staff to Benjamin Netanyahu during his tenure as finance minister, and in key positions across government ministries and national institutions — from national education policy to strategic infrastructure oversight. In every arena, his work has required one essential quality: the ability to translate vision into reality. Yet Ambassador Leiter is not only a practitioner of statecraft — he is a scholar of it. Holding a Ph.D. in political philosophy from the University of Haifa, with advanced training in international relations and law, he has written and lectured extensively on democracy, governance, and the moral foundations of power. His book, John Locke’s Political Philosophy and the Hebrew Bible, argues that modern democratic ideals are not merely products of secular Enlightenment thought, but are deeply rooted in biblical covenantal ideas — that authority is conditional, morally bound, and entrusted rather than absolute. Few diplomats arrive with both the academic depth to interpret history and the practical experience to help shape it. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and forged in Israel’s public life, Ambassador Leiter stands as a bridge between worlds — scholarship and strategy, conviction and diplomacy, heritage and unfolding history. His earlier advocacy work on behalf of the Jewish community of Hebron positioned him as a key voice explaining one of Judaism’s oldest cities — home to the Tomb of the Patriarchs — to international audiences, framing its story not only through conflict, but through history, faith, and continuity. And he carries something more — something deeply personal. His firstborn son, Lt. Col. Moshe Yedidya Leiter, an elite Israeli combat officer, was killed in action in Gaza following the war that erupted after October 7. That loss is inseparable from his public voice. When he speaks about Israel’s security, democracy, and moral responsibility, he does so not only as a diplomat, but as a father who has borne the cost of national defense. Michael Leiter brings together three rare callings: senior government practitioner, trained political philosopher, and diplomatic representative. His career bridges theory and policy, scholarship and statecraft, faith and democracy. This is not merely an interview. It is a conversation at the fault line of our times. Ambassador Michael Leiter — welcome to the program. ——🎧 The Avrum Rosensweig Show —— A one-of-a-kind, intimate schmooze-fest, hosted and produced by the endlessly curious veteran radio and TV personality, Avrum Rosensweig. With warmth and wit, Avrum uncovers the secrets, dreams, and innermost thoughts of people from all walks of life. From local shelf stockers, plumbers, food servers, to crossing guards, stars, public figures, and cultural icons. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe4ba9n7wPrY94NFMfMN6yA/join Listen to The Avrum Rosensweigh Show on: https://open.spotify.com/show/6LZFTR0dhgSQmbJkXTZVjH https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-avrum-rosensweig-show/id1447578193 https://avrumspodcast.podbean.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avrumrosensweigshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avrumrosensweig #podcastcanada #storytellingmatters #jewishpodcast #jewishwisdom #jewishfaith #jewishlearning #jewisheducation #jewishcommunity #jewishheritage #jewishtradition #jewishculture #jewishcommunity #jewishhistory #jewishphilosophy #spiritualwisdom #motivationalpodcast #motivationalinterview #fascinatingpeople #engagingconversations #personalgrowth #lifelessons #leadershipstories #faithandwisdom #jewishinspirations #podcastinterview #theavrumrosensweigshow #MichaelLeiter #IsraelsAmbassador #USIsraelRelations #PoliticalPhilosophy #DemocracyAndFaith #MoralFoundations #Statecraft #LeadershipInCrisis #VoiceOfANation #DiplomacyMatters #BiblicalRoots #JohnLocke #HebrewBible #Hebron #TombOfThePatriarchs #ScholarAndStatesman #IsraelStrong #FaithAndDemocracy #TheAvrumRosensweigShow

In every community, there are people who volunteer. And then there are people who quietly become part of the community’s infrastructure — the ones who notice what’s missing, gather others, and build what’s needed. In this podcast, we'll meet one of those people: Shayna Rehberg-Paquin of Tzfat. Shayna is a mother of seven — including children with special needs — and she somehow holds the many moving pieces of family life, leadership, and volunteerism with a rare blend of strength, sensitivity, and organizational mastery. Her days are a tapestry: caring for her children, mentoring, guiding projects, responding to urgent needs, and still carrying a spirit of creativity and optimism. Whether she’s leading a foraging hike, running a support circle for mothers, or helping women through moments of crisis, Shayna shows up with purpose — grounded in service. Her path to Tzfat has been as multifaceted as her work. She’s lived in four countries, visited fifteen, and moved twenty-eight times — and for the past eleven years, she’s been proud to call Tzfat home. Professionally, she began in real estate, then shifted into nonprofit leadership — working with the Jewish Federation and Livnot U’Lehibanot, later becoming a grant writer and development strategist who helped secure support for organizations like the Safed English Library and the HUB, now Klika. She co-founded Sparks to Life, served as Project Director in Tzfat’s Immigration Absorption Department, and has hosted Nefesh B’Nefesh pilot-trip participants since 2010. And in a city with deep history and spiritual resonance — one of Judaism’s four holy cities, and today the poorest Jewish city in Israel — Shayna is helping shape a stronger future: from a five-year strategic aliyah plan, to transforming bomb shelters into therapeutic spaces for children, to founding a clothing gemach that restores dignity to families in need. Some people build programs. Others build communities. Shayna is doing both — with vision, compassion, and an uncommon capacity for action. This is a conversation about leadership that isn’t about titles — it’s about responsibility, love, and what it means to keep building, even when life is full. Welcome to the show. ——🎧 The Avrum Rosensweig Show —— A one-of-a-kind, intimate schmooze-fest, hosted and produced by the endlessly curious veteran radio and TV personality, Avrum Rosensweig. With warmth and wit, Avrum uncovers the secrets, dreams, and innermost thoughts of people from all walks of life. From local shelf stockers, plumbers, food servers, to crossing guards, stars, public figures, and cultural icons. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @avrumrosensweigshow   Listen to The Avrum Rosensweigh Show on: https://open.spotify.com/show/6LZFTR0... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... https://avrumspodcast.podbean.com/ Instagram:   / avrumrosensweigshow   TikTok:   / avrumrosensweig   #podcastcanada #storytellingmatters #jewishpodcast #jewishwisdom #jewishfaith #jewishlearning #jewisheducation #jewishcommunity #jewishheritage #jewishtradition #jewishculture #jewishcommunity #jewishhistory #jewishphilosophy #spiritualwisdom #motivationalpodcast #motivationalinterview #fascinatingpeople #engagingconversations #personalgrowth #lifelessons #leadershipstories #faithandwisdom #jewishinspirations #podcastinterview #theavrumrosensweigshow #ShaynaRehbergPaquin #Tzfat #CommunityBuilder #WomenWhoLead #LeadershipInAction #MotherOfSeven #SpecialNeedsParenting #ServiceWithPurpose #BuildingCommunities #NonprofitLeadership #JewishCommunity #Aliyah #InspiringWomen #FaithInAction #compassionateleadership #MakingADifference #VoicesOfImpact #StrongerTogether #ActsOfKindness #TheAvrumRosensweigShow

In every community, there are people who volunteer. And then there are people who quietly become part of the community’s infrastructure — the ones who notice what’s missing, gather others, and build what’s needed. In this podcast, we'll meet one of those people: Shayna Rehberg-Paquin of Tzfat. Shayna is a mother of seven — including children with special needs — and she somehow holds the many moving pieces of family life, leadership, and volunteerism with a rare blend of strength, sensitivity, and organizational mastery. Her days are a tapestry: caring for her children, mentoring, guiding projects, responding to urgent needs, and still carrying a spirit of creativity and optimism. Whether she’s leading a foraging hike, running a support circle for mothers, or helping women through moments of crisis, Shayna shows up with purpose — grounded in service. Her path to Tzfat has been as multifaceted as her work. She’s lived in four countries, visited fifteen, and moved twenty-eight times — and for the past eleven years, she’s been proud to call Tzfat home. Professionally, she began in real estate, then shifted into nonprofit leadership — working with the Jewish Federation and Livnot U’Lehibanot, later becoming a grant writer and development strategist who helped secure support for organizations like the Safed English Library and the HUB, now Klika. She co-founded Sparks to Life, served as Project Director in Tzfat’s Immigration Absorption Department, and has hosted Nefesh B’Nefesh pilot-trip participants since 2010. And in a city with deep history and spiritual resonance — one of Judaism’s four holy cities, and today the poorest Jewish city in Israel — Shayna is helping shape a stronger future: from a five-year strategic aliyah plan, to transforming bomb shelters into therapeutic spaces for children, to founding a clothing gemach that restores dignity to families in need. Some people build programs. Others build communities. Shayna is doing both — with vision, compassion, and an uncommon capacity for action. This is a conversation about leadership that isn’t about titles — it’s about responsibility, love, and what it means to keep building, even when life is full. Welcome to the show. ——🎧 The Avrum Rosensweig Show —— A one-of-a-kind, intimate schmooze-fest, hosted and produced by the endlessly curious veteran radio and TV personality, Avrum Rosensweig. With warmth and wit, Avrum uncovers the secrets, dreams, and innermost thoughts of people from all walks of life. From local shelf stockers, plumbers, food servers, to crossing guards, stars, public figures, and cultural icons. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @avrumrosensweigshow   Listen to The Avrum Rosensweigh Show on: https://open.spotify.com/show/6LZFTR0... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... https://avrumspodcast.podbean.com/ Instagram:   / avrumrosensweigshow   TikTok:   / avrumrosensweig   #podcastcanada #storytellingmatters #jewishpodcast #jewishwisdom #jewishfaith #jewishlearning #jewisheducation #jewishcommunity #jewishheritage #jewishtradition #jewishculture #jewishcommunity #jewishhistory #jewishphilosophy #spiritualwisdom #motivationalpodcast #motivationalinterview #fascinatingpeople #engagingconversations #personalgrowth #lifelessons #leadershipstories #faithandwisdom #jewishinspirations #podcastinterview #theavrumrosensweigshow #ShaynaRehbergPaquin #Tzfat #CommunityBuilder #WomenWhoLead #LeadershipInAction #MotherOfSeven #SpecialNeedsParenting #ServiceWithPurpose #BuildingCommunities #NonprofitLeadership #JewishCommunity #Aliyah #InspiringWomen #FaithInAction #compassionateleadership #MakingADifference #VoicesOfImpact #StrongerTogether #ActsOfKindness #TheAvrumRosensweigShow

Welcome to the show. We are joined by Howard Langer — award-winning writer, attorney, and author of 'The Last Dekrepitzer', a novel that has already earned the National Jewish Book Award and marks his first work of fiction in fifty years. Howard is the founder of a leading antitrust law firm in Philadelphia, an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and a teacher whose work has taken him from Oxford to Tokyo. Yet in this conversation, we meet him foremost as a storyteller — one deeply concerned with memory, justice, and the fragile persistence of the human spirit. The Last Dekrepitzer opens in a New York subway station in 1965, where a lone fiddler braids Hasidic melodies with blues and gospel. He is the Dekrepitzer Rebbe — the final survivor of a vanished Chasidic sect destroyed in the Holocaust. From a lost Polish shtetl to the docks of Naples, from the American South to Manhattan streets alive with music and tension, his journey becomes an odyssey of survival, displacement, faith, and identity. Through encounters that cross cultures and histories, the novel asks a difficult question: how does a person live — spiritually, morally, musically — after everything has been torn away? Howard studied under literary giants Yehuda Amichai and Aharon Appelfeld, and his writing carries that lineage of moral seriousness and poetic depth. Critics have praised the novel for introducing one of the most singular figures in contemporary Jewish fiction — a character haunted by memory, sustained by music, and forever wrestling with God. Today’s conversation is about faith and fracture, about music as a vessel for memory, and about what we continue to carry long after the world tells us to move on. It is a discussion of survival not as an ending, but as a lifelong reckoning — personal, communal, and spiritual. I’m glad you’re here. ——🎧 The Avrum Rosensweig Show —— A one-of-a-kind, intimate schmooze-fest, hosted and produced by the endlessly curious veteran radio and TV personality, Avrum Rosensweig. With warmth and wit, Avrum uncovers the secrets, dreams, and innermost thoughts of people from all walks of life. From local shelf stockers, plumbers, food servers, to crossing guards, stars, public figures, and cultural icons. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @avrumrosensweigshow   Listen to The Avrum Rosensweigh Show on: https://open.spotify.com/show/6LZFTR0... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... https://avrumspodcast.podbean.com/ Instagram:   / avrumrosensweigshow   TikTok:   / avrumrosensweig   #podcastcanada #storytellingmatters #jewishpodcast #jewishwisdom #jewishfaith #jewishlearning #jewisheducation #jewishcommunity #jewishheritage #jewishtradition #jewishculture #jewishcommunity #jewishhistory #jewishphilosophy #spiritualwisdom #motivationalpodcast #motivationalinterview #fascinatingpeople #engagingconversations #personalgrowth #lifelessons #leadershipstories #faithandwisdom #jewishinspirations #podcastinterview #theavrumrosensweigshow #TheLastDekrepitzer #HowardLanger #JewishLiterature #HolocaustMemory #ChasidicStories #MusicAndMemory #FaithAndSurvival #JewishPodcast #LiteraryConversation #storiesofresilience

Welcome to the show. We are joined by Howard Langer — award-winning writer, attorney, and author of 'The Last Dekrepitzer', a novel that has already earned the National Jewish Book Award and marks his first work of fiction in fifty years. Howard is the founder of a leading antitrust law firm in Philadelphia, an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and a teacher whose work has taken him from Oxford to Tokyo. Yet in this conversation, we meet him foremost as a storyteller — one deeply concerned with memory, justice, and the fragile persistence of the human spirit. The Last Dekrepitzer opens in a New York subway station in 1965, where a lone fiddler braids Hasidic melodies with blues and gospel. He is the Dekrepitzer Rebbe — the final survivor of a vanished Chasidic sect destroyed in the Holocaust. From a lost Polish shtetl to the docks of Naples, from the American South to Manhattan streets alive with music and tension, his journey becomes an odyssey of survival, displacement, faith, and identity. Through encounters that cross cultures and histories, the novel asks a difficult question: how does a person live — spiritually, morally, musically — after everything has been torn away? Howard studied under literary giants Yehuda Amichai and Aharon Appelfeld, and his writing carries that lineage of moral seriousness and poetic depth. Critics have praised the novel for introducing one of the most singular figures in contemporary Jewish fiction — a character haunted by memory, sustained by music, and forever wrestling with God. Today’s conversation is about faith and fracture, about music as a vessel for memory, and about what we continue to carry long after the world tells us to move on. It is a discussion of survival not as an ending, but as a lifelong reckoning — personal, communal, and spiritual. I’m glad you’re here. ——🎧 The Avrum Rosensweig Show —— A one-of-a-kind, intimate schmooze-fest, hosted and produced by the endlessly curious veteran radio and TV personality, Avrum Rosensweig. With warmth and wit, Avrum uncovers the secrets, dreams, and innermost thoughts of people from all walks of life. From local shelf stockers, plumbers, food servers, to crossing guards, stars, public figures, and cultural icons. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @avrumrosensweigshow   Listen to The Avrum Rosensweigh Show on: https://open.spotify.com/show/6LZFTR0... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... https://avrumspodcast.podbean.com/ Instagram:   / avrumrosensweigshow   TikTok:   / avrumrosensweig   #podcastcanada #storytellingmatters #jewishpodcast #jewishwisdom #jewishfaith #jewishlearning #jewisheducation #jewishcommunity #jewishheritage #jewishtradition #jewishculture #jewishcommunity #jewishhistory #jewishphilosophy #spiritualwisdom #motivationalpodcast #motivationalinterview #fascinatingpeople #engagingconversations #personalgrowth #lifelessons #leadershipstories #faithandwisdom #jewishinspirations #podcastinterview #theavrumrosensweigshow #TheLastDekrepitzer #HowardLanger #JewishLiterature #HolocaustMemory #ChasidicStories #MusicAndMemory #FaithAndSurvival #JewishPodcast #LiteraryConversation #storiesofresilience