Stuart Baum (MI): ‘Biden Needs to Rebuild the Obama Coalition’
Stuart Baum (22), a Democrat from Detroit, MI, attended Jewish day school growing up and is a recent graduate of Wayne State University where he served as...
Janice Weiner (IA): ‘[Trump] Now Makes No Secret of His Racism’
Janice Weiner (61), a Democrat from Iowa City, IA, is president-elect of her synagogue, Agudas Achim, and on its safety committee, an area where she gained...
Beshert | A Mensch with an Edge
We met through a friend on July 4th, 1996. My friend Sheryl asked me to fireworks; her friend Cliff was saving spaces at Gasworks Park,...
Theodore Bikel’s The City of Light with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel
Love, Laughter and Tears: Theodore Bikel’s The City of Light with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel. This zoominar is part of the Martha’s Vineyard Jewish Book Festival, in partnership with Moment Magazine, the Chilmark Library and the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.
Josh Mandelbaum (IA): ‘A Healthy Democracy Relies on Citizen Participation’
Josh Mandelbaum (40), a Democrat from Des Moines, IA, comes from a long line of Iowans and attends Temple B’nai Jeshurun, the congregation his great-great-grandfather helped...
Bud Hockenberg (IA): ‘The Democratic Campaign Is Obama’s Third Term’
Bud Hockenberg (92), a Republican from Des Moines IA, is the former president of the Des Moines Jewish Federation and a founding member of what is...
Robert Schwebel (AZ): ‘[Trump] has Succeeded in Undermining the Justice System’
Robert Schwebel (71), a Democrat from Tucson, AZ, is a clinical psychologist specializing in drug abuse. He had his bar mitzvah in Hungary, where his parents...
The Life and Legacy of Elie Wiesel with Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein
A Moment of Inspiration: The Life and Legacy of Elie Wiesel with Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein. This zoominar is part of the Martha’s Vineyard Jewish Book Festival, in partnership with Moment Magazine, the Chilmark Library and the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.
The Gang Rape in Eilat Is Not the Exception Israelis Think It Is
Midday in late August, Israel’s Channel 13 TV stopped broadcasting and instead flashed the words, "We are interrupting this broadcast for the following minute to...
The Message of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel with Susannah Heschel and Richard Michelson
Susannah Heschel, professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and Richard Michelson, author of As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Amazing March Toward Freedom, discus the partnership between these two great leaders and what it means for our time.
This zoominar is part of the Martha’s Vineyard Jewish Book Festival, in partnership with Moment Magazine, the Chilmark Library and the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.
Trump Plays the God Card Against Democrats
Donald Trump has been actively drawing God into his campaign for the past few weeks. It started with the claim earlier this month that his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, is “against God,” has “no religion” and will “hurt the Bible, hurt God.”
Twitter Explained | Trump Pardons Susan B. Anthony and Not Joe Exotic
On Tuesday, August 18, President Donald Trump pardoned suffragette Susan B. Anthony—she died in 1906. In 1897, Anthony was arrested for voting before the 19th...