Saturday To Shabbos

Nov 06 2024 148 ep. 22 mins 17

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Saturday to Shabbos presents real-life stories of people who’ve made their own journey to Jewish observance, the obstacles they overcame, and how the journey transformed them.

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Alex Oppenheimer

Alex Oppenheimer is a self-described “Excel junkie” by training who enjoys telling stories with numbers to create useful end-user tools. At the middle of his story is the age old question of work/life/study balance, which played out in corporate boardrooms in the U.S., yeshivas in Israel and at Shabbos tables in between. This is his […]

Rabbi Ephraim Simon

Rabbi Ephraim Simon is Director of Chabad of Teaneck New Jersey, a father of nine children and one of a relatively small group of people ever to have donated two organs. Simon says that his donations were an integral part of his religious growth. This is his story. Saturday to Shabbos is a Tachlis Media […]

Hadassah Kovacs

Hadassah Kovacs is a Professor of Communication, a PR professional, a theater reviewer and frequent writer on all things Jewish. She epitomizes what it means to work and live immersed in the secular world while holding firm to religious beliefs. This is her story. Saturday to Shabbos is a Tachlis Media podcast. Learn more at […]

Devorah Kigel, Professional Dating Coach

Devorah Kigel has helped more than 300 women find their soulmate. But she’s not a shadchan. Before she became a Dating Coach, she had to go on her own search to figure out what she believed about Judaism. This is her story. Saturday to Shabbos is a Tachlis Media podcast. Learn more at tachlismedia.com

Rabbi MZ Dubov

Rabbi MZ Dubov is an educator and lecturer at Aish in Jerusalem. But his journey to Jewish observance actually began thousands of miles away in Belarus. This is his story. Saturday to Shabbos is a Tachlis Media podcast. Learn more at tachlismedia.com

Ilan Smith

Ilan Smith is an illusionist and mentalist. He’s toured the world and delighted crowds with his magic. Along the way, Ilan desired to make something very important “appear” in his life; Torah Judaism. This is his story. Saturday to Shabbos is a Tachlis Media podcast. Learn more at tachlismedia.com

Gary Morgenstein

Gary Morgenstein’s plays and novels have garnered the attention of the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Parade Magazine, the New York Post, Sports Illustrated and NPR. But there’s another story; Gary’s Jewish journey is as compelling as his award-winning writing. This is his story. Saturday to Shabbos is a Tachlis Media podcast. Learn more at […]

Rabbi Zev Kahn

Rabbi Zev Kahn is a kiruv specialist who’s known as the “Rugby Rabbi.” Khan’s story begins during South African Apartheid, which shaped his early outlook on life. But neither South African politics nor a successful rugby career would limit Kahn in who he’d ultimately become. This is his story. Saturday to Shabbos is a Tachlis […]

The Best of Saturday to Shabbos 2024

Saturday to Shabbos celebrates its third birthday! Host Jeff Cohen and producer Gary Waleik revisit some of their favorite episodes from the past year and explore the unique story twists and common themes shared in all the stories we’ve presented of Baalei Teshuvah as they make their way to Jewish observance. Saturday to Shabbos is […]

Rabbi Jonny Hughes

Rabbi Jonny Hughes is the founder and CEO of The Abraham Effect, a non-profit providing support for Jewish students in non-Jewish schools in the United Kingdom. To get to where he is today, his path wound through English public schools, football pitches and the Rabbinate. This is his story. Saturday to Shabbos is a Tachlis […]