Remember What's Next
Remember What's Next
Exploring the past to understand our future. This podcast looks are current issues through the lens of Jewish history with author, reseacher and lecturer Rabbi Ken Spiro and JFI Director Ellie Bass. Each week we will explore a current topic in the news or the world and use history to understand it's deeper implications for the Jewish world and beyond.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 49min
S5 Ep12 Passover Thoughts
Chag Kasher VSameach from Rabbi Spiro and Ellie!Want more history? Go back and listen to this series from the beginning, as Winston Churchill once said “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” so we are going all the way back, so we can understand what is happening now and plan for the future.Check out more about Rabbi Ken Spiro and his work at www.KenSpiro.comLearn more about Ellie Bass and her work at www.elliebass.comTo send us questions and ideas for topics email us at rememberwhatsnext@gmail.com Thank you for joining us on Remember What’s Next with Rabbi Ken Spiro and Ellie Bass. This is a project that we do out of love for our people, if you would like to be a supporter or patron of this project please let us know! We would love to continue to do this project and expand it beyond the thousands of listeners we already have! Our podcast has now hit number one multiple times in multiple countries and we want to keep the momentum going. Get in touch with us atrememberwhatsnext@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts, topic ideas and how you would like to support us going forward. Don’t forget to like, share, subscribe and review us which helps more people find our podcast and have access to the essential knowledge and understanding of who we are as a Jewish people and what is happening in the world today through the vital lens of history. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSK8eyX12C-4pa2PpAdcOrg
Mar 11, 2026 • 46min
S5 Ep11 War Overview
An update and overview on what is happening right now in the Middle East and what it means for us as a Jewish people. Want more history? Go back and listen to this series from the beginning, as Winston Churchill once said “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” so we are going all the way back, so we can understand what is happening now and plan for the future.Check out more about Rabbi Ken Spiro and his work at www.KenSpiro.comLearn more about Ellie Bass and her work at www.elliebass.comTo send us questions and ideas for topics email us at rememberwhatsnext@gmail.com Thank you for joining us on Remember What’s Next with Rabbi Ken Spiro and Ellie Bass. This is a project that we do out of love for our people, if you would like to be a supporter or patron of this project please let us know! We would love to continue to do this project and expand it beyond the thousands of listeners we already have! Our podcast has now hit number one multiple times in multiple countries and we want to keep the momentum going. Get in touch with us atrememberwhatsnext@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts, topic ideas and how you would like to support us going forward. Don’t forget to like, share, subscribe and review us which helps more people find our podcast and have access to the essential knowledge and understanding of who we are as a Jewish people and what is happening in the world today through the vital lens of history. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSK8eyX12C-4pa2PpAdcOrg
Feb 24, 2026 • 52min
S5 Ep10 Unity, Responsibility and Proactivity
What are some of the attributes that make the Jewish people our best selves? Want more history? Go back and listen to this series from the beginning, as Winston Churchill once said “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” so we are going all the way back, so we can understand what is happening now and plan for the future.Check out more about Rabbi Ken Spiro and his work at www.KenSpiro.comLearn more about Ellie Bass and her work at www.elliebass.comTo send us questions and ideas for topics email us at rememberwhatsnext@gmail.com Thank you for joining us on Remember What’s Next with Rabbi Ken Spiro and Ellie Bass. This is a project that we do out of love for our people, if you would like to be a supporter or patron of this project please let us know! We would love to continue to do this project and expand it beyond the thousands of listeners we already have! Our podcast has now hit number one multiple times in multiple countries and we want to keep the momentum going. Get in touch with us atrememberwhatsnext@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts, topic ideas and how you would like to support us going forward. Don’t forget to like, share, subscribe and review us which helps more people find our podcast and have access to the essential knowledge and understanding of who we are as a Jewish people and what is happening in the world today through the vital lens of history. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSK8eyX12C-4pa2PpAdcOrg
Feb 11, 2026 • 54min
S5 Ep9 - The Middle Path and a World of Extremes
If it burns it earns, if it bleeds it leads, if it enrages it engages.. we are living in a world that clamors for extremes in views, ideas and community. What does it mean as a Jewish people to live in a world of extremes? Is that our thing? Want more history? Go back and listen to this series from the beginning, as Winston Churchill once said “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” so we are going all the way back, so we can understand what is happening now and plan for the future.Check out more about Rabbi Ken Spiro and his work at www.KenSpiro.comLearn more about Ellie Bass and her work at www.elliebass.comTo send us questions and ideas for topics email us at rememberwhatsnext@gmail.com Thank you for joining us on Remember What’s Next with Rabbi Ken Spiro and Ellie Bass. This is a project that we do out of love for our people, if you would like to be a supporter or patron of this project please let us know! We would love to continue to do this project and expand it beyond the thousands of listeners we already have! Our podcast has now hit number one multiple times in multiple countries and we want to keep the momentum going. Get in touch with us atrememberwhatsnext@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts, topic ideas and how you would like to support us going forward. Don’t forget to like, share, subscribe and review us which helps more people find our podcast and have access to the essential knowledge and understanding of who we are as a Jewish people and what is happening in the world today through the vital lens of history. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSK8eyX12C-4pa2PpAdcOrg
Feb 3, 2026 • 1h 8min
S5 Ep8 The Jewish Personality
Are Jewish people really unique? What does it mean to have a Jewish personality? Want more history? Go back and listen to this series from the beginning, as Winston Churchill once said “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” so we are going all the way back, so we can understand what is happening now and plan for the future.Check out more about Rabbi Ken Spiro and his work at www.KenSpiro.comLearn more about Ellie Bass and her work at www.elliebass.comTo send us questions and ideas for topics email us at rememberwhatsnext@gmail.com Thank you for joining us on Remember What’s Next with Rabbi Ken Spiro and Ellie Bass. This is a project that we do out of love for our people, if you would like to be a supporter or patron of this project please let us know! We would love to continue to do this project and expand it beyond the thousands of listeners we already have! Our podcast has now hit number one multiple times in multiple countries and we want to keep the momentum going. Get in touch with us atrememberwhatsnext@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts, topic ideas and how you would like to support us going forward. Don’t forget to like, share, subscribe and review us which helps more people find our podcast and have access to the essential knowledge and understanding of who we are as a Jewish people and what is happening in the world today through the vital lens of history. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSK8eyX12C-4pa2PpAdcOrg
Jan 27, 2026 • 48min
S5 Ep7 History of Jews in South America
South American has a long and storied history of Jewish and maybe Jewish people. Want more history? Go back and listen to this series from the beginning, as Winston Churchill once said “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” so we are going all the way back, so we can understand what is happening now and plan for the future.Check out more about Rabbi Ken Spiro and his work at www.KenSpiro.comLearn more about Ellie Bass and her work at www.elliebass.comTo send us questions and ideas for topics email us at rememberwhatsnext@gmail.com Thank you for joining us on Remember What’s Next with Rabbi Ken Spiro and Ellie Bass. This is a project that we do out of love for our people, if you would like to be a supporter or patron of this project please let us know! We would love to continue to do this project and expand it beyond the thousands of listeners we already have! Our podcast has now hit number one multiple times in multiple countries and we want to keep the momentum going. Get in touch with us atrememberwhatsnext@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts, topic ideas and how you would like to support us going forward. Don’t forget to like, share, subscribe and review us which helps more people find our podcast and have access to the essential knowledge and understanding of who we are as a Jewish people and what is happening in the world today through the vital lens of history. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSK8eyX12C-4pa2PpAdcOrg
Jan 15, 2026 • 49min
S5 Ep6 Bondi Beach to Tehran Part 2
In this episode we are revisiting some of the history of Islam and how it is playing out on the world stage today in ways that are essential to understand. Want more history? Go back and listen to this series from the beginning, as Winston Churchill once said “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” so we are going all the way back, so we can understand what is happening now and plan for the future.Check out more about Rabbi Ken Spiro and his work at www.KenSpiro.comLearn more about Ellie Bass and her work at www.elliebass.comTo send us questions and ideas for topics email us at rememberwhatsnext@gmail.com Thank you for joining us on Remember What’s Next with Rabbi Ken Spiro and Ellie Bass. This is a project that we do out of love for our people, if you would like to be a supporter or patron of this project please let us know! We would love to continue to do this project and expand it beyond the thousands of listeners we already have! Our podcast has now hit number one multiple times in multiple countries and we want to keep the momentum going. Get in touch with us atrememberwhatsnext@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts, topic ideas and how you would like to support us going forward. Don’t forget to like, share, subscribe and review us which helps more people find our podcast and have access to the essential knowledge and understanding of who we are as a Jewish people and what is happening in the world today through the vital lens of history. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSK8eyX12C-4pa2PpAdcOrg
Dec 31, 2025 • 56min
S5 Ep5 - Bondi Beach to Tehran
In this episode we are revisiting some of the history of Islam and how it is playing out on the world stage today in ways that are essential to understand. Want more history? Go back and listen to this series from the beginning, as Winston Churchill once said “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” so we are going all the way back, so we can understand what is happening now and plan for the future.Check out more about Rabbi Ken Spiro and his work at www.KenSpiro.comLearn more about Ellie Bass and her work at www.elliebass.comTo send us questions and ideas for topics email us at rememberwhatsnext@gmail.com Thank you for joining us on Remember What’s Next with Rabbi Ken Spiro and Ellie Bass. This is a project that we do out of love for our people, if you would like to be a supporter or patron of this project please let us know! We would love to continue to do this project and expand it beyond the thousands of listeners we already have! Our podcast has now hit number one multiple times in multiple countries and we want to keep the momentum going. Get in touch with us atrememberwhatsnext@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts, topic ideas and how you would like to support us going forward. Don’t forget to like, share, subscribe and review us which helps more people find our podcast and have access to the essential knowledge and understanding of who we are as a Jewish people and what is happening in the world today through the vital lens of history. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSK8eyX12C-4pa2PpAdcOrg
Dec 16, 2025 • 53min
S5 Ep4 - Light It Up - Chanukah 2026
What does Chanukah teach us about navigating what is happening in the Jewish world today? How can we emulate the Maccabees and also share the light of what Judaism has to offer the world? Want more history? Go back and listen to this series from the beginning, as Winston Churchill once said “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” so we are going all the way back, so we can understand what is happening now and plan for the future.Check out more about Rabbi Ken Spiro and his work at www.KenSpiro.comLearn more about Ellie Bass and her work at www.elliebass.comTo send us questions and ideas for topics email us at rememberwhatsnext@gmail.com Thank you for joining us on Remember What’s Next with Rabbi Ken Spiro and Ellie Bass. This is a project that we do out of love for our people, if you would like to be a supporter or patron of this project please let us know! We would love to continue to do this project and expand it beyond the thousands of listeners we already have! Our podcast has now hit number one multiple times in multiple countries and we want to keep the momentum going. Get in touch with us atrememberwhatsnext@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts, topic ideas and how you would like to support us going forward. Don’t forget to like, share, subscribe and review us which helps more people find our podcast and have access to the essential knowledge and understanding of who we are as a Jewish people and what is happening in the world today through the vital lens of history. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSK8eyX12C-4pa2PpAdcOrg
Dec 2, 2025 • 1h 14min
S5 Ep3 Inside Or Out - What is Galus?
Is it important to live in Israel as a Jew? Why are we in a diaspora? When the Jewish people remain outside of Israel what does that say about us? Want more history? Go back and listen to this series from the beginning, as Winston Churchill once said “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” so we are going all the way back, so we can understand what is happening now and plan for the future.Check out more about Rabbi Ken Spiro and his work at www.KenSpiro.comLearn more about Ellie Bass and her work at www.elliebass.comLearn more about The Jewish Family Institute at www.MyJFI.comTo send us questions and ideas for topics email us at rememberwhatsnext@gmail.com Thank you for joining us on Remember What’s Next with Rabbi Ken Spiro and Ellie Bass. This is a project that we do out of love for our people, if you would like to be a supporter or patron of this project please let us know! We would love to continue to do this project and expand it beyond the thousands of listeners we already have! Our podcast has now hit number one multiple times in multiple countries and we want to keep the momentum going. Get in touch with us atrememberwhatsnext@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts, topic ideas and how you would like to support us going forward. Don’t forget to like, share, subscribe and review us which helps more people find our podcast and have access to the essential knowledge and understanding of who we are as a Jewish people and what is happening in the world today through the vital lens of history. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSK8eyX12C-4pa2PpAdcOrg
