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
Michael Doniger
Michael Doniger is a voiceover artist. A near-death experience almost derailed his dreams and his Jewish journey. This is his story. Saturday to Shabbos is a Tachlis Media podcast. Learn more at tach…
Wed 13 Dec 2023
Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Ben Avraham
Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Ben Avraham was born “Shariff Hassan.” To say that his life’s journey took him away from the circumstances of his birth would be an understatement. This is his story. Saturday t…
Tue 05 Dec 2023
Chava Avner
Chava Avner left Illinois as a secular Jew and came back fully observant. Her background helps her connect with Jews of all different backgrounds in her role as teacher. This is her story. Saturday t…
Wed 29 Nov 2023
Heather Dean
Heather Dean made a career of interviewing some of the biggest names in Hollywood, Broadway, television and music. Her interview list is a who’s who of A-list celebrities. But she left the glitz and …
Wed 22 Nov 2023
Avraham Byers
Avraham Byers began developing his religious beliefs at the age of 6. Raised by a Catholic mom and a Protestant dad, Avraham ultimately found his way to a completely different religious life from the…
Wed 15 Nov 2023
Sivan Rahav-Meir
This episode featuring Sivan Rahav-Meir was originally released in September of 2021. Rahav-Meir is a very well known Israeli lecturer, columnist, radio host, and media personality. Much of her time …
Wed 08 Nov 2023
Rabbi Asher Resnick
Rabbi Asher Resnick was raised in an entirely secular home, but he ultimately became a Rabbi who spreads Torah through his many classes and writings. He also experienced a family tragedy that had a d…
Wed 01 Nov 2023
Amy Muscoplat
Amy Muscoplat has an answer for what we need in times of unbelievable stress. She runs JoyFestival Industries, an organization that helps people raise their “joy quotient.” She also found her way to …
Wed 25 Oct 2023
Yasminah Huberman
Conversion is a major theme woven throughout the story of Yasminah Huberman and her family. Her mother had a Conservative conversion. But, as Yasminah charted her own religious path, that led to her …
Wed 18 Oct 2023
Liane Wakabayashi
Liane Wakabayashi converted a trip to the other side of the world into a 30 year stay. But her journey to Jewish observance led to one more big move and her embracing Torah Judaism in Israel, the ete…
Wed 11 Oct 2023
Orli Katz
Orli Katz’s Jewish journey began when she was young and her parents took on more observance. Still, she had to find her own personal path, which led her from Iowa to Miami to Israel and to New Englan…
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Yehoshua Holstein
Yehoshua Holstein’s path wound through the worlds of astrology, yoga, Islam, Freemasonry and, ultimately, a halachic conversion to Judaism. Yehoshua patiently and methodically found his religious con…
Wed 20 Sep 2023
Jonathan Weiss
Getting into and attending medical school are real challenges. Doing that while on the path to religious observance in Israel is even more challenging. But Jonathan Weiss has been up for that. This i…
Thu 14 Sep 2023
Linda Kinsberg
Linda Kinsberg developed strong feelings about religion in Kindergarten. Many years later, she’s proud to have many grandkids following the path she blazed toward Jewish observance. But how did she g…
Thu 07 Sep 2023
Bracha Goetz
Have you ever dreamed of publishing a book? Bracha Goetz has accomplished that feat 42 times … and counting. But she’s more than a prolific writer. On her way to Torah Judaism, her concern for public…
Wed 30 Aug 2023
The Best of Saturday to Shabbos 2023
Saturday to Shabbos is celebrating its second birthday! Host Jeff Cohen and producer Gary Waleik revisit some of their favorite episodes, including pro basketball player and coach Daniel Tamir, rappe…
Wed 23 Aug 2023
Moshe Moskowitz
When’s the last time you picked up a jump rope? Elementary school? Middle school? Maybe never? But Moshe Moskowitz says it’s always a good time to do that. In fact, he’s built an entire business arou…
Wed 09 Aug 2023
Kelsey Osgood
Kelsey Osgood considered herself to be an atheist. But a dangerous health situation changed her view on religion and she converted to Orthodox Judaism. Kelsey is also a well known writer on religion …
Wed 26 Jul 2023
Erika Needleman
For Erika Needleman, it wasn’t a far stretch to go from yoga to spiritual growth. What started as Erika’s passion for practicing and teaching yoga eventually turned into a deeper search for meaning a…
Wed 19 Jul 2023
Alex Fleksher
Alex Fleksher is an educator, speaker, writer and the social media creative director for Faces of Orthodoxy and co-host of the Deep Meaningful Conversations podcast, a series of conversations with fr…
Wed 12 Jul 2023
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