Search for Meaning with Rabbi Yoshi
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback
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Join Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback as he talks with an eclectic variety of thinkers, artists, and change-makers about their experiences (Jewish or otherwise) and their own search for meaning and purpose in their lives.
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S8E138 Search for Meaning with Reza Farahan
Reza Farahan is known to millions as the breakout star of Shahs of Sunset. In this candid and moving conversation, Reza joins Rabbi Yoshi to discuss his new book, Memoirs of a Gay Shah, and the…
S8E137 Search for Meaning with Rabbi Michael Zedek (2)
In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback welcomes Rabbi Michael Zedek back to the podcast on the occasion of his second book, People Are Like…: Stories for Young Readers and…
S8E136 Search for Meaning with Lisa Edelstein and Robert Russell
In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with actor and painter Lisa Edelstein and artist Robert Russell to discuss their powerful new exhibition, A Palace in Time, at…
S8E135 Search for Meaning with Brandon Farbstein
In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with speaker, author, and advocate Brandon Farbstein for a deeply honest and moving conversation about identity, resilience, and…
S8E134 Search for Meaning with Mandana Dayani
In this episode, Mandana Dayani joins Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback for a candid and wide-ranging conversation on maintaining a sense of purpose within an increasingly complex world.Drawing on her personal…
S8E133 Search for Meaning with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with a colleague and friend, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, senior rabbi of Central Synagogue and author of the powerful new memoir Heart…
S8E132 Search for Meaning with Rabbis Ed Feinstein and David Woznica (Part II)
In the second installment of this wide-ranging conversation, Rabbi Yoshi continues his dialogue with Rabbi Ed Feinstein and Rabbi David Woznica — turning from personal story to the larger questions…
S8E131 Search for Meaning with Rabbis Ed Feinstein and David Woznica (Part I)
In this first installment of a special two-part conversation, Rabbi Yoshi sits down live with Rabbi Ed Feinstein, longtime senior rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom, and Rabbi David Woznica, who has served…
S8E130 Search for Meaning with Cantor Lauren Blasband-Roth
In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with Cantor Lauren Blasband-Roth for a thoughtful conversation about vocation, music, and Jewish life. Lauren shares her journey…
S8E129 Search for Meaning with Professor Michal Bar-Asher Siegal
In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with Professor Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, one of today’s leading scholars of rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity. Their…
S8E128 Search for Meaning with Peter Himmelman and Rabbi Steve Leder
In this special episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with Rabbi Steve Leder and Peter Himmelman for a wide-ranging conversation about friendship, faith, creativity, and the…
S8E127 Search for Meaning with Rabbi Steve Leder
In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback is joined by his teacher, mentor, and friend, Rabbi Steve Leder, for a wide-ranging and deeply personal conversation recorded in January…
S7E126 Wise Envy: Can we admire the arguments of those with whom we disagree?
In this solo episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback reflects on a timely and challenging question facing the Jewish community today: How do we disagree without hating one…
S7E125 Search for Meaning with Moshe Lobel
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with actor Moshe Lobel, star of the groundbreaking new film SHTTL—a Yiddish-language, single-shot masterpiece set in a Ukrainian shtetl on the eve of its destruction in…
S7E124 Search for Meaning with Marc Kasowitz
Veteran trial lawyer Marc Kasowitz has taken his courtroom skills to a new front—the battle against antisemitism on America’s college campuses. In this episode, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback talks with…
S7E123 Sanctified for the Whole World
In this special episode, Rabbi Yoshi shares his 5786 Rosh Hashanah (2025) sermon, Sanctified — For the Whole World.Drawing on the wisdom of his grandfather, Jewish tradition, and the moral challenges…
S7E122 Search for Meaning with Michael Honigstein
In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with Michael Honigstein, a career Foreign Service Officer who has served in countries around the world—including Sudan, Sri…
S7E121 Search for Meaning with Rabbi Sydney Mintz
In this episode of Search for Meaning, host Yoshi Zweiback sits down with dear friend and esteemed spiritual leader Rabbi Sydney Mintz. Rabbi Mintz, longtime rabbi at Congregation Emanu-El in San…
S7E120 Search for Meaning with Rania Fadel Dean
In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback speaks with Rania Fadel Dean, a leader of the Druze community in Los Angeles and founder of Covenant of Blood (Brit Damim).Together they…
S7E119 Search for Meaning with Abigail Pogrebin and Rabbi Dov Linzer
What happens when a Reform journalist and an Orthodox rabbi spend years studying Torah together? In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback welcomes Abigail Pogrebin and Rabbi Dov…
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Search for Meaning with Rabbi Yoshi has published 136 episodes since July 2019, covering topics in Judaism, Philosophy.
Search for Meaning with Rabbi Yoshi is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 46m.
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