Rabbi Robert Kravitz says he never actually planned to be a rabbi. One day, he was a Connecticut-born college student studying radio, TV, and film at Syracuse University; the next he was driving to Cincinnati where he conducted Shabbat services, studied voice, and accepted a three-year cantorial position at a nearby Conservative synagogue.

It became clear it was a calling. Over the next 50 years, his rabbinical journey took him through several careers, from civil rights leader, to hospital and police chaplain Jewish community spokesman, humanitarian, columnist, and of course, congregational rabbi.

Rabbi Kravitz has touched lives not just in the Jewish community, but as a forward-thinking leader in multicultural settings, from chairman of the Arizona Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Holiday Committee, to coordinator of the Hispanic-Jewish Coalition, and founding member of the Arizona InterFaith Network. His is a voice of reason, as he does his part in repairing the world.

Original air date: June 19, 2025.

Rabbi Robert Kravitz says he never actually planned to be a rabbi. One day, he was a Connecticut-born college student studying radio, TV, and film at Syracuse University; the next he was driving to Cincinnati where he conducted Shabbat services, studied voice, and accepted a three-year cantorial position at a nearby Conservative synagogue.
It became clear it was a calling. Over the next 50 years, his rabbinical journey took him through several careers, from civil rights leader, to hospital and police chaplain Jewish community spokesman, humanitarian, columnist, and of course, congregational rabbi.
Rabbi Kravitz has touched lives not just in the Jewish community, but as a forward-thinking leader in multicultural settings, from chairman of the Arizona Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Holiday Committee, to coordinator of the Hispanic-Jewish Coalition, and founding member of the Arizona InterFaith Network. His is a voice of reason, as he does his part in repairing the world.
Original air date: June 19, 2025.

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world.

Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism.

Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world. Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism. Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/">https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/</a>

Rescuers radio show

An inspiring program highlighting everyday heroes who change and save lives, making the world around us a better place.

An inspiring program highlighting everyday heroes who change and save lives, making the world around us a better place.