Good People Talk

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Latest Episodes

From Trauma to Tikkun Olam: A Journey of Hope
December 29, 2025

In this moving episode of Good People Talk, Julie Fisher, associate executive director of The Good People Fund sits down with Mo Al Samawi, Founder of Abrahamic House and author of The Fox Hunt, to explore a life shaped by hardship, faith, and extraordina

Jewish Education for the Arab World
November 25, 2025

Rabbi Elhanan Miller is the Israel-based Founder of People of the Book, a Good People Fund grantee harnessing the power of original video and social media to advance coexistence between Jews and Arabs

Stories of Hope: Everyday Boston
November 19, 2025

Everyday Boston is a Good People Fund grantee that is weaving shared storytelling into the civic fabric of Boston.The intention is to elevate empathy, dismantle barriers, forge connections and build stronger community within and among neighborhoods in a

Stories of Hope: Brit Ha’Leviot
November 03, 2025

Almog was 20 when he embraced his gender identity, nearly 13 years ago. Public consciousness of transgender issues and support for individuals and families was far from present.For Merav Livni Keish Almogs mother silence was no option. She began

Stories of Hope: TribeTalk
November 03, 2025

It was five years ago that three mothers of college-bound students founded TribeTalk, a Good People Fund grantee.Their mission to empower Jewish students with tools, information and resources to evaluate college environments and also to address antis

Stories of Hope: MyChild’sCancer
November 03, 2025

MyChildsCancer founded by Oded Grinstein in 2010 and a Good People Fund grantee is a result of his familys arduous and ultimately successful journey through pediatric cancer.It is a growing, grassroots ecosystem of emotional, logistical and informe

Stories of Hope: A New Dawn in the Negev
November 03, 2025

He was 16 and on a well-worn path of societal isolation, educational stagnation, and other barriers to promise. One of 14 children in an Arab-Bedouin family in Israels Negev region, Ahamad was immersed in a cycle of inertia common to his generation.A Ne

Stories of Hope: Tag Meir
November 03, 2025

The graffiti was vile, sprayed on buildings in Turan, a mainly Arabic village in Israels Galilee region. Soon after, a delegation from Tag Meir went to meet council members and residents as an act of solidarity and compassion.Gadi Gvaryahu, founder of

In Israel, Changing Young Lives through Sports
October 26, 2025

Dr. Rutie Pilz-Burstein is the Founder and CEO of Sport – Bridge to Education, a nonprofit organization using sports to empower Israeli children and young adults in risk situations enabling them to break cycles of failure and take alternate paths

For Incarcerated Individuals, Ensuring Proper Medical Care as a Right
September 29, 2025

Dr. Mark Fenig Founder and Executive Director of Medical Justice Alliance, a Good People Fund grantee describes alarming inequities and injustices in medical care afforded incarcerated individuals in the US and how he was moved by ethics and conscie