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On Being Jewish Now: Voices of Pride and Resilience

Monday, December 9
11:00am Pacific Time | 2:00pm Eastern Time
Event Details
Join Zibby Owens and Rabbi Sherre Hirsch for a discussion on Jewish joy, resilience, and identity after the October 7 attacks.

Rekindle Jewish joy, reminisce on your favorite Jewish dishes, and celebrate our resilience in a powerful collection of essays from 75 prominent authors, advocates, and public figures. Join bestselling author and podcaster Zibby Owens and Rabbi Sherre Hirsch as they reflect on Owens newest release, On Being Jewish Now, and what it means to be Jewish in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks. All proceeds from book sales benefit Artists Against Antisemitism, buy the book here.

Cost: Free
Guest: Zibby Owens

Zibby Owens is the founder and CEO of Zibby Media and is the bestselling author of multiple books including Blank: A Novel, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature. Owens has regularly contributed to Good Morning America, Vogue, Oprah Daily, and many other outlets. A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, she currently lives in New York (and sometimes L.A.) with her husband and her four children. 

Speaker: Rabbi Sherre Hirsch

Rabbi Sherre Hirsch is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Collaborative which is a leadership community of women dedicated to peer-to-peer learning. She also served as the Chief Innovation Officer for American Jewish University. Prior to AJU, Hirsch served as Hillel International’s Senior Rabbinic Scholar. Hirsch launched her rabbinic career as the first woman rabbi at Sinai Temple, Los Angeles’s largest and oldest conservative synagogue. Since then, she has published two books with Random House and is a sought-after speaker, teacher, consultant, counselor and national media contributor. She is also one of Jewish Women International’s Women to Watch. She is married to Dr. Jeffrey Hirsch and resides in Los Angeles with their four children and foster son.