Podcast appearances and mentions of Aviva Kempner

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley interviews filmmaker Aviva Kempner, who screens her new documentary “A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings” today, tomorrow and Thursday at The Avalon Theatre in Washington D.C. They discuss the making of the film, her family's tragic experience with the Holocaust and why it's a powerful statement against rising fascism and antisemitism today. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley interviews filmmaker Aviva Kempner, who screens her new documentary “A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings” today, tomorrow and Thursday at The Avalon Theatre in Washington D.C. They discuss the making of the film, her family's tragic experience with the Holocaust and why it's a powerful statement against rising fascism and antisemitism today. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Katie S. Sanders (www.katiessanders.com) is a freelancer based in New York City who writes about innovation, history, and fascinating people/things overlooked by history and media. She joined this podcast this week to discuss the enigmatic and mysterious Moe Berg, a long-time back-up catcher for five Major League teams in the 20s and 30s who later earned a Medal of Honor for his spy efforts for the Office of Strategic Services  during World War II. Sanders, whoThe documentary, "The Catcher  Was A Spy," directed by Aviva Kempner: https://spybehindhomeplate.org/The Ben Lewin directed motion picture "The Spy Behind Home Plate," starring Paul Rudd and Sienna Miller.The Nicholas Dawidoff book, "The Spy Behind Home Plate" is available at our Bookshop.org link below.Katie Sanders' article, "How Moe Berg went from playing for 5 MLB teams to being a US spy in WWII who thwarted Nazi efforts to build a nuclear bomb."Katie Sanders' article discussed in the episode on the spy Pierre Julien Ortiz.-->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN-->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandrunsHooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.comHooks & Runs on TikTok -  https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandrunsHooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandrunsAndrew Eckhoff on Tik TokLink: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffestRex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)  

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Director Aviva Kempner & Writer/Producer Kevin Blackistone about their documentary "Imagining the Indian," which screens this week at The Avalon Theatre in D.C. and Cinema Arts Theatres in Fairfax, Virginia. It marks their second conversation after speaking in 2020 just before the Washington football team changed its name. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Director Aviva Kempner & Writer/Producer Kevin Blackistone about their documentary "Imagining the Indian," which screens this week at The Avalon Theatre in D.C. and Cinema Arts Theatres in Fairfax, Virginia. It marks their second conversation after speaking in 2020 just before the Washington football team changed its name. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

North Carolina has more Rosenwald Schools than any other state but today, Rosenwald Schools are something of an endangered species. Many of them have been destroyed and most that are still standing remain in disrepair. How many of us are standing on top of history that we just don't know? What impact might that have on our teaching and school leadership? Today we dive into the incredible local history around Rosenwald Schools, the Jeanes Teachers, and how community organizing was a central tenet of their overall success. This episode was recorded on location at the St. Matthew Rosenwald School, and I'm joined by Bettie Murchison, co-founder of the North Carolina Rosenwald Schools Coalition, and Pryce Baldwin, a legendary and retired WCPSS educator and former administrator for the Helping Hands Project of Wake County, which seeks to provide African American mentors for African American boys in elementary and middle schools. Mr. Baldwin is also a member of the St. Matthew Baptist Church and was instrumental in saving the building from planned demolition in the early 1990s. Both Bettie and Pryce attended NC Rosenwald Schools in their youth.Thank you again to Aviva Kempner and the Ciesla Foundation for your support of this project, and to Ann McColl of the Innovation Project of North Carolina. Hosted by Michael Parker West. 

This week, Jeremy talks with longtime Head of PR for the NY Mets, Jay Horwitz. Plus, conversations with filmmaker Aviva Kempner and author Phil Bildner.

Aviva explains why Washington needs to change their mascot from "Redskins" and why teams like the Braves need to stop engaging in behaviors like the "Tomahawk Chop."

On this week's episode of SABRcast, Rob Neyer chats with filmmaker Aviva Kempner about her works including, "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" and, her latest production, "The Spy Behind Home Plate," detailing the life of Moe Berg. Then Rob and Scott discuss who won the weekend with nods to a trailblazing Little Leaguer and to a summer league baseball dynasty. For show notes, extra content, and a list of what Rob's reading, visit the SABRcast website at https://sabr.org/sabrcast

Baseball week at Bullseye continues with filmmaker Aviva Kempner. She'll talk to us about her documentary The Spy Behind Home Plate. The film follows the life of catcher-turned-World War II spy Moe Berg, quite possibly the smartest man to play baseball. Moe played baseball back in the era of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, learned Sanskrit at the Sorbonne, and took some of the earliest known photos of Tokyo.

Award-winning filmmaker Aviva Kempner tells the real story of Moe Berg, major league baseball player turned spy.  David talks with Kempner about this compelling film.  For a listing of movie theatres in your area: The Spy Behind Home Plate. Join the conversation: On Social Media use #AskHWTP Call us at 1 347 989 0227 Missed any of our broadcasts? Click here to listen to our on-demand podcasts | HWTP Sports Talk With David Weinstein is a Sweet G. Communications production | 2019 Copyright

Aviva Kempner is an award winning documentary film-maker whose films highlight unsung Jewish heroes. Here we talk about her latest project featuring baseball catcher Moe Berg, heroic spy during WWII. Aviva’s film is entitled “The Spy Behind Home Plate.” Learn about Jordan Rich and his long career as a radio broadcaster, voice-over teacher and more at www.chartproductions.com.  

Aviva Kempner & Joshua Riehl talk documentaries. Aviva Kempner’s latest is “The Spy Behind Home Plate”, which chronicles the life of Moe Berg. Riehl’s new film is “The Russian Five”, on the Soviet players who helped bring the Stanley Cup to the Detroit Red Wings.

Moe Berg, professional baseball player who became an American spy, is the subject of Kempner's new film, "The Spy Behind Home Plate."   Follow David Suissa on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 

Alan Gurvey and Kerri Kasem interview Aviva Kempner, the award-winning filmmaker behind “The Spy at Home Plate.” The documentary tells the real story of Moe Berg, a major league baseball player turned spy. And later, members of the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities drop by to discuss their upcoming Casino Night benefit, and all of the great charitable work the organization does. Don't miss us on Sundays  5 p.m. PST on KABC-AM 790 TalkRadio and streaming live on Kabc.com! #whattowatch #ww2 #charity

Even today, mysteries circulate about the life of Moe Berg, a major league baseball player during baseball’s Golden Age in the 1920s and 1930s who also spied for the United States in Europe. Award-winning documentary filmmaker Aviva Kempner chose to take on Berg's fascinating and jet-setting legacy in her latest film The Spy Behind Home Plate, opening this month. In this episode with Kempner and host B'nai B'rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin, they discuss what is known of Berg’s life—his secret mission to discover whether the Nazis had invented an atomic bomb, his storied baseball career, and how he managed to pull off this double life. Kempner is also the creator of films about fellow Jewish baseball star Hank Greenberg and the radio and television star Gertrude Berg. To watch the trailer of The Spy Behind Home Plate, visit this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_rQixY-sQI&feature=youtu.be. 

Arch & Loo are back with this special Memorial Day Weekend podcast. They chat with vulture.com's Jen Chaney, and filmmaker Aviva Kempner, who's new movie "The Spy Behind Home Plate", opens here in D.C. this weekend. Enjoy, and thanks for listening!

Hosts Jim Litke and Tim Dahlberg screen the life and times of big-league catcher-turned-spy Moe Berg with filmmaker Aviva Kempner, whose new documentary on the mysterious ballplayer hits theaters and film festivals this week. Then they bring on AP pro basketball (and part-time boxing) writer Brian Mahoney to scan the NBA playoffs, explain the LA Laker’s ownership squabble and recap heavyweight champion Deontay WIlder’s lightning KO of Dominic Breazeale. On the menu: Mapping the tomato genome.

You might want to call this episode of BEHIND THE LENS, "Six Degrees of Separation of Paul Rudd" as all of our filmmakers today are connected to Paul Rudd. . .and let's not forget that Paul Rudd has two films currently out in theatres and/or on VOD and digital – THE CATCHER WAS A SPY and "Ideal Home" – with one of the most anticipated films of the year opening up this week – ANT-MAN AND THE WASP! First up, we dive into the quantum realm of ANT-MAN AND THE WASP and hear a bit from writer/director PEYTON REED as he talks about the award-worthy editing of the film as cast and crew traverse the streets of San Francisco, going from micro to macro to huge and back again, wth rapier precision and edge of your seat intensity. And you'll hear film critic debbie elias' take on the heartfelt family humor filling the film. (Come on! Who doesn't love silly dad jokes!) Then we move into some world history and particularly that of WWII and the story of former baseball player, Moe Berg, with THE CATCHER WAS A SPY. A multi-degreed intellectual, fluent in at least 12 languages, Berg was solicited by the OSS and tasked with uncovering the truth about German physicist and 1932 Nobel Prize winner Werner Heisenberg and whether he was developing the atom bomb for the Nazis. If Berg believed Heisenberg was close to achieving the impossible, his mission was to kill him. The US, of course, was deep into The Manhattan Project. With a script by "Saving Private Ryan" scribe Robert Rodat, and Paul Rudd in the starring role as Moe Berg, take a listen to our exclusive interview with director BEN LEWIN ("The Sessions", "Please Stand By") as he goes in-depth on THE CATCHER WAS A SPY talking everything from history to casting to production design to locations to expanding his own directorial skills with battle sequencing and multi-camera lensing, and a personal favorite, getting to play with a real Sherman tank. A fascinating conversation about a fascinating film. THE CATCHER WAS A SPY is in theatres and On Demand. A "Must See Film." As a side note, a documentary on Moe Berg from Aviva Kempner is in the works and anticipated to hit the festival circuit in 2019. As Paul Rudd himself said to me last week, "Can you believe it? Isn't this story something? Isn't [Moe] an interesting guy?" Absolutely. Lastly, we take a look at UNDER THE TREE. From Icelandic writer/director HAFFSTEIN GUNNAR SIGURDSSON (whose first film "Either Way" was remade by David Gordon Green as "Prince Avalanche" starring Paul Rudd), UNDER THE TREE is a dark dark comedy about what being neighborly is all about. . .or not. At its heart, a metaphor for war and geopolitical conflict, listen as Haffstein talks not only about story development, but casting "The Tree." Yes, filmmakers, there was tree casting. Take a listen and learn all about it! http://behindthelensonline.net http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

You’ve probably heard of Andrew Carnegie or the Rockefeller family, but have you heard of Julius Rosenwald? Today’s guest may be able to help with that. Aviva Kempner is a Peabody award winning documentary filmmaker, whose work focuses on unsung heroes from Jewish history. I spoke with Aviva about her most recent work which details the life of Julius Rosenwald, who during the turn of the century both revolutionized the business of Sears and Roebuck, and vastly influenced black education in the Jim Crow South with his philanthropy. Listen here: https://www.preservecast.org/2018/02/26/the-rosenwald-schools-with-aviva-kempner/    

1. Thomas Simpson, founder, director, AfroSolo Arts Festival 21, to talk about My Brother's and Sister's Keeper/SF and San Francisco's Unified School District's BLACK FAMILY: Cradle to College and Career Day Resource Fair (Saturday, 9/19/15) at Mission High School 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM, 3750 18th Street in San Francisco. 2. Deborah Vaughn, co-founder, director, Dimensions Dance Theatre and Micia Mosely, comedian, join usto talk aboutThe Town on Notice, Oct. 17, at the Malonga Casquelourd Theatre in Oakland. Combining dance, live music, spoken word and stand-up comedy, The Town takes on the subject of Oakland's gentrification as an invitation for meaningful dialogue. For tickets visit brownpapertickets.com or call 800-838-3006. 3. Aviva Kempner's films investigate non-stereotypical images of Jews in history and celebrate the untold stories of Jewish heroes.  Here current film, ROSENWALD is the incredible story of Julius Rosenwald, who never finished high school but rose to become co-owner of Sears, Roebuck & Co. Influenced by the writings of the educator Booker T. Washington, he joined forces with African American communities to build over 5,300 schools across the segregated South during the early part of the 20th century, providing 660,000 black children with access to education. Landmark Theatres Engagement begins Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 at Opera Plaza Cinemas, 601 Van Ness, San Francisco, Shattuck Cinemas, 2230 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley.  

“A man does not expire with his last breath.  He lives on in memories and the changes he wrought.  Hank Greenberg is not dead.  So long as his story is told, he remains with us.” --John Rosengren, epilogue to “Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes” Baseball in the 1930's was more than a national pastime; it was a cultural touchstone that galvanized communities and gave a struggling country its heroes despite the woes of the Depression. Hank Greenberg, one of the most exciting sluggers in baseball history, gave the people of Detroit a reason to be proud.  But America was facing more than economic hardship.  With the Nazis gaining power across Europe, political and social tensions were approaching a boiling point.  As one of the few Jewish athletes competing nationally, Greenberg became not only an iconic ballplayer, but also an important and sometimes controversial symbol of Jewish identity and the American immigrant experience. When Hank joined the Detroit Tigers in 1933, they were headed for a dismal fifth-place season finish.  The following year, with Hank leading the charge, they were fighting off the New York Yankees for the pennant.  As his star ascended, he found himself cheered wherever he went.  But there were other noises, too.  On and off the field, he met with taunts and anti-Semitic threats.  Yet the hardship only drove him on to greater heights, sharing the spotlight with the most legendary sluggers of the day, including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Lou Gehrig. Enter the Clubhouse, as award-winning author John Rosengren discussed his new book, Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes.  Director Aviva Kempner joined the discussion and screened exciting new extra footage from the DVD of her Peabody Award-winning documentary, The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg.

AVIVA KEMPNER, RABBI ARON RASKIN, MANNY BEHAR

The Book of Life celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month (May) with a focus on baseball! We hear from Carol Matas, author of the middle-grade historical novel Play Ball. We meet Aviva Kempner, the independent filmmaker behind the documentary The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg. We take a break to "say Chai" in celebration of our 18th episode. Then we hear a book review of Across the Alley from fellow podcasters Andrea & Mark of Just One More Book. Finally we speak to the author of Across the Alley, Richard Michelson. Baseball themed-music in this episode provided by hungryformusic.com; our regular background music provided by freilachmakers.com. The Book of Life is sponsored in part by the Association of Jewish Libraries, jewishlibraries.org. Visit the podcast webpage at jewishbooks.blogspot.com.