Podcasts by 76West: A Podcast from the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
Welcome to 76West, a podcast of the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan in New York City.
76West features the very best of the JCC's acclaimed Conversations series, in which we welcome some of the most fascinating people on earth, turn them loose in front of a mike, and the results are unpredictable.
During seasons, new episodes will drop every two weeks. You’ll hear conversation with some of the smartest, funniest, and most challenging figures of our time.
Produced by Megan Whitman and Eric Winick, with editing by Matt Temkin, and original music written and performed by Perl Wolfe.76West is brought to you by Zabar’s and Zabars.com.
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40. Combating an Epidemic, with Rabbi Joy Levitt, Susan Lechter, and Dana Wechsler Linden from 2021-12-30T14:10:07
It wasn’t just a perceived need. It was a moral imperative. In looking at the JCC’s burgeoning population of older adults, it became apparent that cards, trips, and discussion groups weren’t just f...
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39. Adaptations, with Rabbi Joy Levitt and Shirley Silver from 2021-12-28T15:13:08
It took a professionally upsetting and embarrassing incident for Rabbi Joy Levitt to realize how far the JCC, and indeed all Jewish communal agencies, had to go when it came to treating those in it...
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38. The Women’s Seder, with Rabbi Joy Levitt, Eve Landau, and Barbara Dobkin from 2021-12-26T17:16:09
Ma’yan: The Jewish Women’s Project was founded by the JCC in 1993 to serve as a catalyst and a resource for women working for change within the Jewish community. During its existence, Ma’yan promot...
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37. The Literacy + Math Tutoring Program, with Rabbi Joy Levitt and Judy Gross from 2021-12-23T19:49:34
One of the JCC’s original volunteer initiatives, the literacy and math tutoring program has only grown in size, scope, and value in the years since its founding. Under Program Director Judy Gross, ...
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36. The Magnificent Meyersons, with Rabbi Joy Levitt and Marti Meyerson from 2021-12-16T13:34:37
Few families have had as profound an impact on the life of the JCC as the Meyerson-Hooper family. From their earliest days as board members to participants in a full range of family programs and a...
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35. Makom is a Place, with Rabbi Joy Levitt from 2021-12-09T13:38:55
Today’s episode of 76West begins with Rabbi Joy Levitt’s life changing trip to teach Judaism to the Dalai Lama, followed by a silent meditation retreat six years later. As soon as Joy and colleague...
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34. The Save Darfur Rally, with Rabbi Joy Levitt, Ruth Messinger, and Sarah-Kay Lacks from 2021-12-02T13:11:08
On April 28, 2006, a rally in Washington, DC urged the Bush administration to take action against genocidal atrocities in the country of Darfur. Leading the charge were Ruth Messinger and American ...
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33. Cordoba House and the JCC, with Rabbi Joy Levitt and Daisy Khan from 2021-11-24T13:52:22
In 2009, plans were announced to convert a building in Lower Manhattan into a center for the Muslim community called Cordoba House. Among the leaders of the project were Daisy Khan and her husband ...
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32. Towels, with Rabbi Joy Levitt from 2021-11-18T13:36:09
This week, a story that perfectly encapsulates Rabbi Joy Levitt’s tenure. In the first half, she recalls the opening of the JCC’s building in January 2002, and a crucial element that was missing at...
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31. Embarking on Jewish Journeys, with Rabbi Joy Levitt and Rabbi Lori Forman-Jacobi from 2021-11-11T13:28:08
Jewish Journeys (which began as the Jewish Journey Project) was designed to revolutionize Jewish education. The initiative has grown and morphed over the years, but its basic premise has remained t...
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30. The Other Israel Film Festival, with Rabbi Joy Levitt and Carole Zabar from 2021-11-04T11:46:11
In this episode, Rabbi Joy Levitt discusses the birth of the JCC’s Other Israel Film Festival with board member Carole Zabar, the namesake of The Carole Zabar Center for Film at the JCC. Founded in...
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29. The Parkinson's Wellness Program: Rabbi Joy Levitt, Caroline Kohles, and Dr. Alessandro Di Rocco from 2021-10-28T12:30:57
The groundbreaking Edmond J. Safra Parkinson's Wellness Program was founded in 2007 to help improve the lives of those impacted by Parkinson's Disease. Through education, exercise, support groups, ...
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28. Shabbat Reimagined, with Rabbi Joy Levitt and Alice Gottesman from 2021-10-21T12:00:55
As Rabbi Joy Levitt looked out on the Upper West Side one weekend afternoon, she saw a familiar sight: people going about their lives, trying to fill their time by… spending money. Not everyone was...
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27. Leaving the Congregation, with Rabbi Joy Levitt from 2021-10-14T11:57:41
In this episode, we’ll go back to the beginning, when Rabbi Joy Levitt was a congregational rabbi in Plandome, New York, searching for something more. We’ll hear about the forces that acted to brin...
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26. Saturday Morning Community Partners, with Rabbi Joy Levitt and Todd Elkins from 2021-10-07T15:47:01
In this episode, Rabbi Joy Levitt speaks with Todd Elkins, the JCC’s longtime Chief Health + Wellness Officer, about a program near and dear to their hearts—Saturday Morning Community Partners. Th...
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25. The Photography Exhibit, with Rabbi Joy Levitt from 2021-09-30T11:46:35
If you’re listening to this in the fall of 2021, and you’re not aware, the JCC’s Chief Executive Officer, Rabbi Joy Levitt, is retiring at the end of the year. This podcast is for you. If it’s some...
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24. Colson Whitehead and Ruth Messinger from 2020-05-07T11:29:19
On the season finale of 76West, we're listening to two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead in conversation with Ruth Messinger, former Manhattan borough president, global ambassador for Ame...
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23. Bob Roth, Sharon Isbin, and Dr. Norman Rosenthal from 2020-04-23T11:20:44
This week: “Exploring the Science of Creativity, Meditation, and the Brain," a conversation between renowned psychiatrist Dr. Norman Rosenthal, classical guitar virtuoso Sharon Isbin, and esteemed ...
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22. Nathan Englander and Abigail Pogrebin from 2020-04-08T12:00:37
This week, Abigail Pogrebin interviews author Nathan Englander, as part of Abby’s ongoing series at the JCC, What Everyone’s Talking About. Nathan Englander is author of the novels Dinner at the Ce...
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21. Bill T. Jones and Rabbi Ayelet Cohen from 2020-03-26T12:52:14
This week, we're listening to “Idealism and Activism: A Conversation” featuring Choreographer Bill T. Jones with Rabbi Ayelet Cohen. Jones is a multi-talented artist, choreographer, dancer, artisti...
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20. Lisa Brennan-Jobs and Abigail Pogrebin from 2020-03-12T12:14:21
This week on our podcast 76West, it’s writer Lisa Brennan-Jobs, the daughter of Steve Jobs, talking with Abigail Pogrebin about Brennan-Jobs's intimate, heartbreaking coming-of-age memoir, SMALL FR...
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19. Malcolm Gladwell and Abigail Pogrebin from 2020-02-27T13:24:51
We open season 4 with a discussion from January 2013 between one of America’s most admired authors, Malcolm Gladwell, and Abigail Pogrebin. Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers...
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18. Kathy Griffin and Yetta Kurland from 2019-12-12T13:48:24
This week we’re listening to a discussion between two-time Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin with civil rights attorney Yetta Kurland. Griffin has performed for hundreds of thous...
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17. Judy Collins and Abigail Pogrebin from 2019-11-27T13:17:32
This week, we’ll be listening to a discussion between famed singer-songwriter Judy Collins and Abigail Pogrebin. Collins is a six-time Grammy nominee and winner of one, for her cover of Joni Mitch...
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16. Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly with Abigail Pogrebin from 2019-11-14T14:33:07
This week on our podcast 76West, we’ll listen to a talk with New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly, whose book The Education of Brett Kavanaugh investigates the formative years and...
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15. Nora Ephron with Abigail Pogrebin from 2019-10-31T13:39:20
This week on 76West, we bring you a conversation from 2011 between the late Nora Ephron and Abigail Pogrebin. Ephron was, as the NY Times put it in its 2012 obituary, “a journalist, a blogger, an e...
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14. Ariel Levy, Daphne Merkin, and Dani Shapiro with Abigail Pogrebin from 2019-10-17T13:54:45
This week's pod features "The Craft of Confession," a discussion between three leading authors of memoirs and Abigail Pogrebin. New Yorker staff writer Ariel Levy talks about her book The Rules Do ...
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13. Secretary Madeleine Albright with Abigail Pogrebin from 2019-10-03T12:54:26
We open Season 3 with a discussion between one of America’s most admired public servants, Madeleine Albright, and author and former 60 Minutes producer Abigail Pogrebin. Aside from being the first ...
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12. Candice Bergen with Abigail Pogrebin from 2019-05-30T15:17:37
Episode 12 of 76West, our season two finale, features a discussion between American icon Candice Bergen and Abigail Pogrebin. Acclaimed for her decade-long lead role in the recently revived Murphy...
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11. Dr. Lucy Kalanithi with Rabbi Mychal Springer from 2019-05-16T12:09:13
This week on 76West, we’ll be listening to a discussion about the NY Times bestselling memoir, When Breath Becomes Air, an intimate look at how Dr Paul Kalanithi, a 36-year-old neurosurgeon, dealt ...
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10. Alan Cumming with Abigail Pogrebin from 2019-05-02T12:32:55
Our tenth episode features a discussion between actor, activist, and author Alan Cumming and Abigail Pogrebin. Aside from his Tony Award-winning run in the Broadway musical Cabaret, audiences know ...
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9. Roz Chast with Rabbi David Ingber from 2019-04-18T13:38:59
This week, a discussion between acclaimed cartoonist Roz Chast and Rabbi David Ingber, founder and spiritual leader of Romemu. Since joining the New Yorker in 1978, Chast has established herself as...
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8: Alan Alda with Abigail Pogrebin from 2019-04-04T11:00:03
This week, it's a discussion between actor, director, and writer Alan Alda and Abigail Pogrebin. For over a decade as the host of PBS' Scientific American Frontiers, and in his role at Stony Brook ...
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7: Ellie Kemper with Abigail Pogrebin from 2019-03-21T11:59:04
Welcome to season two of 76West! This week's episode (#7) features a discussion between Ellie Kemper and author and former 60 Minutes producer Abigail Pogrebin. In this pod, Kemper, the star of Un...
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6: Abigail Pogrebin with Rabbi Joy Levitt from 2018-12-20T13:15:47
Episode 6 of 76West features Abigail Pogrebin, journalist, author, and host of the JCC's What Everone's Talking About series, in conversation with JCC Executive Director Rabbi Joy Levitt. Why does...
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5: Dan Barber with Abigail Pogrebin from 2018-12-06T14:25:14
Episode 5 of 76West features Dan Barber in conversation with Abigail Pogrebin. Barber has changed not only the way people eat, but the way we think about food. In this discussion, recorded March 2...
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4: Roxane Gay with Abigail Pogrebin from 2018-11-21T13:13:33
Episode 4 of 76West features Roxane Gay, author of the New York Times best-selling books Bad Feminist and Hunger, and the nationally best-selling Difficult Women, in conversation with Abigail Pogre...
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3: Thomas L. Friedman and Dov Seidman with Rabbi Joy Levitt from 2018-11-08T14:46:44
Episode 3 of 76West features Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times writer Thomas L. Friedman and CEO and author Dov Seidman in conversation with the JCC's Executive Director, Rabbi Joy Levitt. The ...
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2: Ruth Reichl with Abigail Pogrebin from 2018-10-25T12:35:03
Welcome to episode two of 76West, featuring a discussion between Ruth Reichl and author and former 60 Minutes producer Abigail Pogrebin. In this pod, legendary food critic, editor, and best-selling...
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1: Colson Whitehead with Rabbi Joy Levitt from 2018-10-11T18:28:23
Welcome to the inaugural episode of 76West, featuring a discussion between author Colson Whitehead and JCC Executive Director Rabbi Joy Levitt. Author of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-...
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