Zev Brenner

Zev J. Brenner is an Orthodox Jewish radio host and president and founder of Talkline Communications - a Radio/TV network founded in 1981.[1]

Personal life

Zev Joseph Brenner was born to Rabbi and Mrs. Paul Brenner and went on to graduate from the New York City Technical College of the City University in NY. He married Adena Karen Berkowitz, a lawyer and daughter of William Berkowitz, the national president of the American Jewish Heritage Committee in New York in 1988.[1] He is an ordained Rabbi.[2]

Talk-show

The Talkline talk-show is a regularly scheduled talk-show airing in Metro New York City[3] and has interviewed notable personalities including President Bill Clinton; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Senators Joseph Lieberman and Charles Schumer; Israeli Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Shamir and Yitzhak Rabin; former Vice President Dan Quayle; former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev; Mayor David Dinkins[4] and Al Sharpton.[2]

Brenner is known as one of the only Orthodox Jews in the United States who serves as a talk-show host. He is also known for addressing many important but controversial topics in the Jewish community.[5]

In 2010, the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office used the show as part of an elaborate sting operation that helped the government convict Malcolm Smith and other New York politicians in a corruption scandal.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Adena K. Berkowitz Is Married to Zev J. Brenner". New York Times. June 13, 1988. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Goldman, Ari L. (24 September 2000). "TELEVISION/RADIO; For Orthodox Jews, a Gathering Place on the Air". New York Times. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=dyoAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PAPA21&q=zev+brenner "Dinkins Dodges Wondering Jews". New York Magazine.
  5. http://www.vosizneias.com/47657/2010/01/24/new-york-tefillin-bomb-scare-teen-family-to-appear-on-zev-brenner-radio-show-tonight
  6. Higgins, Lee (16 March 2016). "EXCLUSIVE: Orthodox Jewish radio show used in FBI sting". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
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