Tribal Podcast: Yonah Bookstein, Rabbi at Pico Shul, Jewish community activist

Rabbi Yonah Bookstein joins Tribal to discuss the issues of the day facing young American Jews, his own unconventional path navigating the Jewish professional world and, of course ... the Iran nuclear deal!

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Jared Sichel

April 21, 2016

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