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FALL 2009 SATELLITE BROADCAST SCHEDULE
sponsored by:
and the Rabbi Sanford Saperstein Fund of Temple Beth Israel
Howard Dean’s Progressive Prognosis
Thu, Sep 24, 8:15 pm Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean discusses his new book Howard Dean’s Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform: How We Can Achieve Affordable Medical Care for Every American and Make Our Jobs Safer, and the future of the Progressive movement in America. He is an independent consultant focused on health care, early childhood development, alternative energy and the expansion of grassroots politics around the world. Dean served as the chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009 and ran for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination.
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Rabbi Harold Kushner on Fear
Gail Saltz, interviewer Tue, Oct 6, 8:15 pm Fear is an inescapable component in our lives: fear of unemployment, of aging, of illness or of a terrorist attack. In uncertain times, coping with these fears can be especially challenging. Hear the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People talk about what we can do to overcome our fears. Harold Kushner is the rabbi laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts. His new book is Conquering Fear: Living Boldly in an Uncertain World
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How to Change the World:
Jeffrey Sachs with Howard Gardner
Wed, Oct 14, 8 pm
Harvard University Professor Howard Gardner conducts a one-on-one interview with Jeffrey Sachs based on the simple inquiry: What can we learn from what you have achieved? Sachs talks about his work in helping to understand and eradicate extreme poverty. Sachs is the director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and a special advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon. He was director of the UN Millennium Project and advisor on the Millennium Development Goals Report, the internationally accepted goals to reduce extreme poverty, disease and hunger by the year 2015.
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Michael B. Oren and Yossi Klein Halevi
Thane Rosenbaum, moderator
Mon, Oct 26, 8 pm
Join award-winning author Michael B. Oren, the new Israeli ambassador to the U.S., and distinguished journalist and author Yossi Klein Halevi for an expansive conversation about the world’s obsession with Israel and the tempestuous politics of the Middle East. Oren is a distinguished fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. He is the author of the award-winning Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East and the critically acclaimed Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present. Halevi is a contributing editor and the Israel correspondent of The New Republic. He is author of At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew’s Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land.
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Mitch Albom: Have a Little Faith
Wed, Nov 4, 8 pm
Writer and broadcaster Mitch Albom, the author of Tuesdays with Morrie (the best-selling memoir of all time with more than 14 million copies sold), The Five People You Meet in Heaven and For One More Day, has become an inspiration to millions of people around the world. His forthcoming book is Have a Little Faith: A True Story of a Last Request. Albom is a columnist for the Detroit Free Press and the host of two radio shows that are broadcast in 38 states.
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Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World
Mon, Dec 7, 8:15 pm
Vali Nasr, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, argues that the great battle for the soul of the Middle East will be fought not over religion, but over business and capitalism. Learn why extremism has become such a problem and how it can be defeated, how regional stability can evolve and how Middle East-U.S. relations can be dramatically improved. Vali Nasr is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University. He has been tapped to be a senior adviser to Richard Holbrooke, the Obama administration’s Special Representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan. He is the author of Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World . Interviewer TBD. |
The Dershowitz Debates
Alan Dershowitz takes on challenging and controversial figures on the 92nd Street Y stage! Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. His recent books include Rights From Wrong, The Case For Israel and The Case For Peace. After listening to each debate, the audience will determine whether Dershowitz or his opponent made a more convincing argument.
Live audience members will be able to cast their votes by text message! |
Alan Dershowitz vs. Dennis Prager:
The Left, the Right and Judaism in America
Les Gelb, moderator
Thu, Oct 29, 8 pm
Two of the nation’s most provocative voices on issues surrounding Judaism and the Middle East conflict come together for a can’t-miss event. Listen as they debate Zionism, democracy, torture, social justice, the current administration and other pressing issues. Dennis Prager is one of America’s most influential radio talk show hosts, columnists and speakers and the author of, most recently, The Nine Questions People Ask about Judaism. Les Gelb is the author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy. He was previously a New York Times columnist, senior government official and president of the Council on Foreign Relations. |
Alan Dershowitz vs. Jeremy Ben-Ami:
American Foreign Policy and Israel
Eliot Spitzer, moderator
Sat, Nov 21, 8 pm
As the U.S. continues to support an embattled Israel while simultaneously establishing good relations with pro-Western Arab countries, American Jews, Israeli Jews and American politicians are wrestling with how to effectively approach Israeli security and peacemaking. Supply arms and aid to Israel without condition? Encourage more radical evacuation of settlements and a diplomatic approach to a two-state solution? The hawkish Dershowitz and the head of J Street, the new “liberal” Israel lobby, each make their case. Jeremy Ben- Ami is the executive director of J Street, an organization that promotes American leadership to end the Arab- Israeli conflict peacefully and diplomatically. Eliot Spitzer is the former governor of New York.
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Breaking News in the Jewish World and Beyond
Ed Koch with Joseph Berger
Monday, December 14, 2009 8:15 pm)
New York Times reporter Joseph Berger engages the always-provocative former Mayor of New York City in a free-flowing, provocative discussion about current events. |
Reservations are required.
Please notify Temple Beth Israel office at 383-3428.
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