As economic concerns weigh heavily on Americans’ minds, Lawrence Summers shares his thoughts on the debt and housing crisis, the collapse and bailout of Wall Street, the economic stimulus initiatives, free trade, globalization, anti-Semitism and perhaps even the upcoming presidential election. Summers was director of President Obama’s National Economic Council, Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton administration, and former president of Harvard University.
Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist and law professor at Fordham University and the director of the Forum on Law, Culture and Society.
TBI’s “Live” programs are broadcast on a huge, 8 ft. by 15 ft. screen in the Temple sanctuary, which provides comfortable, auditorium-style seating for up to 300. The Social Hall expansion of the sanctuary offers an additional 200 seats along with a second screen for close-up viewing. Doors open half an hour before the stimulcast. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Cost is just $5 for non-members and free for TBI members.
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Temple Beth Israel serves as the local host for broadcasts from the 92nd St Y’s renowned educational and cultural
programs, which are simulcast to community organizations across America. The series is sponsored by the Rabbi Sanford Saperstein Fund of Temple Beth Israel and the Gulf Coast Community Foundation.
