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February 10: Telling the Jewish Story in 2022
This discussion will take place on Thursday, February 10 at 12 p.m. ET./ 9 a.m. PT./ 7 p.m. IST Register here. Join the Jewish Future Pledge for a webinar featuring leading figures in the Jewish media world opining on the latest trends in their field. Hear from Alex Traiman, the CEO and Jerusalem Bureau Chief…
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Schools must be safe, welcoming — and open
Students are settling into the third straight school year disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Since Aug. 1, I have been on the road visiting public schools in 30 communities in 14 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. I’ve sensed the trepidation students, parents and school staff feel; how could they not, with the delta variant…
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November 9: The Legacy of Elie Wiesel
This conversation will take place on Tuesday, November 9 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. Register here. Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel changed the world. Join the Jewish Future Pledge for a special webinar to hear from his son, Elisha Wiesel, and grandchildren on how his family is working to continue his legacy. Elisha…
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November 17: Hustling Hitler: The Jewish Vaudevillian Who Fooled the Führer
We’re proud to partner with Landmark West on Hustling Hitler: The Jewish Vaudevillian Who Fooled the Führer. This virtual event will take place on Wednesday, November 17th at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT. Register here and use the code “Partner” at checkout for free tickets. Walter Shapiro had always assumed that the outlandish…
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Vaccinate to stem the tide of COVID-19
Students and staff are returning to school amid the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths, the third straight school year under the cloud of the coronavirus, and more than 40 percent of eligible Americans—those 12 and older—having not gotten their second or even first vaccination. All this leaves me anguishing over what it will…
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Rise Up/Bat Mitzvah At 100: A National Shabbat
This service and panel discussion will take place both in-person and on Zoom on Thursday, March 17 at 7 p.m. ET. / 4 p.m. PT This Event Has Passed In 1922, SAJ held the first bat mitzvah in America, a trail-blazing step toward gender equality in Judaism. Today, our “B*Mitzvah experience” affirms gender equity and…
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A safe and welcoming school year for all
Readers of a certain age will get it when I say that teachers absolutely MacGyvered the last 16 months. For everyone else, I’m referring to the ways educators improvised using what they had on hand, and their ingenuity, to complete their mission — educating and connecting with their students during a once-in-a-century pandemic. Educators have…
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Saving our democracy
I was catching up on some reading this week, with the TV on in the background, when I heard the journalist A.B. Stoddard warn, “We might have had our last free and fair election.” I stiffened, because I knew she was exactly right and she was sounding an alarm. A fire is sweeping the country,…
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LISTEN: 2NJB Podcast — Pro-Israel Influencer Rudy Rochman
As we record this episode, we are about 2 weeks after Operation Guardian of the Wall, aka – Israel’s 4th war with Gaza. In the 12 day war, Hamas shot thousands of rockets on innocent civilians, as the IDF retaliated against military targets in Gaza, doing everything it could to harm as few civilians as…
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LISTEN: 2NJB Podcast — The Guy Who Wrote Israel’s Iconic Gay Movies
Last February, Gal Uchovsky said something provocative. So far, that’s not really news – since Uchovsky, who’s a very well known publicist, filmmaker and gay-rights-advocate, is also very well known for his eccentricity, his though provoking columns and television appearances. But this time, things have gotten a bit out of hand. On a Friday-evening family…
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LISTEN: 2NJB Podcast — Operation Guardian of the Walls: What Really Happened?
It seems like forever ago when rockets hit Israel and we ran to shelters to the soothing sounds of the sirens. Actually, wait, that was a week ago! That’s the pace of things in the Middle East. Still, something big happened here. Tectonic changes. Things will never quite be the same as they were. Many…
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