Julie Salamon (New York Times best-selling author) sits down with retired Harvard President Lawrence Bacow. Lawrence S. Bacow served as the 29th President of Harvard University from 2018 until 2023. Widely recognized as one of higher education’s most respected leaders, Bacow’s tenure at Harvard was marked by the creation of a range of academic initiatives, […]
Since its revival in 1915, the Ku Klux Klan has targeted Jewish Americans and others through violence, harassment, and propaganda. The continuous presence of a hostile hate group has prompted Jews to ask several questions: how can the Klan be defeated, and what is the Jewish role in that process? This program offers a history […]
Join us for an in person discussion with comedian Judy Gold and author Grace Kessler Overbeke. First Lady of Laughs tells the story of Jean Carroll, the first Jewish woman to become a star in the field we now call stand-up comedy. Though rarely mentioned among the pantheon of early stand-up comics such as Henny […]
Julie Salamon (New York Times bestselling author) sits down with writer David Denby to discuss his latest book, Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer. David Denby is the New York Times bestselling author of Great Books. His other books include American Sucker and Lit Up. He was a film critic for New York magazine and The New Yorker, where he is now a staff […]
