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December 29, 2025 MOROCCAN MUSLIM: PRO JEWISH, PRO ISRAEL (MP3)
Today on the podcast, I’m honored to welcome Mustapha Ezzarghani — an Arab, a Moroccan, and a Muslim whose life and work unfold at one of the most charged intersections of our time. Mustapha is a political analyst, peace activist, and community organizer originally from Marrakech, Morocco. He is the co-founder and president of the Moroccan-Israel Friendship Association, an American organization dedicated to strengthening ties between the Kingdom of Morocco and the State of Israel through diplomacy, cultural exchange, and grassroots initiatives. Since MIFA’s founding in 2020, Mustapha has led efforts to build economic and educational bridges between two peoples whose shared history is often forgotten and whose future is too often framed only through conflict. But Mustapha is more than a title or an organization. He is someone who lives at the intersection of experience and reflection — a thinker shaped not only by ideas, but by lived reality. His journey opens windows onto questions many of us wrestle with but rarely slow down enough to examine: identity and belonging, faith and doubt, tradition and change, responsibility and freedom. What makes this conversation especially powerful is Mustapha’s willingness to speak honestly — without slogans, without simplifications — about Israel, the Jewish people, Morocco, and the wider Muslim world. He does not offer easy answers. He offers presence, insight, and the courage to sit with complexity. Raised with deeply ingrained assumptions about Jews and Israel, Mustapha describes how his worldview was transformed through personal encounters — including a moment that shook him to his core, when a Jewish Moroccan doctor from Israel helped save the life of a young girl from a poor Berber family in the Atlas Mountains. That experience sparked a reckoning, leading Mustapha to study Jewish history in Morocco, the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the narratives he had once accepted without question. Influenced by Sufi education and Islamic scholarship — particularly the teaching that one should enter debate wanting to be convinced — Mustapha reminds us that dialogue was once a sacred act, not a political weapon. In a world addicted to certainty and outrage, he calls us back to listening, humility, and moral seriousness. 6: 19 - "We learn about the Jewish people from our textbooks, and at one time I decided to challenge everything I have learned," 12:30 - "If all our stories about the Jews of Morocco were positive, how come when they left to Israel, they became the devil." 27:10 - "When you bring an Arab to Israel for open-heart surgery and they go back home with hatred in their heart....it's because they couldn't find another identity." 39:44: "The hundreds of thousands of Jews we kicked out...turned them to land owners to refugees..is more then enough for us to support your new state, called Israel." 49:56: "Our wars against them (Israel), strengthened them, and it weakened us (the Arab world)" ——🎧 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 #mustaphaezzarghani #Muslim #israel #jewishpeople
1 hr 7 min
December 29, 2025 MOROCCAN MUSLIM: PRO JEWISH, PRO ISRAEL (Audio/Visual)
Today on the podcast, I’m honored to welcome Mustapha Ezzarghani — an Arab, a Moroccan, and a Muslim whose life and work unfold at one of the most charged intersections of our time. Mustapha is a political analyst, peace activist, and community organizer originally from Marrakech, Morocco. He is the co-founder and president of the Moroccan-Israel Friendship Association, an American organization dedicated to strengthening ties between the Kingdom of Morocco and the State of Israel through diplomacy, cultural exchange, and grassroots initiatives. Since MIFA’s founding in 2020, Mustapha has led efforts to build economic and educational bridges between two peoples whose shared history is often forgotten and whose future is too often framed only through conflict. But Mustapha is more than a title or an organization. He is someone who lives at the intersection of experience and reflection — a thinker shaped not only by ideas, but by lived reality. His journey opens windows onto questions many of us wrestle with but rarely slow down enough to examine: identity and belonging, faith and doubt, tradition and change, responsibility and freedom. What makes this conversation especially powerful is Mustapha’s willingness to speak honestly — without slogans, without simplifications — about Israel, the Jewish people, Morocco, and the wider Muslim world. He does not offer easy answers. He offers presence, insight, and the courage to sit with complexity. Raised with deeply ingrained assumptions about Jews and Israel, Mustapha describes how his worldview was transformed through personal encounters — including a moment that shook him to his core, when a Jewish Moroccan doctor from Israel helped save the life of a young girl from a poor Berber family in the Atlas Mountains. That experience sparked a reckoning, leading Mustapha to study Jewish history in Morocco, the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the narratives he had once accepted without question. Influenced by Sufi education and Islamic scholarship — particularly the teaching that one should enter debate wanting to be convinced — Mustapha reminds us that dialogue was once a sacred act, not a political weapon. In a world addicted to certainty and outrage, he calls us back to listening, humility, and moral seriousness. 6: 19 - "We learn about the Jewish people from our textbooks, and at one time I decided to challenge everything I have learned," 12:30 - "If all our stories about the Jews of Morocco were positive, how come when they left to Israel, they became the devil." 27:10 - "When you bring an Arab to Israel for open-heart surgery and they go back home with hatred in their heart....it's because they couldn't find another identity." 39:44: "The hundreds of thousands of Jews we kicked out...turned them to land owners to refugees..is more then enough for us to support your new state, called Israel." 49:56: "Our wars against them (Israel), strengthened them, and it weakened us (the Arab world)" ——🎧 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 #mustaphaezzarghani #Muslim #israel #jewishpeople
1 hr 7 min
December 25, 2025 "FAMINE, FEAR & THE SENTENCE THAT COULD END THE FAMILY': TORAH IN REAL TIME WITH RABBI GEMARA (Audio)
Torah in Real Time — Parashat Vayigash Parashat Vayigash opens with one of the Torah’s most charged moments: “Vayigash elav Yehudah”—Judah steps forward. He steps toward Joseph, the most powerful man in Egypt, carrying the weight of a broken family and a famine that has stripped away all illusions of safety. This is not a scene of theology or ritual. It is a scene of human crisis. Hunger has driven Jacob’s family across borders. They have come to Egypt not to thrive, but to survive. Before the Torah ever speaks about refugees as a category, it tells us their story. Jacob’s family are climate refugees—forced from their land by famine. They arrive vulnerable, dependent, and at the mercy of a foreign power. Their future hinges on whether someone in authority will see them as a threat, a burden, or as human beings. Judah’s act of stepping forward is more than family loyalty; it is moral courage in a refugee moment. He refuses to let the weakest—Benjamin—become collateral damage. He teaches us that responsibility does not belong only to systems or governments, but to individuals who choose not to look away. When Joseph reveals himself, the Torah shows us something radical: compassion can transform power. Egypt, the superpower of its time, becomes a place of refuge—because one person remembers who he is and where he came from. Vayigash speaks directly to our world, where millions are displaced by war, hunger, and climate crisis. The Torah does not ask us first what refugees will contribute. It asks who we will become in how we respond to them. This week on Torah in Real Time, Rabbi Gemara explores Vayigash as a living text about displacement, responsibility, and the courage to draw near rather than retreat. Because the test of a society is not how it treats the strong—but whether, in moments of fear and scarcity, it still makes room for the stranger. ——🎧 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 #torahinrealtime #vayigash #rabbishlomogemara
1 hr 3 min
December 25, 2025 'FAMINE, FEAR & THE SENTENCE THAT COULD END THE FAMILY': TORAH IN REAL TIME WITH RABBI GEMARA' (Audio/Visual)
Torah in Real Time — Parashat Vayigash Parashat Vayigash opens with one of the Torah’s most charged moments: “Vayigash elav Yehudah”—Judah steps forward. He steps toward Joseph, the most powerful man in Egypt, carrying the weight of a broken family and a famine that has stripped away all illusions of safety. This is not a scene of theology or ritual. It is a scene of human crisis. Hunger has driven Jacob’s family across borders. They have come to Egypt not to thrive, but to survive. Before the Torah ever speaks about refugees as a category, it tells us their story. Jacob’s family are climate refugees—forced from their land by famine. They arrive vulnerable, dependent, and at the mercy of a foreign power. Their future hinges on whether someone in authority will see them as a threat, a burden, or as human beings. Judah’s act of stepping forward is more than family loyalty; it is moral courage in a refugee moment. He refuses to let the weakest—Benjamin—become collateral damage. He teaches us that responsibility does not belong only to systems or governments, but to individuals who choose not to look away. When Joseph reveals himself, the Torah shows us something radical: compassion can transform power. Egypt, the superpower of its time, becomes a place of refuge—because one person remembers who he is and where he came from. Vayigash speaks directly to our world, where millions are displaced by war, hunger, and climate crisis. The Torah does not ask us first what refugees will contribute. It asks who we will become in how we respond to them. This week on Torah in Real Time, Rabbi Gemara explores Vayigash as a living text about displacement, responsibility, and the courage to draw near rather than retreat. Because the test of a society is not how it treats the strong—but whether, in moments of fear and scarcity, it still makes room for the stranger. ——🎧 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 #torahinrealtime #vayigash #rabbishlomogemara
1 hr 3 min
December 24, 2025 FRIEDA VIZEL: ONE OF FIFTEEN CHILDREN LIVING IN A CHASIDIC COMMUNITY, LIBERATES HERSELF & FEELS FREE (Audio)
Frieda was born and raised in the Satmar Hasidic world — a tightly knit, deeply traditional community in Williamsburg and Kiryas Joel. In her early twenties, already married and a young mother, she made the courageous and complicated decision to leave that world and forge a new life beyond its boundaries. What followed was not a clean break, but something far more human: a life lived in tension between past and present, loyalty and independence, memory and possibility. Today, Frieda is a writer, speaker, YouTuber, and one of the most thoughtful public interpreters of Hasidic life — both from the inside and from the outside. Through her writing, videos, and acclaimed walking tours of Williamsburg, she opens windows into a world often misunderstood, resisting caricature and refusing easy judgments. What makes Frieda’s voice so compelling is her intellectual honesty and moral restraint. She speaks openly about faith and doubt, autonomy and obligation, belonging and rupture — all while maintaining deep respect for the people and traditions that shaped her. In an age of shouting, Frieda practices listening. In a culture addicted to certainty, she models curiosity. This conversation is not about escape or rebellion. It’s about identity, courage, and the lifelong work of making meaning out of inherited stories — even when those stories no longer fully contain us. I’m very pleased to welcome Frieda Vizel. ——🎧 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 #FRIEDAVIZEL #Satmar #KiryatJoel
1 hr 6 min
December 24, 2025 FRIEDA VIZEL: ONE OF FIFTEEN CHILDREN LIVING IN A CHASIDIC COMMUNITY, LIBERATES HERSELF & FEELS FREE (Audio/Visual)
Frieda was born and raised in the Satmar Hasidic world — a tightly knit, deeply traditional community in Williamsburg and Kiryas Joel. In her early twenties, already married and a young mother, she made the courageous and complicated decision to leave that world and forge a new life beyond its boundaries. What followed was not a clean break, but something far more human: a life lived in tension between past and present, loyalty and independence, memory and possibility. Today, Frieda is a writer, speaker, YouTuber, and one of the most thoughtful public interpreters of Hasidic life — both from the inside and from the outside. Through her writing, videos, and acclaimed walking tours of Williamsburg, she opens windows into a world often misunderstood, resisting caricature and refusing easy judgments. What makes Frieda’s voice so compelling is her intellectual honesty and moral restraint. She speaks openly about faith and doubt, autonomy and obligation, belonging and rupture — all while maintaining deep respect for the people and traditions that shaped her. In an age of shouting, Frieda practices listening. In a culture addicted to certainty, she models curiosity. This conversation is not about escape or rebellion. It’s about identity, courage, and the lifelong work of making meaning out of inherited stories — even when those stories no longer fully contain us. I’m very pleased to welcome Frieda Vizel. ——🎧 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 #FRIEDAVIZEL #Satmar #KiryatJoel
1 hr 6 min
December 21, 2025 THE TALIBAN HAD A PLAYBOOK: KHADIJA HAIRARY TORE IT UP! (Audio)
Picture this: you're fifteen years old, excited about your future, dreaming of becoming a doctor or engineer. Then overnight, armed men tell you your dreams don't matter because you're a girl. This is the reality for millions of Afghan girls since August 2021, when the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan. While the world watched in horror as girls were banned from schools, one woman refused to accept this fate. Her name is Khadija Haidary, and what she did will restore your faith in human courage. When the Taliban took power, they systematically dismantled an entire generation's future. Over three million girls were suddenly told they couldn't learn. Universities became ghost towns. Women professors lost their jobs overnight. While others fell silent, Khadija chose to fight back in the most powerful way possible. Khadija, an Afghan educator, activist and writer understood that knowledge couldn't be destroyed by decrees. It could only be hidden, protected, and passed on in secret. What she did next was both dangerous and brilliant. Instead of accepting defeat, Khadija became part of an underground network of educators who refused to let Afghan girls lose their right to learn. These brave women created secret schools, hidden classrooms, and clandestine education networks that operated under the Taliban's nose. While international headlines focus on politics and military situations, there's an entire shadow education system operating in Afghanistan. Women like Haidary have created mobile schools that move locations constantly to avoid detection. They teach in basements, private homes, and hidden corners of buildings. They use coded language and secret signals to communicate with students and parents. The methods are ingenious and heartbreaking at the same time. Teachers disguise themselves as housekeepers or relatives visiting homes. They carry books hidden under traditional clothing. Students attend classes pretending to be at social gatherings. These educators have turned resistance into an art form. Khadija's work represents something bigger than just education. It's about preserving hope in the darkest of times. People like her remind us that resistance takes many forms and that change doesn't always come from governments or international organizations. Sometimes it comes from ordinary people, other times from teachers and sometimes it comes from students who refuse to stop learning, no matter what obstacles they face. Every day, brave women like Haidary are writing new chapters of resistance and hope. They're proving that while you can close schools, you can't close minds. While you can ban books, you can't ban the human spirit's desire to grow and learn. That's the real story of Afghanistan's education crisis, and that's why Khadija Haidary's courage matters more than any political headline you'll ever read. Watch this interview and hear about Khadija's decision to walk from Afghanistan to Pakistan so she could write freely, and fight for girls education back home. Here Khadija speak about her love of the Jewish people, and similarities between her and Anne Frank. Khadija is so incredibly impressive. Be inspired Pay homage to humankind through her. Well done, Khadija. Well done!!! ——🎧 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 #Khadija Haidary #Afghanistan to Pakistan #girls education rights #jewishcommunity #women empowerment #education advocacy #freedom of speech #Afghan women #Pakistani border #walk for education #activism journey #fight for rights #inspiring stories #women's rights movement #education for girls #youth activism #cross-border journey #cultural exchange #human rights #female empowerment #social justice #global education
Transcript
1 hr 9 min
December 21, 2025 THE TALIBAN HAD A PLAYBOOK: KHADIJA HAIRARY TORE IT UP! (Audio/Visual)
Picture this: you're fifteen years old, excited about your future, dreaming of becoming a doctor or engineer. Then overnight, armed men tell you your dreams don't matter because you're a girl. This is the reality for millions of Afghan girls since August 2021, when the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan. While the world watched in horror as girls were banned from schools, one woman refused to accept this fate. Her name is Khadija Haidary, and what she did will restore your faith in human courage. When the Taliban took power, they systematically dismantled an entire generation's future. Over three million girls were suddenly told they couldn't learn. Universities became ghost towns. Women professors lost their jobs overnight. While others fell silent, Khadija chose to fight back in the most powerful way possible. Khadija, an Afghan educator, activist and writer understood that knowledge couldn't be destroyed by decrees. It could only be hidden, protected, and passed on in secret. What she did next was both dangerous and brilliant. Instead of accepting defeat, Khadija became part of an underground network of educators who refused to let Afghan girls lose their right to learn. These brave women created secret schools, hidden classrooms, and clandestine education networks that operated under the Taliban's nose. While international headlines focus on politics and military situations, there's an entire shadow education system operating in Afghanistan. Women like Haidary have created mobile schools that move locations constantly to avoid detection. They teach in basements, private homes, and hidden corners of buildings. They use coded language and secret signals to communicate with students and parents. The methods are ingenious and heartbreaking at the same time. Teachers disguise themselves as housekeepers or relatives visiting homes. They carry books hidden under traditional clothing. Students attend classes pretending to be at social gatherings. These educators have turned resistance into an art form. Khadija's work represents something bigger than just education. It's about preserving hope in the darkest of times. People like her remind us that resistance takes many forms and that change doesn't always come from governments or international organizations. Sometimes it comes from ordinary people, other times from teachers and sometimes it comes from students who refuse to stop learning, no matter what obstacles they face. Every day, brave women like Haidary are writing new chapters of resistance and hope. They're proving that while you can close schools, you can't close minds. While you can ban books, you can't ban the human spirit's desire to grow and learn. That's the real story of Afghanistan's education crisis, and that's why Khadija Haidary's courage matters more than any political headline you'll ever read. Watch this interview and hear about Khadija's decision to walk from Afghanistan to Pakistan so she could write freely, and fight for girls education back home. Here Khadija speak about her love of the Jewish people, and similarities between her and Anne Frank. Khadija is so incredibly impressive. Be inspired Pay homage to humankind through her. Well done, Khadija. Well done!!! ——🎧 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 #Khadija Haidary #Afghanistan to Pakistan #girls education rights #jewishcommunity #women empowerment #education advocacy #freedom of speech #Afghan women #Pakistani border #walk for education #activism journey #fight for rights #inspiring stories #women's rights movement #education for girls #youth activism #cross-border journey #cultural exchange #human rights #female empowerment #social justice #global education
1 hr 9 min
December 17, 2025 TORAH IN REAL TIME, THE TORAH PORTION MIKETZ: JOSEPH, EGYPT, LEADERSHIP & WORLD HUNGER (Audio)
Welcome to Torah in Real Time, the podcast with Rabbi Shlomo Gemara and where ancient text meets the urgent moral questions of the present moment. This week’s Torah portion, Parashat Miketz, opens with one of the most cinematic scenes in Genesis: Pharaoh’s unsettling dreams, Joseph’s sudden rise from prison to power, and the appointment of an outsider as steward of an empire on the brink of famine. At first glance, Miketz reads like political drama — visions, strategy, power, and survival. But our tradition insists this story is far more than history. It is a meditation on leadership, responsibility, and how human beings respond when crisis looms. Joseph does more than interpret dreams. He plans. He prepares. He understands that insight without action is empty. The Torah highlights not only survival, but the ethical organization of society — storing abundance in years of plenty so that when scarcity arrives, the vulnerable are not abandoned. Miketz teaches that foresight is a moral act, and that leadership is measured by who is protected when times grow dark. Learning Miketz this year, it is impossible not to feel its resonance with our own world. Just days ago, a horrific anti-Semitic terror attack struck a Jewish community gathering near Bondi Beach in Sydney, shattering lives during what should have been a time of light and celebration. At the same time, global hunger is deepening at an alarming rate, with hundreds of millions facing crisis-level food insecurity due to conflict, climate shocks, and failing systems of care. In Miketz, famine is not just a backdrop — it is the catalyst for transformation. Joseph’s story challenges us to ask the hardest questions of our moment: How do we respond to hatred and violence against our communities? How do we mobilize compassion and resources when the most basic human needs are at stake? And what kind of moral vision do we offer — in times of abundance and in times of fear? Today’s episode explores Parashat Miketz through the lens of classical commentators and contemporary reality, asking how an ancient story of dreams, power, and hunger still speaks — urgently — to the world we are living in now. ——🎧 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 #Torahinrealtime #RabbiShlomoGemara #MIketz #Joseph #Egypt
1 min
December 17, 2025 TORAH IN REAL TIME, THE TORAH PORTION MIKETZ: JOSEPH, EGYPT, LEADERSHIP & WORLD HUNGER (Audio/Visual)
Welcome to Torah in Real Time, the podcast with Rabbi Shlomo Gemara and where ancient text meets the urgent moral questions of the present moment. This week’s Torah portion, Parashat Miketz, opens with one of the most cinematic scenes in Genesis: Pharaoh’s unsettling dreams, Joseph’s sudden rise from prison to power, and the appointment of an outsider as steward of an empire on the brink of famine. At first glance, Miketz reads like political drama — visions, strategy, power, and survival. But our tradition insists this story is far more than history. It is a meditation on leadership, responsibility, and how human beings respond when crisis looms. Joseph does more than interpret dreams. He plans. He prepares. He understands that insight without action is empty. The Torah highlights not only survival, but the ethical organization of society — storing abundance in years of plenty so that when scarcity arrives, the vulnerable are not abandoned. Miketz teaches that foresight is a moral act, and that leadership is measured by who is protected when times grow dark. Learning Miketz this year, it is impossible not to feel its resonance with our own world. Just days ago, a horrific anti-Semitic terror attack struck a Jewish community gathering near Bondi Beach in Sydney, shattering lives during what should have been a time of light and celebration. At the same time, global hunger is deepening at an alarming rate, with hundreds of millions facing crisis-level food insecurity due to conflict, climate shocks, and failing systems of care. In Miketz, famine is not just a backdrop — it is the catalyst for transformation. Joseph’s story challenges us to ask the hardest questions of our moment: How do we respond to hatred and violence against our communities? How do we mobilize compassion and resources when the most basic human needs are at stake? And what kind of moral vision do we offer — in times of abundance and in times of fear? Today’s episode explores Parashat Miketz through the lens of classical commentators and contemporary reality, asking how an ancient story of dreams, power, and hunger still speaks — urgently — to the world we are living in now. ——🎧 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 #Torahinrealtime #RabbiShlomoGemara #MIketz #Joseph #Egypt
1 hr 4 min

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The Avrum Rosensweig Show is a unique and intimate schmooze-fest with celebrity host, Avrum Rosensweig, who draws out secrets, dreams and inner most thoughts of plumbers, food servers, crossing…