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hmTv is a podcast platform dedicated to exploring the humanity in all of us through impactful stories and discussions.   Executive Producer Bernie Furshpan has developed a state-of-the-art podcast studio within the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, creating a dynamic platform for dialogue. Hosting more than 20 series and their respective hosts, the studio explores a wide range of subjects—from Holocaust and tolerance education to pressing contemporary issues and matters of humanity. 

  1. 2H AGO

    Ep 561: The Butterfly Effect with Gilad Avrahami & Bernie Furshpan on hmTv

    Send us Fan Mail In Episode 561 of The Butterfly Effect on hmTv, host Gilad Avrahami and co-host Bernie Furshpan explore conformity, the bandwagon effect, fear of missing out, and groupthink, examining how people are often pulled into beliefs, behaviors, movements, and social trends simply because others around them are doing the same. Building on their previous discussion about critical mass, Gilad and Bernie discuss how small individual choices can grow into powerful collective behavior, for better or for worse. Through relatable examples, from restaurant lines and dance floors to social media activism, peer pressure, politics, and Nazi Germany, they examine why people conform, why critical thinking matters, and how quickly belonging can become more important than truth. This episode challenges listeners, especially young people, to pause before joining the crowd, question what they are supporting, resist hate-driven groupthink, and remember that even small actions can create meaningful change.  Support the show

    24 min

  2. 3H AGO

    Ep 560: Raised by Survivors with Bernie Furshpan and guest Marlene Steiner on hmTv

    Send us Fan Mail In Episode 560 of Raised by Survivors on hmTv, host Bernie Furshpan welcomes Marlene Steiner, a dear friend and daughter of Holocaust survivors, for a deeply personal conversation about memory, survival, trauma, resilience, and joy. Marlene shares her mother’s harrowing story of being forced from Rădăuți, Romania, and marched toward Ukraine, where families were torn apart and survival often came down to impossible choices. She also reflects on her father’s experience in a concentration camp, her own childhood in Romania, Israel, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, and the lasting impact of being raised by parents who carried both deep trauma and extraordinary strength. Together, Bernie and Marlene explore intergenerational trauma, antisemitism, family values, immigrant life, food memories, Brooklyn childhoods, and the importance of choosing life, humor, kindness, and gratitude despite unimaginable pain. This episode is a powerful reminder that survivor families carry not only sorrow, but also resilience, love, and the responsibility to keep making the world better.  Support the show

    27 min

  3. 4H AGO

    Ep 559: Raised by Survivors with Bernie Furshpan and guest Irene Dunkel Rivera on hmTv

    Send us Fan Mail In Episode 559 of Raised by Survivors on hmTv, host Bernie Furshpan welcomes Irene Dunkel Rivera, a retired educator, assistant principal, professor, and daughter of two Holocaust survivors. Irene shares how her parents’ experiences in Łódź, Warsaw, the ghettos, Auschwitz, Majdanek, and the Jewish Labor Bund shaped her understanding of justice, identity, memory, and human responsibility. Together, Bernie and Irene reflect on what it means to be raised by survivors, the lasting impact of intergenerational trauma, and the urgent need to preserve family stories before they disappear. Their conversation explores education, antisemitism, social media, intolerance, and the importance of speaking directly to young people so they understand that the Holocaust was real, personal, and still deeply relevant. This powerful episode is a reminder that silence is dangerous, education is essential, and every generation has a responsibility to stand against hate wherever it appears.  Support the show

    28 min

  4. 1D AGO

    Ep 558: Voices of Diversity with Sherona Varulkar and guest Eve Eliot on hmTv

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Voices of Diversity on hmTv, host Sherona Varulkar welcomes psychotherapist, author, and eating disorder specialist Eve Eliot for a deeply personal conversation about identity, family history, grief, resilience, and healing. Eve shares the remarkable story of her Sephardic Jewish grandparents, who came to America from Greece and built a new life in Brooklyn with extraordinary determination. She reflects on growing up in Bensonhurst, being raised largely by her grandparents while her mother battled cancer, and the emotional silence that shaped her childhood. She also discusses her father’s World War II service, her stepmother’s powerful Zionist story, and the complex blend of Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish identity within her family. The conversation also explores how Eve’s early experiences with illness, anxiety, food, body image, and emotional pain led her to become a psychotherapist specializing in eating disorders. With honesty and humor, she speaks about the importance of self-healing, the power of therapy, and the need to protect the inner world of the heart in a time when the outside world can feel overwhelming. This moving episode is a story of immigration, memory, loss, humor, identity, and the lifelong journey toward healing. Support the show

    26 min

  5. 2D AGO

    Ep 557: Raised by Survivors with Bernie Furshpan and guest Caryn Bachar on hmTv

    Send us Fan Mail In Episode 557 of Raised by Survivors on hmTv, host Bernie Furshpan welcomes Caryn Bachar for a heartfelt conversation between two childhood friends who grew up in the shared world of Holocaust survivor families in Brooklyn and Queens. Together, Bernie and Caryn reflect on what it meant to be raised by survivors, from the anxiety, overprotection, food, humor, accents, and deep family bonds, to the powerful lessons of resilience, education, Jewish identity, and moral responsibility. Caryn shares her parents’ wartime experiences, including her father’s time in the Russian army and her mother’s traumatic survival story from Poland, where violence and loss shaped the rest of her life. The episode also explores how survivor families built community, how children became the treasured center of their parents’ lives, and how the next generation inherited both love and responsibility. Bernie and Caryn discuss Israel, antisemitism, misinformation, diversity within Jewish life, and the urgent need to teach young people critical thinking, empathy, and respect. Warm, honest, emotional, and at times funny, this episode is a powerful reminder that being raised by survivors means carrying memory forward while choosing grit, compassion, education, and hope. Support the show

    28 min

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    Ep 556: Legacy Chronicles with Donna Rosenblum and guest Lenny Kristal on hmTv

    Send us Fan Mail In Episode 556 of Legacy Chronicles: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future on hmTv, host Donna Rosenblum welcomes Dr. Lenny Kristal for a moving conversation about growing up as the son of Holocaust survivors and the responsibility of carrying memory forward. Lenny shares the powerful stories of his parents: his mother’s escape from Nazi-occupied Vienna after Kristallnacht, and his father’s survival through the Starachowice ghetto, slave labor, Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and liberation at Theresienstadt. He reflects on how his father’s trauma, resilience, humor, and silence shaped his own understanding of family, memory, and identity. The conversation also explores Lenny’s journey to Holocaust education, including his transformative March of the Living experience, his connection to HMTC, and his work as a docent helping students confront history with empathy and courage. Lenny also discusses how songwriting became a personal way to process legacy, especially through his song “Never Again.” This episode is a heartfelt reminder that memory is not only inherited. It is carried, examined, taught, and transformed into action. Support the show

    25 min

  7. 4D AGO

    Ep 555: Inheriting Memory with Rebecca Sparacio with guest Alex Teplish P2 on hmTv

    Send us Fan Mail Ep 555: Inheriting Memory with Rebecca Sparacio and Guest Alex Teplish, Part 2 on hmTv In Part 2 of Inheriting Memory, host Rebecca Sparacio continues her conversation with Alex Teplish, exploring how his grandparents’ Holocaust survival stories inspired a lifetime of education, advocacy, and remembrance. Alex discusses the creation of his award-winning graphic novel, Survivor: Aron’s Story, which combines personal testimony with historical context to help readers understand one of the lesser-known chapters of the Holocaust. He shares how Romanian artists helped illustrate the book, how the project became a powerful learning experience for them as well, and why survivor testimony offers a human connection that facts alone cannot provide. The conversation also highlights Alex’s virtual Holocaust museum, his multimedia presentations for students, educators, synagogues, churches, and interfaith groups, and the curriculum now being used to teach students about propaganda, eugenics, antisemitism, ghettos, camps, post-war trials, and human rights. Alex also reflects on his volunteer work in Budapest assisting Ukrainian refugees, connecting his family’s own refugee story to his desire to help others in crisis. Through his grandparents’ legacy, Alex reminds us that Holocaust memory is not only Jewish history, but human history, and that vigilance, empathy, education, and action remain essential today. Inheriting Memory is a production of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County on hmTv. Support the show

    26 min

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    Ep 554: Inheriting Memory with Rebecca Sparacio and guest Alex Teplish P1 on hmTv

    Send us Fan Mail Ep 554: Inheriting Memory with Rebecca Sparacio and Guest Alex Teplish, Part 1 on hmTv In this powerful episode of Inheriting Memory, host Rebecca Sparacio speaks with Alex Teplish about growing up as a third-generation Holocaust survivor in a Russian-speaking Jewish family from Odessa, Ukraine. Alex shares how his grandparents’ survival stories were woven into everyday family life, not through formal testimony at the dinner table, but through moments, memories, and fragments that helped shape his understanding of history, identity, resilience, and responsibility. He reflects on his close relationship with his grandparents, their humor, their love of family, and their ability to celebrate life despite the unimaginable trauma they endured. Alex also recounts the harrowing story of his grandfather Aaron and grandmother Genya during the Holocaust, including their forced displacement from Odessa, the role of Romanian forces and local collaborators, life in ghettos and camps, the loss of family members, and the difficult return to a city where antisemitism still remained. This conversation explores what it means to inherit memory, how trauma and resilience pass through generations, and why personal testimony remains essential in preserving Holocaust history. Inheriting Memory is a production of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County on hmTv. Support the show

    28 min
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hmTv is a podcast platform dedicated to exploring the humanity in all of us through impactful stories and discussions.   Executive Producer Bernie Furshpan has developed a state-of-the-art podcast studio within the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, creating a dynamic platform for dialogue. Hosting more than 20 series and their respective hosts, the studio explores a wide range of subjects—from Holocaust and tolerance education to pressing contemporary issues and matters of humanity. 

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    HMTC
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    559
  • Rating
    Explicit
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