BJ Dialogue Series on the Jewish Future: What is Essential?

  • What questions should we be asking?
  • What issues should we be addressing?
  • How do we respond in a relevant way to the challenges of the future?

Six 90-minute dialogues between innovative and visionary Jewish leaders and with the BJ community.

All dialogues take place at 88th Street

November 13-14
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller

Chaim Seidler-Feller is in his 34th year as UCLA Hillel Director.

Saturday, December 12 | 3:00–4:30PM
Michael Steinhardt and Amichai Lau-Lavie

Michael Steinhardt, a money manager turned philanthropist, is Chairman of the The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life which is dedicated to creating a renaissance in American Jewish life. Amichai Lau-Lavie is the founder and Executive and Artistic Director of Storahtelling.

Saturday, February 13 | 3:45–5:15PM
Rabbi Irwin Kula and Nessa Rapoport

Irwin Kula is President of CLAL and has worked with leaders from around the world using Jewish wisdom to promote compassionate leadership. Nessa Rapoport is an author who writes and speaks frequently on issues of Jewish culture and imagination. She is senior program officer at the Charles H. Revson Foundation.

Saturday, April 17 | 4:30–6:00PM
Ruth Messinger and Tobi Kahn

Ruth Messinger is President of American Jewish World Service. Tobi Kahn is a painter and sculptor with works in major museums, corporate, and private collections.

Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Tuesday, May 18 | 8:30PM Service
9:00–10:30PM: Dr. Deborah Lipstadt and Jonathan Rosen

Deborah Lipstadt is an author and Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. Jonathan Rosen, author and former columnist for The Forward, is the editorial director of the Nextbook/Shocken Jewish Encounters series.

10:30PM–midnight: Rabbi David Ellenson and Dr. Devora Steinmetz

David Ellenson is President of Hebrew Union College. Devora Steinmetz is the founder of Beit Rabban, a teacher of rabbinic literature, and faculty member at Yeshivat Hadar.

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