The Forward book club Wednesday, September 30 @ 3 p.m. ET/ 12 p.m. PT
 

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 "Family Lexicon" by Natalia Ginzburg.

To join, register here. You can also join our Facebook group to continue the conversation between meetings.

Still Small Voice: Talking about God in the midst of a plague Thursday, October 1 @ 12 p.m. ET/ 9 a.m. PT
 

Abigail Pogrebin, author and Forward contributor, will be joined by four of the 18 rabbis she interviewed for our recent series on God: David Wolpe of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, Angela Buchdahl of Manhattan’s Central Synagogue, David Ingber of Manhattan’s Romemu and Laura Shaw Frank of AJC. The talk will be moderated by Jodi Rudoren.

Register here.

This talk will be recorded and sent to registrants.

Election town hall — New York and the 2020 election
Thursday, October 1 @ 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT

With the pivotal 2020 presidential election around the corner, it’s essential to stay informed about the election’s potential impact on New York and understand how to be engaged in the voting process. Joining us for the conversation is Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, New York City’s Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, and Jodi Rudoren.

Presented in partnership with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan.

Register here.

Women on the week
Friday, October 2 @ 9 a.m. ET/ 6 a.m. PT 

Round table, sharp perspectives. Each Friday at 9 a.m. ET, our Editor-in-Chief, Jodi Rudoren, and the chief executive of Jewish Women International, Meredith Jacobs, are joined by other female, Jewish journalists to parse the week's news and go deep into what American Jews are talking about. 

Click here to sign up, and here to watch prior episodes.

The Forward's Come As You Are gala: Comedy and cocktails in challenging times
Monday, October 19 @ 8:30 p.m. ET/ 5:30 p.m. PT 

Join comedians, celebrities, politicians and your favorite Forward journalists as we gather on screen for a light-hearted evening in these uncertain times. Emcee, Jessica Kirson will keep us laughing through the night as we hear from Mayim Bialik, actress and activist; Miri Ben-Ari, grammy award-winning violinist; Michael Blooomberg, 108th mayor of New York City; Yisrael Campbell, comedian, Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist; Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary and many more!

Register here.

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Listen: 2NJB podcast - Fact checker by day, comedian by night

Yoav Rabinovitz is our guest today. By day, he’s the chief-editor of the super influential TV show “The Other Side with Guy Zohar”, which deconstructs news items and political speeches, and confronts them with the facts. And by night, Yoav takes off his suit and becomes a stand-up comedian, the wittiest tweeter in the Middle East, and a guy that can dance as if he’s the love child of Michael Jackson and Mick Jagger. 

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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Yom Kippur conversations feature NIH Director and best-selling authors

On Yom Kippur, September 28, enrich your holiday by watching four remarkable individuals in conversation with Rabbi Naomi Levy, founder of Nashuva: Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, Susan Cain, best-selling author of "Quiet," Dr. Lori Gottlieb, best-selling author of "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone" and Alex Banayan, best-selling author of "The Third Door."

Watch the interviews here.

Watch as Len Berk, the last Jewish lox slicer at Zabar's joins Melissa Clark, The New York Times food writer and cookbook author, for a pre-Yom Kippur conversation about all-things-appetizing. Moderated by Jodi Rudoren.

If you want your challah to have a soft, fluffy crumb and a melt-in-your-mouth crust there’s one recipe that delivers it time after time: Tangzhong Challah. Watch National Editor Rob Eshman and Avidan Ross as they show you the step-by-step way to adapt the Asian technique behind famous Japanese sandwich breads to your challah.