MOMENTLIVE! Programs

Soundtrack of the Jewish People: Great Songs that Reshaped America with Joe Levy in Conversation with Nadine Epstein

Tuesday, September 16 at 7PM, ET / 4PM, PT

Former Rolling Stone and Billboard editor Joe Levy will discuss the intersection of music and the Jewish experience in America including great songs by the likes of Irving Berlin, Sammy Cahn, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that have reshaped America. He’ll also explain how Bob Dylan’s powerful 1965 “Highway 61 Revisited” transformed the American landscape at another “messy time” in American history. Levy will be in conversation with Nadine Epstein, editor-in-chief and CEO of Moment Magazine, who like Levy, contributed to the Soundtrack of the Jewish People project.

Soundtrack of the Jewish People—is an ongoing series exploring the history of Jewish contributions to the world of music—with musicians, scholars and music lovers, based on Moment’s years-long undertaking to explore music with Jewish significance.

Co-presented with Museum of Jewish Heritage.

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Loss and Love: The Leonard Fein Family Story with Jessica Fein and Nadine Epstein

Thursday, September 18 at 1pm, ET / 10am, PT

Jessica Fein, author of Breath Taking: A Memoir of Family, Dreams, and Broken Genes, is a writer, speaker, podcast host and “reluctant grief expert.” She is the daughter of Moment cofounder Leonard “Leibel” Fein who has been called the “father” of the Jewish social justice movement. Join Fein for a wide-open conversation about love, loss and family as well as the legacy her father left behind. In conversation with Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein who will also share memories of Leibel Fein.

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When the Black Press Stood Up for the Jews—and Other Newspapers Didn’t with Eric K. Ward and Nadine Epstein

Thursday, September 25 at 4:00pm, ET / 1:00pm, PT

From 1933 to 1945, Black newspaper owners and editors published articles, editorials, cartoons and letters that condemned the Nazis and sympathized with the plight of the Jews in Europe. In fact, when it became clear that Hitler’s goal was to exterminate Europe’s Jews, the Black press jumped on the story with more gusto than some mainstream media outlets, including the Jewish-owned New York Times. Join Moment Institute Fellow, Eric K. Ward, VP of Race Forward and Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein for a conversation about this little-known but important chapter of Black-Jewish history. The discussion will include the direct link between Jim Crow and to Hitlers’ anti-Jewish policies, Black history during this period and the role of the Black press then and now. This program is part of Moment’s Wide River Project.

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