Join Joshua Leifer and Adam Taub for a thought-provoking discussion on ‘Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life’.

By 2050, it is predicted that most of the world’s Jews will live in a sovereign Jewish state, marking a dramatic shift after two millennia life in the diaspora. Against this backdrop, journalist Joshua Leifer argues, the pillars of American Jewish identity—Americanism, Zionism, and liberalism—are crumbling. From progressive anti-Zionists seeking to disentangle Judaism from nationalism, to right-wing Israeli thinkers envisioning a Jewish future without American Jewry, Leifer explores the fractures and transformations reshaping Jewish life.

This event will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval.

About the speakers:

Joshua Leifer is the author of Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life. His essays and reporting have also appeared in The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Guardian, Haaretz, and elsewhere. He is a doctoral student in history at Yale University.

Adam Taub studied Natural Sciences and Law. He practised in the field of Intellectual Property before giving up the Law, much to his grandmother’s concern. He now coaches senior executives for key presentations. He has been a lecturer at the London School of Jewish Studies for 20 years and is the co-founder of a charity called Etgar that aims to inspire a love of Jewish learning in young Jewish students.