Jewish Thought Leaders

Distracted driving is now a leading cause of highway crashes, accounting for over 5,000 traffic fatalities and nearly a half a million serious injuries each year. In this episode, NY Times Pulitzer prize winning journalist Matt Richtel, author of A Deadly Wandering, discusses the dangers of distracted driving and is then joined, for a panel discussion, by Rabbi Chai Levy, Dr. Peg Sandel, and Larry Yermack.

Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, explores how American Jews and Muslims can talk about Israel, peaceably, with Wajahat Ali, journalist, play write, & talk show host.

The Future of Democracy in Israel is the topic of this presentation and discussion by Yossi Klein HaLevi, senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and co-director of the Institute’s Muslim Leadership Initiative.

Jazz and blues vocalist Pamela Rose has developed a captivating showpiece entitled “Wild Women of Song” celebrating the lives, times and music of the women songwriters of Tin Pan Alley. This presentation focuses on the women songwriters of this era who happened to be Jewish.

Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, founder of ZION: Am Eretz Israeli Congregation in Jerusalem, is considered by many to be a modern day prophet. Her work in building a community in Israel dedicated to the highest ideals of Judaism and the promise of a nation that reflects those ideals is a magnet for people from all backgrounds. In this episode of Jewish Thought Leaders, Rabbi Elad-Appelbaum teaches a Bay Area community about her work and the Zion that can be.