Himan Brown Symposium Postponed

We want to first thank you for your support of The New Jewish Home and your ticket purchase for the upcoming Himan Brown Symposium. We have made the decision to postpone the October 16th symposium in consideration of the heinous terrorist attacks in Israel and the ongoing situation.

We will reschedule the symposium with speakers Marta Kauffman and Abigail Pogrebin in 2024 and will send out an update as soon as a new date is confirmed. We appreciate your understanding as we stand in solidarity with our loved ones in Israel.

Please consider making a donation to our partner organization UJA’s Israel Emergency Fund to support immediate critical needs. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Abigail Tick, Development Coordinator, at atick@jewishhome.org.

We look forward to a brighter time when we can all meet and enjoy the evening as we discuss Redefining Aging.

The Himan Brown Symposium
Sponsored by the Himan Brown Charitable Trust

REDEFINING AGING:
FROM THE BOARDROOM
TO THE BEDROOM

An evening with Marta Kauffman
Writer and TV Producer; Best Known as the Co-Creator of Friends & Grace and Frankie in conversation with renowned journalist and writer Abigail Pogrebin

Monday, October 16, 2023 in person (space is limited) & online.

Himan Brown Symposium

Sponsored by the Himan Brown Charitable Trust

REDEFINING AGING:
FROM THE BOARDROOM TO THE BEDROOM

An evening with Marta Kauffman Writer and TV Producer; Best Known as the Co-Creator of Friends & Grace and Frankie in conversation with renowned journalist and writer Abigail Pogrebin

Monday, October 16, 2023
In Person & Online Space is limited.

Register below


Himan Brown Symposium
Sponsored by the Himan Brown Charitable Trust

LOCATION

92nd Street Y
New York Buttenwieser Hall
1395 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10128

Questions?
Contact Margo at
mkatz@dsconsultinggroup.com
or
(212) 888-7003

SPEAKERS

Marta Kauffman     

recently finished writing and producing the Netflix comedy Grace and Frankie starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. She may be best known for creating NBC’s long-running hit Friends with David Crane. The iconic series ran for 10 seasons and earned 63 Emmy nominations, winning Outstanding Comedy Series in 2002. Reruns continue to delight with Friends: The Reunion being a ratings juggernaut. She and David Crane also created HBO’s Dream On recognized with CableAce Awards and additional Emmy nominations.

The Writers Guild of America, West awarded Kauffman and Crane the 2016 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for lifetime achievement in television writing. She also earned the 2016 Outstanding Television Writer award at the 23rd annual Austin Film Festival & Screenwriters Conference as well as the Kieser Humanitas Award. She recently received an Honorary Doctorate from Brandeis University.

Marta’s other credits include Georgia, Five, Veronica’s Closet, The Powers That Be, Call Me Crazy: A Five Film and the documentary Seeing Allred.

Marta has served on several Boards of Trustees including CalArts, Oakwood School, The Lung Cancer Foundation of America, Big Sunday and IKAR.

Marta has three children, two grandchildren, two dogs and a toothless cat.

Abigail Pogrebin

is the author of Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk about Being Jewish which went into 10 printings, and My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew, which was a finalist for a 2018 National Jewish Book Award. A former Emmy-nominated producer for 60 Minutes, she has written for The Atlantic, Newsweek, Tablet and the Forward. Her podcast with Rabbi Dov Linzer— which unpacked the parsha of the week for two years— has been adapted for a 2024 book: It Takes Two to Torah: An Orthodox Rabbi and Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate the Five Books of Moses. Abby moderates public conversations for the Streicker Center, UJA-Federation of New York, and the JCC in Manhattan. She is a past President of Central Synagogue and a trustee of Yale’s Hillel and the Shalom Hartman Institute.

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