Bonus Episode - A Discussion Around Antisemitism: Ben Shapiro & Yair Rosenberg, Moderated by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

Behind the Bima

Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

Josh Broide, Efrem Goldberg, Rabbi, Judaism, Philip Moskowitz, Education, Jewish, Bima, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Summary

Yair Rosenberg is staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers the intersection of politics, culture, and religion, and writes the Deep Shtetl newsletter. Previously a senior writer at Tablet Magazine, he has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian, and his work has received awards from the Religion Newswriters Association and the Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. He has covered everything from national elections in America and Israel, to observant Jews in baseball, to the translation of Harry Potter into Yiddish, to Muslims and Jews in comic books, and in his spare time, he composes and sings original Jewish music and creates bots that troll anti-Semites on Twitter. Ben Shapiro is an American attorney, businessman, author, columnist, conservative political commentator, and media personality. At age 17, he became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States. Shapiro writes columns for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and Ami Magazine, and serves as editor emeritus for The Daily Wire, which he founded. Shapiro is the host of The Ben Shapiro Show, a daily political podcast and live radio show. He was editor-at-large of Breitbart News between 2012 and 2016. Shapiro has written eleven books.

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0:00.0	Good evening, everyone. Thank you for your patience, and thank you so much for being here.
0:04.4	An enormous thank you to Yair and to Ben for being with us tonight for this incredibly important and timely conversation.
0:15.3	Before we begin, I do want to mention that weighing very heavily on our hearts,
0:20.2	our community was shaken by the loss of
0:23.2	Este Mascuets, Allah Shalom. And in fact, we considered canceling or postponing this event.
0:28.6	The Mascuits family, understanding really the urgency of this conversation encouraged us to continue.
0:34.9	But even as we do when we sit here tonight, they're very, very much on our hearts.
0:39.2	We take a moment to offer our prayer,
0:41.9	that God give them strength and comfort
0:44.1	during this incredibly difficult time for them
0:46.7	and by extension for all of our community
0:49.7	and our BRS family.
0:51.9	I want to take a moment to thank our generous sponsors
0:54.0	for tonight, without whom this evening wouldn't be possible, Dr.'s Mark and Eva HornS family. I want to take a moment to thank our generous sponsors for tonight,
0:55.0	without whom this evening wouldn't be possible,
0:57.0	Dr.'s Mark and Eva Horne and family.
0:58.0	In memory of Eva's mother, Dr. Judith Ruzza,
1:01.0	survivor, who is devoted to preserving the memory of the Shoah.
1:04.0	Thank you so much for your generosity.
1:10.0	Also, an enormous thank you.
1:11.6	An evening like this doesn't come together on its own.
1:13.6	It was the work of many people.
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