Jewish Professionals Podcast

About Jewish Professionals Podcast

The JP Podcast (Jewish Professionals Podcast) is dedicated to exploring the journeys of Jewish professionals across various industries. Our goal is to provide insight, inspiration, and practical wisdom. We aim to highlight the unique challenges and triumphs of being a frum Jew in the modern workplace while fostering meaningful discussions on career growth, faith, and identity.

Publisher

Hillel Baynash and Ben Winters

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Feb 2025

Latest episode

30 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

24 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Jun 2026

   Antony Gordon: Advising The Rich & Famous

   In this Season 2 finale of the Jewish Professionals Podcast, we sit down with Rabbi Antony Gordon, South African-born Harvard Law graduate, entrepreneur, speaker, advisor, and media personality. Antony shares his journey from growing up in South Africa to studying law at Harvard, building a career across law, entertainment, wealth management, philanthropy, and Jewish leadership, and using his platform to speak about purpose, identity, Israel, and what it means to live with conviction. We discuss Antony’s unique path, his work with high-profile athletes, entertainers, and public figures, his involvement in combatting the mental health crisis, and the lessons he has learned from a life spent at the intersection of influence, values, and impact. This conversation is about ambition, faith, Jewish pride, leadership, and how to build bridges in a world that often feels divided.

2. 

   2 Jun 2026

   Lawrence Askowitz: Building Gabriel Advisors and Three Decades at the Top of TMT Dealmaking

   In this episode of the Jewish Professionals Podcast, we sit down with Lawrence Askowitz, founder of Gabriel Advisors, a trusted advisory firm led by leading experts in the digital infrastructure, telecom, and related technology services sectors. A graduate of Columbia University and Yeshiva University, Lawrence has spent more than three decades in capital markets and M&A, with earlier chapters of his career at Deutsche Bank, Lazard, Credit Suisse, ZelnickMedia, Kidron Capital Advisors, and Bank Street Group, where he originated, structured, and executed transactions for many of the leading companies in the telecom, media, and technology sector. He has also held board roles at companies including 180 Connect, Horizon PCS, and Lumos Networks, and continues to help lead the YU Wall Street Group. In our conversation, Lawrence shares how he broke into the finance industry, some cool infrastructure projects he helped finance, how to know when the time is right to leave a company, the impact AI is having on every sector, how young professionals can provide value early in their careers, and his perspective on the future of infrastructure, including data centers in space. His story offers a candid look at building a long, evolving career on Wall Street and the lessons that have guided him through every chapter.

3. 

   4 May 2026

   President Ari Berman: Inside the Leadership of Yeshiva University

   In this episode of the Jewish Professionals Podcast, we sit down with Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, the fifth President of Yeshiva University, to explore his journey from student to one of the most influential leaders in the Jewish world. President Berman shares the formative experiences that shaped his path, including his decision to turn down Columbia Law School to pursue years of Torah study in Israel. He reflects on how learning in kollel, earning a PhD, and building a career in Israel prepared him to lead Yeshiva University at a pivotal time. We go inside what it truly means to lead a major institution, from navigating high-pressure decisions and growing the university to strengthening the broader Jewish community and helping students reach their highest potential. President Berman also shares behind-the-scenes moments, including speaking at the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump and engaging with world leaders and public figures. The conversation is full of insights on leadership, responsibility, and balancing Torah with modern life, along with the lessons from both science and Torah that he believes every Jewish professional should carry forward.

Who has been a guest on Jewish Professionals Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ahron Katz
• Yoni Goodman
• Mordechai Weiss
• Allen Pfeiffer
• Sarah Danzig

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

43

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Books guests

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