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Auburn Men's Basketball head coach Bruce Pearl joins Jonah for an honest and wide-ranging conversation about life, leadership, and faith, only a few weeks after leading Auburn to their second NCAA Final Four.  A legendary figure in college basketball, Coach Pearl opens up about his Jewish heritage, his decision to speak up for the Israeli hostages in the middle of the NCAA March Madness Tournament, his ideas for the Middle East post-Gaza/Israel war, and his mission to build bridges between different communities of faith around the world.

🎙️ Other topics include:

• The Jewish Evangelical Christian Alliance
• Interfaith marriage
• The truth about Palestine and Qatar
• Real-World coaching scenarios
• Being a Jewish coach in Alabama
• What’s broken in American Jewish education

Whether you're passionate about sports, Judaism, or geopolitics, this episode offers a rare and inspiring look at the intersection of athletics, identity, and advocacy.

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Host & Production Team

Host: Jonah Platt; Produced by Rainbow Creative (Executive Producer: Matthew Jones; Story Producer: Sean Leviashvili; Editors: Patrick Edwards & Nathan Wheatley); Consulting Producer: Bethany Mandel; Research Associate: Samantha Greenwald; Executive Assistant: Josie Rothschild; Creative Associate: Rachel Stern; Social Media Manager: Yuval Yosha; Graphic Designer Noah Bell; Interns: Sasha Nelson & Emma Webb

MENTIONED IN EPISODE

• Bruce Pearl Coaching Bio
• What is the Hebrew Word “Kavana?” 
• Coach Bruce Pearl Uses Post-Game Conference to Speak Up for Eden Alexander | Video + Article
• Adi Alexander Reacts to Auburn Coach’s Comments About His Son
• Israeli President Isaac Herzog Thanks Coach Bruce Pearl 
• Jewish Wedding Traditions Explained 
• Three Jewish Basketball Coaches Reach The Final Four
• The 1943 Alabama Resolution on Israel 
• No Genocide in Gaza 
• Myth: Israel is An Apartheid State
• Arabs in Israel Make Up Nearly A Quarter of Healthcare & Medical Workers
• Israel Removes Jews Out of Gaza in 2005
• Jewish Graves Disassembled in Gaza During 2005 Withdrawal 
• What is Mount Moriah & Why is It Significant to Judaism?
• What is Gethsemane?
• Jewish Holy Sites in Judea & Samaria/West Bank
• What is Nakba?
• Britain, France, Canada release joint statement against Israel
• Golda Meir quote
• Qatar Funds Hamas
• Bruce Pearl Calls On The World to “Wake Up” 
• Yaron Lischinsky & Sarah Milgrim Murdered in DC by Terrorist Who Shouted “Free Palestine”
• BBC & NBC Report Erroneous Statistics About Babies in Gaza 
• Abdul Basheer transfers to play basketball at Auburn University
• Jonah’s monologue about struggling with God
• Jonah and Sarah Hurwitz talk Shavuot
• Jonah’s monologue on “Going Full Jew”
• Jonah talks Shavuot with Tessa Veksler and Eden Yadegar
• Jonah’s episode with Chris Caresnone
• What is the Significance of Shavuot? 
• What is The Zohar? Sacred Kabbalistic Text
• Dan Senor’s Podcast “Call Me Back” with Guest Rachel Goldberg-Polin (Shavuot Discussion)
• The Book of Ruth (Sacred Jewish Text)
• Understanding King David 
• Why Do We Study Torah on Shavuot?