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
editBrenner 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.[1] He is an ordained Rabbi.[2]
Talk-show
editThe 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 General Secretary 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
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Adena K. Berkowitz Is Married to Zev J. Brenner". New York Times. June 13, 1988. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ a b "-) Talkline Communications Network (-". Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ^ Goldman, Ari L. (24 September 2000). "TELEVISION/RADIO; For Orthodox Jews, a Gathering Place on the Air". New York Times. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=dyoAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PAPA21&q=zev+brenner "Dinkins Dodges Wondering Jews". New York Magazine.
- ^ "New York - Tefillin Bomb Scare Teen, Family Appear on Zev Brenner Radio Show [Audio Replay]". 24 January 2010.
- ^ Higgins, Lee (16 March 2016). "EXCLUSIVE: Orthodox Jewish radio show used in FBI sting". Retrieved 23 February 2020.