1. Ruth R. Wisse
September 19 at Barnes & Noble
The Harvard scholar presents her provocative new book, Jews and Power, which chronicles the role of Judaism (and the “anti-Jew”) in world affairs from biblical times through the modern age.
2. Abigail and Letty Cottin Pogrebin
September 25 at the Museum of the City of New York
Journalist and author Abigail (Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish) and her women’s-rights-activist mother, Letty, discuss the transfer of Jewish identity from generation to generation.