Tuesday, September 16
7:30 pm
Edgar M. Bronfman
Hope, Not Fear: A Path to Jewish Renaissance
$9, Discounted Member Price $6, FREE FOR BIRTHRIGHT ALUMNI

In conversation with Wayne Firestone and Beth Zasloff

Through a reexamination of texts and interviews with many Jewish leaders, philanthropist Edgar M. Bronfman outlines a new agenda for the Jewish community, one that ensures that Judaism grows and thrives in a more open society. Bronfman urges North American Jewry to build, rather than to fight, and to focus on the joy within Judaism. Hope, Not Fear asks the reader to help create a Jewish tradition that embraces the new as much as it delves into the old, that welcomes many different voices, and that attempts to make the world a better place.

Edgar Bronfman is a philanthropist and the former president of the World Jewish Congress. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Ltd. Mr. Bronfman has been instrumental in the growth of Taglit-Birthright Israel and Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. He established The Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel and founded the website MyJewishLearning.com.

Wayne Firestone is president of Hillel International. He joined Hillel in a professional capacity in 2002. Previously, he was director of the Israel Regional Office of the Anti-Defamation League 2001-2002. In November 2006, Firestone was named by The Jewish Daily Forward as one of the "Forward 50," influencers who are making a difference in the way American Jews view the world and themselves.

Beth Zasloff is an alumna of the Bronfman Youth Fellowships, and her collaboration with Edgar M. Bronfman has been a dynamic intergenerational partnership. She is a writer and  an artist and a writing teacher. She has taught writing at New York University, Johns Hopkins University, and in New York City public schools.

Presented in partnership with the 16th Street J's Interfaith Connections

Co-sponsored by Birthright Israel NEXT and Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

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