JC Live Program

Jewish Currents Live: a Day of Politics & Culture

Program

Abrons Art Center: 466 Grand Street, New York, NY 10002
Angel Orensanz Foundation: 172 Norfolk Street, New York, NY 10002

Session One 10:30am-11:45am

Abrons Arts Center Playhouse Theater

The Dig Live: Internationalism After Third Worldism

Moderated by Daniel Denvir, host, The Dig

Aslı Bâli, professor of law, Yale Law School

Aziz Rana, professor of law and government, Boston College Law

Abrons Arts Center Experimental Theater

Left Media Today: What Is the Role of Progressive Magazines in This Moment?

Moderated by Don Guttenplan, editor-in-chief, The Nation

Lisa Borst, co-editor-in-chief, n+1

Nora Caplan-Bricker, executive editor, Jewish Currents

Alex Han, executive director, In These Times

Sarah Leonard, editor-in-chief, Lux

Angel Orensanz Foundation

Antisemitism and its Abuses in a Global Context

Moderated by Rachel Shabi, author and journalist, London

Julia Bosson, editor-in-chief, The Diasporist, Berlin

Sarah Benichou, journalist, Paris

Leo Ferguson, director of strategic projects, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, New York City

Benjamin Seroussi, curator, director of Casa do Povo, São Paulo

Abrons Arts Center Underground Theater

Simulcast of "Antisemitism and its Abuses in a Global Context"

Session Two 12:15pm-1:30pm

Abrons Arts Center Playhouse Theater

Between the Covers Live: David Naimon with Dionne Brand and Adania Shibli

Moderated by David Naimon, host, Between the Covers

Adania Shibli, writer

Dionne Brand, poet

Abrons Arts Center Experimental Theater

Performance Showcase: Fargo Tbakhi, The Book of Dust

Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, artist-in-residence, Jewish Currents

Angel Orensanz Foundation

From Impunity to Accountability: International Law, Pressure, and Israeli Policy

Moderated by Alex Kane, senior reporter, Jewish Currents

Zane Dangor, director-general of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa

Daniel Levy, president, U.S./Middle East Project

Diala Shamas, senior staff attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights

Abrons Arts Center Underground Theater

Simulcast of "From Impunity to Accountability: International Law, Pressure, and Israeli Policy"

Lunch Session 1:45pm-2:45pm

Abrons Arts Center Underground Theater

Chevruta Live: Excommunication in Jewish Community, Political Community, and Jewish Text

Rafael Shimunov, activist

Maya Rosen, Israel/Palestine fellow, Jewish Currents

Session Three 3:00pm-4:15pm

Abrons Arts Center Playhouse Theater

Judaism and Jewishness Beyond Zionism

Moderated by Daniel May, publisher, Jewish Currents

Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, professor of comparative literature and modern culture and media, Brown University

Shaul Magid, visiting professor of modern Jewish studies, Harvard Divinity School

Alissa Wise, lead organizer, Rabbis for Ceasefire

Mikhael Manekin, author and director, the Alliance Fellowship

Abrons Arts Center Experimental Theater

Performance Showcase: Alex Tatarsky, Sad Boys in Harpy Land, and Hadar Ahuvia, nefesh

Hadar Ahuvia, dancer

Alex Tatarsky, performance artist

Angel Orensanz Foundation

Beyond Backlash: Palestine Solidarity in the Entertainment Industry

Moderated by Josh Gondelman, writer, comedian, and producer

Cherien Dabis, actor, director, and screenwriter

Tavi Gevinson, actor, writer, and editor

James Schamus, writer, producer, and director

Emma Seligman, director and screenwriter

James Wilson, producer

Abrons Arts Center Underground Theater

Simulcast of "Beyond Backlash: Palestine Solidarity in the Entertainment Industry"

Session Four 4:45pm-6:00pm

Abrons Arts Center Playhouse Theater

Palestinian Liberation After the Destruction of Gaza

Moderated by Arielle Angel, editor-in-chief, Jewish Currents

Fadi Quran, campaign director, Avaaz

Ahmed Moor, writer

Amjad Iraqi, senior editor, +972 Magazine

Dana El Kurd, assistant professor of political science, University of Richmond

Noura Erakat, human rights attorney and professor, Rutgers University

Angel Orensanz Foundation

Between Empire and Authoritarianism? The 2024 Election

Moderated by Amy Goodman, host and executive producer, Democracy Now!

Peter Beinart, editor-at-large, Jewish Currents

Rula Jebreal, journalist

Lydia Polgreen, columnist, The New York Times

Abrons Arts Center Experimental Theater

Simulcast of "Palestinian Liberation After the Destruction of Gaza"

Abrons Arts Center Underground Theater

Simulcast of "Between Authoritarianism and Empire? the 2024 Election"

Member Appreciation Afterparty 7:00pm-10:30pm

Angel Orensanz Foundation

Chaia

Seba Kayan

Slavic Soul Party!

Danielle Durchslag

Comedy for Gaza at 8pm

Matt Lieb

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