Touro Talks

Touro Talks are timely conversations engaging college students, thought leaders and experts from around the world on academic and contemporary issues. Hosted by Touro University president, Dr. Alan Kadish. Touro Talks is sponsored by Robert and Arlene Rosenberg. If you would like to sponsor, please email tourotalks@touro.edu

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Episodes

Israel, Hamas, and the United Nations

(Recorded live on January 29, 2024) Dr. Alan Kadish, President of Touro University, hosts Anne Bayefsky (Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust ) and David Luchins (Founding Dean of Touro University's Lander College for Women–The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School and Chair of the Political Science Department) for a conversation role of the United Nations in past and current conflicts between Israel and its neighbors.

Feb 02, 2024•54 min•Season 3Ep. 6

Antisemitism on College Campuses: Students Speak Out

(Recorded live on December 18, 2023) Dr. Alan Kadish, President of Touro University, in conversation with student leaders on American college campuses, Gabriel Diamond ( B.A. Candidate '24, Yale University ), Talia Dror ( B.S. Candidate '25, Cornell University ), Jillian Lederman ( A.B. Candidate '24, Brown University ), Marie-Alice Legrand ( J.D. Candidate '24, Columbia University ).

Dec 22, 2023•53 min•Season 3Ep. 5

An Evening with Ambassador David M. Friedman

(Recorded live on December 4, 2023) Dr. Alan Kadish, President of Touro University, hosts David M. Friedman, former Ambassador of the United States to Israel for a discussion on a career in law, diplomacy, Israel, antisemitism and October 7.

Dec 08, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 4

Artificial Intelligence and Antisemitism

(Recorded live on November 19, 2023) Dr. Alan Kadish, President of Touro University, hosts Michal Cotler-Wunsh, LL.B., LL.M. ( Israel’s Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism ), Joel Finkelstein, Ph.D. ( Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer, Network Contagion Research Institute ), Malcolm I. Hoenlein ( Executive Vice Chairman Emeritus of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations ) for a conversation on cutting-edge efforts to combat worldwide antisemitism....

Nov 23, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 3

Hollywood and Disability An Insider's Perspective

(Recorded live on October 24, 2023.) Special screening of the Oscar-Nominated Short Film, Feeling Through , the first film to star a DeafBlind actor, with guest host, Sam Levine, Professor of Law and Director of the Jewish Law Institute at Touro Law Center. Post-screening conversation with Doug Roland, the film's director/writer, and the film's producers from Helen Keller Services, Dr. Susan Ruzenski, and Chris Woodfill.

Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 2

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