Saturday To Shabbos
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.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 174
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Andrew Stern
The decision to study Torah with a friend can change the trajectory of your life. Take it from Andrew Stern, a Leadership Coach whose decision to do that set in motion a series of events that would u…
Tue 24 Dec 2024
Dr. Michael Milgraum
Law, psychology, poetry…. all these have been part of the life of Dr. Michael Milgraum, a licensed psychologist who journeyed to Jewish observance through all three fields. This is his story. Saturda…
Tue 17 Dec 2024
Paul and Elissa Kaplan
Elissa and Paul Kaplan grew individually and as a couple. Whether living in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina or learning about pottery in Japan, the Kaplans embraced Judaism in deeper and mor…
Tue 10 Dec 2024
Aryeh Ho
When he was a child, Aryeh Ho had what he describes as perfectly reasonable career aspirations; to be a professional basketball player, astrophysicist and Jedi master. Those career plans changed a bi…
Tue 03 Dec 2024
Rabbi Mitchell Jadidi
Rabbi Mitchel Jadidi, or Rabbi Mitch, as he’s affectionately known, studied cognitive neuroscience and law before he took on the mission of inspiring others. He now leads Olami Together, one of the …
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Nate Berman
Nate Berman went all-in on Conservative Judaism, only to figure out it wasn’t for him. Nate was destined to teach. He just needed the right environment in which to flourish. This is his story. Saturd…
Thu 14 Nov 2024
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/lif…
Wed 06 Nov 2024
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…
Tue 29 Oct 2024
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 …
Tue 24 Sep 2024
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 Jud…
Tue 17 Sep 2024
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 Ta…
Wed 04 Sep 2024
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…
Wed 28 Aug 2024
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;…
Thu 22 Aug 2024
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 n…
Wed 14 Aug 2024
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 t…
Thu 08 Aug 2024
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 …
Wed 24 Jul 2024
Nadav Slovin
Nadav Slovin is a passionate seeker and educator. His love of the intersection between wilderness exploration and Jewish practice ultimately led him to found Lech Lecha, an organization that provides…
Tue 09 Jul 2024
Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen
Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen teaches at Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem. Before he found his spiritual home, Rabbi Cohen scoured the Far East. After six years immersed in Eastern philosophy and tradition, he return…
Thu 04 Jul 2024
Juliana Addi
Juliana Addi is a public school principal in New Jersey. She also sends her four kids to Yeshiva day schools. Addi’s ability to straddle the secular and observant worlds comes after she adopted a fru…
Thu 27 Jun 2024
Rabbi Yoni Ganger
Rabbi Yoni Ganger is Campus Director of MEOR at Harvard University. His path to observant Jewish life wound through medical school, but it ultimately led him to the campus of Harvard University. Gang…
Tue 18 Jun 2024
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