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Hampton Authors: Eleanor Reissa
November 18, 2022
Eleanor Reissa discusses The Letters Project, her tough, honest, and often funny memoir that takes readers back in time through her family’s past in Germany and Israel with Rabbi Avraham Bronstein in a program of The Hampton Synagogue.
Hampton Authors: Jonathan Greenblatt
December 9, 2022
Jonathan Greenblatt (CEO, ADL), joins Rabbi Bronstein to discuss It Could Happen Here, his book that warns of the potential for antisemitism and systemic violence to continue gathering momentum in the U.S., and offers strategies to combat hate.
Hampton Authors: Letty Cottin Pogrebin
December 19, 2022
Feminist icon and author Letty Cottin Pogrebin discusses the Jewish cultural heritage of secrecy for survival which she writes about in her book Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy, with The Hampton Synagogue’s Rabbi Avraham Bronstein.
Robert Siegel: What’s New in Washington 2023
January 2, 2023
Robert Siegel unpacks results and uncertainties of the 2022 midterm elections, and looks ahead to the political landscape of 2023, with panelists E.J. Dionne (Brookings Institution), Tamara Keith (NPR) and John Cassidy (New Yorker Magazine)
Srugim Unraveled
February 27, 2023
Teisha Bader is joined by Shira Kaplan, a young modern Orthodox professional living and dating in New York City, and by Laizy Shapiro, the creator of the hit show Srugim.
Israeli Judicial Reforms
March 13, 2023
Israeli MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism party) and Yaniv Roznai (Harry Radzyner Law School) debate the controversial judicial reforms advanced by the new government in Israel, with moderator Shmuel Rosner (Jewish Journal).
Robert Siegel: War in Ukraine
March 28, 2023
Robert Siegel examines the state and future of the war in Ukraine with David Ignatius ( Washington Post), Kori Schake (American Enterprise Institute), Amb. William B. Taylor (US Institute of Peace)
Eye On Israel: Ofir Gendelman
April 26, 2023
Ofir Gendelman, a trailblazer who’s been Israel’s spokesperson in the Arab media for the past 17 years, shares his personal journey in learning Arabic and discusses challenges and opportunities in working with Arab media. With Shahar Azani.
Candid Cantor Dan Singer
May 2, 2023
Cantor Dan Singer of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue is joined by playwright Toby Singer who discusses The Match, his musical that imagines a world where Hungarian heroes Hannah Senesh and Rudolf Kaztner actually met.
Robert Siegel: US Israel Relations
May 5, 2023
Ambassador Martin S. Indyk, (Council on Foreign Relations), Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen (U.S. Institute of Peace) and David Makovsky (Washington Institute for Near East Policy) look at the myriad crises in Israel and discuss how the U.S. should respond