About Us
Confirmed Conversations and Leaders
Welcome to our Conversations! Each Conversation will take place over Zoom for 90 minutes. Conversation Leaders who live in Israel will present on Sundays at 3pm, while those living in the United States will present on Wednesday evening. In some cases, day of the week or time will be adjusted to meet the Leader’s scheduling needs.
Below is a lits of our confirmed Conversations -for more information on the Conversation Leader, click on the name.
All Conversations dates & times are based on the New York, NY time zone
ALL CONFIRMED CONVERSATION LEADERS:
- Professor Jonathan Sarna of Brandeis University, the pre-eminent historian of American Jewry
- Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York, the pre-eminent spokesman for a robust Reform Judaism and peoplehood
- Rabbi Sharon Brous, rabbi of IKAR, Los Angeles, prominent author and speaker on a revitalized American Jewish spirituality
- Rabbi Eric Gurvis, Reform rabbi and master teacher of Mussar
- Rachel Korazim, Israel’s most important adult educator, expert on Israeli poetry and spiritual expression, post-October 7
- Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie of Labshul, one of American Judaism’s most creative and audacious spiritual leaders
- Rabbi Lance Sussman, rabbi emeritus of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, Elkins Park, PA; historian of the American Jewish experience
- Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, one of the most improtant theologians of our times, known for his thoughts on the issue of pluralism in Jewish life
- Rabbi Shlomo Brody, author of the recently published Ethics of Our Fighters: A Jewish View on War and Morality
- Rabbi Shai Held, Dean, and Chair in Jewish Thought at the Hadar institute and author of the forecoming Judaism is About Love
- Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein, founder of JFNA’s Initiative for Jewish Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and Kamochah, a community for Black Orthodox Jews.
- Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, author, educator and activist on issues of ethical renewal and social justice
- Mark Oppenheimer, author and journalist covering American religion for 25 years
- Elana Stein Hain, Rosh Beit Midrash and a senior research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America
