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It is too soon to tell whether Tisha B’Av will be elastic enough to include October 7. The horrors of the Holocaust were too vast and required their own day of remembrance. And October 7’s date on the Hebrew calendar, Simchat Torah, among the most joyous of holidays, may prove difficult as an official day of mourning for the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

Chanie Apfelbaum, author of the popular food blog Busy in Brooklyn, discusses her new cookbook, Totally Kosher, the intersection of Jewish culture and food, and the future of kosher cuisine.

On July 19, 2021, AJC CEO David Harris opens the International Scholars Conference on Antisemitism in Today’s America, a major virtual event convened by Indiana University’s Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (ISCA), where dozens of scholars and practitioners from around the world come together to discuss the most pressing issues related to antisemitism in the United States. David Harris, one of the Jewish world’s leading experts on global trends, examines the dangers of what he has called “the growing normalization of antisemitism” in the only public-facing portion of the conference.

AJC CEO David Harris discusses the impact of Broadway's "Come From Away."