Abigail Pogrebin has become a rare voice among American Jews, as a journalist and an explorer who shares with refreshing wit and candor her path to finding a meaningful Jewish life.
A former producer for 60 Minutes and Charlie Rose, author of “Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish,” “One and the Same,” and “Showstopper,” she has her own interview series at The JCC in Manhattan and was a co-author of Newsweek’s annual Top Rabbis list.
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2015, Abigail Pogrebin explained how to make the holiday meaningful year after year. Her message resonates just as strongly today. Tonight I will be reading aloud the names of strangers. The annual “Reading and Hearing of the Names” is coordinated by the JCC in Manhattan in honor of Yom HaShoah…
I ducked the fifth fast by shunning my feminist roots. All firstborn sons are supposed to fast on the eve of Passover to remember that God saved the eldest Jewish boys during the 10th plague; some Jews interpret the mandate to apply to women as well. My mother, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, an un-shy feminist (and…
There’s no excuse for a boring seder. The Passover story is too dramatic, its themes too urgent, and the energy of guests too opportune for the ritual to be about simply “getting through” the haggadah to make it to the matzoh ball soup. And yet so many Jews confess to streamlining the first stretch of…
Jackie Mason had it wrong when he said gentiles are focused on the next cocktail and Jews on the next meal. I’ve now grasped that Jews do their share of imbibing. There’s wine every Shabbat, single malt on Simchat Torah, egg nog on Hanukkah (okay, maybe just in my family), four cups of wine on…
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