Sabbath Queen with Amichai Lau Lavie, Sandi DuBowski and Aimee Ginsburg Bikel

Amichai Lau-Lavie and Sandi DuBowski are in conversation with Lau-Lavie’s longtime friend, journalist and writer Aimee Ginsburg Bikel, author of Theodore Bikel’s The City of Light, about the Sabbath Queen and what it means to be in the “messy middle.”

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Daughters of Abraham: How an Israeli-American and Palestinian-American are Bridging the Divide since October 7 with Nada Higuera, Heidi Basch-Harod, Zainab Khan and Sarah Breger

A discussion about what it means to listen to one another through uncomfortable conversations, how to create empathy in an ever-polarizing world, and how personal connections can begin to bridge seemingly insurmountable divides.

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The State of American Democracy: Post-Presidential 2024 Election Edition with E.J. Dionne and Robert Siegel

Join us for a post-election conversation on the state of American democracy and its array of checks and balances, with E.J. Dionne, syndicated columnist for the Washington Post and Moment contributor Robert Siegel, former NPR host of All Things Considered.

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Jewish Life in a Democracy: Lessons in Confronting Antisemitism with Hayley Finn, Lauren Strauss and Amy E. Schwartz

Join Theater J Artistic Director Hayley Finn and Jewish historian Lauren Strauss, Senior Professorial Lecturer at American University, for a discussion of the probing—and timely—questions raised about safety, assimilation and the status of Jewish life in a democracy.

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