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
Jeremy Tibbetts
Jeremy Tibbetts is Director of Student Leadership for Yavneh, an organization that develops Jewish leaders on college campuses. Tibbetts’ goal is to help build Jewish communities and establish campus…
Wed 05 Jul 2023
Evonne Marzouk
Not many people can trace the beginning of their Jewish journey to winning a writing contest. Fewer still can trace it to the grand prize they won in that contest. But that’s exactly what happened to…
Wed 28 Jun 2023
Ed Howe
Ed Howe has lived as an observant Jew all over the world, and even on the open seas. But his life started out very differently from where his Jewish and nautical journeys have taken him. This is his …
Wed 21 Jun 2023
Rivki Silver
Rivki Silver is a podcaster, musician and mother. When she was younger, she was repeatedly misidentified as Jewish … so much so that she actually started exploring Yiddishkeit. And then she started f…
Wed 14 Jun 2023
Rabbi Shmuel Lynn
Before he became a rabbi, Shmuel Lynn was raised in a secular home. He became a writer in Los Angeles, a musician and a filmmaker. So how did Lynn go on to found one of the most successful Jewish lea…
Wed 07 Jun 2023
Kylie Ora & Danny Lobell
Kylie Ora Lobell is a convert. Her husband, Danny Lobell, is a baal teshuvah. Somehow, together they’ve leapt over some difficult hurdles – a Catholic upbringing, agnosticism, rejection and a recent …
Thu 01 Jun 2023
John Minster
John Minster is Associate Director of Ideas at the Tikvah Fund, an institution committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious and political leaders of Israel. Minster grew up as a…
Wed 24 May 2023
Dr. Henry Abramson
Dr. Henry Abramson is Academic Dean of Touro University’s Lander College of Arts and Sciences. He’s also a former ski instructor who was raised in a small Canadian town. His unique journey to Judais…
Wed 17 May 2023
Pearl Gasner
Pearl Gasner is Co-director at JLIC at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. She’s also an Advisor at Hasbara Fellowships Canada, where she advises high schoolers on Israel advocacy. Growing up s…
Wed 10 May 2023
Rabbi Bryan Borenstein
It’s not often you meet someone whose journey to Jewish observance kicked into high gear after interacting with Christian missionaries. But that’s exactly what happened to Rabbi Bryan Borenstein. Thi…
Tue 02 May 2023
Tova Mordechai
Tova Mordechai grew up in a home imbued with evangelical Christianity. Her father was a Pentecostal minister, her mother was an Egyptian Jew … although Tova didn’t know that at the outset. Tova Morde…
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Rabbi Jonathan Shulman
There aren’t too many Rabbis who can also say they’ve worked as a park ranger and a restaurant manager. But Rabbi Jonathan Shulman can. Those jobs laid the groundwork for a career that was part of a …
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Lauren Steinberg
Lauren Steinberg excelled in her studies, and she became an expert in Islamic extremism and radicalization. Steinberg also found her way to Jewish observance and, eventually, to Jewish outreach on th…
Tue 04 Apr 2023
Joel Kastner
Joel Kastner received a Jewish day school education, but it wasn’t consistent with the traditions his family practiced at home. In fact, it was a much more complete mode of observance. This disconnec…
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Sarah London
Sarah London dabbled in acting, matchmaking, and tech sales on her journey to Jewish observance. She also had to overcome some extremely challenging family upheavals along the way. This is her story…
Tue 21 Mar 2023
Cory Kleinman
Healthcare professional Cory Kleinman spent time in Reform, Conservative and Orthodox shuls when he was young. Later, he dabbled in atheism and agnosticism. But he says he became frum … twice. This…
Wed 15 Mar 2023
Yehudis Golshevsky
Yehudis Golshevsky has been a well-known Torah educator in Jerusalem and abroad for the last 30 years. She’s also the founder of Shiviti, an organization that offers classes and experiences to Torah-…
Wed 08 Mar 2023
Rabbi Mikey Albala
Rabbi Mikey Albala is the Chief Development Officer for the New York Chapter of the National Council of Synagogue Youth, or NCSY, helping raise money to support teens on their Jewish journeys. But hi…
Wed 01 Mar 2023
Jenna Maio
Jenna Maio is the host of the Modern Jewish Girl podcast. She regularly shares insights with her listeners on how to live as an observant Jew. But, before she could share her wisdom, she had to go on…
Wed 22 Feb 2023
Oriel Chen
Oriel Chen’s first introduction to Judaism came through Bible study at church. But he began exploring and developed a new perspective on Judaism that led him away from the church to the synagogue. T…
Wed 15 Feb 2023
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