35 episodes

FedRadioDetroit is Federation’s podcast series hosted by Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss and featuring big personalities from Jewish Detroit’s diverse cast of characters. Take a listen!

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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.8 • 4 Ratings

FedRadioDetroit is Federation’s podcast series hosted by Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss and featuring big personalities from Jewish Detroit’s diverse cast of characters. Take a listen!

    Heart-Wrenching and Heartwarming All in One

    Heart-Wrenching and Heartwarming All in One

    Lior Zisser-Yogev, Federation’s community Shlica (Israel emissary) talks to Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss in a powerful, engaging and heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, conversation including the memory of her brother Ilay Zisser (z”l) an IDF commander who was killed in the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack. Listen in as 15-year-old Lily Liss takes over the hosting reins in a thought-provoking interview with her Great Grandmother Sherry Kohen. From growing up in Nazi-era Europe to concentration camp survival to life in a new state of Israel and more, it’s a history worth hearing. Finally, in our featured collaboration with the Detroit Jewish News, we’ll learn how Federation Women’s Philanthropy is empowering women professionals through the Jewish Working Women’s Network. 

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Philanthropy Without Compromising

    Philanthropy Without Compromising

    On this episode, Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss have the special honor of welcoming Jane Sherman to the FedRadioDetroit podcast. With the values passed down from her father, Max M. Fisher (z”l), this powerful leader has touched Jewish lives in Michigan, her beloved Israel, and around the world with a passion that never wanes.

    • 44 min
    Finding the Light and Life After October 7

    Finding the Light and Life After October 7

    Amid the sorrow of the horrific terror attack on Israel and the war with Hamas, Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss sit down with Rabbi Asher Lopatin, Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council/ AJC, to share his mission, ambition and hope going forward.

    • 54 min
    The Leader Who Follows Where Life Takes Her

    The Leader Who Follows Where Life Takes Her

    On this episode, Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss are honored to welcome Nicole Eisenberg. From mortgage broker to Broadway producer, she’s lived a life she never could have planned.

    • 45 min
    A Real Mensch on the Bench

    A Real Mensch on the Bench

    On this episode, Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss are honored to welcome The Honorable Bernard Friedman to the pod.

    • 55 min
    A Journey of a Thousand Smiles

    A Journey of a Thousand Smiles

    On this FedRadioDetroit, co-hosts Sam Dubin and Beverly Liss sit down with Kari Alterman, a leader committed to our community since camp.

    • 52 min

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