Broadway Responds to Antisemitism with Tovah Feldshuh, Bruce Sussman, Alfred Uhry and Lynne Marie Rosenberg
Panelists from Broadway as they discuss the rise of antisemitism and Broadway’s response through recent and current productions.
Asian AND Jewish: An Insider & Outsider Perspective with Maryam Chishti, Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin and Michael Krasny
Join Maryam Chishti, Co-Executive Director of The LUNAR Collective and Jacqueline Mates-Muchin, the first Chinese-American rabbi and senior rabbi at Temple Sinai in Oakland, CA, for a frank conversation with former public radio host Michael Krasny about the joys and struggles of being both Jewish and Asian.
The Untold Story of Anne Frank & Bep Voskuijl with Joop van Wijk Voskuijl, Jeroen De Bruyn and Kati Marton
Join Bep’s son Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl and journalist Jeroen De Bruyn, authors of the new book The Last Secret Of The Secret Annex, for a conversation with journalist Kati Marton, author of The Chancellor, about Bep’s relationship with the Franks, the burden of keeping their secret and other previously untold stories.
Antisemitism, World War II and FDR’s “Arsenal of Democracy” with Craig Nelson and Dan Raviv
Join historian Craig Nelson, author of the new book “V is for Victory: Franklin Roosevelt’s American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II,” for a conversation about how FDR’s leadership transformed the United States and helped defeat the Nazis.
And the Bride Closed the Door by Ronit Matalon with Shulamit Reinharz
“And the Bride Closed the Door” is a broad comedy about a bride who refuses to go forward with her wedding ceremony, sowing havoc. The book captures a segment of Mizrahi society not often featured in Israeli fiction.
Judaism Disrupted: A Spiritual Manifesto for the 21st Century with Michael Strassfeld and Amy E. Schwartz
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, talks about his new book, Judaism Disrupted: A Spiritual Manifesto for the 21st Century, which offers new insights on how Judaism can, will and must continue to change and adapt as a toolkit to help people bring meaning to every aspect of their lives.
If All the Seas Were Ink with Ilana Kurshan
If All the Seas Were Ink is a memoir of a young, recently divorced American-Israeli, living in Jerusalem, whose personal struggles lead her to take on the practice of Daf Yomi, reading a page from the Talmud every day for seven years. Kurshan’s inspiring memoir about learning how to put one foot in front of the other is a winner of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. In conversation with Moment book review editor Amy E. Schwartz.
Seeking Revenge After the Holocaust with Dina Porat and Amy E. Schwartz
Join Dina Porat, Professor Emerita of Modern Jewish History at Tel Aviv University and former Chief Historian of Yad Vashem, for a discussion about her latest book Nakam: The Holocaust Survivors Who Sought Full-Scale Revenge.
Speaking for the Silenced: From the Inquisition to the Holocaust with Richard Zimler and Sarah Breger
Zimler discusses life as an American Jew in Portugal, how Jewish history had been erased from Portuguese memory and the role of generational trauma in our lives today.
The Growing Threat of Christian Nationalism with Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Katherine Stewart, Eric K. Ward and Robert Siegel
Join our distinguished panelists to learn why we should be paying attention to the rise of Christian nationalism and what can be done about it.
All the Rivers with Dorit Rabinyan
Dorit Rabinyan is a two-time awardee of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Hebrew Literary Works. She was born in Israel to a family that emigrated from Iran. All the Rivers is the story of a romance between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man, based on the author’s own experiences.
From Nazi Granddaughter to Holocaust Scholar: Researching the Vatican’s Holocaust-Era Archives with Suzanne Brown-Fleming and Shana Penn
Dr. Suzanne Brown-Fleming, director of International Academic Programs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, discusses what inspired her to study the Holocaust, why the Vatican archives are so important and what we can learn from them, as well as what it’s like to do this work knowing that her grandfather was a Nazi.