Margarita brings back Bradley Tusk and welcomes Zibby Owens onto the podcast. Zibby is releasing a book titled On Being Jewish Now which Bradley contributed to. Learn more about this interesting book and both Zibby's and Bradley's take on the current Jewish landscape.
Purchase On Being Jewish Now in audio or eBook format now, or get it in paperback in November 2024.
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What We Discuss:
00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda
Zibby Owens Interview
02:13 Who is Zibby?
04:20 How did On Being Jewish Now come about & what is it?
09:57 Why Zibby pulled her sponsorship from the National Book Awards - this was international news
15:00 What has surprised Zibby in the last year?
18:57 How can people connect with Zibby? "If you're listening, don't lose hope"
Bradley Tusk Interview
21:10 How did Bradley get involved with On Being Jewish Now?
21:55 What is in Bradley's essay?
25:46 Quick tangent re: Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan
28:00 Did Bradley throw out any essay ideas? How much antisemitism do we actually experience?
30:55 What is happening in modern society re: antisemitism? On finding purpose
37:50 Does Bradley feel the same about Columbia as he did when Margarita first interviewed him?
45:05 Mobile voting!!!
47:50 The upcoming Presidential election
52:38 Advice for Jewish voters
57:30 Closing Remarks
