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Five Yiddish comedians walk into a Zoom...
Monday, July 13 @ 2 p.m. ET Join Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter as she talks to contemporary stars of Yiddish comedy and mavens of Yiddish humor — Shane Baker, Michael Wex, Allen Lewis Rickman, Yelena Shmulenson and Hy Wolfe. Hear some of the routines that keep audiences coming back for more.
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An interview with Cory Booker
Monday, July 13 @ 8:30 p.m. ET How can Jews best fight racism? What is next for police reform in Congress? Is Washington doing enough to contain coronavirus? What does the 2020 campaign look like for a former contender? Join Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in-Chief of the Forward, for a candid conversation with the Senator from New Jersey and former Democratic presidential candidate.
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The Forward Book Club
Wednesday, July 15 @ 3 p.m. ET Join our virtual book club, led by Rachel Fishman Feddersen, publisher & CEO; Chana Pollack, archivist; and Talya Zax, deputy culture editor. This month we're reading Vivian Gornick’s "Fierce Attachments." The New York Times ranked "Fierce Attachments" the #1 best memoir of the past 50 years, saying that Gornick is "a quintessentially American voice, and a beautiful one."
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Past Conversations
Couldn't make it to one of our virtual talks? Watch the recordings: An exit interview with Amb. Dani Dayan Ambassador Dayan is heading home after four years as Israel’s Consul General in the New York area. What has he learned about American Jewry and our relationship with the Jewish state? How has the experience changed his understanding of U.S. politics — and Israel’s? Watch Jodi Rudoren and Andrew Silow-Carroll, editors-in-chief of The Forward and the Jewish Week, in this frank and provocative conversation. A Jewish conversation for Pride Month: How far we've come and what happens next? Jodi Rudoren moderated a conversation on Pride Month with Dr. Joy Ladin, author, poet and David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College; Arya Marvazy, activist and Managing Director of JQ International; Arthur Slepian, Board Chair of SF-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund and Founder of A Wider Bridge; and Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., President of the Reconstructing Judaism. |
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