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Weekend Schedule
Saturday, June 7 — Shaare Torah, Pittsburgh
12:30 PM: Three Myths That Obscure the Meaning of Israel’s War
Elliot Kaufman
5:00 PM: How the War is Affecting American Jewry
Elliot Kaufman in conversation with Eytan Sosnovich
Sunday, June 8 — Beth Shalom, Pittsburgh
3:30 PM: What the Jews Owe To—and Expect From—Israel and America
Ruth Wisse in conversation with Rabbi Daniel Schiff
Registration Required – click here to register
About the Speakers
Elliot Kaufman is a Wall Street Journal editorial writer and a member of the WSJ editorial board, for which he has covered the Middle East war since October 7. He speaks regularly with top Israeli officials and has published the most substantive interviews to date with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz. He has worked at the Journal since 2018 and writes occasionally for Commentary and the Jewish Review of Books. Elliot and his wife, Sarah, welcomed a son, Lev Moshe, in January. They live in New York.
Rabbi Dr. Danny Schiff is the H. Arnold and Adrien B. Gefsky Community Scholar. He is a noted teacher and researcher in Jewish ethics. Born in Sydney, Australia, Rabbi Dr. Schiff grew up in Melbourne. He graduated with a B.A. from the University of Melbourne. Rabbi Dr. Schiff received ordination, as well as his Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters degree, from the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (H.U.C. – J.I.R.). He also received his Doctor of Hebrew Letters degree, as well as an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from H.U.C. – J.I.R.. Additionally, Dr. Schiff earned an M.A. in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Rabbi Schiff previously served as the Community Scholar for the Agency for Jewish Learning in Pittsburgh, as rabbi of B’nai Israel in White Oak, Pennsylvania, and as rabbi at Temple Beth Israel in Melbourne. He is the author of Abortion in Judaism, published by Cambridge University Press and Judaism in a Digital Age published by Palgrave Macmillan. He is a former President of the Museum of Jewish Ideas, and board member of the City of Pittsburgh Ethics Board and the Society of Jewish Ethics.
Eytan Sosnovich has over a decade of experience working for the American Jewish community, currently as Senior Director of Development at Tikvah. Prior to his current position, Eytan worked as the National Director of Regional Affairs for the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) where he oversaw the operations and development of eleven ZOA chapters across the United States. Before beginning his career in Jewish communal work, Eytan worked for the United States Department of State as a researcher in the Bureau of Political – Military Affairs. Eytan has written for a variety of publications including Real Clear World, The Jerusalem Post, The Harvard Business Review, The Jewish Week, and others. He also has given presentations on a variety of topics concerning Jewish identity, Zionism, and the Israel-Arab conflict at Jewish institutions around the country. Eytan completed his undergraduate work in Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He lives with his wife and two children in Stamford Connecticut.
Ruth Wisse: Recently retired from her position as Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard, Professor Wisse is currently Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Tikvah Fund. Her books on literary subjects include an edition of Jacob Glatstein’s two-volume fictional memoir, The Glatstein Chronicles (2010), The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey through Literature and Culture (2003), and A Little Love in Big Manhattan (1988). She is also the author of two political studies, If I Am Not for Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews (1992) and Jews and Power (2007). Her latest book, No Joke: Making Jewish Humor, a volume in the Tikvah-sponsored Library of Jewish Ideas, was recently published by Princeton University Press.
For questions or additional ways to give, please email Eytan Sosnovich, Senior Director of Development at esosnovich@tikvah.org.