Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads: Where Does the American Jewish Experience Go from Here?
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🗓️ 17 August 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Political Gabfest host Emily Bazalon talks with author Joshua Leifer about his new book, Tablets Shattered: The End of An American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life. They discuss Leifer’s experience growing up Jewish in America, the conflict in Gaza, how what it means to be Jewish has evolved, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Mom, Dad, can we work around? |
| 0:03.0 | James, come round. |
| 0:04.0 | Can we have Tykaw, |
| 0:05.0 | Your makeup? We need speakers. |
| 0:07.0 | Pastors. |
| 0:08.0 | He's broken it. |
| 0:09.0 | She's crying. |
| 0:10.0 | Where's the football? |
| 0:12.0 | Can we watch cartoons? |
| 0:13.9 | Need a crowd pleaser? |
| 0:15.0 | Let's watch something with planets. |
| 0:16.8 | A musical. |
| 0:18.0 | cartoons. |
| 0:18.7 | The match. |
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| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to Galvest reads for the month of August. I am Emily Bazzlon, one of the hosts of Slates Political Gabfest. I am here today with Josh Leifer, who is a journalist and editor, whose essays and reporting have appeared in the New York |
| 0:45.9 | Review of Books, The New York Times, The Guardian, Ha'Arrets, and lots of other places. |
| 0:51.0 | Hey Josh, welcome. |
| 0:52.1 | Hi, thank you so much for having me. |
| 0:56.0 | Josh, you are here to talk about your new book, tablets shattered, the end of an |
| 1:00.8 | American Jewish century and the future of Jewish life. |
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