Detours & Destinations

In this episode, we sit down with three-time Emmy Award–winning journalist Dana Arschin for a conversation about legacy, responsibility, and the moment when reporting becomes personal. In dialogue with Rabbi David Ingber, Arschin traces her path from a childhood on Long Island to a distinguished career in broadcast journalism at News 12 and FOX 5 News, where her on-air reporting and documentary work earned wide recognition. She reflects on the turning point that reshaped her professional and personal trajectory: becoming the first-ever Storyteller at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County. Arschin shares her commitment to preserving the story of her grandfather, an Auschwitz survivor, and to carrying forward the voices of other survivors. Moving between journalism and memory, this conversation explores what it means to transform inherited history into living purpose – and how storytelling can become both vocation and sacred responsibility.

Learn more about Dana’s work as a storyteller for the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance center hmtcli.org/stories

Follow Dana on social media:

IG: @dana_arschin

FB: DanaArschinStories

X: @DanaArschin

Check out Rabbi Ingber’s IG https://www.instagram.com/rabbiingber

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Producer: Efrat Bigger
Content Editor: Maya Gayer
Audio Editor: Sean Kennedy
Music By: Shimon Smith
Special Thanks: Eden Sidney Foster.

In this episode, we sit down with Emmy-nominated writer and showrunner Debora Cahn, creator of Netflix’s hit series The Diplomat, for a wide-ranging conversation about storytelling, power, and the human drama behind global politics. Together with Rabbi David Ingber, Cahn traces her path from training as an actress at Harvard to shaping some of television’s most influential political dramas, including The West Wing, Grey’s Anatomy, and Homeland. She reflects on how growing up as a descendant of Holocaust survivors shaped her understanding of the world and human behavior, and how real-world diplomacy inspired the creation of The Diplomat. Exploring the blurred lines between personal relationships and geopolitical stakes, Cahn discusses writing political drama in an age when reality often outpaces fiction. The conversation touches on mentorship, gender in writers’ rooms, and what fiction writing can teach us about leadership, compromise, and destination–both on screen and in life.

Check out Debora Cahn’s Filmography https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1263223/

Rabbi Ingber’s IG https://www.instagram.com/rabbiingber

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Producer: Efrat Bigger
Content Editor: Maya Gayer
Audio Editor: Sean Kennedy
Music By: Shimon Smith
Special Thanks: Eden Sidney Foster.

In this episode, we sit down with psychotherapist, queer activist, and interfaith minister Chani Getter for a conversation about identity, courage, and the sacred work of becoming. In dialogue with Rabbi David Ingber, Getter reflects on growing up in an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community, entering an arranged marriage at eighteen, and the moment a hidden television, Ellen DeGeneres, and a dictionary gave them language for a truth long felt but never named. Tracing a path from leaving their marriage and religious community at twenty-three to earning advanced degrees, ordination, and building a therapy practice while raising three children, Getter shares how personal rupture became a calling to service. As Scholar-in-Residence at Footsteps and a steadfast advocate for LGBTQ people – including those seeking to remain connected to their Orthodox roots – they explore grief, healing, and spiritual evolution, drawing on themes from their book Mapito to reflect on the detours that ultimately lead us home to ourselves.

Learn more about Chani’s work - https://chanigetter.com/

Read Mapito - https://store.bookbaby.com/book/mapito?srsltid=AfmBOoobB8neXR4ON_iDQVz8eDLXoY-RCakZBm-MSNpjMdKZLS9SkXJt

Rabbi Ingber’s IG https://www.instagram.com/rabbiingber

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Producer: Efrat Bigger
Content Editor: Maya Gayer
Audio Editor: Sean Kennedy
Music By: Shimon Smith
Special Thanks: Eden Sidney Foster.

In this episode, we sit down with entrepreneur and bakery founder Helene Godin. Together with Rabbi David Ingber, Godin reflects on her professional journey – from a successful career as a corporate lawyer in media and technology, including senior roles at NBC and Audible, to an unexpected midlife reinvention as the founder of By the Way Bakery. She shares the moment she walked away from certainty, how a chance baking class sparked a new creative path, and what it took to build a gluten-free, dairy-free, kosher bakery that grew from a small local shop into a nationally distributed brand. They discuss redefining success, balancing ambition with meaning, and how trusting uncertainty can open the door to more authentic destinations.

Check out By the Way bakery https://www.btwbakery.com/

BTW on IG https://www.instagram.com/bythewaybakery/

Rabbi Ingber’s IG https://www.instagram.com/rabbiingber

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Producer: Efrat Bigger
Content Editor: Maya Gayer
Audio Editor: Sean Kennedy
Music By: Shimon Smith
Special Thanks: Eden Sidney Foster.

In this episode, we sit down with acclaimed journalist, Peabody Award–winning host, and founder of On Being, Krista Tippett, for a live conversation at the 92NY. Together with Rabbi David Ingber, Tippett reflects on her spiritual and intellectual journey – from growing up in a religious family in Oklahoma, through her work as a journalist in Cold War–era Germany, to becoming the creator and host of a podcast that has reshaped public conversations about meaning and faith. They discuss theology as a lived practice, the evolving place of religion and spirituality in media and public discourse, and how listening itself can function as a moral and spiritual act.

Listen to ON BEING https://onbeing.org/series/podcast/

Rabbi Ingber’s IG https://www.instagram.com/rabbiingber

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Producer: Efrat Bigger
Content Editor: Maya Gayer
Audio Editor: Sean Kennedy
Music By: Shimon Smith
Special Thanks: Eden Sidney Foster.