Zev Brenner
{{Short description|American radio host}}
Zev J. Brenner is an Orthodox Jewish radio host and president and founder of Talkline Communications, a Radio/TV network founded in 1981.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/13/style/adena-k-berkowitz-is-married-to-zev-j-brenner.html|title=Adena K. Berkowitz Is Married to Zev J. Brenner|date=June 13, 1988|work=New York Times|access-date=25 January 2010}}
Personal life
Brenner graduated 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. He is an ordained Rabbi.{{cite web|url=http://talklinecommunications.com/biography.php |title=-) Talkline Communications Network (- |access-date=December 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806081227/http://talklinecommunications.com/biography.php |archive-date=August 6, 2010 }}
Talk-show
The Talkline talk-show is a regularly scheduled talk-show airing in Metro New York City{{cite news |last1=Goldman |first1=Ari L. |title=TELEVISION/RADIO; For Orthodox Jews, a Gathering Place on the Air |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/24/arts/television-radio-for-orthodox-jews-a-gathering-place-on-the-air.html |access-date=23 February 2020 |work=New York Times |date=24 September 2000}} 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 General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev; Mayor David Dinkins{{GBurl|id=dyoAAAAAMBAJ|p=PA21|dq=|q=zev brenner}} "Dinkins Dodges Wondering Jews". New York Magazine. and Al Sharpton.
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vosizneias.com/47657/2010/01/24/new-york-tefillin-bomb-scare-teen-family-to-appear-on-zev-brenner-radio-show-tonight|title = New York - Tefillin Bomb Scare Teen, Family Appear on Zev Brenner Radio Show [Audio Replay]|date = 24 January 2010}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Higgins |first1=Lee |title=EXCLUSIVE: Orthodox Jewish radio show used in FBI sting |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/investigations/2016/03/16/jewish-radio-show-fbi-sting/81870884/ |access-date=23 February 2020 |date=16 March 2016}}
See also
External links
- [http://talklinecommunications.com Talkline's Official Website]