Meaningful People

He Escaped From the 78th Floor on 9/11

As we mark 25 years since September 11, we're revisiting Ari Schonbrun's extraordinary story of survival. Ari worked for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 101st floor of the World

Yudi & Chumi Herzberg: The Story of Charlotte

This week, Nachi Gordon sits down with Yudi and Chumi Herzberg to talk about the life, story, and legacy of their daughter Charlotte, who passed away in a car accident on

Inside the Billion-Dollar World of Jewish Charity | Yossi Hoch & Simcha Shain

This week, Nachi Gordon sits down with philanthropists Yossi Hoch and Simcha Shain to talk about the world of tzedakah, from the pressure donors carry to the changing psy

R' Benjamin Goldschmidt: The Crazy Story Behind a $35 Million Shul

Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt grew up in Moscow as the son of the city's chief rabbi, trained in Bnei Brak and Ponovezh, and spent a decade as assistant rabbi at Manhattan's

The Husband Coach: Why Your Wife May Resent You

Josh Livingstone is a husband coach who works almost exclusively with men, and in this episode he explains why so many well-intentioned husbands still leave their wives f

Food Addiction, Obesity & the Lies We Tell Ourselves | Mendel Krashunsky

Mendel Krashunsky is the founder of the Frum Health Club, a worldwide movement pushing Yidden to finally take their health seriously. He opens up about losing his father,

Claire Zeitler: The Orthodox Jewish Woman Who Discovered Her Father Was a Arab Prince

Claire Blumenthal Zeitler was adopted into an Orthodox Jewish family as a baby — until, a year after her wedding, her biological mother tracked her down and revealed some

The Truth About the Jewish Music Industry | Moshe Tischler & Shloimy Zaltzman

Moshe Tischler and Shloimy Zaltzman, two of the biggest names in Jewish wedding music, sit down with Nachi Gordon to trace how they broke into the industry, from meeting

What If We've Been Wrong About Achdus?

A Tisha B'Av documentary that will challenge the way you think about achdus. Watch Full Film

Maya Namdar | Hashem Took My Daughter. Why Do I Still Believe?

Five years ago, Maya Namdar's world changed forever when a drunk driver took the life of her daughter Liel, just moments after a Shabbaton reunion in Woodmere. In her sec

Moshiach Is Alive Right Now - And Doesn't Know It | R' Lawrence Hajioff

Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff takes us on a journey through the entire Jewish timeline, from Adam and Chava in Gan Eden to the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, the long exile,

Zahava Farbman | The Mistake Everyone Makes After Tragedy

In this powerful conversation, Nachi sits down with Zahava Farbman, a crisis, trauma, and bereavement expert, to talk about what families really need after tragedy. Zah

Yossi Farro | How He Convinced Jewish Billionaires to Put On Tefillin

Yossi Farro has turned a mitzvah into a global mission. In this episode of Meaningful People, he shares how a childhood spent putting tefillin on strangers in New York gr

The Story of Malky Klein A"H

On the ninth yahrzeit of Malki Klein, her father, Avrami Klein, joins Nachi Gordon to share the story of a daughter whose struggles were often invisible to the people aro

BREAKING: 10,000 Newly Revealed Letters from the Lubavitcher Rebbe

This special Gimmel Tammuz episode of Meaningful People explores the Lubavitcher Rebbe's letters and the conversations, questions, and life experiences behind them. Rabbi

R' Shmuel Diamond | The Rabbi Who Didn't Believe in G-d

In this episode of the Meaningful People Podcast, Nachi Gordon sits down with Rabbi Shmuel Diamond for an unforgettable conversation about one of the most dramatic transf

R' Tzadok Katz : The Shidduch Lie Nobody Wants to Admit

In this episode of the Meaningful People Podcast, Nachi Gordon sits down with Rabbi Tzadok Katz, a shadchan with over 23 years of experience, for one of the most honest a

Keshet Starr: Domestic Abuse in the Frum World and the Red Flags We All Miss

In this week's episode of the Meaningful People Podcast, Keshet Starr, CEO of Shalom Task Force and a leading advocate in the fight against domestic abuse in the Jewish c

Rabbi YY Jacobson: Why So Many People Feel Empty Today

In this episode of the Meaningful People Podcast,  and  dive into one of the biggest struggles facing the Jewish world today: are we creating people who truly think, feel

Dr. David Rosmarin | Why Anxiety Is Actually GOOD For You

In this week's episode of the Meaningful People Podcast, Dr. David Rosmarin challenges one of the biggest assumptions people have about mental health: that anxiety is som