Political tensions, anxiety, and loneliness are on the rise,

but problems like these aren't new, and the solutions don't have to be either.

For thousands of years, societies have asked questions about how to live, thrive, and love.

And it was spiritual traditions that offered wisdom and tools to help people find their way.

Tools that science is now discovering offer real benefits. Join me, Dave

Desteno, to explore how we can all use this wisdom, whatever our beliefs. Listen to how God

works from PRX, wherever you listen to podcasts. Friends, here is a surprising fact.

29% of American Jews struggle to make ends meet.

That's what we're going to talk about today.

What you're about to hear is a session from the 2025 Jewish Federation of North American General Assembly, the JFNAGA.

The session is called redefining Jewish life through the

lens of economic reality. In the session, we looked at 2025 data on Jewish poverty in America

and discussed how our communal narratives about money and class obscure the real experiences of Jews

across the economic spectrum. The first speaker you'll hear from is Rachel Sumick.

She is the entrepreneur and CEO of Together Ending Need.

You'll also hear from John Hornstein, who's the program director at the Harry and Jeanette

Weinberg Foundation and our own Rabbi Shira.

To see some of the data that they talk about in this episode, you can go to our episode notes or to togetherending need.org slash GA.

New episodes of Hutzpod will be back February 25th. We'll talk to you then. And meanwhile, here's Rachel Sumac.

I lead an organization called 10 Together Ending Need. It's an initiative of the Jewish Founders Network and the Herrian Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.

I'm a poverty expert.

I am a social entrepreneur.

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