Events
Monday, November 2, 2026
What would motherhood look like if mothers had the support they deserve? Join Abigail as she moderates a post-screening discussion for No Country for Mothers, a documentary following activist Reshma Saujani as she investigates the narratives that divide mothers and the movement bringing them together to demand affordable child care, paid leave, and meaningful support. Event link.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
As Israelis cast their ballots on October 27th, join Hartman Senior Fellow Tal Becker and journalist Abigail Pogrebin in-person on election night for a timely conversation about what the results might reveal about Israel’s future. Event link.
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Abigail discusses the book Ghosts of a Holy War with author Yardena Schwartz. Centered on the 1929 massacre in Palestine that ignited the Arab-Israeli conflict, this meticulously researched examination of the conflict’s origins interweaves historical analysis with contemporary insights, providing crucial context for understanding today’s Middle East tensions.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Abigail Pogrebin will join author Sarah Hurwitz and an all-star cast of American Jewish commentators, including Dan Senor and Dara Horn, to discuss how millennia-old myths about Jewish power and depravity have pushed Jews to recoil from our own birthright. Hurwitz's new book, As a Jew, documents her process of stripping away layers of antisemitic lies and learning to live as a Jew without apology. The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center in Manhattan. 6:30 p.m. Event link.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Led by Stephen Colbert, Abigail Pogrebin joins a distinguished panel of commentators in conversation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, the first Asian-American ordained as a rabbi and the spiritual leader of New York’s Central Synagogue. Buchdahl's new book, Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging, traces her unique story about growing up with a Korean Buddhist mother and a Jewish American father, her teenage dream of becoming a rabbi, her first trip to Israel and rising to the pulpit of one of the most prominent congregations in America. The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center in Manhattan. 8:00p.m. Event link.
