Jewish Philanthropy Podcast

Dovid M Cohen

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Join Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen as he interviews top personalities in the field of Jewish Philanthropy!

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026

A grounded interview show about Jewish giving, leadership, and the decisions that shape communal life.

Jewish Philanthropy Podcast covers Religion & Spirituality from the institutional side of Jewish life: giving, leadership, nonprofit judgment, and the personal stories behind communal work.

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The Art of Philanthropy - Shawna Goodman-Sone

Food, philanthropy, and Jewish belonging give the conversation its center.

Shona Goodman-Sohn's conversation on JPP follows the overlap between food, philanthropy, and Jewish community. Her path moves from McGill art history and culinary training in New York to catering, teaching, cooking for clients, and editing a kosher cookbook.

Topic: Diaspora Jewry Guest: Chaya Yosovich

A grounded conversation on Jewish philanthropy, education, and community support.

David M. Cohen speaks with Chaya Yosevich, CEO of the Yael Foundation, in a warm discussion about Jewish philanthropy rooted in Jewish education. The episode is at its best when it moves from broad purpose to practical needs: schools, Sunday programs, space, and security.

Israel at War #2: The Battle for our College Campuses with Daniel Lowy

A Jewish philanthropy discussion about Yeshiva University, faculty recruiting, and stronger institutions.

The discussion centers on Yeshiva University, faculty recruiting, and a wider case for building Jewish institutions with more ambition. Daniel Lowy comes across as a seasoned financial executive with experience in healthcare and current roles at EMU Health, the CUNY Graduate…

Topic: Sports & Philanthropy Guest: Saul Garlick

A grounded look at technology, philanthropy, and human connection through one guest's life and values.

Saul Garlick's conversation with David Cohen keeps coming back to the same question: what does it take to make technology feel human in live experiences, education, and major sports events?

An Unstoppable Drive - Adam Neuman

A warm conversation about sports, service, and how careers get built.

Adam Newman's route through law school and the Big Ten gives the conversation a real center: responsibility comes early, and the people around him seem to matter.

Adam Nash: Technology & Philanthropy

A reflective founder conversation that links technology, family history, and Jewish philanthropy.

Adam Nash's conversation moves from technology into the not-for-profit world around Daffy, and it keeps circling back to the family history and early lessons that shaped his view of the work.

Family Offices & Societal Changes with Daniel Goldman

A reflective conversation about wealth, responsibility, and the people affected by both.

Daniel Goldman comes across as a partner at Gold Rock Capital, the family firm, with more than 20 years in family office management, private equity, and investment banking.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Overcoming Obstacles with Tamir Goodman

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    David M.

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    Topic: Global Jewry Guest: Sandy Cardin

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    Sandy Cardin traces his career from Baltimore and Pikesville to Harvard, the University of Maryland School of Law, and a long run in Jewish philanthropy.

    ·51m·3 clips
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    Topic: Hatzolah Air Guest: Dr. Avishai Neuman

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    David M.

    ·50m·3 clips
  4. 4

    Israel at War: How Can We Help? Guest: Michal (Miki) Leon

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    Michal Leon, speaking from Tel Aviv during the war, describes how a family foundation that began with a three-year learning portfolio of about 10 organizations now moves money quickly for soldiers, evacuees, and teachers.

    ·50m·3 clips
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    Topic: Philanthropy in Challenging Times Guest: Michael Bloch

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    David Cohen opens with the show’s familiar question: how money is used to impact lives.

    ·58m·3 clips
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    Topic: Comedy & Philanthropy Guest: Modi Rosenfeld

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    Modi Rosenfeld traces his path from investment banking to comedy, saying he began by imitating secretaries and then took the plunge into stand-up.

    ·44m·2 clips
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    Topic: Fundraising Strategy Guest: Elizabeth Abel

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    Elizabeth Abel says she went from thinking fundraising was "dialing for dollars" to raising nearly $1 billion through campaigns for education, healthcare, arts, culture, and advocacy organizations.

    ·46m·3 clips
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    Israel at War #3 Raising Funds for the State of Israel with Howard L. Goldstein

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    Howard Goldstein, national and international chairman of the board of Israel Bonds and senior partner at Citrin Cooperman, explains how his work moved from a childhood shaped by rent control and food stamps to leading large Israel Bonds delegations.

    ·45m·3 clips
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    Senator Joseph Lieberman OBM Guest: Rabbi Daniel Cohen

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    David M.

    ·44m·2 clips
  10. 10

    Israel at War #4: The Capitalist Kibbutz Guest: Oded Hermoni

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    David M.

    ·48m·3 clips
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    Topic: A Thoughtful Leader Guest: Arnon Kraft

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    David M.

    ·51m·3 clips
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    Topic: Leading in Challenging Times Guest: Maayan Aviv

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    Maayan Aviv, CEO of American Friends of Natal, describes an organization founded 25 years ago in Israel to address war- and terror-related trauma, PTSD, and resiliency building.

    ·52m·3 clips
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    An Unstoppable Drive - Adam Neuman

    Rabbi Dovid M.

    ·47m·4 clips
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    Lessons from a CEO: Bruce Schanzer

    Bruce Schanzer, former CEO of Cedar Realty Trust, shares his journey in real estate, the impact of mentors like Henry Cressel, and his personal growth in Jewish identity.

    ·1h 4m·5 clips
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    Topic: The JPP 2023 Year in Review Rabbi Cohen highlights the top episodes of this past season. Looking forward to 2024 on the JPP!

    ·19m
  16. 16

    The Art of Philanthropy - Shawna Goodman-Sone

    Rabbi Dovid M.

    ·53m·5 clips
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    Family Offices & Societal Changes with Daniel Goldman

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    Rabbi David M.

    ·58m·3 clips
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    Topic: Learning from a Master Guest: Richard M. Joel

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    David M.

    ·1h 3m·4 clips
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    Breaking Barriers While Helping Others with Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin

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    David M.

    ·52m·3 clips
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    It's Still Rock n Roll to Me - David Fishof

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    JPP talks with David Fishoff about career, Jewish identity, and the different worlds he has moved through.

    ·1h 2m·4 clips
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    Topic: Columbia University & Anitsemitism Guest: David Schizer

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    David Cohen welcomes David Shizer, a 25-year veteran of the nonprofit world, the youngest dean in Columbia Law School's history, and a scholar of nonprofits and law.

    ·1h 7m·4 clips
  22. 22

    Israel at War #2: The Battle for our College Campuses with Daniel Lowy

    Hidden gem

    David M.

    ·51m·3 clips
  23. 23

    Topic: Sports & Philanthropy Guest: Saul Garlick

    Hidden gem

    David Cohen welcomes Saul Garlick to talk about money, philanthropy, and Fabric.

    ·55m·3 clips
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    Topic: Diaspora Jewry Guest: Chaya Yosovich

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    David M.

    ·48m·3 clips
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    Rocket Man Ari Sacher

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    David M.

    ·49m·3 clips
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    Topic: Looking Outward Guest: Rabbi Erica Gerson

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    Rabbi Erica Gerson says African Mission Healthcare began through Mark Gerson’s connection to John Fielder and now supports Christian medical missionary hospitals that she says provide at least a third of quality healthcare in parts of Africa.

    ·40m·2 clips
  27. 27

    A Concierge Rabbi Rabbi Yehuda Albin

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    Rabbi Yehuda Albin tells David M.

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    Topic: Becoming Elite Guest: Mike Dube

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    Mike Dube describes growing up in Far Rockaway, boarding in Baltimore at Talmudical Academy, and later building a career that moved from IDT and a family mental-health clinic to Doom Zone and Elite Method.

    ·44m·2 clips
  29. 29

    Adam Nash: Technology & Philanthropy

    David Cohen welcomes Adam Nash and opens with the shift from technology leadership into nonprofit giving.

    ·51m·3 clips
  30. 30

    From Yeshiva to an IPO Menashe Kestenbaum

    Hidden gem

    Menashe Kestenbaum describes moving from the Mir Yeshiva and a Toronto chinuch family into gaming entrepreneurship, including a self-taught programming stretch in Aroma café and a blog that reached a million readers.

    ·43m·2 clips
  31. 31

    What is a Chief Heart Officer? Guest: Claude Silver

    Feb 2, 2023·1h
  32. 32

    Bonus Episode: Commemorating the 6th Yahrzeit of Hagaon HaRav Moshe Shapiro zt'l

    Jan 4, 2023·56m
  33. 33

    Year in Review 2022 with Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen

    Dec 29, 2022·28m
  34. 34

    Thoughtful Philanthropy with Emily Kane Miller

    Nov 28, 2022·51m
  35. 35

    Topic: Fundraising Tips From a Master

    Nov 7, 2022·1h 5m
  36. 36

    A Big-Hearted Brain Surgeon, Dr. Howard Weiner

    Oct 25, 2022·53m
  37. 37

    Topic: Meeting Up

    Oct 4, 2022·51m
  38. 38

    Topic: A Global Lawyer

    Sep 20, 2022·1h 13m
  39. 39

    Topic: Kindness on Every Level

    Sep 5, 2022·1h
  40. 40

    Topic: Leveraging Impact

    Aug 23, 2022·50m
  41. 41

    Topic: Together Again: Reimagining the Relationships that Anchor Our Lives (Mosaica Press 2022)

    Aug 2, 2022·54m
  42. 42

    Topic: Transformative Leadership

    Jul 5, 2022·58m
  43. 43

    Topic: Power with Heart: A Modern Hero

    Jun 20, 2022·1h 11m
  44. 44

    Passion with Vision: Bruce Pearl

    Jun 8, 2022·1h 2m
  45. 45

    Religion, Unity & Change Steve Sarowitz

    May 24, 2022·1h 5m
  46. 46

    Changing the Landscape of Women in Orthodoxy Ann Pava

    May 9, 2022·1h 10m
  47. 47

    Vienna waits for you Rabbi Josh Blass

    Mar 28, 2022·58m
  48. 48

    Wearing His Heart on His Sleeve Eli Verschleiser

    Mar 20, 2022·1h 18m
  49. 49

    Scott Shay Conspiracy U

    Mar 7, 2022·50m
  50. 50

    Risk and Reward with Ezra S. Levine

    Feb 21, 2022·50m
  51. 51

    Topic: From Disney to a Torah Life

    Feb 7, 2022·1h 14m
  52. 52

    Philip Rosen A Jack of Many Trades

    Dec 29, 2021·1h 6m
  53. 53

    A Lifetime of Service Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat

    Dec 20, 2021·51m
  54. 54

    Banking 2022 and Beyond with Yaakov Gade

    Dec 6, 2021·54m
  55. 55

    The New Artscroll Book with Y. Dov Meyer

    Nov 22, 2021·1h 3m
  56. 56

    Bob Eisenberg

    Nov 1, 2021·54m
  57. 57

    Seeing in the Darkness

    Oct 18, 2021·58m
  58. 58

    Audrey Jacobs

    Oct 4, 2021·56m
  59. 59

    Rabbi Meyer H. May

    Aug 23, 2021·1h 3m
  60. 60

    Ben Wiener

    Aug 9, 2021·1h 4m
  61. 61

    Wounded Warriors with Jeremy Chwat

    Jul 26, 2021·54m
  62. 62

    Topic: Seeing Beyond

    Jul 12, 2021·1h 1m
  63. 63

    Rebbe's Yahrzeit

    Jun 13, 2021·1h
  64. 64

    Daily Giving: Dr. Jonathan Donath

    Jun 10, 2021·52m
  65. 65

    Louis Mayberg

    May 31, 2021·58m
  66. 66

    Manette Mayberg

    May 24, 2021·1h 7m
  67. 67

    Politics & Advocacy: Michael Fragin

    May 10, 2021·1h 4m
  68. 68

    The Event Master Planner, Rabbi Aryeh Young

    Apr 20, 2021·1h 13m
  69. 69

    The Jewish Future Pledge

    Apr 12, 2021·57m
  70. 70

    The Changing Face of Israel: Joanna Landau

    Mar 22, 2021·59m
  71. 71

    Stephanie Trump

    Mar 15, 2021·48m
  72. 72

    Ambition, Intensity & Resolve- Adam Milstein

    Mar 8, 2021·54m
  73. 73

    A Contrarian Thinker-Gershon Distenfeld

    Mar 1, 2021·55m
  74. 74

    Investing and Caring with Boaz Weinstein

    Feb 22, 2021·1h 16m
  75. 75

    Words of Remembrance in honor of the Shloshim of Rabbi Yehuda Kelemer zt'l

    Feb 9, 2021·21m
  76. 76

    Jon Medved: Start Up Nation

    Feb 8, 2021·35m
  77. 77

    A Jewish Media Powerhouse

    Jan 27, 2021·1h 1m
  78. 78

    Season 2: The 4th Yahrzeit of Rabbi Moshe Shapiro zt'l

    Jan 19, 2021·1h 10m
  79. 79

    Rabbi Cohen Reflects on the Origins of the JPP

    Dec 29, 2020·33m
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    Topic: Leading the Charge/Advocating for the Disabled

    Dec 21, 2020·1h 2m
  81. 81

    Topic: Changing the World Through Philanthropy

    Dec 14, 2020·44m
  82. 82

    Topic: The 40th Yahrzeit of Rav Yitzchak Hutner zt'l

    Dec 6, 2020·1h 4m
  83. 83

    Topic: Philanthropy Through Action

    Nov 17, 2020·53m
  84. 84

    A Tribute to Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt'l

    Nov 12, 2020·1h 2m
  85. 85

    Topic: Lessons from the Real Estate Industry & Beyond

    Nov 10, 2020·52m
  86. 86

    Topic: A Famous Child: Elisha Wiesel

    Nov 3, 2020·45m
  87. 87

    Episode 26: Lessons of Gratitude

    Oct 27, 2020·56m
  88. 88

    Topic: The Promise of Philanthropy

    Oct 21, 2020·1h 10m
  89. 89

    Changing Jewish Education

    Oct 1, 2020·1h 11m
  90. 90

    Having a Big Heart

    Aug 21, 2020·28m
  91. 91

    A Conversation With the Quintessential Philanthropist

    Aug 18, 2020·54m
  92. 92

    The Nicest Fundraiser

    Jul 28, 2020·1h 3m
  93. 93

    Vulnerability, Leadership & Class

    Jul 23, 2020·41m
  94. 94

    The Journey of an Unstoppable Woman

    Jul 17, 2020·1h 1m
  95. 95

    The Pro Sports Agent

    Jul 8, 2020·39m
  96. 96

    Hi Dad: Tell Me About Yourself

    Jul 6, 2020·45m
  97. 97

    Relationships Spanning Decades

    Jul 2, 2020·1h 13m
  98. 98

    Special COVID Business Edition/Networking Club

    Jun 24, 2020·50m
  99. 99

    A Shaliach of the Rebbe

    Jun 23, 2020·1h 1m
  100. 100

    Fundraising During Covid 19 with Maury Litwack

    Apr 2, 2020·1h 1m
  101. 101

    Emergency Episode: Fundraising in Challenging Times with Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal

    Mar 19, 2020·1h 4m
  102. 102

    The Teacher of Fundraisers

    Feb 12, 2020·54m
  103. 103

    A Jack of All Trades

    Feb 6, 2020·1h 1m
  104. 104

    A Legendary Organization With Much More To Accomplish

    Jan 24, 2020·58m
  105. 105

    Episode 8: Norman Gildin on fundraising

    Jan 8, 2020·56m
  106. 106

    Episode 7:Rabbi Ben Gonsher- Building Partners/Building Relationships

    Dec 23, 2019·55m
  107. 107

    JPP - Episode #6 Rabbi Shlomo Riskin- The Consummate Builder of the Jewish People

    Dec 4, 2019·1h 17m
  108. 108

    JPP - Episode # 5 Yael Eckstein- Carrying on the Work of a Visionary

    Jul 18, 2019·42m
  109. 109

    A Shul Rabbi's Guide to Fundraising with Rabbi Joshua Hess

    Mar 24, 2019·1h 6m
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    Episode 3: Cultivating Relationships and the Secret to Successful Fundraising with Avraham Lewis

    Mar 14, 2019·57m
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    Episode 2: Focusing in to build success with Rabbi Mark Wildes of Manhattan Jewish Experience

    Mar 7, 2019·1h 10m
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    Episode 1: Insights from a fundraising consultant with Rachel Cyrulnik

    Feb 26, 2019·53m