Hadassah Magazine Presents

How do you counter thousands of years of myths and falsehoods about the Jewish people? Dara Horn just might have the answer.

Drawing on her experiences serving on Harvard’s Antisemitism Advisory Group, meeting with the White House and Congress, and speaking with communities of all backgrounds across North America, Dara Horn's new book, The Final Solution to the Jewish Question: A Love Story for Living exposes the lies that have fueled antisemitism from ancient times until today — and offers a vision for the future.

In this episode, Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein speaks with the New York Times best-selling author and three-time National Jewish Book Award winner, exploring different approaches in the fight against antisemitism and how teaching Jewish civilization might make a big difference.

Further Resources

• Buy Dara Horn's new book, The Final Solution to the Jewish Question
• Read an excerpt from Dara Horn's new book in Hadassah Magazine
• Find out more about The Tell Institute
• Check out Dara Horn's website

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.
Our podcast editor is Arielle Kaplan.
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We've all seen the photos and heard the chants. Anti-Israel sentiment and rhetoric are flourishing on college campuses. How did we get here and what can be done?

There has been so much discussion about what's happening on college campuses and in the classroom, especially over the past few years, since October 7. Providing important new insights and perspectives, Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein speaks with scholar and writer Izabella Tabarovsky, author of Be a Refusenik!: A Jewish Student’s Survival Guide, and Shai Davidai, Israeli activist and former assistant professor at Columbia Business School whose new book is American Intellectual Antisemitism: The Anti-Jewish Movement Tearing Through Our Universities. They discuss the roots of modern anti-Zionism, the current climate on university campuses and how Jewish college students can defend themselves in school and in the court of public opinion.

Further Resources

• Buy Izabella Tabarovsky's Be a Refusenik
• Preorder Shai Davidai's American Intellectual Antisemitism
• Follow Izabella Tabarovsky on Instagram, X and Substack
• Read Hadassah Magazine's Q&A with Izabella Tabarovsky
• Read more about Shai Davidai on his website
• Follow Shai Davidai on Instagram and X

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.

Our podcast editor is Arielle Kaplan.

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What do Barbie, G.I. Joe and Mr. Potato Head have in common? Besides being iconic, much beloved toys, they each have fascinating Jewish figures who drove their creation and success.

Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein speaks with two best-selling writers whose recent books explore the Jewish contributions to the American toy industry. Michael Kimmel, author of Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America, and Renée Rosen, whose Let's Call Her Barbie is a fictionalized account of Ruth Handler's creation of the iconic Barbie doll, will discuss the Jewish figures behind leading toy companies like Hasbro and Mattel as well as their classic products, from G.I. Joe and Mr. Potato Head to Hot Wheels and, of course, Barbie herself.

Further Resources

• Purchase a copy of Let’s Call Her Barbie.
• Read Renée Rosen’s story on Barbie inventor Ruth Handler in Hadassah Magazine.
• Purchase a copy of Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America.
• Read the Hadassah Magazine review of Michael Kimmel's book Playmakers.

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.
Our podcast editor is Arielle Kaplan.
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Sephardic Jews are a minority within a minority in the United States. Too often they have been overshadowed by the majority Ashkenazi community, despite the success of high-profile personalities, including entertainers like Law & Order actor Jerry Orbach and pop singer Paula Abdul, and historical figures such as early 20th-century Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo and 19th-century poet Emma Lazarus.

Like other American Jews, they arrived as refugees — in fact arrived before their Ashkenazi counterparts — and forced to carve out new lives for themselves and their children by working hard, learning English and becoming “American.”

Hadassah Magazine Deputy Editor Libby Barnea hosts a discussion with three women shining a light on the Sephardic and Mizrahi experience in the United States.

Syrian Jewish writer Esther Chehebar, author of the best-selling novel Sisters of Fortune and a co-host of the new podcast GOLDA Girls; Sara Levin, executive director of JIMENA, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that advocates for Jews from the Middle East and North Africa, who has Turkish Jewish roots; and Rozeeta Mavashev, North America executive director of Masa Israel, who is of Bukharian Jewish descent, share their Sephardic and Mizrahi perspectives as well as stories of how their experiences have contributed to, and evolved in, America over time.

Further Resources

• Read the story in Hadassah Magazine on the Sephardic and Mizrahi community in America.
• Read a companion story about four women from diverse Sephardic and Mizrahi heritages, one of whom is the panelist Esther Chehebar, author of the novel Sisters of Fortune.
• JIMENA’s groundbreaking community study: “Sephardic & Mizrahi Jews in the United States: Identities, Experiences and Communities.”
• More from leading organizations working in this space: JIMENA, The American Sephardi Federation, SAMi.

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.

Arielle Kaplan is our podcast editor.

Please send any follow-up questions or feedback to engagement@hadassah.org

One of the most alarming upticks in antisemitism has been in the world of medicine, which impacts doctors and patients, medical students, nurses, mental health practitioners and anyone working in health care today. How do Jewish medical professionals navigate these difficult times, and how can we, as patients, protect ourselves?

Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein speaks with a panel on the front lines of these issues: Michelle Stravitz, former CEO of the American Jewish Medical Association, founded in 2023 as a result of increased antisemitism in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023; Dr. Michelle Elisburg, a Louisville pediatrician and co-chair of Hadassah’s Physicians’ Council who has written about her experiences of anti-Israel bias on the job; and Dr. Uri Hadelsberg, Spine Fellow at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine and a prior Resident of Hadassah Medical Organization in Israel.

This episode is a special co-production with the Hadassah On Call podcast, recorded in front of a live audience in the Detroit area.

Further Resources

• Read “Combating the Shocking Rise of Antisemitism in Health Care” in Hadassah Magazine.
• Learn more about Hadassah’s Physicians Council and Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Council.
• Learn more about Hadassah's advocacy work and urge Congress to address antisemitism in healthcare.

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.
Our podcast editor is Arielle Kaplan.

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Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein speaks with food-world luminary Adeena Sussman about her new cookbook, Zariz: 100 Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv-y Recipes. With its focus on uncomplicated, Israeli-inflected cooking, Sussman, the author of the best-selling Sababa and Shabbat cookbooks and the beloved food columnist at the magazine, developed Zariz in the shadow of the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, when she says she felt both a spiritual and practical need to streamline her time in the kitchen as the world around her seemed to be unraveling.

Further Resources

• Purchase Zariz: 100 Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv-y Recipes on Bookshop.
• Read about Zariz and Adeena Sussman in Hadassah Magazine
• Follow Adeena Sussman on Instagram
• Find a list of Adeena's favorite Israeli kitchen supplies and ingredients on her substack

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.

Arielle Kaplan is our podcast editor.

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Hadassah Magazine Presents host Lisa Hostein speaks with Matti Friedman about his new book, ⁠Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe⁠, on Hannah Senesh and the mission to rescue Jews during World War II. The renowned journalist and author discusses the enduring relevance of the ill-fated mission that became a Zionist legend as well as the challenges Israel faces today.

Further Resources

• Purchase Out of the Sky on ⁠Bookshop⁠.
• Check out the latest from the author on his website, ⁠mattifriedman.com⁠.
• Follow the author on ⁠Facebook⁠ and ⁠X⁠.
• Read an ⁠interview with the author⁠ and a ⁠review of his book⁠ in Hadassah Magazine.

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah. Our podcast editor is Arielle Kaplan.

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Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein speaks with master storyteller Allegra Goodman. Famed for her keen observations of the idiosyncrasies of contemporary Jewish families, Goodman discusses her latest novel, This is Not About Us, and shares insights into the complexities of American Jewish life and faith.

Further Resources

• Purchase This is Not About Us on Bookshop.
• Read the review of the book in Hadassah Magazine
• Check out the latest from the author on her website, https://allegragoodman.com/
• Follow her on Instagram (@allegragoodmanwriter) and Facebook (@allegragoodman)

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.
Our podcast editor is Arielle Kaplan.

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Tune in as award-winning author Mary Morris joins Hadassah Magazine Presents to discuss her latest novel, The Red House. A mystery that toggles between contemporary New Jersey and Mussolini’s Italy during World War II, the book explores hidden Jewish identity and history and the lasting impact of trauma.

Further Resources

• Read a review of The Red House in Hadassah Magazine
• Purchase a copy of The Red House on Bookshop.
• Learn more about Mary Morris on her website and follow her on Instagram and Facebook.

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.

Our podcast editor is Arielle Kaplan.

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With menopause suddenly everywhere, from news reports to memes on social media to pop culture, it's fair to say that menopause is having a moment. What's driving this new visibility for something women have always experienced? And how can you separate fact from fiction? Those questions and more are addressed in this episode focused on the changing conversation, latest health trends and medical protocols around menopause.

Hear from Jewish women who are leaders in reframing the conversation and treatment around menopause. Panelists include health tech entrepreneur Joanna Strober, co-founder and CEO of Midi Health; Lauren Tetenbaum, a psychotherapist and author of the new book Millennial Menopause: Preparing for Perimenopause, Menopause, and Life’s Next Period; and Sheryl Kingsberg, chief of the division of behavioral medicine at MacDonald Women’s Hospital/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and past president of The Menopause Society. With guest hosts Libby Barnea, Deputy Editor of Hadassah Magazine, and Leah Finkelshteyn, Senior Editor.

Further Resources

• Read Hadassah Magazine's feature article, “Jewish Women Are Leading the Menopause Movement”
• Purchase a copy of Lauren Tetenbaum’s Millennial Menopause: Preparing for Perimenopause, Menopause & Life’s Next Chapter
• Follow Lauren Tetenbaum on Instagram or Facebook
• Follow Midi Health on Instagram or Facebook
• Learn the latest about hormonal and non-hormonal therapies for menopause as well as sexual health from The Menopause Society and The International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.

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In conversation with Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein, Angela Buchdahl, the trailblazing senior rabbi of New York City’s Central Synagogue and one of America’s most influential Jewish spiritual leaders, joins Hadassah Magazine Presents to discuss her remarkable journey from South Korea, where she was born, to the rabbinate; finding light and joy in Judaism today amid the many challenges; and her new memoir, Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging.

Further Resources

• Purchase a copy of Heart of a Stranger on Bookshop
• Read Hadassah Magazine's profile "Angela Buchdahl, ‘An Unlikely Rabbi’" by Gary Rosenblatt
• Follow Rabbi Buchdahl on Instagram and on Facebook
• Listen to Rabbi Buchdahl's sermons from Central Synagogue

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.
Arielle Kaplan edited this episode.
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Recorded live at the Miami Book Fair, this episode features award-winning historian Pamela S. Nadell, director of the Jewish Studies Program at American University, about her new book, Antisemitism, an American Tradition. Nadell addresses the dark history of how antisemitic hate threaded across the American past from colonial times to today, uncovering centuries of prejudice — but also Jewish perseverance — in America.

Further Resources

• Pamela Nadell's website: pamelanadell.com
• Nadell's article, "A Turning Point for Antisemitism?" in Hadassah Magazine
• Hadassah Magazine's review of Antisemitism, An American Tradition
• Purchase a copy of the book here
• Nadell's article "When Resisting Anti-Jewish Hate Is Women’s Work" in Hadassah Magazine
• Lisa Hostein's interview with Nadell in Hadassah Magazine

Hadassah Magazine Presents is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.

Our podcast editors are Arielle Kaplan and Eli Hershko.

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In conversation with Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein, renowned Israeli writers Yossi Klein Halevi (Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor) and Lee Yaron (10/7: 100 Human Stories) join Hadassah Magazine Presents to discuss what it means to be a Jew today, in a post October-7 world as well as what two years of war and rising global antisemitism mean for the future of the Jewish people.
Further Resources

• Yossi Klein Halevi’s “Choosing Between October 6 and October 8” in Hadassah Magazine.
• Lee Yaron’s "October 7 Survivors, Then and Now" in Hadassah Magazine.
• Review of Yaron’s 10/7: 100 Human Stories in Hadassah Magazine. Purchase a copy of the book here.
• Review of Halevi’s Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor in Hadassah Magazine. Purchase a copy of the book here.

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.
Our podcast editors are Arielle Kaplan and Eli Hershko.
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As non-Hebrew readers are at last able to access and enjoy the work of acclaimed Israeli-born author Maya Arad, one of the "finest living authors writing in Hebrew today" (Haaretz), this candid and illuminating conversation highlights what makes Maya and her work so vital.

In dialogue with Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor, Lisa Hostein, Maya discusses her new book, Happy New Years, which, among many engaging themes, sheds light on what it means to be an Israeli living in America — a pertinent question as we all continue to grapple with the ongoing war in Gaza and the fate of the hostages, Israelis, Jews everywhere, and Gaza itself.

Maya shares the inspiration for her novel and how she both resembles and significantly differs from her protagonist, an Israeli woman who moves to the United States to teach Hebrew at a Jewish day school in the 1960s. The novel features letters she proceeds to write to college friends back in Israel over the span of 50 years, a period that sees huge developments in the status of women, LGBTQ+ rights, and how Israelis view compatriots who moved to America, among other things. Talking about her cohort of Israeli-born female authors, Maya observes that compared to her childhood, "Now, today, writers come in all shapes and colors, right? There are women, there are immigrants from Russia and from Ethiopia, there are expats, like me, there are, you know, Israeli Arabs who write in Hebrew, so it's really … there's so much diversity, which is great." Providing her deeply personal response to the October 7th attacks, which particularly hit close to home as she spent part of her childhood at Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a Gaza border kibbutz that was devastated in the attacks, Maya paints a vivid picture of how the Israeli American community came together even more deeply as a result.

Further resources

• Purchase a copy of Happy New Years and read a review in Hadassah Magazine
• Purchase a copy of The Hebrew Teacher and read a review in Hadassah Magazine
• Read "Israeli Female Writers Are Having a Moment" in Hadassah Magazine
• Read aQ and A with Jerusalem-based literary agent Deborah Harris in Hadassah Magazine

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Jewish writers are being blacklisted and review bombed as antisemitism runs rampant in the book world.

Tune in as Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein moderates a panel of prestigious literary insiders discussing the challenges and opportunities facing Jewish authors amid the current climate of rising antisemitism.

THE PANELISTS

Rachel Gordan is the Samuel "Bud" Shorstein Professor of American Jewish Culture and Society at the University of Florida and the author of Postwar Stories: How Books Made Judaism American.

Talia Benamy is an editor and backlist manager at Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers and author of the forthcoming Twinkle, Twinkle, Hanukkah.

Lissette Méndez is Executive Director of the Miami Book Fair, one of the largest and most inclusive literary festivals in the US.

Further Resources

• Purchase a copy of Postwar Stories: How Books Made Judaism American and read a review in Hadassah Magazine.
• Preorder a copy of Twinkle, Twinkle, Hanukkah.
• Find Israeli reads for you and your book club on Hadassah Magazine’s Bookshop.
• Preview Judaic topics at the 2025 Miami Book Fair and the Jewish authors who are presenting here and register to attend here.
• Read an interview with Jerusalem-based literary agent Deborah Harris in Hadassah Magazine

Watch the program recording ⁠⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠⁠

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Tune in as Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein interviews Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur, author of the recent best seller ⁠How Isn't It Going? Conversations After October 7⁠ and the inspiration behind the hit streaming series ⁠Reformed,⁠ which is loosely based on her award-winning 2021 essay collection ⁠Living With Our Dead⁠.

One of only a handful of female French rabbis, Horvilleur has become a leading public intellectual in her native country and a powerful proponent for plurality and interfaith dialogue. The New York Times has called her "the rare public intellectual to bring religious texts into the public square." And the French Elle Magazine, which put her on the cover, said she "finds the right words to describe our time and our ghosts."

In this episode, Horvilleur recounts her unconventional path to the rabbinate (with stops in medical school and as a journalist along the way), and talks about why being a female rabbi and a reform rabbi is still so unusual in France. She delves into the TV show inspired by her book, talking about what the show gets right and where it departs from her own experience. Tackling larger questions about "What is true leadership" and "What is the purpose of rabbinic leadership," she turns to the antisemitism facing French Jews, how it anticipated what American Jews are facing today and what it looks like in France at this moment.

She says: "I'm pretty convinced that I want to dedicate my rabbinate to the bridge building business, but I have to admit that in a situation like ours it's quite obvious and normal and understandable that people also want to strengthen protective walls around their Jewish identity. And the question for me as a Jewish leader is ... how do you reconcile these two existential needs."

Further Resources

• Read our review of ⁠Reformed⁠
• Read a review of Horvilleur’s ⁠How Isn’t It Going? Conversations after October 7⁠ and purchase a copy ⁠here⁠
• Read our review of Horvilleur’s ⁠Living with Our Dead⁠ and purchase a copy ⁠here⁠
• Check out ⁠Tenoua,⁠ the online French-language journal of Jewish thought and culture that Horvilleur helms

Watch the program recording ⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠⁠

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Anyone who has visited a college campus or scrolled social media has seen the alarming anti-Israel rhetoric running rampant among young people, including young Jews. But there are young people who have emerged in this difficult environment with a renewed passion for Israel and dedication to fighting for its future.

Hear from some of them and the leaders supporting them in this informative and inspiring episode hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein. In the words of guest panelist Yocheved Ruttenberg, "We have a Jewish state but we are far from done fighting for it."

Guests include Ruttenberg, who founded the 40,000-strong Facebook group Sword of Iron-Israel Volunteer Opportunities in the immediate aftermath of October 7 and who has been named to Hadassah’s 2025 list of 18 American Zionist women everyone should know; Reform Rabbi Ashira Boxman, who has written about the need for Jewish unity in a time of threat for Israel and Jews everywhere; David Hazony, editor of the 2024 anthology Young Zionist Voices: A New Generation Speaks Out and director and senior fellow of the Z3 Institute for Jewish Priorities; and Adina Frydman, CEO of Young Judaea, the oldest Zionist youth movement in America.

Further Resources

• Purchase a copy of Young Zionist Voices
• ⁠Read essays from the book by Rabbi Ashira Boxman and Talia Bodner in Hadassah Magazine
• Read about Yocheved Ruttenberg and others on Hadassah's 2025 list of 18 Zionist Women You Should Know

Watch the program recording ⁠here.⁠

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.

Our podcast editors are Arielle Kaplan and Eli Hershko.

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In this compelling conversation, Hadassah Magazine senior and books editor Leah Finkelshteyn speaks with Israeli-Canadian writer Ayelet Tsabari, whose debut novel, Songs for the Brokenhearted, won a National Jewish Book Award for Fiction.

The rich and complex novel unfolds across two pivotal moments in Israel's history: one set in an immigration camp in the 1950s, shortly after the founding of the modern state of Israel, as thousands of Yemeni Jews arrived seeking a better life; the other in the 1990s, just before the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, when a young Yemeni Israeli woman uncovers her mother’s secret romance through a dramatic journey into lost family stories.

Ayelet discusses the complex history of Yemeni Jews in Israel, drawing on her own family background that inspired her novel and highlighting the central role of music in Yemeni culture and in her lyrical storytelling.

Further Resources

• Purchase a copy of Songs for the Brokenhearted
• Read the review in Hadassah Magazine

Watch the program recording here.

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.

Our podcast editors are Arielle Kaplan and Eli Hershko.

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From Miriam to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, strong Jewish women have had the guts to speak out, impact history, break barriers and make a difference. We celebrate those women in this empowering episode.

Tune in as Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein moderates a panel discussion with actor and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik, who is profiled, along with Hadassah founder Henrietta Szold, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and dozens more remarkable leaders, in the new book Chutzpah Girls: 100 Tales of Daring Jewish Women.

Co-authors, Julie Esther Silverstein and Tami Schlossberg Pruwer discuss powerful stories of both famous and less-well-known women with chutzpah to awaken your pride, inspire you to explore your heritage, and dream bigger than ever before.

Further Resources

• Purchase a copy of Chutzpah Girls: 100 Tales of Daring Jewish Women
• Read New Books Spotlight the Jewish Female Heroes We Need in Hadassah Magazine

Watch the program recording here.

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.

Our podcast editors are Arielle Kaplan and Eli Hershko.

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Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein interviews three-time National Jewish Book Award Winner Dara Horn about her latest work, the Passover-set graphic novel One Little Goat, and about the alarming rise and historical roots of antisemitism. Horn, one of America’s most insightful Jewish commentators, is also the author of five best-selling novels, as well as the 2021 essay collection People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present.

She says she has been “completely obsessed” with Passover since she was a child and sees a link between her new graphic novel, One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe, and the nonfiction work that has made her a leading voice in the discussion of the global rise of antisemitism. Pesach, she says, represents the “institutionalization of resilience.”

Further Resources

• Purchase a copy of One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe
• Read our review of the book

Watch the program recording here.

The show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.

Our podcast editors are Arielle Kaplan and Eli Hershko.
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