27
Aug
Andrew Smith (57), a Republican from Columbus, OH, grew up in Maine where he was raised Conservative, “because that’s pretty much all we had up there.”...
27
Aug
Mark Goldhaber (NC): ‘Donald Trump Should Utilize His Second Term to Rebuild the Economy’
Mark Goldhaber (67), a Republican from Raleigh, NC, is active in the Jewish Federation and AIPAC. He previously worked for a Republican member of Congress and...
27
Aug
Ariana Mentzel (MI): ‘Joe Biden Can Win if People Vote’
Ariana Mentzel (34), a Democrat from Beverly Hills, MI, leads college students in conversations about anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the Detroit Center for...
27
Aug
Stuart Baum (MI): ‘Biden Needs to Rebuild the Obama Coalition’
Stuart Baum (22), a Democrat from Detroit, MI, attended Jewish day school growing up and is a recent graduate of Wayne State University where he served as...
27
Aug
Janice Weiner (IA): ‘[Trump] Now Makes No Secret of His Racism’
Janice Weiner (61), a Democrat from Iowa City, IA, is president-elect of her synagogue, Agudas Achim, and on its safety committee, an area where she gained...
27
Aug
Beshert | A Mensch with an Edge
We met through a friend on July 4th, 1996. My friend Sheryl asked me to fireworks; her friend Cliff was saving spaces at Gasworks Park,...
27
Aug
Theodore Bikel’s The City of Light with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel
Love, Laughter and Tears: Theodore Bikel’s The City of Light with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel. This zoominar is part of the Martha’s Vineyard Jewish Book Festival, in partnership with Moment Magazine, the Chilmark Library and the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.
26
Aug
Josh Mandelbaum (IA): ‘A Healthy Democracy Relies on Citizen Participation’
Josh Mandelbaum (40), a Democrat from Des Moines, IA, comes from a long line of Iowans and attends Temple B’nai Jeshurun, the congregation his great-great-grandfather helped...
26
Aug
Bud Hockenberg (IA): ‘The Democratic Campaign Is Obama’s Third Term’
Bud Hockenberg (92), a Republican from Des Moines IA, is the former president of the Des Moines Jewish Federation and a founding member of what is...
26
Aug
Robert Schwebel (AZ): ‘[Trump] has Succeeded in Undermining the Justice System’
Robert Schwebel (71), a Democrat from Tucson, AZ, is a clinical psychologist specializing in drug abuse. He had his bar mitzvah in Hungary, where his parents...
26
Aug
The Life and Legacy of Elie Wiesel with Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein
A Moment of Inspiration: The Life and Legacy of Elie Wiesel with Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein. This zoominar is part of the Martha’s Vineyard Jewish Book Festival, in partnership with Moment Magazine, the Chilmark Library and the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.
25
Aug
The Gang Rape in Eilat Is Not the Exception Israelis Think It Is
Midday in late August, Israel’s Channel 13 TV stopped broadcasting and instead flashed the words, "We are interrupting this broadcast for the following minute to...