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Israel, Iran and the Dangers of a Wider War with Aaron David Miller, Robin Wright, and Robert Siegel

The U.S. Constitution: Pragmatism versus Textualism on the Supreme Court with Justice Stephen Breyer and Robert Siegel

Connecting Jewish Identity with Jewish Values with Donniel Hartman and Sarah Breger

For the Love of Judaism with Shai Held and Amy E. Schwartz

Is a Two-State Solution for Israelis and Palestinians Still Possible? with Aaron David Miller, Ghaith al-Omari and Robert Siegel

Female, Funny and Fabulous with Felicia Madison, Ellen Sugarman and Jennifer Bardi

It’s not a Conspiracy: The Jewish and Black Origins of the Skinhead Movement with Jacob Kornbluth, Eric K. Ward, Pan Nesbitt and Nadine Epstein

The Spirituality of Showing Up when it Matters with Sharon Brous and Amy E. Schwartz

From Jewish Rapper to Israel Activist with Kosha Dillz and Joe Alterman

Putin and the Killing of Alexei Navalny with Paul Goldberg and Amy E. Schwartz

What Does Winning Look Like for Israel? with Eetta Prince-Gibson and Sarah Breger

The Political Is Personal with Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Sarah Breger

From Theodor Herzl to David Ben-Gurion: Humanist Zionism Lives on Today with Fania Oz-Salzberger and Sarah Breger

The Short Leap from Anti-science to Antisemitism with Peter Hotez and Jennifer Bardi

Red Sea Rebels: Yemen and the Houthis with Michael Knights and Nadine Epstein

The Soul of Israel: Lost in Translation with Daniel Gordis and Amy E. Schwartz

How A Set of Twins Survived the Holocaust Together with Michael Berenbaum and Marion Ein Lewin

The Importance of Storytelling in the Black and Jewish Communities with Eric K. Ward, Nadine Epstein, Adam Mansbach and Langston Collin Wilkins

Shifting Identities after September 11th and October 7th with Dean Obeidallah and Max Brooks

Black-Jewish Relations: Coming Together to Fight Racism and Antisemitism with Rochelle L. Ford and Nadine Epstein

Coming Together for an Inspiring Moment Program with Anne Applebaum, Dorit Beinisch, Esther Safran Foer, Lauren Holtzblatt, Dara Horn, Eric K. Ward, Robert Siegel and many others

The Israel-Hamas War: Updates and Analysis (Part 3) with Aaron David Miller and Robert Siegel

An Inspirational Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Manfred Lindenbaum

How the “Woke” Movement is Undermining its own Goals and Unintentionally Pushing Society to the Right with Susan Neiman and Robert Siegel

Women Speak Out: Confronting War, Rape, and the Rise in Hate: An Interfaith Conversation with Zainab Khan, Shirin Taber, Heidi Basch-Harod and Nadine Epstein

A View from the Gulf States with Bahraini journalist Ahdeya Al Sayed and Nadine Epstein

How to Negotiate with Terrorists and Bring Hostages Home with Ory Slonim and Dan Raviv

An Inside Look at What’s Happening in the Palestinian Authority Today: A Wide-Ranging Conversation with Ghaith al-Omari and Nadine Epstein

The Rise of Antisemitism since October 7th with Ira N. Forman and Sarah Breger

The World Order Under Threat: How Russia, Iran and China Benefit from the Israel-Hamas War with Ilan Berman and Nadine Epstein

Laughter in a Time of Mourning with MODI

The Israel-Hamas War: Updates and Analysis (Part 2) with Aaron David Miller and Robert Siegel

The Israel-Hamas War Through the Eyes of an Israeli Writer with Fania Oz Salzberger and Amy E. Schwartz

How Theater Transforms the World with Mandy Patinkin, Kathryn Grody and Gail Merrifield Papp

Danger on Israel’s Northern Border: Hezbollah and the Failed State of Lebanon with Hanin Ghaddar and Nadine Epstein

The Cost of Free Land: Jews and the Lakota with Rebecca Clarren and Sarah Breger

How Jewish Theater Combats Antisemitism with David Chack, Hayley Finn, Aaron Henne and Jenny Rachel Weiner

The Israel Hamas-War: Updates and Analysis (Part 1) with Aaron David Miller and Robert Siegel

Ecological Judaism with Ellen Bernstein, Natan Margalit and Noah Phillips

The Yom Kippur War and How it Created the Modern Middle East with Uri Kaufman and Dan Raviv

What is the U.N. doing to Fight Antisemitism? A Wide-Open Conversation with U.N. Special Advisor Alice Wairimu Nderitu and Noah Phillips

From Barbie to Artificial Intelligence and Everything in Between: A Wide-Open Conversation with Tiffany Shlain and Nadine Epstein

Daughter of History: From Holocaust Refugee to American Teenager with Susan Rubin Suleiman

Exploring Today’s World Through Poetry with Richard Michelson & Amy E. Schwartz

The Battle for Israel’s Soul with Isabel Kershner and Sarah Breger

Great Women Yiddish Writers (You Never Heard About) with Anita Norich and Lisa Newman

A Conversation about the Life and Legacy of Elie Wiesel with Joseph Berger and Nadine Epstein

Beyond Bagels and Lox: Writing about Jewish Lives in the 21st Century with Allegra Goodman and Amy E. Schwartz—in celebration of the Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest

My Friend Anne Frank with Dina Kraft and Laurel Leff

Broadway Responds to Antisemitism with Tovah Feldshuh, Bruce Sussman, Alfred Uhry and Lynne Marie Rosenberg

Asian AND Jewish: An Insider & Outsider Perspective with Maryam Chishti, Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin and Michael Krasny

The Untold Story of Anne Frank & Bep Voskuijl with Joop van Wijk Voskuijl, Jeroen De Bruyn and Kati Marton

Antisemitism, World War II and FDR’s “Arsenal of Democracy” with Craig Nelson and Dan Raviv

And the Bride Closed the Door by Ronit Matalon with Shulamit Reinharz

Judaism Disrupted: A Spiritual Manifesto for the 21st Century with Michael Strassfeld and Amy E. Schwartz

If All the Seas Were Ink with Ilana Kurshan

Seeking Revenge After the Holocaust with Dina Porat and Amy E. Schwartz

Speaking for the Silenced: From the Inquisition to the Holocaust with Richard Zimler and Sarah Breger

The Growing Threat of Christian Nationalism with Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Katherine Stewart, Eric K. Ward and Robert Siegel

All the Rivers with Dorit Rabinyan

From Nazi Granddaughter to Holocaust Scholar: Researching the Vatican’s Holocaust-Era Archives with Suzanne Brown-Fleming and Shana Penn

On the Ground from Israel with Eetta Prince Gibson and Sarah Breger

Why We Need to Help the Uyghur People in China NOW with Elfidar Iltebir, Elisha Wiesel, and Josh Rogin

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door: Stories with Etgar Keret

The State of Antisemitism in America with Ted Deutch and Robert Siegel

Golda Meir and Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Pioneers of Women in Power with Pnina Lahav and Nadine Epstein

The Changing Relationship Between American Jews and Israel with Eric Alterman and Dan Raviv

Telling Jewish Stories Through Music with Hershey Felder and Joe Alterman

A few lovingly chosen poems by Yehuda Amichai with Robert Alter

The Real Jews of Hogan’s Heroes with Walter J. Podrazik and Harry Castleman

Let the Comedians Say What They Want! with Judy Gold and Joe Alterman

The “Normalization” of Antisemitism with Gavriel D. Rosenfeld and Amy E. Schwartz

Who Are the Hebrew Israelites? with Andre E. Brooks-Key, Eric K. Ward and Nadine Epstein

Back in Time to 1909: The Black Jewish Relationship and the founding of the NAACP with Lillie J. Edwards and Nadine Epstein

Escaping Auschwitz with Jonathan Freedland and Dan Raviv

The Educational Legacy of Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington with Dorothy Canter, Marian and Valerie Coleman, Stephanie Deutsch, Andrew Feiler and Aviva Kempner

The Musical Legacy of Leonard Cohen with David Broza and Amy E. Schwartz

A Musical Journey in Search of Iraqi-Jewish Roots with Yoni Avi Battat and Joe Alterman

Hanukkah: The Festival of Cheese with Vered Guttman

The Power of Friendship: Dinners with RBG and others with Nina Totenberg and Nadine Epstein

A Wide Open Conversation with Ken Burns and Michael Krasny

A Robert Siegel Interview with Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova

An Amy E. Schwartz Interview with Emily Bazelon

A Robert Siegel Interview with Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt

A Nadine Epstein Interview with Max Weinberg

After the Midterms: Now What? And What’s the State of Our Democracy? with Jennifer Rubin and Robert Siegel

Election Day 2022: Jewish Jokes Edition with Bill Novak

Is There Such a Thing as a Bad Jew? The Confluence of American Jewish Politics and Identity with Emily Tamkin and Dan Raviv

Shanda! Shameful Family Secrets with Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Abigail Pogrebin

Chickens and Sheep and Goats, Oy Vey! The New Jewish Farmer with Wendy Rhein, Adrienne Krone and Noah Phillips

The Little-Known Story of Jewish Refugee Professors at Historically Black Colleges & Universities with Lillie J. Edwards and Nadine Epstein

Does the Government of Hungary Really Have a “Zero Tolerance” Policy When it Comes to Antisemitism? with Ira Forman, Kati Marton and Amy E. Schwartz

From Undocumented Child to Successful American Jewish Lawyer and Writer with Qian Julie Wang and Sarah Breger

The Road to Gender Equity with Ting Ting Cheng and Nadine Epstein

The U.S. Senate: America’s First and Last Lines of Defense with Ira Shapiro and Rabbi Eric Yoffie

The Politics of Being Gay with Congressman Barney Frank, Eric Orner and Ann F. Lewis

Zionophobia: A Wide Open Conversation with Judea Pearl

Let’s Get “Nosh-talgic” with Rachel Packer

Every Child is Our Child: Foster Care and Adoption with Rabbi Susan Silverman, Rob Scheer and Rita Soronen

South Africa: Triumphs and Troubles Since the End of Apartheid with Eve Fairbanks, Steve Friedman and Glenn Frankel

Everything is Material: The Influence of Love, Loss and Humor in Fiction and Memoir with Susan Coll, Delia Ephron and Amy E. Schwartz—in celebration of the Moment-Karma Fiction Contest

A Wide-Open Conversation about Antisemitism with Jonathan Greenblatt and Robert Siegel

What Would God Say? A Comedy Date with David Javerbaum and Michael Krasny

How Social Media has Spread and Normalized Conspiracy Theories with Ambassador Karen Kornbluh, Sarah Posner and Jessica Reaves

The Black Jewish Relationship: Triumphs and Tensions with Eric K. Ward, Nadine Epstein and Clarence Page

George Soros Is a Holocaust Survivor, not a Nazi with Nadine Epstein, Leon Botstein and Humphrey Tonkin

The indomitable Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop with Mallory Lewis, Nat Segaloff and Sarah Breger

Jan Karski: Witness to the Holocaust with David Strathairn, Derek Goldman and Amy E. Schwartz

The Intersection of Music and Prayer with David Broza and Amy E. Schwartz

The Story of Art Rupe and Specialty Records with Nadine Epstein and Billy Vera

The Thrilling World of Brad Meltzer

Letters from the Lingerie Drawer: A Daughter’s Journey with Eleanor Reissa and Yehuda Hyman

Blacks, Jews, Jazz & Blues with Loren Schoenberg, Eric K. Ward and Nadine Epstein

Why You Should Know Your DNA: Genetics, Testing and Disease Prevention with Paul Root Wolpe, Ali Rogin and Emily Goldberg

The Jews of Iran: Antisemitism and the Great Exodus with Roya Hakakian and Sarah Breger

The Hollywood Blacklist and Its Jewish Legacy with Glenn Frankel and Margaret Talbot

Black and Jewish views on Critical Race Theory with Janet Dewart Bell, Mia Brett, Eric K. Ward and Nadine Epstein

Russian Aggression through the eyes of Eastern Europe with Konstanty Gebert and Amy E. Schwartz

Memories and Stories of RBG on What Would Have Been her 89th Birthday with Nina Totenberg and Nadine Epstein

Russia, Vladimir Putin and Ukraine: The Struggle Between Authoritarianism and Democracy with Natan Sharansky and Robert Siegel

Why Women Need to Pray at the Western Wall with Anat Hoffman, Susan Silverman & Deborah Katchko-Gray

God, Sex and Politics in the Lyrics of Leonard Cohen with writers Erica Jong, Marcia Pally and Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Russia and Ukraine Explained with Ambassador Ivo H. Daalder and Robert Siegel

How to Stay Safe in America During a Time of Increased Antisemitism with David Delew, Eva Fogelman Richard Priem, in conversation with Ira Forman

For the Love of Chocolate with author Michael Leventhal in conversation with Sarah Breger

The Holocaust Through the Lens of Black-Jewish Relations with Eric K. Ward and Nadine Epstein

The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel with journalist Kati Marton in conversation with Amy E. Schwartz

Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy with Martin Indyk and Dan Raviv

The Kings and Rothschilds: Working Together for Civil Rights with Janice Rothschild Blumberg and Nadine Epstein

Congressman Jamie Raskin: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy in Conversation with Amy E. Schwartz

Music Between Cultures: The Sounds of Jewish America with musician Joe Alterman

Health care for all in Mali: A Jewish Call to Action with Drs. Ari Johnson and Jessica Beckerman

Uyghurs in China: An Inconvenient Genocide with journalists Tom Gjelten and Robert Siegel

She’s Gone – Shedding Light on Domestic Violence

Becoming Dr. Ruth with Ruth K. Westheimer and Tovah Feldshuh

Behind the Scenes of Israeli Hit Show “Asylum City” with actress Hani Furstenberg and co-creator Liad Shoham

The Wonderful World of Anita Diamant. Period!

Oh, I Remember the Black Birch: Play Reading and Talkback w/ Velina Hasu Houston & Keren M. Goldberg

Why 1973, 1977, 1989 & 1993 are Critical Years at the end of the 20th Century with Deborah Dash Moore and Robert Siegel

QAnon’s Antisemitic Roots with Mia Bloom, Sophia Moskalenko and Sarah Posner

The Fifth (Jewish) Beatle with Walter J. Podrazik and Harry Castleman

RBG’S Brave and Brilliant Women with Nadine Epstein and Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt

Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury with Evan Osnos and Peter Osnos

A Secret Identity with Daniela Gerson and Robert Siegel

Jewish Art and Architecture with Artists Judy A. Greenberg, Simonida Uth and Professor Ori Z. Soltes

What Can We Learn from Films About the Holocaust? with Holocaust Scholar Michael Berenbaum and Screenwriter Michael Berlin

Rosh Hashanah in an Instant with Cookbook Author Paula Shoyer

Growing Up Funny with Jewish Comedian Rachel Creeger and Author Michael Krasny

Jews, Music and the American Dream with Musicians Ben Sidran and Joe Alterman

Why we still write Holocaust fiction with Authors Ruby Namdar, Ruth Franklin and Nadine Epstein

The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter with Historian Kai Bird and Journalist Dan Raviv

How Should We Define Antisemitism—and Who Should Define It? with Dina Porat and Mark Weitzman

An Interview with Nahum Barnea

Women Resistance Fighters during the Holocaust with Author Judy Batalion, Filmmaker Aviva Kempner and Psychologist Eva Fogelman

Laughing at Myself with Father and Son Duo – former Congressman Dan Glickman and Hollywood producer Jonathan Glickman

To All Who Call in Truth with Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren and Journalist A.J. Jacobs

Jewish Pioneers in Television: The Next Generation with TV Historians Walter J. Podrazik and Harry Castleman

The State of Antisemitism in Germany Today with Ambassador Emily Haber and Robert Siegel

What’s Next for Israel & Gaza with Middle East Analyst Aaron David Miller and Moment’s Nathan Guttman

The Man Behind the Masks: Stan Lee and Marvel Comics with Journalists Abraham Riesman and Dan Raviv

Henry Ford and Antisemitism Between World War I & World War II with Historians Pam Nadell and Daniel Greene

Crack, Bam, Dot: The Sounds and Stories of Mahjong with Author Annelise Heinz and Moment Deputy Editor Sarah Breger

What it Takes to Grow a “Badass Woman” Journalist with CNN’s Dana Bash and her mother Francie Weinman Schwartz

Why Comedians Love Jewish Mothers & More with Comedian Judy Gold

Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East with Journalists Gershom Gorenberg and Dan Raviv

The Making of Midnight Cowboy with Journalist Glenn Frankel and Film Historian Rebecca Prime

The Rise of Antisemitism in France with French Journalist Marc Weitzmann and Robert Siegel

A Tale of a Niggun by Elie Wiesel with Elisha Wiesel and Mark Podwal

A Jewish Vietnam Veteran Looks Back 50 years on the Moral Journey that Changed His Life

Charoset From Around the World

Adapting Jewish Literature: Yentl and A Tale of Love and Darkness with Fania Oz-Salzberger, Ruby Namdar and Rokhl Kafrissen

The Holocaust and Antisemitism in Latin America: A Conversation with Ilan Stavans and Andrés Spokoiny

The State of Democracy 2021: A Conversation with David Brooks and Robert Siegel

Hitler’s Tasters: Play Reading and Talkback with Michelle Kholos Brooks and Gavriel D. Rosenfeld

Blood Libel: An Investigation Into The Origins of a Virulent and Enduring Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory with Historian E.M. Rose

Jewish Pioneers in Television

Things Calvin Trillin Forgot To Say

North Africa’s Forgotten Holocaust with Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Aomar Boum

What to Do About Antisemitism & Racism with Eric K. Ward

Yiddish Storytelling for a New Generation

Robert Siegel on U.S. Capitol Riots: ‘It’s Like Nothing I’ve Seen Before’

What’s So Funny About Jewish Humor with William Novak

A Wide Open Conversation with Esther Wojcicki and Nadine Epstein

Deborah Lipstadt and Robert Siegel: A Conversation on Antisemitism

The Great Latke Topping Debate: Oral Arguments on Behalf of Applesauce, Sour Cream, Ketchup and More!

Can Robots be Jewish? And Other Pressing Questions of Modern Life

A Robert Siegel Interview with Madeleine Albright: ‘Fascism Is Not an Ideology. It’s a Process for Gaining Power’

A Post Election View with Journalists E.J. Dionne and Robert Siegel

Jews and Presidential Elections with Historians Jonathan Sarna and Lauren Strauss

Culinary Travels with Joan Nathan

Jewish Political Voices Project – Swing States and the Jewish Vote

The State of Jewish Journalism with Andrés Spokoiny, Philissa Cramer and Sarah Breger

Prison, Politics and the Jewish People with Activist Natan Sharansky and Historian Gil Troy

Musical Memories of Elie Wiesel

A Wide-Open Conversation with Author and Linguist Deborah Tannen

A Wide-Open Conversation with Historian Simon Schama and Journalist Robert Siegel

The Growing Threat from Domestic Antisemitism with Holly Huffnagle and Ira Forman

Fiction, History and Politics with Statesman Michael Oren

Have I Got a Cartoon for You! with former New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff

Theodore Bikel’s The City of Light with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel

The Life and Legacy of Elie Wiesel with Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein

The Message of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel with Susannah Heschel and Richard Michelson

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment with Pamela Nadell and Elaine Weiss

Israel and the UAE with former Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller

Israeli Street Food Beyond Falafel with Chef Vered Guttman

When Rabbis Bless Congress with C-SPAN’s Howard Mortman

A Conversation with Founding Editor of Ms. Magazine Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Celebrating Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue with Louie Kemp and Kinky Friedman

How Women in Israel Are Losing Ground Due to COVID-19 with Eetta Prince-Gibson

The Teachings of Elie Wiesel Remembered with Elisha Wiesel

Save Yourself from Zombies with Bestselling Author and Disaster Preparedness Expert Max Brooks

Discovering Your Family Secrets with Esther Safran Foer and Robert Siegel

Israeli Politics Today with Nathan Guttman

Stories and Songs of Theodore Bikel with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel

Broadway Songs about the Jewish Experience with Michael Lavine

Seven Species Salad & other Shavuot Specialties

Stolen Legacy—Nazi Theft and the Quest for Justice with Dina Gold

Funny You Should Ask with Bob Mankoff

The Unfortunate Convergence of Antisemitism and COVID-19 with Ira Forman

Jewish Leaders in Women’s Fight for the Vote with Ann Lewis

Virtual Passover Seder with Amy E. Schwartz

Becoming Dr. Ruth with Ruth K. Westheimer and Tovah Feldshuh

*Monday, December 6, 11:00 am, ET / 8:00 am, PT

Ruth K. Westheimer has led a remarkable life. Long before she became a world-famous sex therapist, she escaped the Holocaust on the Kindertransport to Switzerland and was a teenage sharpshooter in the Haganah. As a young woman she studied and taught at the University of Paris before making her way to the United States—and “becoming Dr Ruth.” She will be in conversation about how to live life to the fullest with Tovah Feldshuh, the six-time Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor who will play her in the Off-Broadway show Becoming Dr Ruth this December. Westheimer and Feldshuh will be joined by Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein.