14 February @ 1.00 pm - 2.00 pm
Join us for this exclusive UK launch, In Conversation, event with Ben Freeman, author of ‘Jewish Pride: Re-building a People’, and Claudia Mendoza, Joint CEO of the Jewish Leadership Council, where they discuss Ben’s widely anticipated book.
This event is part of a global launch with a series of events across six continents.
In Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People, Ben, inspired by his experiences with LGBTQ+ pride, aims to educate, inspire and empower Jewish people to reject the shame of antisemitism imposed on Jews by the non-Jewish world as well as non-Jewish perceptions of what it means to be a Jew. Enabling them to begin the process of defining their own identities as proud Jews through Jewish experience, Jewish history and Jewish values.
Ben will be Joined by Claudia Mendoza, Joint CEO of the Jewish Leadership council, to discuss the issues raised in Ben’s book and the topic of Jewish identity.
Simon Sebag Montefiore, the world famous historian and author said:
“Fascinating, inspiring and heartbreaking, a cultural and historical survey of Jewishness in the perilous intolerant new world of the 21st century that is both exuberant and optimistic, and tragic and worrying.”
This virtual event will be delivered via zoom. Please register for your free ticket below.
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