Tag: astronomy

  • Shmooze with Mike Simmons: Big Impact Astronomy

    This page includes, Summary, Questions Asked, Main Points, Timeline, and Trasncript. Scroll down to find what you seek. Episode Summary 🌠 Stargazing meets social change in this eye-opening episode! Mike Simmons, founder of Astronomers 4 Equity and creator of the upcoming “Big Impact Astronomy” podcast, takes us on a celestial journey from Iran to Ukraine.…

  • Shmooze with Avi Loeb: from Extraterrestrial to Interstellar

    Shmooze with Avi Loeb: from Extraterrestrial to Interstellar

    This episode’s guest is Professor Avi Loeb, Astronomy chair at Harvard. He has done more than 2000 interviews since publishing his book, Extraterrestrial, about his conclusion that the interstellar object called ua’muamua was of alien origin. To add to the pile, our interview was fresh and deeply Jewish. Dr. Loeb may be known worldwide now…

  • 16: Interstellar Jewish Geography

    16: Interstellar Jewish Geography

    Jewish people who have lived are immortalized not just by streets and libraries on earth but on objects and landscapes in space that may or may not ever experience human occupation. If you’ve played Jewish geography with friends or feel a joyful affinity when learning that a historic figure such as scientist is Jewish then…

  • 15: Star Gazing at Summer Camp

    15: Star Gazing at Summer Camp

    Camp allows us to think bigger, so what’s bigger than space? This episode offers program ideas for bringing outer space to your Summer Camp. Outer Space + Summer Camp = 7 ideas for Space Programming at Jewish Summer Camps.