Susan Shulman Pertnoy
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Jewish public life, explained with care.
mosaic is a structured interview show centered on Jewish communal questions, from Birthright Israel and campus antisemitism to philanthropy and higher education. Its tone is steady and explanatory, giving guests room to connect personal experience with wider Jewish responsibility.
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mosaic is a Jewish community interview program built around clarity, context, and civic responsibility. It has the cadence of a local public-affairs magazine, but its subjects reach well beyond a single region. The show gives Palm Beach listeners a structured way into questions that can otherwise feel sprawling: Jewish pride, antisemitism, Israel connection, higher education, philanthropy, and the transmission of Jewish identity across generations. It is measured rather than casual. Guests are invited to explain their work at length, and the questions tend to translate institutional language into practical meaning. In the Jonah Platt conversation, the show connects performing arts, podcasting, and advocacy to a wider claim about the diversity of Jewish experience. That episode is personal, but its center is communal belonging. The Vanderbilt discussion turns a planned West Palm Beach campus into a larger conversation about civil discourse, student fear, protests after October 7, and the culture a university has to practice if disagreement is going to be possible. The tone stays controlled. Even when the topic is grave, the show favors definitions, follow-up questions, and careful sequencing over emotional escalation. Its campus antisemitism episode is more urgent, tracing how antisemitic ideas can present themselves as liberation narratives and why young people may be especially vulnerable to that framing. Other episodes look inward at Jewish life itself. Birthright Israel is presented through mission, history, and the question of how young adults encounter Israel. PJ Library, philanthropy, and local connectors become ways to talk about family memory, tzedakah, heritage, and everyday Jewish participation. The recurring pattern is clear. A guest brings a project, institution, or experience, and the conversation asks what it means for Jewish continuity and public life. mosaic works best for listeners who value respectful interviews and community-rooted explanation. It is not a debate show. It is not built on speed, comedy, or provocation. Its strength is steadiness: a careful account of how Jewish organizations, educators, advocates, donors, students, and families respond to pressure while trying to build a more connected Jewish future.
Made for: For listeners interested in Jewish identity, Palm Beach community leadership, Israel connection, campus life, philanthropy, and antisemitism. It especially suits people who prefer patient interviews over argument-driven commentary.
What sets it apart: mosaic grounds large Jewish questions in named community institutions, local leadership, and practical examples. Its strength is the bridge between Palm Beach civic life and broader Jewish concerns.
mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring Jewish topics that affect the local and global communities. Hosted by community leader Susan Shulman Pertnoy, mosaic airs in the Palm Beaches weekly from January to April.
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
mosaic makes Jewish communal life legible through interviews about identity, education, philanthropy and institutional responses to antisemitism.
Susan Schulman-Pertnoy conducts orderly, direct interviews that connect Jewish identity with the institutions and choices shaping communal life.
Susan Shulman Pertnoy turns Jewish communal life into a guest list with unusually practical stakes.
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A grounded conversation about Jewish identity, inclusion, and the practical reach of advocacy.
Mosaic settles into Jewish identity through a conversation with Jonah Platt, an actor, singer, writer, advocate, and podcast host. It works best when it stays with concrete examples: the effort to widen the tent, the choice to feature people with different backgrounds and levels…
A steady look at Vanderbilt's West Palm Beach expansion and its local Jewish community impact.
Mosaic turns to Vanderbilt University's planned graduate school campus in West Palm Beach and treats the move as a civic story rather than a simple announcement.
A grounded campus discussion of antisemitism, ideological framing, and the support networks around Jewish students.
The episode treats antisemitism on campus as an urgent problem, and it does not soften the point. The post-Oct. 7 surge lands with force, and Vlad Hyken gives the conversation its clearest line when he argues that antisemitism can borrow the language of liberation and social…
A steady look at Jewish continuity through family, philanthropy, and community connection.
Mosaic turns toward Jewish continuity through three linked conversations: the PJ Library's role in helping families find a place in Jewish community, Julie Fisher Cummings' account of philanthropic duty, and the work of local connectors bringing people together across…
Jewish headlines, sharp banter, no soft edges.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
A Jewish community news magazine show featuring an interview with a Broadway actor about his experience in Wicked.
Mosaic speaks with Jonah Platt about arts and advocacy, Jewish identity, and how performance and podcasting give him a way to think aloud about community.
Mosaic looks at Vanderbilt University's plan to open a new graduate school campus in West Palm Beach.
Mosaic opens by framing the post-October 7 rise in antisemitism and anti-Israel activity as alarming and hard to ignore.
Mosaic opens with a focus on connecting the Jewish community across generations through books and community leadership.
Mosaic host Susan Shulman Pertnoy interviews author Dara Horn and Palm Beach County School District program planner Kimberly Coombs about expanding Holocaust education beyond 1933–1945.
This episode explores the history, growth, and future of Birthright Israel, an organization that provides trips to Israel for Jewish young adults, with insights from its foundation leaders.